Kevin Johnson vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Lowry and Kevin Johnson, 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 Johnson played 12 years in the NBA, 8 less than Kyle Lowry, who played 20. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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.

Season 2
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1988-89	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin Johnson	81	39.2	20.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	4.0	2.8	7.0	13.9	.505	0.0	0.3	.091	6.3	7.1	.882
difference:	+1	+13.7	+10.8	+0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+8.6	+0.6		-2.5	-0.5	+3.9	+6.7	+.073	+0.4	+1.4	+.166	+3.3	+2.9	+.184
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		%
Kevin Johnson	12	41.2	23.8	1.0	3.3	4.3	12.3	1.6	0.4	4.6	2.3	7.5	15.2	.495	0.3	0.8	.300	8.5	9.2	.927
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1989-90	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kevin Johnson	74	37.6	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.6	11.4	1.3	0.2	3.6	1.9	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.6	.195	6.8	8.1	.838
difference:	+3	+15.8	+14.9	+0.3	+1.0	+1.1	+7.8	+0.4		-2.1		+5.3	+10.1	+.064	+0.2	+0.7	+.060	+4.4	+5.2	+.037
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		%
Kevin Johnson	16	36.4	21.3	0.6	2.8	3.3	10.6	1.6	0.0	3.9	1.8	7.7	16.1	.479	0.1	0.7	.182	5.8	7.0	.821
difference:	+3	+16.9	+16.0		+0.5	+0.4	+8.1	+0.7	+0.1	-2.6		+6.1	+11.3	+.146	+0.2	+0.5	+.068	+4.0	+4.6	+.079
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
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1990-91	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kevin Johnson	77	36.0	22.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	10.1	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.3	7.7	14.9	.516	0.1	0.6	.205	6.7	8.0	.843
difference:	+9	+11.7	+13.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	+5.6	+1.2		-1.8	-0.2	+5.0	+8.1	+.119	+0.4	+1.4	+.067	+3.5	+4.2	+.016
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		%
Kevin Johnson	4	36.5	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.8	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.3	4.0	13.3	.302	0.3	1.8	.143	4.5	7.5	.600
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1991-92	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Kevin Johnson	78	37.2	19.7	0.8	3.0	3.7	10.7	1.5	0.3	3.5	2.3	6.9	14.4	.479	0.1	0.6	.217	5.7	7.1	.807
difference:	+3	+3.0	+6.2	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	+4.0	+0.1		-1.4	-0.5	+2.3	+3.6	+.053	+1.6	+4.0	+.159	+3.1	+3.8	+.042
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		%
Kevin Johnson	8	41.9	23.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	11.6	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.0	7.8	16.0	.484	0.4	0.8	.500	7.8	9.0	.861
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1993-94	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin Johnson	67	36.6	20.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	9.5	1.9	0.1	3.5	1.9	7.1	14.6	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	5.7	6.9	.819
difference:	+1	+6.9	+8.4		+2.2	+2.2	+3.1	+0.5	+0.3	-1.2	-1.3	+3.4	+5.4	+.086	+1.4	+3.7	+.140	+2.9	+3.4	+.024
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		%
Kevin Johnson	10	42.7	26.6	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.6	1.0	0.1	3.4	2.3	9.7	21.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.300	6.9	8.1	.852
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1995-96	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Kevin Johnson	56	35.8	18.7	0.8	3.2	3.9	9.2	1.5	0.2	3.0	2.6	6.1	12.0	.507	0.4	1.0	.368	6.1	7.1	.859
difference:	+14	+1.3	+0.9		+0.7	+0.8	+2.4	+0.1		-0.5	-0.4		+2.9	+.095	+1.5	+4.6	+.030	+2.5	+2.6	+.051
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		%
Kevin Johnson	4	37.8	17.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	10.8	0.5	0.5	2.8	2.0	6.8	14.3	.474	0.3	1.0	.250	3.5	4.3	.824
difference:		+5.0	+5.0	+1.3		+1.2	+6.0	+0.8	+0.5	-0.2	-2.5	+2.3		+.158	+1.0	+4.8	+.033	+1.5	+1.5	+.097
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
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kevin Johnson	70	38.0	20.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	9.3	1.5	0.2	3.1	2.0	6.3	12.7	.496	1.3	2.9	.441	6.3	7.4	.852
difference:	+7	+1.0	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+2.9	+0.6	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+0.3	+2.9	+.069	+1.5	+4.2	+.053	+1.1	+1.0	+.041
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		%
Kevin Johnson	5	41.6	16.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	6.0	2.6	0.0	3.6	3.0	5.2	17.6	.295	0.6	4.4	.136	5.8	6.6	.879
difference:	+15	+3.3	+2.3	+0.7	+1.0	+0.3		+1.0	+0.2	-0.4	-0.7	+1.4	+1.1	+.102	+1.5	+2.5	+.168	+1.9	+1.4	+.129
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

Season 11
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	50	25.8	9.5	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.1	3.1	6.9	.447	0.1	0.5	.154	3.2	3.7	.871
difference:	+10	+11.6	+12.9	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+2.1	+1.0	+0.1	-0.9	-1.7	+4.0	+8.4	+.017	+3.1	+7.3	+.258	+1.8	+2.4	+.052
Kyle Lowry	60	37.4	22.4	0.8	4.0	4.8	7.0	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.8	7.1	15.3	.464	3.2	7.8	.412	5.0	6.1	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	4	30.5	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.8	10.5	.548	0.3	1.0	.250	2.0	3.0	.667
difference:	+4	+7.0	+2.0	+0.1	+1.0	+0.8	+1.1	+1.0	+0.2	-0.6	-1.8	+0.4	+1.1	+.086	+1.3	+3.8	+.092	+1.4	+1.1	+.151
Kyle Lowry	8	37.5	15.8	0.4	2.8	3.1	5.9	1.5	0.5	2.1	3.3	5.4	11.6	.462	1.6	4.8	.342	3.4	4.1	.818

Note: Kevin Johnson didn't play in 1998-99.

Season 12
	Kevin Johnson	Kyle Lowry
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	6	18.8	6.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.0	2.7	4.7	.571	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.2	1.2	1.000
difference:	+72	+13.4	+9.5	+0.8	+2.0	+2.9	+2.9	+0.8	+0.2	-1.1	-1.5	+2.5	+7.4	+.144	+2.9	+7.4	+.601	+1.7	+2.1	+.146
Kyle Lowry	78	32.2	16.2	0.8	4.7	5.6	6.9	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.5	5.2	12.1	.427	3.1	7.6	.399	2.9	3.3	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	9	14.3	3.2	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.1	1.3	4.1	.324	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+1	+21.8	+14.2	+0.2	+2.7	+2.9	+5.9	+1.2	+0.1	-1.7	-2.2	+4.7	+7.7	+.184	+2.8	+6.0	+.444	+2.0	+2.5	+.020
Kyle Lowry	10	36.1	17.4	0.2	4.1	4.3	8.5	1.5	0.0	3.1	3.3	6.0	11.8	.508	2.8	6.3	.444	2.6	3.2	.813

Additional Years
* Kyle Lowry played 8 seasons more than Kevin Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 20, from 2019 to 2026—Kyle Lowry played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Kevin Johnson, Kyle Lowry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game