Kevin Love vs. Sam Mitchell Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Mitchell and Kevin Love, 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.
Kevin Love played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Sam Mitchell, who played 13. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Sam Mitchell had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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 |
Kevin Love |
16 |
6 |
2008-09 to 2023-24 |
Sam Mitchell |
13 |
9 |
1989-90 to 2001-02 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Kevin Love |
Sam Mitchell |
Season |
2008-09 | 1989-90 |
Team |
Minnesota Timberwolves | 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 |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
80 |
30.2 |
12.7 |
2.3 |
3.5 |
5.8 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
3.8 |
4.7 |
10.4 |
.446 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
.768 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
82 |
38.1 |
14.6 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
6.3 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
4.1 |
5.4 |
12.3 |
.441 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.7 |
4.8 |
.775 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
81 |
17.3 |
7.2 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
6.0 |
.445 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.174 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
.811 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
4 |
6.3 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.625 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
75 |
14.5 |
4.8 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
4.1 |
.458 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
.745 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
15 |
6.6 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
.346 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
81 |
17.0 |
6.5 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
5.1 |
.487 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.100 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
.724 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
17 |
13.1 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
1.4 |
3.8 |
.359 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
.786 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
78 |
27.5 |
10.8 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
4.3 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.9 |
7.9 |
.490 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.056 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
.814 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
82 |
24.9 |
9.3 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
7.4 |
.446 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.160 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
.759 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
3 |
15.7 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
4.3 |
.462 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.7 |
.625 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
81 |
27.6 |
12.3 |
1.5 |
3.3 |
4.8 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
4.6 |
9.9 |
.464 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.349 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
.832 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
5 |
35.8 |
14.4 |
1.4 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
1.6 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
3.6 |
5.2 |
11.6 |
.448 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
.214 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
.895 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
50 |
26.9 |
11.2 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
4.3 |
10.4 |
.408 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.237 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
.764 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
4 |
32.8 |
10.0 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
10.0 |
.375 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
.167 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
66 |
18.6 |
6.5 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
5.7 |
.447 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
.435 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.880 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
4 |
17.0 |
5.8 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
4.5 |
.500 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
.400 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
82 |
12.0 |
3.5 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
.408 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.209 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
.727 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
4 |
12.5 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
.200 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
74 |
9.8 |
3.3 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
3.1 |
.432 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.286 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
.776 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
3 |
11.3 |
2.7 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Love |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
- |
Sam Mitchell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |