Donte DiVincenzo vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Donte DiVincenzo, 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.

Donte DiVincenzo played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Donte DiVincenzo had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Donte DiVincenzo	Damian Lillard
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	27	15.2	4.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.9	4.6	.403	0.8	3.1	.265	0.3	0.4	.750
difference:	+55	+23.4	+14.1	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+5.4	+0.4		-2.3	-0.7	+4.8	+11.1	+.026	+1.5	+3.0	+.103	+3.0	+3.5	+.094
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 Donte DiVincenzo nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Donte DiVincenzo	Damian Lillard
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	66	23.0	9.2	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.3	1.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.5	7.7	.455	1.3	3.7	.336	1.0	1.3	.733
difference:	+16	+12.8	+11.5	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+3.3	+0.5		-1.0	-0.7	+3.2	+8.2	+.031	+1.4	+3.1	+.058	+3.5	+3.9	+.138
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		%
Donte DiVincenzo	10	16.5	6.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.1	2.3	5.1	.451	0.7	2.1	.333	1.3	2.0	.650
difference:	+1	+25.9	+16.3	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+5.3	+0.3	+0.2	-1.7	-0.5	+5.2	+12.1	+.012	+1.8	+4.3	+.053	+4.1	+4.0	+.244
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
	Donte DiVincenzo	Damian Lillard
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	66	27.5	10.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.8	9.1	.420	2.0	5.2	.379	0.8	1.1	.718
difference:	+16	+8.2	+10.6	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+3.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+3.4	+7.5	+.014	+0.4	+1.8	+.036	+3.4	+3.8	+.146
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		%
Donte DiVincenzo	3	23.3	2.7	0.7	5.7	6.3	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.3	.188	0.7	4.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+2	+16.9	+18.9	+0.3	+2.1	+2.3	+1.9	+0.6	+0.3	-0.4	-1.7	+6.8	+13.9	+.218	+0.3	+2.2	+.006	+5.0	+6.4
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
	Donte DiVincenzo	Damian Lillard
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	42	23.9	9.0	1.0	3.1	4.0	2.8	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.6	2.8	8.0	.351	1.8	5.2	.339	1.7	2.0	.843
difference:	+33	+11.8	+16.1	+0.4	+0.3		+4.0	+0.2	+0.2	-1.5	-0.6	+5.4	+11.7	+.068	+1.3	+2.9	+.036	+3.8	+4.2	+.049
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		%
Donte DiVincenzo	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
	Donte DiVincenzo	Damian Lillard
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	81	29.1	15.5	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.5	12.4	.443	3.5	8.7	.401	1.1	1.4	.754
difference:	+8	+7.5	+11.4		+0.7	+0.8	+3.9	+0.2		-1.4	-0.4	+3.0	+7.0	+.004	+0.4	+0.1	+.040	+5.7	+6.0	+.162
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		%
Donte DiVincenzo	13	35.8	17.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.6	1.2	0.9	1.2	2.2	6.2	14.7	.419	3.5	8.2	.425	2.0	2.3	.867
difference:	+9	+4.7	+0.7	+0.2	+0.8	+0.5	+2.2	+0.1	+0.9	-2.8	-0.2	+0.1	+3.1	+.067	+1.2	+0.7	+.125	+1.8	+2.0	+.015
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

Season 7
	Donte DiVincenzo	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	62	25.9	11.7	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.0	9.6	.422	2.8	7.1	.397	0.8	1.0	.778
difference:	+18	+9.6	+14.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.9	+3.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.1	-0.1	+4.5	+9.6	+.022	+0.2	+0.9	+.028	+5.1	+5.4	+.134
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	15	25.1	8.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.3	1.9	3.0	3.1	8.4	.365	1.9	5.9	.318	0.7	0.9	.769
difference:	+1	+15.5	+18.2	+0.3	+2.0	+1.7	+3.3	+0.3		-1.9	-0.5	+5.5	+12.2	+.053	+1.8	+4.0	+.055	+5.2	+6.2	+.064
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

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 6 seasons more than Donte DiVincenzo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2020 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Donte DiVincenzo, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP