Damian Lillard vs. Keegan Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Keegan Murray 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, 10 more than Keegan Murray, who played 3. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Keegan Murray had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Keegan Murray
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+8.8	+6.8	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+5.3	+0.1	+0.3	-2.2	-0.1	+2.3	+5.9	+.024	+0.3	+0.2	+.043	+2.5	+2.9	+.079
Keegan Murray	80	29.8	12.2	1.1	3.5	4.6	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.4	9.8	.453	2.6	6.3	.411	0.8	1.0	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keegan Murray	7	27.7	9.7	2.1	4.1	6.3	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	3.7	8.3	.448	1.7	4.6	.375	0.6	0.9	.667

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Keegan Murray
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
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:	+5	+2.2	+5.5	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+3.9	+0.2	+0.5	-1.6	-0.3	+0.9	+3.2	+.030	+0.3	+0.2	+.036	+3.2	+3.6	+.040
Keegan Murray	77	33.6	15.2	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.7	1.0	0.8	0.8	2.7	5.8	12.7	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.3	1.6	.831
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
Keegan Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Keegan Murray
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
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:	+6	+1.4	+8.6	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+4.8	+0.4	+0.6	-1.9	-0.4	+2.4	+5.8	+.010	+0.4	+1.1		+3.4	+4.0	+.031
Keegan Murray	76	34.3	12.4	1.9	4.8	6.7	1.4	0.8	0.9	0.8	2.4	4.8	10.8	.444	2.0	5.9	.343	0.8	0.9	.833
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
Keegan Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 10 seasons more than Keegan Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 2016 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 8 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 10 extra years over Keegan Murray, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP