Damian Lillard vs. Khris Middleton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Khris Middleton 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, 1 less than Khris Middleton, who played 14. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Khris Middleton had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Khris Middleton
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
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:	+55	+21.0	+12.9	+0.4	+0.9	+1.2	+5.5	+0.3	+0.1	-2.6	-0.1	+4.4	+10.5	+.011	+1.8	+4.4	+.057	+2.3	+2.7
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Khris Middleton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2013-14	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
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:		+5.8	+8.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+3.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.6	+2.1	+5.5	+.016	+1.2	+3.3	+.020	+3.1	+3.5	+.010
Khris Middleton	82	30.0	12.1	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.0	4.6	10.4	.440	1.5	3.5	.414	1.4	1.7	.861
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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:	+3	+5.6	+7.6		+0.2	+0.2	+3.9	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3	-0.3	+2.1	+5.6	+.033	+1.0	+3.6	+.064	+2.5	+2.9	+.005
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
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:	+1	+1.5	+5.8	+0.8	+1.1	+0.3	+2.6	+1.9	+0.1	-0.7	-0.7	+2.0	+3.9	+.026	+0.8	+0.5	+.163	+2.7	+3.9	+.152
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933

Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
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:	+4	+0.4	+6.9		+0.1	+0.2	+2.6	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-0.4	+1.8	+5.2	+.025	+1.3	+3.5	+.021	+2.0	+2.3	+.004
Khris Middleton	79	36.1	18.2	0.6	3.3	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.5	.444	1.8	4.6	.396	3.5	3.9	.888
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East 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:	+9	+0.2	+6.8	+0.3	+1.1	+0.7	+2.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.5	-1.7	+1.3	+3.9	+.027	+1.3	+3.6	+.002	+2.9	+3.0	+.032
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.884
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:	+3	+1.2	+6.2	+0.7	+1.2	+0.6	+1.7	+0.4	+0.7	-1.7	-2.3	+3.3	+1.8	+.246	+1.3	+1.6	+.310	+1.8	+1.6	+.145
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737

Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+4.4	+7.5	+0.3	+1.5	+1.4	+2.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.3	+1.9	+4.3	+.003	+0.7	+1.8	+.009	+3.1	+3.0	+.075
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
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:	+1	+6.3	+10.0	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+2.2	+1.1	+0.3	-1.9	-0.4	+3.0	+7.2		+1.0	+3.8	+.062	+2.8	+3.6	+.052
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885

Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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:	+4	+7.6	+9.1	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+3.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+1.9	+5.1	+.034	+1.7	+4.5	+.014	+3.6	+4.1	+.028
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
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:	+6	+0.3	+4.0	+0.2	+3.1	+3.4	+1.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-3.1	+0.6	+2.0	+.012	+1.0	+1.8	+.040	+4.2	+3.7	+.144
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826

Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+2.4	+8.4	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+2.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.9	+1.5	+4.1	+.025	+1.9	+5.1	+.023	+3.6	+3.7	+.030
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
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:	+17	+1.2	+10.7	+0.9	+2.3	+3.3	+5.1	+0.5	+0.5	-1.0	-1.0	+1.7	+2.6	+.025	+3.2	+5.4	+.106	+4.1	+4.1	+.053
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887

Season 10
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+37	+4.0	+3.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+1.9	+0.6	+0.1		-1.1	+0.9	+3.5	+.041	+0.7	+3.2	+.049	+1.6	+1.8	+.012
Khris Middleton	66	32.4	20.1	0.6	4.8	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	15.5	.443	2.5	6.6	.373	3.9	4.4	.890
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Khris Middleton	2	36.0	14.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.5	1.000

Season 11
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+25	+12.0	+17.1		+0.6	+0.6	+2.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.2	+4.2	+8.4	+.027	+2.7	+6.4	+.056	+6.0	+6.5	+.012
Khris Middleton	33	24.3	15.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	4.9	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.1	5.4	12.3	.436	1.5	4.9	.315	2.8	3.1	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Khris Middleton	5	34.6	23.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.2	0.6	0.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	17.2	.465	2.6	6.4	.406	5.2	6.0	.867

Season 12
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+8.3	+9.2	+0.2		+0.3	+1.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+1.6	+5.8	+.069	+1.3	+4.0	+.027	+4.7	+4.8	+.087
Khris Middleton	55	27.0	15.1	0.7	3.9	4.7	5.3	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	5.8	11.7	.493	1.7	4.5	.381	1.8	2.2	.833
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
difference:	+2	+0.7	+6.6	+1.5	+4.4	+5.9	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2		-2.2	+0.7	+1.3	+.062	+3.2	+6.8	+.062	+4.8	+4.5	+.074
Khris Middleton	6	38.3	24.7	2.0	7.2	9.2	4.7	0.5	0.2	2.3	4.2	9.2	19.0	.482	1.8	5.2	.355	4.5	5.0	.900

Season 13
	Damian Lillard	Khris Middleton
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	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:	+21	+13.3	+13.0	+0.1	+0.8	+1.0	+3.0	+0.3		-1.3	-0.3	+3.4	+8.0	+.027	+2.1	+5.4	+.015	+4.3	+4.5	+.064
Khris Middleton	37	22.8	11.9	0.4	3.4	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.0	4.3	9.1	.475	1.3	3.6	.361	1.9	2.3	.857
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-