Damian Lillard vs. Malik Monk Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Monk 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 played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Malik Monk, who played 9. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Malik Monk had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Malik Monk	9	1	2017-18 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+19	+25.0	+12.3	+0.4	+1.7	+2.1	+5.1	+0.6	+0.1	-2.2	-1.1	+4.3	+9.0	+.069	+1.0	+2.2	+.026	+2.8	+3.3	+.002
Malik Monk	63	13.6	6.7	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	6.7	.360	1.3	3.9	.342	0.5	0.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Damian Lillard nor Malik Monk played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+9	+18.6	+11.8	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+4.0	+0.3		-1.2	-0.9	+3.6	+7.9	+.037	+1.2	+2.3	+.064	+3.3	+3.8	+.011
Malik Monk	73	17.2	8.9	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.1	8.0	.387	1.5	4.5	.330	1.2	1.4	.882

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
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+27	+14.4	+10.7	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+4.1	+0.7		-1.3	-0.7	+3.3	+7.7		+1.3	+3.3	+.059	+2.7	+3.1	+.044
Malik Monk	55	21.3	10.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.3	3.9	8.9	.434	1.1	3.7	.284	1.5	1.8	.820

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
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+33	+14.8	+13.4	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+4.7	+0.4	+0.3	-1.9	-1.1	+4.1	+10.2	+.015	+1.1	+3.1	+.026	+4.1	+4.5	+.073
Malik Monk	42	20.9	11.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.1	4.1	9.5	.434	2.0	5.0	.401	1.4	1.7	.819

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
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+1	+7.8	+13.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+3.0	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.2	+3.7	+8.9	+.029	+0.6	+1.9	+.021	+5.3	+5.8	+.100
Malik Monk	76	28.1	13.8	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.8	5.1	10.9	.473	2.3	5.8	.391	1.2	1.5	.795

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
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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:	+4	+14.3	+13.4	+0.4	+1.4	+1.9	+2.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9		+3.9	+9.1	+.009	+1.2	+3.4	+.002	+4.4	+4.7	+.027
Malik Monk	77	22.3	13.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.6	4.6	10.3	.448	1.9	5.2	.359	2.4	2.7	.889

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	+11.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+1.2	+0.6	+0.4	-2.0	-0.1	+0.9	+4.5	+.057	+0.4	+1.9	+.033	+2.5	+2.7	+.016
Malik Monk	7	29.3	19.0	0.9	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.1	5.4	13.3	.409	1.9	5.6	.333	6.3	7.0	.898


Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+8	+9.5	+10.4	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+1.8	+0.5	+0.1	-0.6	-0.3	+3.0	+6.8	+.001	+0.9	+2.1	+.019	+3.5	+3.6	+.083
Malik Monk	72	26.0	15.4	0.4	2.6	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.5	12.4	.443	2.1	5.9	.350	2.4	2.8	.829

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
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
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:	+1	+5.9	+12.8		+0.5	+0.5	+2.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.5	-0.7	+3.2	+6.0	+.024	+2.0	+3.6	+.076	+4.6	+5.1	+.023
Malik Monk	65	31.6	17.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	5.6	0.9	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.3	14.4	.439	2.1	6.6	.325	2.4	2.7	.865

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
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Malik Monk
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
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:	+49	+11.5	+15.6	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+5.3		+0.3	-1.9	-0.2	+4.1	+9.1		+2.3	+5.9	+.011	+5.1	+5.4	+.053
Malik Monk	18	24.3	13.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.2	0.9	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.9	10.8	.451	1.8	4.6	.402	1.6	1.8	.875

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
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 4 seasons more than Malik Monk in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 2022 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Malik Monk, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP

Damian Lillard vs. Malik Monk Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Monk 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

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

Additional Years