Damian Lillard vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant 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, 6 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Ja Morant 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	Ja Morant
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+15	+7.6	+1.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+0.8		+0.1	-0.3	-0.5		+1.7	+.048	+1.4	+3.4	+.033	+0.3	+0.7	+.068
Ja Morant	67	31.0	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3	1.6	6.7	14.0	.477	0.9	2.7	.335	3.6	4.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Ja Morant
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West 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:	+19	+3.2	+1.6	+0.5		+0.5	+1.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-1.0	+0.1	+0.7	+.025	+1.5	+3.0	+.091	+0.2	+0.7	+.143
Ja Morant	63	32.6	19.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	7.4	0.9	0.2	3.2	1.4	6.8	15.2	.449	1.2	3.8	.303	4.3	5.9	.728
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:	+6	+1.8	+7.3	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+1.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7	-0.8	+3.5	+5.4	+.048	+0.5	+0.2	+.063	+0.8	+2.0	+.119
Ja Morant	5	40.6	30.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.4	0.0	3.4	1.8	11.0	22.6	.487	2.0	6.2	.323	6.2	8.0	.775

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Ja Morant
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+2.6	+6.4	+0.8	+0.4	+1.1	+0.5		+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+3.0	+4.0	+.059	+0.9	+2.5	+.001	+1.3	+2.4	+.103
Ja Morant	57	33.1	27.4	1.4	4.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	3.4	1.5	10.2	20.6	.493	1.5	4.5	.344	5.5	7.3	.761
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:	+4	+2.6	+5.5	+1.0	+3.0	+4.0	+5.2	+1.6	+0.2	-1.2	-0.6	+1.2	+1.2	+.034	+0.9	+0.6	+.179	+2.2	+3.3	+.034
Ja Morant	9	37.6	27.1	1.4	6.6	8.0	9.8	2.0	0.4	3.6	2.4	9.0	20.4	.440	1.9	5.6	.340	7.2	9.7	.747

Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Ja Morant
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+3.8	+1.1	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+1.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+1.1	+0.2	+.047	+1.6	+3.2	+.068	+0.6	+1.9	+.144
Ja Morant	61	31.9	26.2	1.0	4.9	5.9	8.1	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.6	9.3	19.9	.466	1.5	4.9	.307	6.1	8.1	.748
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:	+6	+2.3	+1.9	+0.5	+2.0	+2.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+0.9	+0.8	+.057	+1.2	+3.5	+.026	+2.5	+1.9	+.141
Ja Morant	5	37.4	24.6	1.6	5.2	6.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	3.4	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	2.6	6.2	.419	4.0	5.2	.769

Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Ja Morant
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+6.2	+3.7	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.7	+0.4	+1.6	+.015	+1.3	+2.9	+.052	+1.5	+1.0	+.092
Ja Morant	50	30.4	23.2	0.7	3.4	4.1	7.3	1.2	0.2	3.7	2.3	8.1	17.8	.454	1.8	5.7	.309	5.3	6.4	.824
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:	+1	+13.2	+0.2	+0.5	+2.1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.6	+0.7	-2.0	-1.0	+1.0	+0.1	+.063	+1.0	+2.2	+.050	+1.5	+0.6	+.246
Ja Morant	3	27.3	18.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	7.3	17.7	.415	1.3	5.3	.250	2.3	3.7	.636

Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+75	+7.5	+2.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	-0.1	-0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+.009	+2.0	+2.8	+.177	+0.5	+0.2	+.058
Ja Morant	5	28.0	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	6.6	1.0	0.0	2.8	1.6	8.0	18.4	.435	1.0	5.2	.192	6.4	6.6	.970
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
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 6 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2020 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Ja Morant, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP