Steve Francis vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

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

Steve Francis played 9 years in the NBA, 11 less than Kyle Lowry, who played 20. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
Steve Francis	9	1	1999-00 to 2007-08
Kyle Lowry	20	11	2006-07 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	1999-00	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
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		%
Steve Francis	77	36.1	18.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.0	6.5	14.5	.445	1.4	4.0	.345	3.7	4.7	.786
difference:	+67	+18.6	+12.4	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+3.4	+0.1	+0.3	-2.8	-1.0	+5.1	+10.7	+.077	+1.1	+3.2	+.030	+1.2	+1.9	+.107
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 Steve Francis nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2000-01	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Steve Francis	80	39.9	19.9	2.4	4.5	6.9	6.5	1.8	0.4	3.3	3.4	6.9	15.2	.451	1.7	4.2	.396	4.5	5.5	.817
difference:	+2	+14.4	+10.3	+1.9	+2.0	+3.9	+2.9	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-1.1	+3.8	+8.0	+.019	+1.3	+2.5	+.139	+1.5	+1.3	+.119
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 Steve Francis nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2001-02	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steve Francis	57	41.1	21.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	6.4	1.2	0.4	3.9	3.0	7.4	17.7	.417	1.2	3.7	.324	5.7	7.4	.773
difference:	+20	+19.3	+14.0	+1.5	+3.1	+4.5	+2.8	+0.3	+0.2	-2.4	-1.1	+4.9	+12.1	+.018	+0.9	+2.4	+.069	+3.3	+4.5	+.028
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		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2002-03	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steve Francis	81	41.0	21.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	6.2	1.7	0.5	3.7	3.1	7.0	16.2	.435	1.0	3.0	.354	5.9	7.3	.800
difference:	+13	+16.7	+11.9	+0.7	+1.9	+2.6	+1.7	+0.8	+0.4	-2.0	-0.6	+4.3	+9.4	+.038	+0.5	+1.0	+.082	+2.7	+3.5	+.027
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
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2003-04	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Francis	79	40.4	16.6	1.5	4.0	5.5	6.2	1.8	0.4	3.7	3.3	5.7	14.1	.403	0.9	3.2	.292	4.3	5.5	.775
difference:	+4	+6.2	+3.1	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	-1.6	-0.5	+1.1	+3.3	+.023	+0.8	+1.4	+.084	+1.7	+2.2	+.010
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		%
Steve Francis	5	44.6	19.2	1.2	7.2	8.4	7.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	3.6	6.0	14.0	.429	1.4	3.4	.412	5.8	8.0	.725
Kyle Lowry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2004-05	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Steve Francis	78	38.2	21.3	1.6	4.2	5.8	7.0	1.4	0.4	4.1	3.5	7.2	17.1	.423	0.5	1.6	.299	6.4	7.8	.823
difference:	+31	+6.1	+7.0	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+2.7	+6.2	+.014	+1.2	+2.9	+.075	+2.8	+3.6	+.041
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 Steve Francis nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2005-06	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks	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		%
Steve Francis	70	34.2	14.4	1.1	3.1	4.1	4.9	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.9	4.8	10.9	.435	0.4	1.2	.301	4.5	5.7	.787
difference:	+2	+4.5	+2.8	+0.3	+0.8	+0.6	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+1.1	+1.7	+.034	+1.1	+2.9	+.061	+1.7	+2.2	+.008
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 Steve Francis nor Kyle Lowry played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2006-07	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Francis	44	28.1	11.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.9	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.9	3.2	7.8	.408	1.0	2.5	.378	4.0	4.8	.829
difference:	+35	+8.1	+6.6	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+3.5	+0.6	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+2.6	+5.9	+.015	+1.4	+3.8	+.002		+0.1	+.016
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		%
Steve Francis	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
	Steve Francis	Kyle Lowry
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Steve Francis	10	19.9	5.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	1.9	5.7	.333	0.4	1.7	.235	1.3	2.3	.565
difference:	+60	+14.6	+12.3		+2.4	+2.4	+3.8	+0.7	+0.3	-1.1	-0.5	+4.2	+9.2	+.079	+1.5	+3.9	+.103	+2.3	+2.2	+.243
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		%
Steve Francis	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 Steve Francis 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 Steve Francis, Kyle Lowry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game

Steve Francis vs. Kyle Lowry Season by Season Comparison

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