Damian Lillard vs. Sidney Moncrief Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sidney Moncrief 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

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, 1 more than Sidney Moncrief, who played 11. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Sidney Moncrief had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
Sidney Moncrief	11	11	1979-80 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2012-13	1979-80
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	77	20.2	8.5	2.0	2.4	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.7	5.9	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	7	26.0	12.4	2.4	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.0	4.3	7.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	4.4	.871


Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2013-14	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	80	30.2	14.0	2.3	2.8	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.0	9.2	.541	0.0	0.1	.222	4.0	5.0	.804

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
Sidney Moncrief	7	39.6	14.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	2.9	3.4	4.3	9.9	.435	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.3	.745


Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive 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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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
Sidney Moncrief	80	37.3	19.8	2.8	3.9	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.6	7.0	13.3	.523	0.0	0.2	.071	5.9	7.2	.817

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
Sidney Moncrief	6	42.0	15.3	2.5	2.5	5.0	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	3.7	5.2	12.3	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	6.3	.789


Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 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
Sidney Moncrief	76	35.7	22.5	2.5	3.2	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.100	6.6	7.9	.826

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
Sidney Moncrief	9	41.9	18.9	3.1	3.6	6.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.9	15.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	6.8	.754


Season 5
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 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	35.9	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
Sidney Moncrief	79	38.9	20.9	2.7	4.0	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.2	.498	0.1	0.2	.278	6.7	7.9	.848

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
Sidney Moncrief	16	38.6	19.1	2.8	4.2	6.9	4.3	1.8	0.6	3.8	3.4	6.2	11.9	.518	0.1	0.3	.250	6.6	8.4	.791


Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	73	37.5	21.7	2.0	3.3	5.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.5	2.7	7.7	15.9	.483	0.1	0.5	.273	6.2	7.5	.828

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
Sidney Moncrief	8	39.9	23.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	5.0	0.6	0.5	2.5	3.3	6.9	12.4	.556	0.5	1.3	.400	8.8	9.4	.933


Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	73	35.2	20.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.4	13.2	.489	0.5	1.4	.320	6.8	7.9	.859

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
Sidney Moncrief	9	36.3	16.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.9	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.3	5.8	13.6	.426	0.4	1.6	.286	4.9	7.0	.698


Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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	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
Sidney Moncrief	39	25.4	11.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	3.1	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	8.3	.488	0.2	0.8	.258	3.5	4.2	.840

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
Sidney Moncrief	12	35.5	19.4	1.8	2.8	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	2.0	3.6	6.5	13.8	.473	0.3	1.2	.286	6.1	7.5	.811


Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	56	25.5	10.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	3.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	3.9	7.9	.489	0.1	0.6	.161	2.9	3.5	.837

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
Sidney Moncrief	5	34.6	15.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.8	10.0	.480	0.2	0.2	1.000	5.2	5.4	.963


Season 10
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	62	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.0	2.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.2	8.6	.491	0.4	1.2	.342	3.3	3.8	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	9	20.4	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	.396	0.2	0.8	.286	1.7	1.8	.938

Note: Sidney Moncrief didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 11
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	72	15.2	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.3	.488	0.3	0.9	.328	1.1	1.5	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	5	18.2	7.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	1.2	.167	2.6	3.2	.813


Season 12
	Damian Lillard	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Damian Lillard vs. Sidney Moncrief Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sidney Moncrief 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12