Damian Lillard vs. Sasha Vujacic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sasha Vujacic 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 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Sasha Vujacic, who played 10. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Sasha Vujacic had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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 achivements, 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 12 9 2012-13 to 2023-24
Sasha Vujacic 10 5 2004-05 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2012-132004-05
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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
Sasha Vujacic 35 11.5 2.9 0.4 1.4 1.8 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.9 3.3 .282 0.5 1.8 .270 0.5 0.5 .947
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Damian Lillard ------- --- ----------
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2013-142005-06
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf SemisLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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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
Sasha Vujacic 82 17.7 3.9 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.0 0.6 1.8 1.3 3.8 .346 0.7 2.1 .343 0.6 0.6 .885
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
Sasha Vujacic 7 18.4 6.0 0.4 2.0 2.4 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.4 2.0 1.6 3.7 .423 1.3 2.1 .600 1.6 1.6 1.000

Season 3
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2014-152006-07
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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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
Sasha Vujacic 73 12.8 4.3 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.4 1.4 1.4 3.7 .392 0.8 2.2 .373 0.6 0.7 .878
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
Sasha Vujacic 4 10.8 2.8 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.0 1.3 2.3 .556 0.3 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 -

Season 4
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2015-162007-08
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf SemisLakers Lost NBA Finals
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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
Sasha Vujacic 72 17.8 8.8 0.3 1.9 2.1 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.5 3.0 6.7 .454 1.6 3.8 .437 1.1 1.3 .835
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
Sasha Vujacic 21 21.7 8.1 0.4 1.8 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.9 2.1 2.6 6.6 .399 1.5 3.8 .392 1.4 1.7 .857

Season 5
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2016-172008-09
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdNBA Champion NBA Champion
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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
Sasha Vujacic 80 16.2 5.8 0.2 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.1 0.4 1.9 1.9 5.0 .387 1.0 2.8 .363 0.9 1.0 .921
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
Sasha Vujacic 23 10.9 3.0 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.5 1.0 4.0 .264 0.7 2.2 .314 0.2 0.3 .833

Season 6
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2017-182009-10
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdNBA Champion NBA Champion
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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
Sasha Vujacic 67 8.6 2.8 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.0 2.4 .402 0.4 1.2 .309 0.4 0.5 .848
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
Sasha Vujacic 10 7.6 3.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.0 2.3 .435 0.6 1.5 .400 0.5 0.6 .833

Season 7
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2018-192010-11
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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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
Sasha Vujacic 67 24.6 9.8 0.4 2.3 2.8 2.0 0.8 0.1 1.0 2.0 3.6 8.9 .402 1.4 3.9 .370 1.2 1.4 .844
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
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------

Note: Sasha Vujacic didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.

Season 8
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2019-202013-14
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
more >>
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
Sasha Vujacic 2 5.0 2.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 2.5 .400 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 -
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
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------

Note: Sasha Vujacic didn't play in 2014-15.

Season 9
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2020-212015-16
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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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
Sasha Vujacic 61 14.9 4.9 0.4 2.0 2.4 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.4 1.7 4.5 .383 0.9 2.3 .364 0.5 0.6 .821
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
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2021-222016-17
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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
Sasha Vujacic 42 9.7 3.0 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.9 1.0 3.2 .309 0.5 1.8 .311 0.4 0.6 .708
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Damian Lillard ------- --- ----------
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------

Season 11
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2022-23-
Team Portland Trail Blazers-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not Play-
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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
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Damian Lillard ------- --- ----------
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------

Season 12
Damian Lillard Sasha Vujacic
Season 2023-24-
Team Milwaukee Bucks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Achievement All-Star Game NVP-
Playoffs Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
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
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------
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
Sasha Vujacic ------- --- ----------
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