Damian Lillard vs. Caleb Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caleb Martin 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, 7 more than Caleb Martin, who played 6. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Caleb Martin had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Caleb Martin
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+64	+21.0	+12.8	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+5.2	+0.2	+0.2	-2.2	-0.3	+4.6	+11.0	+.011	+1.2	+4.0	+.173	+2.4	+2.7	+.034
Caleb Martin	18	17.6	6.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.7	.440	1.1	2.1	.541	0.9	1.2	.810
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Caleb Martin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Caleb Martin
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+29	+20.4	+15.7	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+4.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.8	-1.2	+4.9	+11.1	+.049	+2.1	+4.4	+.146	+3.7	+4.0	+.230
Caleb Martin	53	15.4	5.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	4.8	.375	0.6	2.4	.248	0.8	1.2	.641
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
Caleb Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Caleb Martin
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+22	+12.8	+11.8	+0.6	+1.3	+0.8	+5.1	+0.2	+0.2	-1.8	-0.3	+3.7	+9.8	+.073	+1.3	+4.4	+.070	+3.0	+3.3	+.101
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
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
difference:	+12	+27.9	+17.1	+0.3	+2.1	+1.8	+4.3	+0.2	+0.5	-1.8	-2.0	+5.9	+14.5	+.006	+0.4	+4.3	+.142	+4.9	+6.0	+.448
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333

Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Caleb Martin
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+4	+6.4	+15.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+5.2	+0.1		-2.1	-0.2	+4.6	+12.0	+.045	+1.9	+4.8	+.019	+4.2	+4.6	+.087
Caleb Martin	71	29.3	9.6	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.6	7.7	.464	1.2	3.3	.356	1.3	1.6	.805
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
difference:	+12	+9.5	+13.8	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+4.7	+0.4	+0.1	-2.0	-0.3	+3.4	+13.0	+.161	+1.9	+5.2	+.030	+5.2	+5.6	+.081
Caleb Martin	23	30.2	12.7	1.2	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.7	9.0	.529	1.9	4.5	.423	1.3	1.5	.829

Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Caleb Martin
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+28	+9.5	+19.0	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	+4.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.6	-0.3	+5.6	+12.6	+.015	+2.3	+6.3	+.002	+5.4	+5.2	+.294
Caleb Martin	45	27.1	7.9	1.2	2.8	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.9	6.8	.424	0.8	2.3	.359	1.4	2.2	.622
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
Caleb Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 7 seasons more than Caleb Martin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2019 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 5 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 7 extra years over Caleb Martin, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP