The Toronto Raptors announced that they will retire Kyle Lowry’s No. 7 jersey on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2027, before their game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
“I’ve been looking forward to this moment for years,” Lowry said. “I always said that Toronto is home, and that I’d retire a Raptor, and to see my No. 7 go up in that building is going to mean everything to me.”
The ceremony caps a three-night “GROAT Nights” celebration: a Jan. 7 game against Minnesota with a T-shirt giveaway, a Jan. 8 game against Utah with a limited-edition bobblehead, and the Jan. 10 retirement ceremony itself. Lowry becomes just the second player in franchise history to have his number retired, joining Vince Carter.
The honor follows Lowry’s formal retirement on July 7, 2026, when he signed a ceremonial one-day contract with Toronto to close out a 20-year NBA career as a Raptor. Lowry spent nine of those seasons in Toronto, all six of his All-Star selections came as a Raptor, and he was the point guard and emotional center of the team that won the 2019 NBA championship, the only title in franchise history. He finished his career with 2,209 made 3-pointers, 14th on the NBA’s all-time list, to go with an All-NBA selection in 2015-16 and an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in 2016.
That resume is why the Raptors are treating this as more than a routine tribute. Lowry’s number now joins a short list reserved for the players most identified with the franchise’s only championship era. The six-month gap between his retirement and the jersey ceremony also lets Toronto build a standalone event around it rather than folding the moment into a single pregame ritual, giving fans two additional games of celebration before the number actually goes up.