Rui Hachimura vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Rui Hachimura, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Rui Hachimura played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kevin Love had his rookie season in 2008-09. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Love
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
difference:	+33	+4.8	+2.4	+1.8	+1.2	+3.0	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+1.4	+2.9	+.007	+0.5	+1.6	+.182	+0.9	+1.2	+.040
Kevin Love	81	25.3	11.1	3.4	5.7	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.5	3.9	8.5	.459	0.0	0.2	.105	3.3	4.1	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Love
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
difference:	+31	+13.3	+8.9	+3.9	+7.5	+11.4	+1.4	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.7	+2.1	+5.0	+.021	+0.1		+.030	+4.7	+5.2	+.153
Kevin Love	73	35.8	20.2	4.5	10.7	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.6	14.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.417	5.8	6.8	.850
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	.486	0.8	2.5	.319	1.4	1.9	.739
difference:	+8	+15.7	+14.8	+3.3	+5.5	+8.8	+1.1	+0.6	+0.1	-1.5	-1.7	+4.1	+10.0	+.038	+1.1	+2.6	+.053	+5.5	+6.5	+.085
Kevin Love	55	39.0	26.0	4.1	9.2	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	8.6	19.3	.448	1.9	5.1	.372	6.9	8.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	16	24.3	12.2	0.6	3.1	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	8.2	.557	1.2	2.4	.487	1.9	2.1	.882
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Love
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
difference:	+50	+7.4	+4.7	+2.7	+6.9	+9.7	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.5	-0.4	+0.5	+6.7	+.185	+0.3	+1.7	+.205	+4.1	+5.9	+.035
Kevin Love	18	34.3	18.3	3.6	10.4	14.0	2.3	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.9	5.8	16.6	.352	1.1	5.1	.217	5.6	7.9	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	59	31.7	13.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	9.8	.509	1.7	4.2	.413	1.5	1.9	.770
difference:	+18	+4.6	+13.0	+1.6	+5.9	+7.5	+3.0		+0.1	-1.7		+3.4	+8.7	+.052	+0.8	+2.4	+.037	+5.3	+6.3	+.051
Kevin Love	77	36.3	26.1	2.9	9.6	12.5	4.4	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.8	8.4	18.5	.457	2.5	6.6	.376	6.8	8.2	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	36.4	14.8	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.491	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.6	1.000
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 11 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2016 to 2026—Kevin Love played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Rui Hachimura, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game