Kevin Love vs. Tim Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Thomas 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 Tim Thomas, who played 13. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Tim Thomas had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kevin Love	Tim Thomas
Season	2008-09	1997-98
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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
Tim Thomas	77	23.1	11.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	4.0	8.9	.447	0.8	2.2	.363	2.2	3.0	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin Love	Tim Thomas
Season	2010-11	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	80	26.2	11.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.8	4.3	9.4	.461	0.8	2.3	.346	2.4	3.0	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	5	28.4	15.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.0	0.2	0.8	0.2	2.8	5.8	11.8	.492	1.0	3.0	.333	2.8	3.4	.824

Season 4
	Kevin Love	Tim Thomas
Season	2011-12	2000-01
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	76	27.4	12.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	0.6	1.5	2.6	4.3	10.0	.430	1.4	3.4	.412	2.6	3.3	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	18	26.5	11.3	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.9	.448	1.2	2.8	.431	2.9	3.6	.815

Season 6
	Kevin Love	Tim Thomas
Season	2013-14	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	80	29.5	13.3	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.7	3.2	5.2	11.6	.443	1.2	3.3	.366	1.8	2.3	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	6	31.8	17.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.3	4.5	6.0	13.0	.462	2.0	3.5	.571	3.8	5.3	.719

Season 8
	Kevin Love	Tim Thomas
Season	2015-16	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
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		%
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
Tim Thomas	71	27.3	12.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	10.1	.439	1.2	2.9	.409	1.9	2.4	.786
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
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kevin Love	Tim Thomas
Season	2016-17	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	29	23.0	10.3	0.8	3.8	4.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.7	3.9	9.0	.431	1.6	3.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.667
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
Tim Thomas	20	31.8	15.1	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.1	4.5	5.4	11.0	.491	2.4	5.4	.444	1.9	2.5	.776

Season 10
	Kevin Love	Tim Thomas
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	76	27.0	11.0	0.8	4.1	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.4	3.0	3.9	9.5	.414	1.8	4.7	.382	1.3	1.9	.708
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
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-