Damian Lillard vs. Antonio McDyess Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio McDyess 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.

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.

Damian Lillard played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Antonio McDyess, who played 15. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Antonio McDyess had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Damian Lillard	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24
Antonio McDyess	15	8	1995-96 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2012-13	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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
Antonio McDyess	76	30.0	13.4	3.0	4.5	7.5	1.0	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.3	5.6	11.6	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.2	.683

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


Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2013-14	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
Antonio McDyess	74	34.7	18.3	2.1	5.2	7.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	2.7	3.7	7.2	15.6	.463	0.1	0.5	.171	3.7	5.2	.708

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
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2014-15	1997-98
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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	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
Antonio McDyess	81	30.1	15.1	2.5	5.0	7.6	1.3	1.2	1.7	1.8	3.6	6.1	11.4	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.1	.702

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
Antonio McDyess	4	36.3	17.8	4.5	8.8	13.3	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	7.8	16.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.643


Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2015-16	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
Antonio McDyess	50	38.7	21.2	3.4	7.4	10.7	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	17.6	.471	0.0	0.2	.111	4.6	6.8	.680

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
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Antonio McDyess	81	33.3	19.1	2.9	5.6	8.5	2.0	0.9	1.7	2.8	3.9	7.6	15.0	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	6.4	.626

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
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Antonio McDyess	70	36.5	20.8	3.4	8.6	12.1	2.1	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.1	8.2	16.6	.495	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.2	.700

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
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Antonio McDyess	10	23.6	11.3	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.8	1.0	0.8	2.0	2.0	4.3	7.5	.573	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.3	.818

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
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Antonio McDyess didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Antonio McDyess	42	22.1	6.9	1.7	4.5	6.1	0.9	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.8	3.0	6.4	.470	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.551

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
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost NBA 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	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
Antonio McDyess	77	23.3	9.6	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.6	4.0	7.8	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.5	.656

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
Antonio McDyess	25	20.0	8.0	1.8	4.0	5.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.0	3.1	3.5	7.2	.486	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.694


Season 10
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio McDyess	82	21.1	7.8	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.557

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	18	20.6	7.6	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.8	3.0	3.2	5.7	.559	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.3	.548


Season 11
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio McDyess	82	21.1	8.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.9	3.5	6.6	.526	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	16	22.1	5.8	2.6	4.5	7.1	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.1	3.4	2.3	6.6	.349	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.731


Season 12
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio McDyess	78	29.3	8.8	2.6	5.9	8.5	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.0	3.2	3.8	7.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.622

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
Antonio McDyess	17	27.5	8.9	2.8	4.6	7.4	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.2	3.8	3.8	7.0	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.821


Season 13
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	62	30.1	9.6	3.0	6.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.8	3.1	4.3	8.5	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	4	34.0	13.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	5.8	11.0	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 14
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	77	21.0	5.8	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.9	2.7	5.6	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	10	24.7	6.8	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.7	3.3	6.2	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 15
	Damian Lillard	Antonio McDyess
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	73	19.0	5.3	1.7	3.7	5.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.3	4.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio McDyess	6	24.2	5.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	3.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.571

Damian Lillard vs. Antonio McDyess Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio McDyess 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.

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

Season 15