Damian Lillard vs. Jim Pollard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Pollard and Damian Lillard, 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.

Damian Lillard played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jim Pollard, who played 7. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Jim Pollard had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2012-13	1948-49
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	82	38.6	19.0	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.5	0.9	0.2	3.0	2.1	6.7	15.7	.429	2.3	6.1	.368	3.3	3.9	.844
Jim Pollard	53	-	14.8	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.687
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Pollard	10	-	13.0	-	-	-	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	14.7	.293	-	-	-	4.4	6.2	.710

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2013-14	1949-50
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	82	35.8	20.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.4	6.7	15.9	.424	2.7	6.8	.394	4.5	5.2	.871
Jim Pollard	66	-	14.7	-	-	-	3.8	-	-	-	2.2	6.0	17.3	.346	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	11	42.4	22.9	1.1	4.0	5.1	6.5	1.0	0.1	2.7	2.6	7.5	17.2	.439	2.5	6.4	.386	5.4	6.0	.894
Jim Pollard	12	-	12.0	-	-	-	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	14.6	.286	-	-	-	3.7	5.2	.710

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2014-15	1950-51
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	82	35.7	21.0	0.6	4.0	4.6	6.2	1.2	0.3	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.6	.434	2.4	7.0	.343	4.2	4.9	.864
Jim Pollard	54	-	11.6	-	-	9.0	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	4.7	13.5	.352	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	5	40.2	21.6	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.6	0.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.8	19.2	.406	1.0	6.2	.161	5.0	6.4	.781
Jim Pollard	7	-	13.6	-	-	8.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	15.4	.324	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.833

Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2015-16	1951-52
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	75	35.7	25.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	6.8	0.9	0.4	3.2	2.2	8.2	19.7	.419	3.1	8.1	.375	5.5	6.2	.892
Jim Pollard	65	39.2	15.5	-	-	9.1	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	6.3	17.8	.356	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	11	39.7	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	6.3	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.1	8.1	22.0	.368	3.8	9.7	.393	6.5	7.1	.910
Jim Pollard	11	42.6	16.1	-	-	6.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.7	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.740

Season 5
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2016-17	1952-53
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	75	35.9	27.0	0.6	4.3	4.9	5.9	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.9	7.7	.370	6.5	7.3	.895
Jim Pollard	66	36.4	13.0	-	-	6.8	3.5	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	4	37.8	27.8	1.0	3.5	4.5	3.3	1.3	0.5	3.3	2.8	9.8	22.5	.433	2.3	8.0	.281	6.0	6.3	.960
Jim Pollard	12	37.9	14.3	-	-	7.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.2	13.9	.371	-	-	-	4.0	5.2	.774

Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2017-18	1953-54
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	73	36.6	26.9	0.8	3.6	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.5	19.4	.439	3.1	8.6	.361	6.8	7.4	.916
Jim Pollard	71	35.0	11.7	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.3	4.6	12.4	.370	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	4	40.5	18.5	0.8	3.8	4.5	4.8	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.0	6.3	17.8	.352	2.3	7.5	.300	3.8	4.3	.882
Jim Pollard	13	41.8	12.3	-	-	8.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	4.3	11.9	.361	-	-	-	3.7	4.6	.800

Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2018-19	1954-55
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	80	35.5	25.8	0.9	3.8	4.6	6.9	1.1	0.4	2.7	1.9	8.5	19.2	.444	3.0	8.0	.369	5.9	6.4	.912
Jim Pollard	63	31.1	10.8	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	11.9	.354	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	16	40.6	26.9	0.5	4.3	4.8	6.6	1.7	0.3	3.8	2.5	8.6	20.6	.418	3.7	9.9	.373	5.9	7.1	.833
Jim Pollard	7	36.7	14.1	-	-	11.1	2.0	-	-	-	1.9	4.7	14.9	.317	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.717

Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	66	37.5	30.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.0	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.7	9.5	20.4	.463	4.1	10.2	.401	7.0	7.8	.888
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	4	35.8	24.3	0.3	3.3	3.5	4.3	0.5	0.3	3.5	1.0	6.5	16.0	.406	3.3	8.3	.394	8.0	8.3	.970
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	67	35.8	28.8	0.5	3.7	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	3.0	1.5	9.0	19.9	.451	4.1	10.5	.391	6.7	7.2	.928
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	6	41.3	34.3	0.2	4.2	4.3	10.2	1.0	0.7	2.2	1.5	10.3	22.3	.463	5.8	13.0	.449	7.8	8.3	.940
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	58	36.3	32.2	0.8	4.0	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3	1.9	9.6	20.7	.463	4.2	11.3	.371	8.8	9.6	.914
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Damian Lillard	Jim Pollard
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	73	35.3	24.3	0.5	3.9	4.4	7.0	1.0	0.2	2.6	1.8	7.4	17.5	.424	3.0	8.5	.354	6.5	7.0	.920
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	4	39.0	31.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.0	8.5	20.3	.420	5.0	12.0	.417	9.3	9.5	.974
Jim Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-