Damian Lillard vs. Tayshaun Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tayshaun Prince 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 less than Tayshaun Prince, who played 14. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Tayshaun Prince had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Tayshaun Prince	14	9	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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	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
Tayshaun Prince	42	10.4	3.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	.449	0.5	1.1	.426	0.3	0.4	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	15	25.4	9.4	0.7	3.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	7.7	.426	0.9	3.2	.292	1.9	2.5	.763


Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	10.3	1.1	3.6	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	4.1	8.8	.467	0.7	1.9	.363	1.3	1.7	.766

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
Tayshaun Prince	23	34.8	9.9	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.3	1.1	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.8	9.2	.410	0.6	2.1	.265	1.8	2.4	.745


Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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	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
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.1	14.7	1.6	3.7	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.0	5.7	11.7	.487	0.6	1.7	.341	2.7	3.3	.807

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
Tayshaun Prince	25	40.8	13.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.3	12.3	.433	0.9	2.4	.367	1.9	2.4	.800


Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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
Tayshaun Prince	82	35.3	14.1	1.3	3.0	4.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.2	5.5	12.2	.455	0.8	2.2	.350	2.2	2.9	.765

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
Tayshaun Prince	18	41.4	16.4	2.4	3.3	5.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.3	5.9	12.8	.459	1.2	2.6	.457	3.5	4.2	.829


Season 5
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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
Tayshaun Prince	82	36.6	14.3	1.8	3.5	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.4	5.6	12.2	.460	1.0	2.6	.386	2.1	2.7	.768

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
Tayshaun Prince	16	41.6	14.1	1.7	4.8	6.4	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	1.9	5.2	12.5	.415	1.1	2.8	.409	2.6	3.4	.759


Season 6
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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	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
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	13.2	1.3	3.5	4.9	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.1	5.1	11.5	.448	0.6	1.8	.363	2.3	2.9	.768

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
Tayshaun Prince	17	39.5	13.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.9	12.2	.481	0.5	1.5	.320	1.6	2.0	.794


Season 7
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons 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	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
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.3	14.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.7	1.7	.397	2.3	3.0	.778

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
Tayshaun Prince	4	32.3	3.8	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.8	6.8	.259	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
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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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
Tayshaun Prince	49	34.0	13.5	1.4	3.6	5.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	5.8	11.8	.486	0.6	1.5	.370	1.4	2.0	.714

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
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
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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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
Tayshaun Prince	78	32.8	14.1	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.2	6.1	12.8	.473	0.4	1.3	.347	1.5	2.2	.702

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
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Tayshaun Prince	63	33.1	12.7	1.1	3.3	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	1.2	1.2	5.3	12.7	.421	0.6	1.7	.356	1.4	1.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West 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	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
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.1	10.4	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.0	4.4	10.0	.438	0.5	1.1	.404	1.2	1.6	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	15	30.3	7.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.9	8.1	.355	0.3	1.3	.263	0.9	1.5	.609


Season 12
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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	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
Tayshaun Prince	76	25.6	6.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.6	6.5	.407	0.3	0.9	.290	0.4	0.8	.567

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
Tayshaun Prince	7	16.1	3.0	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.7	.385	0.1	0.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	58	24.1	7.5	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	.440	0.5	1.2	.463	0.8	1.1	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Damian Lillard	Tayshaun Prince
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	77	19.0	2.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Damian Lillard vs. Tayshaun Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tayshaun Prince 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

Season 13

Season 14