Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11.1 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 20.2 | |
| 2011 | 26 | |
| 2012 | 18.3 | |
| 2013 | 26.1 | |
| 2014 | 16.4 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 17.6 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 11.7 | |
| 2020 | 12.2 | |
| 2021 | 13.6 | |
| 2022 | 8.5 | |
| 2023 | 8.8 | |
| 2024 | 7 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kevin Love ranks #145 in Basketball
Kevin Love ranks 145th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 840th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 80, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2008–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 86. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles 1, all-star selections 5, olympic golds 1, rebounding titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Jayson Tatum on 80.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dominique Wilkins on 80.7. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Kevin Love GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Love stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Love comparisons
Kevin Love — frequently asked
- Is Kevin Love the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kevin Love ranks 145th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 80.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Kevin Love's GOAT Score?
- 80.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kevin Love rank all time?
- 840th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 145th within Basketball.
- Kevin Love vs Jayson Tatum: who ranks higher?
- Kevin Love, on 80.8 against Jayson Tatum's 80.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.