Chet Holmgren vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Lowry and Chet Holmgren, 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 / Stats Rankings / 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.

Chet Holmgren played 3 years in the NBA, 17 less than Kyle Lowry, who played 20. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Kyle Lowry had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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 achievements, 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
Chet Holmgren 3 2 2023-24 to 2025-26
Kyle Lowry 20 11 2006-07 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Chet Holmgren Kyle Lowry
Season 2023-242006-07
Team Oklahoma City ThunderMemphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Thunder Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 82 29.4 16.5 1.6 6.3 7.9 2.4 0.6 2.3 1.6 2.4 6.2 11.6 .530 1.6 4.3 .370 2.7 3.4 .793
difference:+72+11.9+10.9+0.4+4.4+4.8+0.8+0.8+2.2-0.4-0.4+4.8+7.8+.162+1.3+3.5+.005+0.2+0.6+.100
Kyle Lowry 10 17.5 5.6 1.2 1.9 3.1 3.2 1.4 0.1 1.2 2.0 1.4 3.8 .368 0.3 0.8 .375 2.5 2.8 .893
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 10 34.5 15.6 1.4 5.8 7.2 2.1 0.7 2.5 1.9 2.6 5.9 11.9 .496 1.3 5.0 .260 2.5 3.3 .758
Kyle Lowry DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2
Chet Holmgren Kyle Lowry
Season 2024-252007-08
Team Oklahoma City ThunderMemphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 32 27.4 15.0 1.5 6.5 8.0 2.0 0.7 2.2 1.8 2.3 5.2 10.7 .490 1.4 3.6 .379 3.2 4.2 .754
difference:+50+1.9+5.4+1.0+4.0+5.0+1.6+0.4+1.9-0.3+2.1+3.5+.058+1.0+1.9+.122+0.2+.056
Kyle Lowry 82 25.5 9.6 0.5 2.5 3.0 3.6 1.1 0.3 1.5 2.3 3.1 7.2 .432 0.4 1.7 .257 3.0 4.2 .698
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 23 29.8 15.2 1.8 6.8 8.7 1.0 0.7 1.9 1.2 2.0 5.3 11.6 .462 1.2 4.0 .297 3.3 4.2 .784
Kyle Lowry DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3
Chet Holmgren Kyle Lowry
Season 2025-262008-09
Team Oklahoma City ThunderMemphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayRockets Lost West Conf Semis
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 21 28.7 18.8 1.5 6.5 8.0 1.7 0.6 1.5 2.0 3.0 7.2 12.4 .581 1.5 3.9 .395 2.9 3.7 .782
difference:+56+6.9+11.2+1.2+4.4+5.5+1.9+0.3+1.3-0.5-1.1+4.7+6.8+.146+1.2+2.6+.140+0.5+0.8+.019
Kyle Lowry 77 21.8 7.6 0.3 2.1 2.5 3.6 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.9 2.5 5.6 .435 0.3 1.3 .255 2.4 2.9 .801
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren DNP------ --- ----------
Kyle Lowry 13 19.5 5.3 0.6 2.3 2.9 2.5 0.9 0.1 1.3 1.8 1.6 4.8 .333 0.3 1.2 .250 1.8 2.4 .742

Additional Years

* Kyle Lowry played 17 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 20, from 2010 to 2026—Kyle Lowry played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 17 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Kyle Lowry got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 6 All-Star Game
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