Damian Lillard vs. Trey Murphy III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trey Murphy III 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, 8 more than Trey Murphy III, who played 5. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Trey Murphy III had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Trey Murphy III
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West 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	+24.7	+13.6	+0.3	+1.0	+0.7	+5.9	+0.5	+0.1	-2.7	-1.1	+4.9	+11.2	+.035	+1.2	+3.1	+.014	+2.6	+3.1	+.038
Trey Murphy III	62	13.9	5.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.5	.394	1.1	3.0	.382	0.7	0.8	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trey Murphy III	6	20.0	5.2	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	3.2	.474	0.7	0.8	.800

Season 2
	Damian Lillard	Trey Murphy III
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+3	+4.8	+6.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+4.2	+0.3	+0.2	-1.6	-0.4	+1.8	+5.8	+.060	+0.1	+0.5	+.012	+2.3	+2.8	+.034
Trey Murphy III	79	31.0	14.5	0.7	2.8	3.6	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.9	10.1	.484	2.6	6.3	.406	2.2	2.4	.905
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
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Damian Lillard	Trey Murphy III
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+25	+6.1	+6.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+4.0	+0.3	+0.2	-2.1	-0.8	+2.4	+5.7	+.009	+0.6	+0.8	+.037	+2.0	+2.3	+.049
Trey Murphy III	57	29.6	14.8	0.7	4.2	4.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.6	1.2	4.8	10.9	.443	3.0	7.8	.380	2.2	2.6	.815
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:	+1	+1.8	+10.1	+0.4	+2.2	+2.5	+2.3	+0.9	+0.9	-0.4		+3.3	+7.2	+.031	+1.5	+1.3	+.172	+5.0	+6.4
Trey Murphy III	4	42.0	11.5	0.8	5.8	6.5	2.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	3.0	4.5	12.0	.375	2.5	7.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Damian Lillard	Trey Murphy III
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+22	+0.7	+3.9	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+3.3	+0.2	+0.3	-1.3	-0.1	+1.0	+3.9	+.035	+0.1	+0.2	+.014	+1.7	+1.9	+.005
Trey Murphy III	53	35.0	21.2	0.9	4.2	5.1	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.9	2.1	7.2	15.8	.454	3.0	8.3	.361	3.8	4.3	.887
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
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 8 seasons more than Trey Murphy III in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 2018 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 6 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 8 extra years over Trey Murphy III, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP