Damian Lillard vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah 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 / Games against each other

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 and Joakim Noah both played 13 years in the NBA. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Joakim Noah had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Damian Lillard	13	10	2012-13 to 2024-25
Joakim Noah	13	8	2007-08 to 2019-20

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


Rookie Season
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2012-13	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+8	+17.9	+12.4	+1.9	+0.7	+2.5	+5.4		+0.7	-1.8	-0.2	+4.3	+10.7	+.053	+2.3	+6.1		+1.5	+1.3	+.153
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.691

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Joakim Noah played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+2	+11.6	+14.0	+2.7	+1.4	+4.1	+4.3	+0.2	+1.1	-1.4	-0.6	+4.1	+11.2	+.132	+2.7	+6.8		+3.0	+2.9	+.195
Joakim Noah	80	24.2	6.7	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.676

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:	+4	+3.7	+12.8	+2.9	+5.1	+8.0	+4.2	+0.1	+2.0	-1.6	-1.8	+3.8	+9.9	+.071	+2.5	+6.4		+2.7	+2.4	+.134
Joakim Noah	7	38.7	10.1	4.0	9.1	13.1	2.3	0.9	2.1	1.1	4.4	3.7	7.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.760


Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+5.6	+10.3	+2.8	+3.6	+6.4	+4.1	+0.7	+1.3	-0.9	-1.1	+3.1	+8.5	+.070	+2.4	+7.0		+1.7	+1.5	+.120
Joakim Noah	64	30.1	10.7	3.4	7.6	11.0	2.1	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.1	4.1	8.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.4	.744

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:		+2.6	+6.8	+3.6	+5.4	+9.0	+2.0	+1.4	+0.8	-0.6	-1.0	+2.2	+8.6	+.122	+1.0	+6.2		+1.4	+2.6	+.166
Joakim Noah	5	37.6	14.8	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.6	1.8	1.4	3.0	4.0	5.6	10.6	.528	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947


Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 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:	+27	+2.9	+13.4	+3.2	+3.2	+6.4	+4.6	+0.1	+1.1	-1.3	-1.1	+3.8	+11.3	+.106	+3.1	+8.1		+2.6	+2.3	+.153
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.739

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:	+5	+6.6	+17.8	+3.2	+2.7	+5.9	+3.8	+0.3	+1.8	-1.8	-1.8	+4.9	+14.2	+.043	+3.8	+9.7		+4.2	+3.9	+.185
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725


Season 5
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th 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	35.9	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
difference:	+11	+5.5	+16.8	+3.2	+1.7	+4.9	+3.4	+0.3	+1.1	-1.2	-0.5	+4.9	+12.1	+.064	+2.9	+7.7		+4.1	+4.1	+.147
Joakim Noah	64	30.4	10.2	3.8	6.0	9.8	2.5	0.6	1.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.7	.508	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.2	.748

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
difference:	+1	+4.8	+12.8	+2.0	+2.8	+4.8	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	-3.0	-1.1	+3.5	+13.8	+.298	+2.3	+8.0		+3.7	+2.6	+.324
Joakim Noah	3	33.0	15.0	3.0	6.3	9.3	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	6.3	8.7	.731	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636


Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+0.2	+15.0	+3.1	+3.6	+6.6	+2.6	+0.1	+1.7	-0.1	-1.2	+3.9	+9.9	+.042	+3.1	+8.5	+.361	+4.1	+3.8	+.165
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751

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:	+8	+6.4	+7.7	+3.5	+1.5	+5.1	+2.5	+0.5	+2.2	-2.0	-1.6	+2.0	+7.9	+.085	+2.3	+7.5		+1.7	+1.0	+.241
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641


Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+0.2	+13.2	+2.6	+3.9	+6.7	+1.5	+0.1	+1.1	-0.3	-1.2	+3.7	+9.2	+.031	+3.0	+8.0		+2.8	+2.2	+.175
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.2	.737

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:	+11	+1.4	+16.5	+2.5	+5.5	+8.0	+2.0	+0.7	+1.1		-1.3	+4.4	+12.4	+.094	+3.7	+9.9		+3.9	+3.7	+.245
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588


Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+6.9	+22.8	+2.8	+2.6	+5.3	+3.3	+0.4	+0.8	-1.1	-1.3	+6.7	+14.0	+.018	+4.1	+10.2		+5.4	+5.2	+.285
Joakim Noah	67	30.6	7.2	3.3	6.4	9.6	4.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.603

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:	+8	+2.9	+18.5	+3.5	+4.0	+7.5	+1.1	+0.3	+0.9	-1.8	-2.1	+3.9	+9.7	+.002	+3.3	+8.3		+7.4	+6.6	+.620
Joakim Noah	12	32.9	5.8	3.8	7.3	11.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	3.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.7	.350


Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
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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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:	+38	+13.9	+24.5	+2.5	+2.1	+4.6	+3.7	+0.3	+0.7	-1.2	-1.2	+7.2	+15.3	+.068	+4.1	+10.5		+5.9	+5.6	+.439
Joakim Noah	29	21.9	4.3	3.0	5.8	8.8	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.7	1.8	4.6	.383	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.6	.489

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
Joakim Noah	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+17	+14.3	+19.0	+3.1	+1.5	+4.7	+5.1	+0.1	+0.4	-1.6	-1.5	+5.5	+14.6	+.088	+3.2	+9.8		+4.8	+4.5	+.442
Joakim Noah	46	22.1	5.0	3.5	5.2	8.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	2.2	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.7	.436

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Joakim Noah played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th 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	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
difference:	+51	+30.6	+30.5	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+6.7	+0.6		-2.7	-1.2	+8.9	+19.3	+.037	+4.2	+11.3		+8.5	+9.0	+.414
Joakim Noah	7	5.7	1.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Joakim Noah played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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12th 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	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
difference:	+31	+18.8	+17.2	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+4.9	+0.5	+0.5	-1.4	-0.5	+4.8	+12.4	+.092	+3.0	+8.5		+4.6	+4.4	+.204
Joakim Noah	42	16.5	7.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.6	5.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.716

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
Joakim Noah	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Damian Lillard	Joakim Noah
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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13th 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	58	36.1	24.9	0.5	4.2	4.7	7.1	1.2	0.2	2.8	1.7	7.7	17.1	.448	3.4	9.0	.376	6.2	6.8	.921
difference:	+53	+26.1	+22.1	+0.5	+2.0	+1.5	+5.7	+1.0		-1.6	-0.1	+6.9	+15.5	+.052	+3.4	+9.0		+5.0	+5.2	+.171
Joakim Noah	5	10.0	2.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	3	25.0	7.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	4.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.7	2.0	9.0	.222	1.0	5.3	.188	2.0	2.3	.857
difference:	+1	+24.0	+7.0	+0.3	+2.3	+2.7	+4.7	+0.7	+0.7	-1.0	-2.7	+2.0	+9.0		+1.0	+5.3		+2.0	+2.3
Joakim Noah	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Damian Lillard vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison