Nowhere near. He is very good and one of the best centres in the league. But Lyon was world class.

Suprised no one has mentioned Steve Renouf, not as good as Lyon but he was class

Renouf was regarded as a better player than Lyon by many, especially in Australia.
He was widely considered the classic Centre.
Tries
Brisbane
142/183
Wigan
43/59
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185/242

Tests tries
11/10

Jamie Lyon
NRL
114/264
Saints
44/60
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158/324
Test tries
4/8

There is more to the game than scoring tries but it is a good indicator of a players ability.

He was certainly in the same class as Lyon IMO. Perhaps didn't have as much an impact on SL that Lyon did but he's still one of the best centres that has ever played RL and came here around the peak of his career. If it wasn't for Wide to West, he probably would've won a GF also. And it's crazy to think we got rid of him for Jamie Ainscough.

Named in a list of Brisbane's 20 best ever players.
In the Indigenous team of the century at centre alongside Inglis.
He is still Brisbane's top try scorer, even having played 6 seasons less than Lockyer.

Didn't realise how incredible his try scoring ratio was.

Good as Lyon was, I think saints fans treat him like a God or rose tinted glasses at least. I think Aussie centres since 1990 Renouf, Gasnier, ET ( who was best at fullback) Inglis. And not forgetting big mal in his twilight years all better than Lyon.

In super league he's in the top 3-4 but senior for me is the best, he may not have had guille and subtlety to his game and was all power and pace, but so what Neil Fox, Billy Boston were the same.