Damian Lillard vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis 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 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bobby Portis, who played 10. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Bobby Portis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
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		%
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
difference:	+20	+20.8	+12.0	+1.5	+0.9	+2.3	+5.7	+0.5	+0.2	-2.1	-0.5	+3.7	+8.7	+.002	+2.0	+5.3	+.060	+2.5	+2.8	+.117
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Bobby Portis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+18	+20.2	+13.9	+0.8	+0.4	+1.1	+5.1	+0.5	+0.1	-1.8	-0.9	+3.8	+10.0	+.064	+2.2	+5.3	+.061	+3.9	+4.3	+.210
Bobby Portis	64	15.6	6.8	1.2	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.661
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
difference:	+5	+22.2	+16.2	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+5.3	+0.5	+0.4	-1.7	-0.9	+4.7	+11.7	+.076	+1.5	+4.2	+.076	+5.4	+6.0
Bobby Portis	6	20.2	6.7	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.5	.515	1.0	2.2	.462	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+13.2	+7.8	+1.6	+0.6	+2.2	+4.5	+0.5		-1.3	-0.2	+2.0	+5.5	+.037	+1.3	+3.9	+.016	+2.6	+2.8	+.095
Bobby Portis	73	22.5	13.2	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	5.2	11.1	.471	1.1	3.1	.359	1.6	2.1	.769
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
Bobby Portis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+25	+9.7	+10.9	+1.6	+2.5	+4.1	+5.4	+0.2		-1.7	-0.7	+2.6	+7.1	+.025	+1.6	+4.3	+.018	+4.0	+4.3	+.098
Bobby Portis	50	26.0	14.2	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.9	5.6	12.6	.444	1.5	3.8	.393	1.5	1.9	.794
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
Bobby Portis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+7	+15.8	+15.5	+1.1	+1.6	+2.6	+5.5	+0.3		-2.0	-0.1	+3.8	+10.3	+.084	+2.0	+6.2	+.110	+6.0	+6.3	+.176
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740
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
difference:	+16	+22.2	+9.7	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+4.2	+0.6	+0.4	-3.5	-0.4	+2.8	+10.2	+.112	+1.4	+4.9	+.046	+2.9	+3.0	+.162
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720

Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+7.3	+11.2	+1.6	+2.8	+4.5	+5.7	+0.4	+0.3	-1.4	-0.5	+2.7	+7.1	+.035	+1.2	+3.3	+.024	+4.7	+4.8	+.160
Bobby Portis	72	28.2	14.6	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.8	12.1	.479	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.6	.752
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
difference:	+4	+15.8	+16.3	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+5.8	+1.3		-2.5	-0.3	+4.6	+11.0	+.001	+2.5	+6.0	+.075	+4.5	+5.3	+.060
Bobby Portis	12	24.8	10.6	2.1	7.9	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.0	9.6	.417	1.2	3.9	.298	1.4	1.8	.773

Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+4	+11.5	+15.9	+1.7	+3.6	+5.3	+6.5	+0.7	+0.1	-1.7	-0.1	+3.8	+8.9	+.033	+2.7	+6.5	+.031	+5.6	+6.0	+.120
Bobby Portis	70	26.0	14.1	2.2	7.4	9.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	5.7	11.5	.496	1.4	3.7	.370	1.4	1.8	.768
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
difference:	+1	+14.4	+14.7	+1.7	+2.9	+4.7	+3.1	+0.1	+0.1	-2.7	-2.0	+2.5	+7.8	+.082	+2.3	+4.7	+.116	+7.4	+7.7	+.030
Bobby Portis	5	21.4	9.6	2.0	6.2	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	3.6	.278	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+15	+11.3	+15.0	+1.2	+2.0	+3.2	+6.2	+0.1	+0.1	-1.9	-0.8	+3.3	+8.7	+.057	+2.9	+7.5	+.016	+5.5	+5.7	+.138
Bobby Portis	82	24.5	13.8	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	5.7	11.2	.508	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	1.5	.790
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
difference:		+10.1	+17.8	+2.5	+4.5	+7.0	+9.2	+0.5	+0.5	-0.7	-0.7	+3.0	+7.1	+.021	+5.3	+11.0	+.199	+6.5	+6.1	+.325
Bobby Portis	6	31.2	16.5	2.7	8.7	11.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	15.2	.484	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	2.2	.615

Season 10
	Damian Lillard	Bobby Portis
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+20	+11.0	+10.1	+1.4	+2.9	+4.3	+5.2	+0.1	+0.1	-1.7	-0.6	+2.0	+6.9	+.064	+1.9	+6.2	+.041	+4.3	+4.7	+.042
Bobby Portis	49	25.4	13.9	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	5.7	12.1	.466	1.3	3.6	.365	1.2	1.5	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	5	31.6	14.0	1.6	6.6	8.2	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	6.0	13.6	.441	2.0	5.6	.357	0.0	0.2	.000

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 3 seasons more than Bobby Portis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 13, from 2023 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 3 extra years over Bobby Portis, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP