Damian Lillard vs. Anderson Varejao Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anderson Varejao 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, 2 less than Anderson Varejao, who played 14. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Anderson Varejao had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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 |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Damian Lillard |
Anderson Varejao |
Season |
2012-13 | 2004-05 |
Team |
Portland Trail Blazers | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Honors & Awards |
Rookie of the Year | - |
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 |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
54 |
16.0 |
4.9 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
1.8 |
3.6 |
.513 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
.535 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Damian Lillard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
48 |
15.8 |
4.6 |
1.6 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
.527 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
.513 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
13 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
3.1 |
4.5 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
.620 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
2.8 |
.703 |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
81 |
23.9 |
6.8 |
2.4 |
4.4 |
6.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
2.4 |
5.0 |
.476 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
.616 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
20 |
22.4 |
6.0 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
6.0 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
4.5 |
.511 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
.563 |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
48 |
27.5 |
6.7 |
2.8 |
5.5 |
8.3 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
6.1 |
.461 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
.598 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
13 |
18.5 |
4.1 |
1.5 |
3.6 |
5.2 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
4.2 |
.407 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.6 |
.429 |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
81 |
28.5 |
8.6 |
2.0 |
5.1 |
7.2 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
6.2 |
.536 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
.616 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
14 |
30.0 |
6.9 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
6.4 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.682 |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
76 |
28.5 |
8.6 |
2.5 |
5.1 |
7.6 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
6.1 |
.572 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.200 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
.663 |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
11 |
23.2 |
5.7 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
4.4 |
.417 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
.742 |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
31 |
32.1 |
9.1 |
3.2 |
6.5 |
9.7 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
7.0 |
.528 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
.667 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
25 |
31.4 |
10.8 |
4.4 |
7.1 |
11.5 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
4.6 |
8.9 |
.514 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
.672 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
25 |
36.0 |
14.1 |
5.5 |
8.9 |
14.4 |
3.4 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
5.5 |
11.6 |
.478 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
.755 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
65 |
27.7 |
8.4 |
2.9 |
6.8 |
9.7 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
7.1 |
.495 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
.681 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Damian Lillard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
26 |
24.5 |
9.8 |
2.2 |
4.3 |
6.5 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
4.3 |
7.7 |
.555 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.733 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Damian Lillard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Anderson Varejao |
53 |
9.4 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
.427 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
.640 |
|
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
17 |
5.5 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.357 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
1.1 |
.526 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
14 |
6.6 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.357 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
0.8 |
.727 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Damian Lillard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Anderson Varejao didn't play in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
5 |
7.2 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.2 |
.250 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
.556 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Damian Lillard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |