George Gervin vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Lowry and George Gervin, 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

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.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 9 less than Kyle Lowry, who played 19. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86
Kyle Lowry	19	11	2006-07 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1976-77	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
difference:	+72	+15.5	+17.5	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+0.3	+0.1	+1.2		-1.5	+7.5	+12.5	+.176				+2.9	+3.7	+.060
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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1977-78	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
difference:		+9.3	+17.6	+0.9	+1.2	+2.1	+0.1	+0.6	+1.0	-2.2	-0.8	+7.4	+12.4	+.104				+3.1	+3.2	+.132
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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1978-79	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
difference:	+3	+14.3	+22.0	+1.5	+1.1	+2.5	+0.9	+0.8	+0.9	-2.1	-1.5	+9.3	+16.3	+.106				+3.5	+4.2	+.025
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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.0	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
difference:	+1	+17.1	+23.3	+1.8	+1.2	+3.0		+1.0	+0.9	-1.6	-1.8	+9.7	+16.3	+.203				+4.2	+5.0	+.066
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


Season 4
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1979-80	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
difference:	+10	+13.3	+24.0	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+1.9	+0.5	+0.9	-1.6	-0.2	+10.4	+18.1	+.131	+0.1	+0.7	+.042	+3.3	+3.8	+.025
Kyle Lowry	68	24.3	9.1	1.3	2.3	3.6	4.5	0.9	0.1	1.7	2.5	2.7	6.8	.397	0.5	2.0	.272	3.2	3.8	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1980-81	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
difference:	+7	+0.5	+13.6	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+3.5	+0.3	+0.4	-1.0	-0.2	+5.8	+10.3	+.066	+1.6	+4.2	+.119	+3.6	+4.3	+.061
Kyle Lowry	75	34.2	13.5	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.7	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	1.7	4.6	.376	2.6	3.3	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1981-82	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
difference:	+32	+3.6	+18.0	+0.9	+0.5	+0.5	+4.2	+0.6	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+8.1	+14.3	+.091	+1.6	+4.0	+.096	+3.4	+3.9
Kyle Lowry	47	32.1	14.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	4.5	10.9	.409	1.7	4.5	.374	3.6	4.2	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1982-83	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
difference:	+10	+6.6	+14.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+3.0	+0.3	+0.5	-0.9	-0.1	+6.0	+10.7	+.086	+1.3	+3.7	+.002	+3.8	+4.3	+.058
Kyle Lowry	68	29.7	11.6	0.8	3.9	4.7	6.4	1.4	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.7	9.2	.401	1.5	4.1	.362	2.8	3.5	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1983-84	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
difference:	+3	+2.2	+8.0	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+4.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.4	-0.5	+4.3	+6.8	+.067	+2.3	+6.0	+.037	+1.6	+1.8	+.029
Kyle Lowry	79	36.2	17.9	1.1	3.6	4.7	7.4	1.5	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.8	13.7	.423	2.4	6.3	.380	4.0	4.9	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Lowry	7	38.7	21.1	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.0	2.9	3.9	6.3	15.6	.404	2.4	6.1	.395	6.1	7.0	.878


Season 9
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
difference:	+2	+5.5	+3.4	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+4.3	+0.7	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+2.2	+1.5	+.096	+1.9	+5.5	+.338	+0.9	+0.8	+.036
Kyle Lowry	70	34.5	17.8	0.8	3.9	4.7	6.8	1.6	0.2	2.5	3.0	6.1	14.9	.412	1.9	5.6	.338	3.6	4.5	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
difference:	+1	+3.8	+9.9	+1.2	+0.8	+1.9	+2.0	+0.7	+0.6	-1.0	-0.7	+3.9	+1.5	+.216	+1.3	+5.2	+.217	+3.4	+4.0	+.067
Kyle Lowry	4	32.8	12.3	1.8	3.8	5.5	4.8	1.3	0.0	3.0	4.5	4.5	14.3	.316	1.3	5.8	.217	2.0	2.8	.727


Season 10
	George Gervin	Kyle Lowry
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
difference:	+5	+11.8	+5.0	+0.3	+2.3	+2.1	+4.6	+1.5	+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+0.3	+2.2	+.045	+2.8	+6.9	+.177	+1.7	+2.5	+.068
Kyle Lowry	77	37.0	21.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	6.4	2.1	0.4	2.9	2.7	6.6	15.6	.427	2.8	7.1	.388	5.2	6.4	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+18	+32.8	+19.1	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+5.5	+1.6	+0.2	-2.2	-2.2	+6.6	+16.0	+.397	+2.1	+6.9		+3.9	+5.2
Kyle Lowry	20	38.3	19.1	0.9	3.8	4.7	6.0	1.6	0.2	3.2	3.7	6.6	16.5	.397	2.1	6.9	.304	3.9	5.2	.750


Additional Years
* Kyle Lowry played 9 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 2017 to 2025—Kyle Lowry played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over George Gervin, Kyle Lowry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-Star Game

George Gervin vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Lowry and George Gervin, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years