Jeff Hornacek vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

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

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Jeff Hornacek played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Kevin Love, who played 16. Jeff Hornacek had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jeff Hornacek	14	11	1986-87 to 1999-00
Kevin Love	16	6	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	19.5	5.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.5	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.6	2.0	4.4	.454	0.2	0.5	.279	1.2	1.5	.777
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	27.4	9.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.6	1.3	0.1	1.9	1.8	3.7	7.4	.506	0.2	0.7	.293	1.9	2.3	.822
Kevin Love	60	28.6	14.0	3.8	7.2	11.0	2.3	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.9	10.8	.450	0.6	1.8	.330	3.8	4.6	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	78	31.9	13.5	1.0	2.4	3.4	6.0	1.7	0.1	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.495	0.3	1.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.826
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	12	31.2	14.1	2.1	3.7	5.8	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.8	6.2	12.4	.497	0.0	0.6	.000	1.8	2.1	.840
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	67	34.0	17.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.0	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.4	.536	0.6	1.5	.408	2.6	3.0	.856
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	36.4	18.6	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.6	1.5	0.0	2.1	2.7	7.0	13.7	.511	0.4	1.5	.250	4.3	4.6	.932
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	34.2	16.9	0.9	3.1	4.0	5.1	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.3	6.8	13.1	.518	0.8	1.8	.418	2.5	2.8	.897
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	4	36.3	18.3	0.8	5.5	6.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	3.3	5.5	12.8	.431	0.8	1.5	.500	6.5	7.0	.929
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	38.0	20.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	5.1	2.0	0.4	2.1	2.7	7.8	15.3	.512	1.0	2.3	.439	3.4	3.9	.886
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	8	42.9	20.4	1.5	4.9	6.4	5.3	1.8	0.3	2.4	2.9	7.8	16.0	.484	1.0	2.1	.471	3.9	4.3	.912
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	79	36.2	19.1	1.1	3.3	4.3	6.9	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	7.4	15.7	.470	1.2	3.2	.390	3.2	3.7	.865
Kevin Love	75	33.8	16.4	1.9	7.9	9.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.5	12.7	.434	1.9	5.2	.367	3.4	4.3	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	4	26.8	14.3	1.5	5.5	7.0	2.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	3.0	4.3	10.3	.415	2.3	5.3	.429	3.5	4.8	.737


Season 8
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	35.3	15.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.2	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.9	12.6	.470	0.9	2.6	.337	3.3	3.7	.878
Kevin Love	77	31.5	16.0	1.9	8.0	9.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.1	5.3	12.7	.419	2.1	5.7	.360	3.4	4.1	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	34.9	15.4	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.0	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.8	5.3	11.2	.475	0.9	2.1	.441	3.9	4.3	.912
Kevin Love	20	30.7	14.7	1.7	7.1	8.8	2.1	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.6	12.0	.385	2.3	5.6	.414	3.2	3.8	.840


Season 9
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	33.3	16.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.3	1.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	6.0	11.6	.514	1.1	2.7	.406	3.5	4.0	.882
Kevin Love	60	31.4	19.0	2.5	8.6	11.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.1	6.2	14.5	.427	2.4	6.5	.373	4.3	4.9	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	5	35.6	14.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	4.0	1.6	0.2	1.4	3.8	5.2	10.2	.510	1.4	2.6	.538	2.2	2.8	.786
Kevin Love	18	32.1	16.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	1.7	1.2	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.3	12.1	.436	2.8	6.2	.450	3.5	4.2	.840


Season 10
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	15.2	0.8	1.8	2.5	4.1	1.3	0.2	1.5	2.1	5.4	10.7	.502	1.3	2.7	.466	3.2	3.5	.893
Kevin Love	59	28.0	17.6	1.7	7.5	9.3	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.7	12.4	.458	2.3	5.6	.415	4.0	4.5	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	18	35.8	17.5	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.3	5.8	11.5	.502	1.9	3.2	.586	4.1	4.6	.890
Kevin Love	21	31.4	14.9	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.6	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.8	5.2	13.2	.392	1.7	5.0	.340	2.8	3.0	.922


Season 11
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	14.5	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	1.6	2.3	5.0	10.4	.482	0.9	2.4	.369	3.6	4.0	.899
Kevin Love	22	27.2	17.0	1.5	9.4	10.9	2.2	0.3	0.2	1.9	2.5	5.0	12.9	.385	2.4	6.7	.361	4.7	5.2	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	20	35.2	14.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.4	.433	1.0	2.7	.358	4.6	5.3	.876
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	30.8	14.2	0.8	2.6	3.4	4.4	1.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.0	10.4	.482	0.7	1.6	.441	3.6	4.0	.885
Kevin Love	56	31.8	17.6	1.0	8.8	9.8	3.2	0.6	0.3	2.5	1.6	5.8	13.0	.450	2.6	7.0	.374	3.3	3.9	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	20	31.8	10.9	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.6	3.7	8.9	.416	0.7	1.5	.467	2.8	3.3	.846
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	48	29.9	12.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	9.4	.477	0.7	1.7	.420	2.6	2.9	.893
Kevin Love	25	24.9	12.2	0.7	6.8	7.4	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.5	1.0	4.1	10.1	.409	2.3	6.2	.365	1.7	2.0	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	11	27.6	12.2	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.4	1.0	0.0	1.1	3.1	4.5	9.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.389	2.6	3.0	.879
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	77	27.7	12.4	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.6	9.5	.492	0.9	1.8	.478	2.2	2.3	.950
Kevin Love	74	22.5	13.6	1.2	6.1	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.4	4.4	10.3	.430	2.5	6.4	.392	2.2	2.7	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	10	29.9	11.5	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	10.2	.422	0.9	2.2	.409	2.0	2.4	.833
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	62	20.0	8.2	1.0	5.5	6.4	1.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	1.6	2.7	6.8	.389	1.6	4.8	.334	1.3	1.5	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	20	18.0	6.9	0.7	4.9	5.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	6.0	.378	1.7	4.4	.375	0.7	0.8	.875


Season 16
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Love
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	55	16.8	8.8	1.1	5.1	6.1	2.1	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	.440	1.5	4.4	.344	1.5	2.0	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	5	6.4	1.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	.444	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Jeff Hornacek vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16