Kevin Love
Age 37 · 6'10" · 251 lb · USA
Pick #5, 2008 Draft · Rookie 2009 · 989 games · 88 playoff games
DPM · #421 of 530
-1.9Game by game
Seismograph
DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.
- Season change
- -0.47
- -1.39 before the first game, -1.86 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.27
- Feb 23 vs HOU · 24 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.27
- Jan 19 vs SAS · 21 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.11
- Last 18 games, vs 0.11 in the first 18. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Historical comps
Comps & futures
The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.
-1.9 at age 37 in 2025-26 ranks 74th of 118 age-37 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Antawn Jamison, 2013-14.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antawn Jamison 2013-14 | 37 | -1.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Matt Barnes 2016-17 | 37 | -1.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
| Pau Gasol 2016-17 | 36 | -1.5 | -2.3, -2.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
| Clifford Robinson 2003-04 | 37 | -1.5 | -3.6, -3.8, -5.6, under 10 games, under 10 games | 77 |
| Toni Kukoc 2005-06 | 37 | -1.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 76 |
| Joe Johnson 2017-18 | 36 | -2.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 76 |
| Grant Hill 2009-10 | 37 | -1.4 | -1.1, -0.4, -3.0, under 10 games, under 10 games | 76 |
| Metta World Peace 2016-17 | 37 | -2.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 76 |
| Michael Finley 2009-10 | 37 | -2.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 75 |
| Brent Barry 2008-09 | 37 | -1.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 75 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Kevin's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Kevin Love's seasons, at the same age.
- Bam Adebayo MIA like his 2016-17 86
- Kyle Filipowski UTA like his 2010-11 83
- Bobby Portis MIL like his 2019-20 81
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Value
Contract & longevity
DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Kevin Love's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $0.3M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $4.2M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$3.8M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 37.9
- Projected age
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 37 | 37 | 16.6 | -1.86 | -1.38 | -0.48 | 74th of 118 |
| 2024-25 | MIA | 36 | 23 | 10.9 | -1.34 | -1.34 | -0.01 | 109th of 189 |
| 2023-24 | MIA | 35 | 55 +5 | 16.8 | +0.19 | +0.15 | +0.04 | 69th of 243 |
| 2022-23 | MIA | 34 | 62 +20 | 20.0 | -0.66 | -0.76 | +0.10 | 153rd of 336 |
| 2021-22 | CLE | 33 | 74 | 22.5 | -0.37 | -0.09 | -0.28 | 167th of 406 |
| 2020-21 | CLE | 32 | 25 | 24.9 | -0.22 | +0.08 | -0.30 | 221st of 530 |
| 2019-20 | CLE | 31 | 56 | 31.8 | -0.16 | +0.75 | -0.91 | 258th of 616 |
| 2018-19 | CLE | 30 | 22 | 27.2 | +1.89 | +2.12 | -0.23 | 98th of 697 |
| 2017-18 | CLE | 29 | 59 +21 | 28.0 | +1.23 | +1.41 | -0.18 | 163rd of 774 |
| 2016-17 | CLE | 28 | 60 +18 | 31.4 | +2.56 | +2.18 | +0.38 | 89th of 858 |
| 2015-16 | CLE | 27 | 77 +20 | 31.5 | +2.36 | +2.06 | +0.31 | 96th of 924 |
| 2014-15 | CLE | 26 | 75 +4 | 33.8 | +2.41 | +2.27 | +0.14 | 87th of 1010 |
| 2013-14 | MIN | 25 | 77 | 36.3 | +3.97 | +4.00 | -0.03 | 29th of 1078 |
| 2012-13 | MIN | 24 | 18 | 34.3 | +0.72 | +1.13 | -0.41 | — |
| 2011-12 | MIN | 23 | 55 | 39.0 | +1.83 | +2.40 | -0.57 | 79th of 1100 |
| 2010-11 | MIN | 22 | 73 | 35.8 | +0.63 | +1.16 | -0.52 | 129th of 813 |
| 2009-10 | MIN | 21 | 60 | 28.6 | -0.40 | +0.28 | -0.68 | 164th of 571 |
| 2008-09 | MIN | 20 | 81 | 25.3 | -1.39 | -0.48 | -0.91 | 170th of 354 |
Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.
Projections
Projected box score
DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 0.8 projected minutes and a pace of 94.8.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.2 | 0.3 |
| Rebounds | 15.9 | 0.3 |
| Offensive | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| Defensive | 12.2 | 0.2 |
| Assists | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| FG attempts | 14.4 | 0.2 |
| FT attempts | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 35.9% · 33.8% · 77.5% | |