Ron Harper vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

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

Ron Harper played 15 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kyle Lowry, who played 19. Ron Harper had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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.

Rookie Season
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	1986-87	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684
difference:	+72	+19.9	+17.3	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+1.6	+1.1	+0.9	-3.0	-1.0	+7.6	+15.9	+.087	+0.1	+0.3	+.162	+2.2	+4.1	+.209
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 Ron Harper nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 9
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	1994-95	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ron Harper	77	19.9	6.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.7	6.4	.426	0.4	1.4	.282	1.1	1.7	.618
difference:	+7	+14.6	+10.9	+0.1	+2.2	+2.4	+4.8	+0.3	+0.2	-1.2	-1.3	+3.4	+8.5	+.014	+1.5	+4.2	+.056	+2.5	+2.8	+.190
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		%
Ron Harper	6	6.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+2	+26.1	+10.3	+1.5	+3.1	+4.5	+4.1	+0.8	+0.2	-2.8	-3.5	+3.5	+12.0	+.113	+1.3	+5.5	+.217	+2.0	+2.8
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
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	1995-96	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705
difference:	+3	+13.4	+13.8	+0.2	+2.3	+2.0	+3.8	+0.8		-2.0	-1.0	+3.7	+9.3	+.040	+2.4	+5.8	+.119	+4.0	+4.7	+.106
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		%
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690
difference:	+2	+10.9	+10.3	+0.5	+1.5	+1.0	+3.5	+0.2	+0.2	-2.2	-1.6	+3.4	+9.1	+.028	+1.3	+4.3	+.015	+2.3	+2.9	+.060
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
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	1996-97	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707
difference:	+16	+14.5	+16.1	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+4.5	+0.4	+0.2	-2.2	-1.0	+4.8	+10.0	+.028	+2.3	+5.3	+.050	+4.2	+5.0	+.112
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		%
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750
difference:	+11	+10.4	+8.3	+0.7	+0.4	+1.2	+2.9	+0.2	+0.2	-1.5	-1.0	+2.8	+5.0	+.062	+0.5	+1.6	+.002	+2.3	+2.6	+.068
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

Season 12
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Ron Harper	82	27.9	9.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	8.1	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	2.0	2.6	.750
difference:	+4	+4.3	+6.9	+0.5	+2.5	+2.1	+4.0	+0.2	+0.4	-1.2	-0.3	+1.6	+4.0	+.014	+2.9	+6.6	+.209	+0.9	+0.7	+.104
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		%
Ron Harper	21	26.9	6.7	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.8	.459	0.2	0.9	.263	1.1	1.9	.615
difference:	+11	+9.2	+10.7	+0.8	+1.5	+0.6	+6.2	+0.5	+0.9	-2.2	-1.3	+3.3	+6.0	+.049	+2.6	+5.4	+.181	+1.5	+1.3	+.198
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

Season 13
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Ron Harper	35	31.6	11.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.3	1.7	1.0	1.9	2.3	4.2	11.1	.377	0.8	2.4	.318	2.0	2.9	.703
difference:	+30	+2.4	+3.0	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+5.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.9	-0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+.034	+1.6	+4.6	+.029	+0.5	+0.1	+.127
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 14
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Ron Harper	80	25.5	7.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.7	6.6	.399	0.4	1.3	.311	1.3	1.8	.680
difference:	+22	+10.7	+12.4	+0.6	+1.5	+0.8	+4.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.4	-1.2	+3.1	+7.2	+.017	+2.4	+6.7	+.041	+3.8	+4.1	+.177
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	23	27.9	8.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.431	0.4	1.7	.231	1.4	2.0	.702
difference:	+12	+9.6	+9.1	+0.6	+3.4	+2.8	+2.6	+0.7	+0.1	-1.3	-0.9	+2.2	+5.6	+.012	+1.7	+4.8	+.088	+3.0	+3.5	+.098
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

Season 15
	Ron Harper	Kyle Lowry
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	47	24.2	6.5	1.0	2.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	.469	0.4	1.5	.264	0.7	1.0	.708
difference:	+1	+10.6	+10.7	+0.2	+2.0	+1.9	+4.9	+0.2	+0.2	-1.4	-1.6	+3.0	+7.2	+.033	+2.4	+5.7	+.132	+2.3	+2.5	+.167
Kyle Lowry	46	34.8	17.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	7.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.1	5.7	13.0	.436	2.8	7.2	.396	3.0	3.5	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	7.3	2.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.667
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-