Damian Lillard vs. Obi Toppin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Obi Toppin 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, 7 more than Obi Toppin, who played 6. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Obi Toppin had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Obi Toppin
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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:	+20	+27.6	+14.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+6.0	+0.6		-2.6	-1.2	+5.0	+12.3	+.069	+1.9	+4.7	+.062	+3.0	+3.5	+.113
Obi Toppin	62	11.0	4.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.4	.498	0.4	1.4	.306	0.3	0.4	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Obi Toppin	5	13.0	6.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.4	4.6	.522	0.6	1.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Obi Toppin
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
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:	+10	+18.7	+11.7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	+4.5	+0.5	+0.2	-1.6	-1.0	+3.2	+9.3	+.107	+2.0	+4.5	+.086	+3.2	+3.5	+.113
Obi Toppin	72	17.1	9.0	1.0	2.8	3.7	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.5	6.6	.531	0.7	2.3	.308	1.3	1.7	.758
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
Obi Toppin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Obi Toppin
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+15	+20.0	+13.6	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+5.2	+0.9	+0.1	-2.1	-1.0	+4.4	+10.3	+.012	+1.1	+3.3	+.001	+3.6	+4.2	+.055
Obi Toppin	67	15.7	7.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.8	6.3	.446	1.3	3.7	.344	0.6	0.7	.809
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:	+6	+24.3	+14.6	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	+4.0	+0.3	+0.3	-1.7	-1.9	+5.1	+12.8	+.023	+0.2	+2.3	+.141	+4.6	+5.9	+.019
Obi Toppin	11	15.9	7.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.1	2.7	6.4	.429	1.2	3.9	.302	0.4	0.5	.800

Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Obi Toppin
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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:	+7	+14.6	+14.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+5.2	+0.3	+0.1	-2.4	-0.5	+4.2	+12.6	+.154	+1.9	+5.0	+.028	+4.6	+5.0	+.122
Obi Toppin	82	21.1	10.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.1	.573	1.2	3.1	.403	0.9	1.2	.770
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:	+6	+19.5	+15.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+4.6	+0.9	+0.1	-2.2	-0.9	+3.8	+14.1	+.173	+2.6	+6.4	+.036	+5.4	+5.6	+.150
Obi Toppin	17	20.2	10.9	0.6	3.8	4.4	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	4.3	7.9	.541	1.2	3.3	.357	1.1	1.5	.760

Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Obi Toppin
Season	2017-18	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+70	+9.3	+12.9	+0.2	+2.1	+2.2	+4.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.8	-0.7	+3.5	+7.4	+.022	+2.1	+2.9	+.185	+3.8	+4.4	+.084
Obi Toppin	3	27.3	14.0	1.0	5.7	6.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	5.7	.176	3.0	3.0	1.000
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
Obi Toppin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 7 seasons more than Obi Toppin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2019 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 5 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 7 extra years over Obi Toppin, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP