Craig Ehlo vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Craig Ehlo, 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

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.

Craig Ehlo played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Damian Lillard, who played 12. Craig Ehlo had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Craig Ehlo	14	10	1983-84 to 1996-97
Damian Lillard	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1983-84	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Craig Ehlo	7	9.0	3.3	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1984-85	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	45	4.2	1.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.7	.633
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		%
Craig Ehlo	3	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Craig Ehlo	36	5.5	2.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.3	.429	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.8	.793
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		%
Craig Ehlo	10	3.8	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.800
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
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	44	20.2	6.2	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.7	1.4	1.8	2.3	5.4	.414	0.1	0.7	.172	1.6	2.3	.707
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		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 5
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Craig Ehlo	79	21.6	7.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.3	2.9	6.1	.466	0.3	0.8	.344	1.1	1.7	.674
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	5	25.6	8.8	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	3.4	8.0	.425	0.0	1.6	.000	2.0	3.2	.625
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


Season 6
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	22.8	7.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	3.0	6.4	.475	0.5	1.2	.390	0.9	1.4	.607
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		%
Craig Ehlo	4	24.3	12.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	4.3	9.8	.436	1.3	3.3	.385	2.3	2.8	.818
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
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Craig Ehlo	81	35.7	13.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.3	2.0	2.8	5.4	11.6	.464	1.3	3.1	.419	1.6	2.3	.681
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		%
Craig Ehlo	5	39.2	13.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.4	1.2	0.0	2.4	3.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.0	.333	2.4	3.8	.632
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


Season 8
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	33.7	10.1	1.7	3.0	4.7	4.6	1.5	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.2	9.4	.445	0.6	1.8	.329	1.2	1.7	.679
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Craig Ehlo	63	32.0	12.3	1.5	3.4	4.9	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.4	4.9	10.9	.453	1.1	2.7	.413	1.4	2.0	.707
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	17	32.5	9.6	1.3	3.2	4.5	4.5	1.2	0.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	8.9	.414	1.2	3.0	.412	0.9	1.2	.762
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


Season 10
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	31.2	11.6	1.4	3.5	4.9	3.1	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.1	4.7	9.6	.490	1.1	3.0	.381	1.0	1.5	.717
Damian Lillard	29	36.4	24.0	0.4	3.7	4.1	7.3	0.6	0.4	2.9	1.3	7.7	19.0	.402	3.2	9.8	.324	5.5	6.2	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	9	32.1	10.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.8	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.1	4.2	10.1	.418	1.1	2.9	.385	1.3	1.7	.800
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	26.2	10.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	3.3	1.7	0.3	1.6	2.0	3.9	8.6	.446	0.9	2.7	.348	1.4	1.9	.727
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	11	28.8	11.4	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.6	1.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	4.5	10.7	.424	0.7	2.1	.348	1.5	2.2	.708
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Craig Ehlo	49	23.8	9.7	1.1	1.9	3.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.8	3.9	8.6	.453	1.0	2.7	.381	0.9	1.4	.620
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	3	16.3	3.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.7	4.0	.167	0.3	2.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000
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


Season 13
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	79	22.3	8.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.2	7.5	.428	1.0	2.8	.371	1.0	1.3	.786
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	9	19.0	4.0	0.1	1.9	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.3	4.6	.293	0.8	2.6	.304	0.6	0.8	.714
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Craig Ehlo	Damian Lillard
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Craig Ehlo	62	13.7	3.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.0	.351	0.4	1.5	.284	0.2	0.4	.500
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Craig Ehlo vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Craig Ehlo, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14