Deni Avdija vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Deni Avdija, 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.

Deni Avdija played 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Deni Avdija had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Damian Lillard had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
	Deni Avdija	Damian Lillard
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Deni Avdija	54	23.3	6.3	0.4	4.4	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	2.4	5.8	.417	1.0	3.1	.315	0.5	0.8	.644
difference:	+28	+15.3	+12.7	+0.1	+1.8	+1.8	+5.3	+0.3	+0.1	-2.4	-0.5	+4.3	+9.9	+.012	+1.3	+3.0	+.053	+2.8	+3.1	+.200
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deni Avdija nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Deni Avdija	Damian Lillard
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Deni Avdija	82	24.2	8.4	0.6	4.5	5.2	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.3	3.0	7.1	.432	1.0	3.2	.317	1.3	1.7	.757
difference:		+11.6	+12.3	+0.2	+1.4	+1.7	+3.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.1	+3.7	+8.8	+.008	+1.7	+3.6	+.077	+3.2	+3.5	+.114
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Deni Avdija	Damian Lillard
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Deni Avdija	76	26.6	9.2	1.0	5.4	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	7.6	.437	0.9	3.1	.297	1.6	2.2	.739
difference:	+6	+9.1	+11.8	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+3.4	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.8	+3.9	+9.0	+.003	+1.5	+3.9	+.046	+2.6	+2.7	+.125
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Deni Avdija	Damian Lillard
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Deni Avdija	75	30.1	14.7	1.1	6.1	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.4	10.7	.506	1.2	3.1	.374	2.7	3.6	.740
difference:		+5.6	+10.4	+0.5	+2.7	+3.2	+3.0	+0.1	+0.1	-1.1	-0.3	+2.8	+9.0	+.087	+1.9	+5.0	+.001	+2.8	+2.6	+.152
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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

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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		%
Deni Avdija	21	34.2	25.8	1.3	5.8	7.1	6.1	0.5	0.7	3.5	3.1	7.9	16.7	.473	2.6	6.8	.380	7.4	9.3	.795
difference:	+52	+2.4	+1.1	+0.5	+2.2	+2.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.3	-0.7	-1.5	+0.6	+2.7	+.034	+0.5	+1.8	+.019	+0.6	+1.9	+.121
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 7 seasons more than Deni Avdija 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 Deni Avdija, 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