Damian Lillard vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams 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 / Stats Rankings / 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 played 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Lou Williams	17	10	2005-06 to 2021-22

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


Rookie Season
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2012-13	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+52	+33.8	+17.1	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+6.2	+0.7	+0.2	-2.6	-1.7	+5.9	+14.0	+.013	+2.2	+5.8	+.146	+3.0	+3.5	+.229
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2013-14	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+21	+24.5	+16.4	+0.1	+2.2	+2.4	+3.8	+0.4	+0.3	-1.6	-1.7	+5.2	+12.4	+.017	+2.5	+6.2	+.070	+3.5	+3.7	+.175
Lou Williams	61	11.3	4.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.5	3.5	.441	0.2	0.6	.324	1.0	1.5	.696

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
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2014-15	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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:	+2	+12.4	+9.5	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+3.0	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.4	+3.2	+7.2	+.010	+1.7	+5.1	+.016	+1.4	+1.3	+.081
Lou Williams	80	23.3	11.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.0	9.4	.424	0.7	1.9	.359	2.8	3.6	.783

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	+17.7	+9.6	+0.1	+2.1	+2.0	+2.6	+0.6	+0.6	-1.2	-1.2	+3.8	+9.2	+.006	+0.7	+4.7	+.061	+1.3	+1.4	+.048
Lou Williams	6	22.5	12.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.0	10.0	.400	0.3	1.5	.222	3.7	5.0	.733


Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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:	+6	+12.0	+12.3	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.6	+4.1	+9.3	+.021	+2.3	+5.4	+.089	+1.7	+1.4	+.102
Lou Williams	81	23.7	12.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	.398	0.8	2.7	.286	3.8	4.8	.790

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	+14.9	+16.8	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+3.5	+0.8	+0.1	-1.0	-0.4	+4.6	+13.5	+.044	+2.8	+7.0	+.018	+4.8	+4.6	+.243
Lou Williams	6	24.8	9.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.5	8.5	.412	1.0	2.7	.375	1.7	2.5	.667


Season 5
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	+6.0	+13.0	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+1.7	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.3	+3.8	+9.2	+.026	+1.8	+4.5	+.030	+3.5	+3.7	+.071
Lou Williams	64	29.9	14.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.7	1.7	5.0	10.6	.470	1.1	3.2	.340	3.0	3.6	.824

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
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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:	+2	+13.3	+13.2	+0.4	+2.0	+2.5	+3.2	+0.5	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+4.2	+8.8	+.033	+1.9	+5.2	+.013	+2.9	+2.7	+.093
Lou Williams	75	23.3	13.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.7	4.3	10.6	.406	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.823

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	+14.5	+7.7	+0.8	+2.2	+2.9	+1.8	+0.3		-3.2	-0.8	+2.9	+7.4	+.025	+1.1	+3.5		+1.0	+0.5	+.145
Lou Williams	5	26.0	10.8	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.4	10.4	.327	1.2	4.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737


Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+16	+9.2	+10.9	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+3.4	+0.3	+0.1	-1.6	-0.5	+3.5	+7.0	+.037	+1.7	+4.4	+.007	+2.2	+1.8	+.100
Lou Williams	64	26.3	14.9	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	5.0	12.2	.407	1.3	3.6	.362	3.7	4.6	.812

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:	+3	+13.1	+15.4	+0.3	+2.5	+2.7	+3.6	+0.7	+0.3	-2.6	-1.2	+4.8	+9.7	+.066	+3.1	+6.2	+.206	+2.7	+3.1	+.045
Lou Williams	13	27.5	11.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.8	10.9	.352	0.6	3.7	.167	3.2	4.0	.788


Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
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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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:	+27	+8.8	+15.9	+0.3	+2.0	+2.2	+4.4			-1.0	-0.3	+4.7	+9.0	+.041	+2.3	+5.2	+.034	+4.3	+4.7	+.020
Lou Williams	39	28.7	14.1	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.4	4.8	11.4	.422	1.8	5.0	.367	2.7	3.1	.868

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
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+11.7	+18.4	+0.3	+1.8	+2.1	+4.0	+0.1	+0.2	-1.5	-0.4	+5.7	+11.7	+.051	+2.8	+6.6	+.049	+4.2	+4.2	+.079
Lou Williams	60	24.1	10.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.1	3.3	8.2	.400	1.3	3.9	.342	2.5	3.0	.849

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:	+1	+22.3	+26.0	+0.2	+1.9	+2.0	+9.1		+0.6	-0.3	-0.1	+7.6	+15.2	+.083	+5.1	+10.7	+.136	+5.7	+6.0	+.002
Lou Williams	7	19.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.4	2.7	7.1	.380	0.7	2.3	.313	2.1	2.3	.938


Season 10
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+51	+11.2	+8.5	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+5.2	+0.5	+0.3	-1.6		+3.0	+7.4	+.002	+1.3	+4.2	+.016	+1.2	+1.3	+.017
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833


Season 11
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+9	+7.8	+16.9	+0.3	+1.9	+2.3	+4.8			-1.7	-0.3	+5.4	+10.4	+.055	+2.6	+6.5	+.027	+3.5	+3.3	+.084
Lou Williams	67	28.5	15.3	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.6	4.2	10.3	.408	1.6	4.8	.344	5.3	6.3	.830

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+10.7	+6.8	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+4.0			-0.6	-0.7	+2.1	+5.2	+.005	+1.0	+3.0	+.011	+1.5	+1.4	+.040
Lou Williams	81	24.6	17.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.0	1.1	5.3	12.3	.429	2.0	5.5	.365	5.0	5.6	.880

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:	+7	+14.3	+18.8	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+3.7	+0.4	+0.1	-1.0	-0.5	+4.0	+9.6	+.004	+3.9	+8.5	+.109	+6.9	+6.9	+.077
Lou Williams	11	24.7	12.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.5	4.5	10.7	.424	1.1	3.5	.308	2.4	2.6	.897


Season 13
	Damian Lillard	Lou Williams
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
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:	+21	+3.3	+2.3		+2.2	+2.2	+1.8	+0.1		-0.2	-0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+.013	+1.0	+2.4	+.017	+0.7	+0.6	+.041
Lou Williams	79	32.8	22.6	0.5	2.0	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	3.0	1.3	7.4	16.9	.435	2.4	6.6	.359	5.5	6.2	.880

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
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 4 seasons more than Damian Lillard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 17, from 2019 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Damian Lillard, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year

Damian Lillard vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years