Kyle Lowry vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

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

Kyle Lowry played 20 years in the NBA, 5 more than Glen Rice, who played 15. Kyle Lowry had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.

Rookie Season
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2006-07	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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 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
difference:	+67	+12.5	+8.0	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+1.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.3	-0.6	+4.7	+10.1	+.071	+0.1	+0.1	+.129	+1.3	+1.2	+.159
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Lowry nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 7
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2012-13	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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 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
difference:	+11	+10.1	+10.0	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+3.5	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.5	+4.0	+7.2	+.070	+0.7	+1.0	+.062	+1.2	+1.3	+.042
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Lowry nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2013-14	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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 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
difference:		+6.4	+8.9	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+5.4	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-1.0	+3.3	+5.5	+.054	+0.2	+0.7	+.090	+1.9	+1.9	+.054
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+7.0	+6.6	+1.0	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+0.4	+0.3	-1.6	-0.2	+3.0	+3.4	+.087	+0.4	+0.8	+.020	+0.9	+0.7	+.035
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913

Season 9
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2014-15	1997-98
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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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 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
difference:	+12	+5.7	+4.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+4.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+1.6	+2.0	+.045	+0.3	+1.9	+.095	+1.6	+1.6	+.041
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+8.2	+10.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	+3.4	+0.7	+0.3	-1.6	-1.6	+4.6	+4.9	+.158	+0.1	+1.8	+.089	+1.3	+1.2	+.106
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 10
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2015-16	1998-99
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+50	+0.5	+3.7	+0.4	+0.7	+1.0	+3.8	+1.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.2	+0.3	+0.9	+.005	+0.8	+2.1	+.005	+2.3	+3.1	+.045
Glen Rice	27	36.5	17.5	0.3	3.3	3.7	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.5	6.3	14.7	.432	2.0	5.0	.393	2.9	3.3	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+13	+5.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+4.4	+0.9	+0.1	-1.9	-1.6	+0.2	+2.1	+.049	+0.7	+2.9	+.053	+0.1	+1.1	+.216
Glen Rice	7	43.7	18.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.1	6.4	14.4	.446	1.4	4.0	.357	4.0	4.1	.966

Season 11
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+20	+5.8	+6.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+4.8	+0.9	+0.1	-1.5	-0.6	+1.8	+3.0	+.034	+2.1	+4.9	+.045	+0.7	+1.1	+.055
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+15	+4.2	+3.4		+0.8	+0.9	+3.8	+0.8	+0.3	-0.5	-1.1	+1.4	+1.7	+.054	+0.4	+1.9	+.076	+0.3	+0.2	+.020
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798

Season 12
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+2.7	+4.2		+1.4	+1.5	+5.7	+0.6		-1.0	-0.1	+0.8	+2.1	+.013	+2.0	+4.8	+.010	+0.8	+0.9	+.002
Glen Rice	75	29.5	12.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	4.4	10.0	.440	1.1	2.8	.389	2.1	2.4	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+7.3	+5.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+7.9	+0.9	+0.2	-1.7	-1.3	+1.2	+1.4	+.046	+1.6	+3.5	+.015	+1.2	+1.6	+.062
Glen Rice	5	28.8	12.2	0.6	3.8	4.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.8	10.4	.462	1.2	2.8	.429	1.4	1.6	.875

Season 13
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Lowry	65	34.0	14.2	0.6	4.2	4.8	8.7	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.6	4.7	11.4	.411	2.4	7.0	.347	2.5	3.0	.830
difference:	+45	+3.7	+5.6	+0.3	+2.1	+2.4	+7.1	+0.8	+0.3	-1.6	-0.9	+1.4	+3.0	+.022	+1.5	+3.8	+.066	+1.3	+1.5	+.030
Glen Rice	20	30.3	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.3	8.4	.389	0.9	3.2	.281	1.2	1.5	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Lowry	24	37.5	15.0	0.9	4.0	4.9	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.3	4.0	5.1	11.5	.440	2.2	6.0	.359	2.7	3.4	.802
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Kyle Lowry	Glen Rice
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Lowry	58	36.2	19.4	0.6	4.5	5.0	7.5	1.4	0.4	3.1	3.3	5.8	13.8	.416	2.8	8.0	.352	5.1	5.9	.857
difference:	+4	+11.5	+10.4	+0.1	+2.5	+2.5	+6.5	+1.0	+0.3	-2.2	-1.7	+2.6	+6.4	+.013	+1.2	+3.9	+.046	+4.1	+4.6	+.098
Glen Rice	62	24.7	9.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.2	7.4	.429	1.6	4.1	.398	1.0	1.3	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Lowry	11	37.5	17.7	0.7	5.8	6.5	5.8	1.7	0.7	2.5	3.6	5.6	13.5	.419	2.1	6.5	.319	4.4	5.5	.800
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-