J.J. Barea vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and J.J. Barea, 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 / Games against each other

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.

J.J. Barea played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Kevin Love, who played 16. J.J. Barea had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
J.J. Barea	14	8	2006-07 to 2019-20
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
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
J.J. Barea	33	5.8	2.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	.359	0.2	0.6	.286	0.5	0.7	.667
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		%
J.J. Barea	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
J.J. Barea	44	10.5	4.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.9	.418	0.5	1.2	.389	0.6	0.8	.800
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		%
J.J. Barea	1	5.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	.750	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
J.J. Barea	79	20.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	3.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.1	7.1	.442	0.7	1.9	.357	0.9	1.2	.753
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		%
J.J. Barea	10	22.1	7.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.3	3.1	7.1	.437	0.5	1.6	.313	0.9	1.3	.692
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
J.J. Barea	78	19.8	7.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.0	6.8	.440	0.7	2.0	.357	1.0	1.2	.844
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		%
J.J. Barea	6	17.5	5.8	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.5	0.3	0.2	1.7	2.2	2.5	6.2	.405	0.7	1.7	.400	0.2	0.5	.333
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
J.J. Barea	81	20.6	9.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.9	0.4	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.5	8.0	.439	0.8	2.3	.349	1.6	1.9	.847
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		%
J.J. Barea	21	18.6	8.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.4	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.3	3.4	8.2	.419	0.8	2.4	.320	1.3	1.6	.794
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
J.J. Barea	41	25.2	11.3	0.3	2.4	2.8	5.7	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	4.1	10.2	.400	1.3	3.5	.371	1.9	2.4	.776
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
J.J. Barea	74	23.1	11.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.0	0.4	0.0	2.0	1.8	4.3	10.2	.417	1.3	3.8	.346	1.4	1.8	.784
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
J.J. Barea	79	18.6	8.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.8	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	8.3	.387	0.9	2.9	.316	1.0	1.3	.790
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
J.J. Barea	77	17.7	7.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.4	2.9	7.0	.420	0.7	2.2	.323	1.0	1.2	.809
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		%
J.J. Barea	5	30.8	11.8	1.0	3.8	4.8	7.4	0.8	0.0	2.8	3.4	5.0	11.4	.439	0.8	3.2	.250	1.0	1.2	.833
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
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
J.J. Barea	74	22.5	10.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.1	0.4	0.0	1.5	1.5	4.3	9.6	.446	1.4	3.5	.385	1.0	1.3	.771
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		%
J.J. Barea	4	25.0	6.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	2.0	2.8	8.5	.324	0.3	2.0	.125	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
J.J. Barea	35	22.0	10.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	5.5	0.4	0.0	1.8	0.9	4.1	9.8	.414	1.5	4.2	.358	1.3	1.5	.863
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
J.J. Barea	69	23.2	11.6	0.2	2.7	2.9	6.3	0.5	0.0	2.1	1.2	4.4	10.0	.439	1.7	4.5	.367	1.2	1.5	.784
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
J.J. Barea	38	19.8	10.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	5.6	0.6	0.0	1.9	1.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.0	3.4	.297	1.4	2.1	.705
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	J.J. Barea	Kevin Love
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
J.J. Barea	29	15.5	7.7	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.9	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.9	2.9	7.1	.411	1.1	2.9	.376	0.7	0.8	.909
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		%
J.J. Barea	1	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	J.J. Barea	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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	J.J. Barea	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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
J.J. Barea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

J.J. Barea vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and J.J. Barea, 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