Luka Doncic vs. Kevin Love: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Kevin Love and Luka Doncic to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Luka Doncic has one of the highest career point averages in NBA history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Kevin Love.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Luka Doncic has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs and also scored more points in during the postseason while Kevin Love scored more points in the regular season. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 8 NBA regular seasons played, Luka Doncic averages 12.5 points more than Kevin Love in his 18 seasons (28.7 points against 16.2). On the other hand Kevin Love scored a total of 2,386 points more than Luka Doncic (15,429 vs. 13,043).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Luka Doncic	28.7	+12.5	8
Kevin Love	16.2		18

Total Points			Seasons
Luka Doncic	13,043		8
Kevin Love	15,429	+2,386	18

Scoring Titles
Luka Doncic	1	+1
Kevin Love	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	21.2	+10.1	2019	72
Kevin Love	11.1		2009	81

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	28.8	+14.8	2020	61
Kevin Love	14.0		2010	60

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	27.7	+7.5	2021	66
Kevin Love	20.2		2011	73

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	28.4	+2.4	2022	65
Kevin Love	26.0		2012	55

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	32.4	+14.1	2023	66
Kevin Love	18.3		2013	18

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	33.9	+7.8	2024	70
Kevin Love	26.1		2014	77

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	28.2	+11.8	2025	50
Kevin Love	16.4		2015	75

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	41.3	+25.3	2026	4
Kevin Love	16.0		2016	77

Kevin Love's additional seasons:

* Kevin Love played 11 seasons more than Luka Doncic in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 9 to 19, from 2017 to 2026—he averaged 13.0 points in a total of 500 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 19 ppg and his lowest 4.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	-	DNP	2019	0
Kevin Love	-	DNP	2009	0

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	31.0	+31.0	2020	6
Kevin Love	-	DNP	2010	0

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	35.7	+35.7	2021	7
Kevin Love	-	DNP	2011	0

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	31.7	+31.7	2022	15
Kevin Love	-	DNP	2012	0

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	-	DNP	2023	0
Kevin Love	-	DNP	2013	0

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	28.9	+28.9	2024	22
Kevin Love	-	DNP	2014	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	30.2	+15.9	2025	5
Kevin Love	14.3		2015	4

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Luka Doncic	-	DNP *	2026	0
Kevin Love	14.7	+14.7	2016	20
* season in progress

Kevin Love's additional Playoffs:

* During his 11 additional NBA seasons, Kevin Love played in 5 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 10.7 points in a total of 84 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 16.8 ppg and his lowest 1.8.