Cameron Johnson vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Cameron Johnson, 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.

Cameron Johnson played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Cameron Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Damian Lillard had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
	Cameron Johnson	Damian Lillard
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Cameron Johnson	57	22.0	8.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.5	3.1	7.1	.435	1.9	4.8	.390	0.8	1.0	.807
difference:	+25	+16.6	+10.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+5.3	+0.3	+0.2	-2.4	-0.6	+3.6	+8.6	+.006	+0.4	+1.3	+.022	+2.5	+2.9	+.037
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cameron Johnson nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Cameron Johnson	Damian Lillard
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Cameron Johnson	60	24.0	9.6	0.6	2.8	3.3	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	3.4	8.1	.420	2.0	5.6	.349	0.8	1.0	.847
difference:	+22	+11.8	+11.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+4.2	+0.2		-1.7	-1.0	+3.3	+7.8	+.004	+0.7	+1.2	+.045	+3.7	+4.2	+.024
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	21	21.1	8.2	0.8	2.4	3.1	0.8	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.3	2.6	5.2	.500	1.6	3.5	.446	1.4	1.5	.906
difference:	+10	+21.3	+14.7	+0.3	+1.6	+2.0	+5.7	+0.1	+0.1	-2.0	-1.3	+4.9	+12.0	+.061	+0.9	+2.9	+.060	+4.0	+4.5	+.012
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

Season 3
	Cameron Johnson	Damian Lillard
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Cameron Johnson	66	26.2	12.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.7	4.2	9.2	.460	2.5	5.9	.425	1.5	1.7	.860
difference:	+16	+9.5	+8.5		+0.5	+0.5	+4.7	+0.3	+0.1	-2.0	-0.3	+3.0	+7.4	+.026	+0.1	+1.1	+.082	+2.7	+3.2	+.004
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	13	24.6	10.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.4	3.5	7.6	.465	1.7	4.5	.373	2.0	2.5	.813
difference:	+8	+15.6	+10.8	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+3.1		+0.5	-1.5	-0.6	+4.3	+11.6	+.059	+0.7	+1.7	+.212	+3.0	+3.9	+.032
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

Season 4
	Cameron Johnson	Damian Lillard
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Cameron Johnson	42	28.6	15.5	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	5.3	11.3	.470	2.5	6.1	.404	2.4	2.9	.842
difference:	+33	+7.1	+9.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+4.9	+0.3	+0.1	-2.3	-0.2	+2.9	+8.4	+.051	+0.6	+2.0	+.029	+3.1	+3.3	+.050
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	4	38.0	18.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	7.0	13.8	.509	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.8	.857
difference:	+7	+1.7	+8.0	+0.3	+1.8	+1.5	+3.5	+0.5		-1.7	-0.4	+1.1	+8.2	+.141	+0.8	+2.7	+.036	+5.0	+5.3	+.053
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

Season 6
	Cameron Johnson	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Cameron Johnson	57	31.6	18.8	0.9	3.4	4.3	3.4	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.8	6.2	13.1	.475	2.8	7.2	.390	3.5	3.9	.893
difference:	+16	+5.0	+8.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+3.2	+0.2		-1.1	-0.2	+2.3	+6.3	+.036	+0.3	+1.4	+.029	+3.3	+3.5	+.023
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Cameron Johnson	Damian Lillard
Season	2025-26	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Cameron Johnson	19	29.2	11.2	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.9	8.4	.463	1.7	4.3	.390	1.7	2.0	.842
difference:	+61	+6.3	+14.6	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+4.7	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.3	+4.6	+10.8	+.019	+1.3	+3.7	+.021	+4.2	+4.4	+.070
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 6 seasons more than Cameron Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2020 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Cameron Johnson, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP