Drew Gooden vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Drew Gooden, 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.

Drew Gooden played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Damian Lillard, who played 12. Drew Gooden had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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 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
Drew Gooden	14	6	2002-03 to 2015-16
Damian Lillard	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Drew Gooden	70	26.8	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.1	11.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.292	2.2	3.0	.712
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	7	33.3	14.0	4.0	8.7	12.7	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.3	5.1	12.9	.400	0.0	0.4	.000	3.7	5.1	.722
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2003-04	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	79	27.0	11.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.7	10.5	.445	0.1	0.5	.214	2.1	3.3	.637
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		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	82	30.8	14.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.6	2.8	5.7	11.5	.492	0.1	0.3	.179	3.1	3.8	.810
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		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	79	27.5	10.7	3.0	5.4	8.4	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.3	.512	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	3.3	.682
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		%
Drew Gooden	13	21.6	8.2	2.4	5.2	7.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.4	3.1	3.5	6.5	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.4	.944
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 5
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	80	28.0	11.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.6	4.6	9.8	.473	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.714
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	20	30.3	11.4	2.5	5.6	8.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.4	3.1	5.0	10.1	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.769
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


Season 6
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	69	30.8	12.0	2.5	6.0	8.6	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.8	2.9	4.8	10.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.753
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		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	51	24.8	11.9	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.9	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.1	.840
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		%
Drew Gooden	4	17.8	7.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.3	2.8	8.3	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	1.8	1.8	1.000
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


Season 8
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	70	25.1	10.9	3.0	4.8	7.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.1	8.6	.478	0.0	0.1	.125	2.7	3.1	.861
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Drew Gooden	35	24.6	11.3	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.5	10.3	.431	0.1	0.6	.150	2.3	2.9	.794
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Drew Gooden	56	26.2	13.7	2.3	4.2	6.5	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.0	5.1	11.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.291	3.1	3.7	.846
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

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


Season 11
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Drew Gooden	16	9.4	3.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.8	.328	0.1	0.3	.200	0.7	1.0	.688
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

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


Season 12
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Drew Gooden	22	18.0	8.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.4	3.5	6.5	.531	0.3	0.8	.412	1.1	1.2	.889
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	10	14.6	3.4	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.0	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
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


Season 13
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Drew Gooden	51	16.9	5.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.8	2.2	5.4	.399	0.5	1.2	.390	0.7	0.9	.773
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	10	17.8	6.8	1.3	4.2	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.1	2.3	6.1	.377	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.3	.769
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Drew Gooden	Damian Lillard
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
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		%
Drew Gooden	30	10.2	2.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.1	3.4	.320	0.2	1.4	.171	0.3	0.5	.643
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Drew Gooden vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Drew Gooden, 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