Jake LaRavia vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Jake LaRavia, 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.

Jake LaRavia played 3 years in the NBA, 10 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Jake LaRavia had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
	Jake LaRavia	Damian Lillard
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Jake LaRavia	35	11.8	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.7	.389	0.7	2.0	.338	0.2	0.3	.778
difference:	+47	+26.8	+16.0		+1.3	+1.3	+5.9	+0.6	+0.1	-2.5	-0.7	+5.6	+13.0	+.040	+1.6	+4.1	+.030	+3.1	+3.6	+.066
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 Jake LaRavia nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jake LaRavia	Damian Lillard
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Jake LaRavia	35	23.0	10.8	1.5	2.2	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.4	8.7	.389	1.5	4.5	.340	2.6	3.1	.826
difference:	+47	+12.8	+9.9	+1.1	+0.9	+0.2	+3.9			-1.1	-0.4	+3.3	+7.2	+.035	+1.2	+2.3	+.054	+1.9	+2.1	+.045
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		%
Jake LaRavia	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
	Jake LaRavia	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings	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		%
Jake LaRavia	66	20.4	6.9	1.4	2.6	3.9	2.4	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.1	.475	0.9	2.2	.423	1.2	1.7	.678
difference:	+16	+15.3	+14.1	+0.8	+1.4	+0.7	+3.8	+0.3		-1.4		+4.8	+11.5	+.041	+1.5	+4.8	+.080	+3.0	+3.2	+.186
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		%
Jake LaRavia	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

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 10 seasons more than Jake LaRavia in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 2016 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 8 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 10 extra years over Jake LaRavia, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP