Kyle Kuzma vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Lowry and Kyle Kuzma, 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.

Kyle Kuzma played 9 years in the NBA, 11 less than Kyle Lowry, who played 20. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
Kyle Kuzma	9	3	2017-18 to 2025-26
Kyle Lowry	20	11	2006-07 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
difference:	+67	+13.7	+10.5	+0.1	+3.2	+3.2	+1.4	+0.8	+0.3	-0.6	-0.1	+4.7	+9.7	+.082	+1.8	+4.8	+.009	+0.6	+0.1	+.186
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
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2018-19	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	70	33.1	18.7	0.9	4.6	5.5	2.5	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.1	15.5	.456	1.8	6.0	.303	2.7	3.6	.752
difference:	+12	+7.6	+9.1	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+1.1	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+4.0	+8.3	+.024	+1.4	+4.3	+.046	+0.3	+0.6	+.054
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
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
difference:	+16	+3.2	+5.2	+0.6	+1.5	+2.0	+2.3	+0.4	+0.2		-0.2	+2.3	+5.4	+.001	+1.1	+3.2	+.061	+0.5	+0.4	+.066
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		%
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784
difference:	+8	+3.5	+4.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+1.7	+0.6	+0.2	-0.3	-0.6	+2.1	+3.7	+.097	+0.9	+2.8	+.063	+0.4	+0.6	+.042
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
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Kyle Kuzma	68	28.7	12.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.9	11.1	.443	2.0	5.6	.361	1.0	1.4	.691
difference:		+4.4	+3.8	+0.3	+2.2	+2.5	+2.6	+0.4	+0.5		-0.7	+2.2	+4.3	+.046	+1.5	+3.6	+.089	+2.2	+2.4	+.136
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		%
Kyle Kuzma	6	21.5	6.3	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	8.0	.292	0.7	3.8	.174	1.0	1.5	.667
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	66	33.4	17.1	1.1	7.4	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	2.6	1.9	6.4	14.2	.452	1.9	5.7	.341	2.4	3.3	.712
difference:	+9	+0.8	+3.6	+0.1	+4.5	+4.4	+3.2	+0.8	+0.6	-0.5	-0.9	+1.8	+3.4	+.026	+0.2	+1.1	+.035	+0.2		+.053
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
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730
difference:	+17	+2.9	+6.9	+0.1	+2.7	+2.7	+2.9	+1.0	+0.2	-0.2	-0.5	+3.5	+6.9	+.039	+0.8	+3.0	+.041	+0.9	+0.5	+.134
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
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775
difference:	+2	+2.9	+10.6	+0.1	+1.8	+1.9	+2.2	+0.9	+0.3	-0.4	-1.0	+5.0	+9.6	+.062	+0.7	+2.3	+.026	+0.1	+0.1	+.020
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
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	65	29.8	14.8	0.8	4.9	5.7	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.2	1.8	5.7	13.0	.436	1.5	4.8	.307	2.0	3.1	.634
difference:	+14	+6.4	+3.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+5.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.3	-1.6	+0.1	+0.7	+.013	+0.9	+1.5	+.073	+2.0	+1.8	+.179
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		%
Kyle Kuzma	5	20.4	5.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.4	2.4	7.0	.343	0.4	2.0	.200	0.6	1.2	.500
difference:	+2	+18.3	+15.3	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+3.9	+0.9	+0.2	-2.3	-1.5	+3.9	+8.6	+.061	+2.0	+4.1	+.195	+5.5	+5.8	+.378
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
	Kyle Kuzma	Kyle Lowry
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	25	26.1	13.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.2	10.0	.514	0.9	2.7	.338	2.2	3.0	.737
difference:	+45	+8.4	+4.3		+0.2	+0.2	+4.7	+0.8	+0.3	-0.9	-0.5	+0.9	+4.9	+.102	+1.0	+2.9		+1.4	+1.5	+.071
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		%
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Additional Years
* Kyle Lowry played 11 seasons more than Kyle Kuzma in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 20, from 2016 to 2026—Kyle Lowry played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Kyle Kuzma, Kyle Lowry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game

Kyle Kuzma vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

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

Additional Years