Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
difference:	+2	+18.8	+13.1		+1.1	+1.1	+5.8			-2.6	-0.3	+4.4	+9.9	+.033	+1.6	+3.8	+.049	+2.7	+3.1	+.074
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	31.5	12.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.3	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.0	4.8	11.9	.401	1.9	5.4	.345	1.3	1.9	.696
difference:		+4.3	+8.0	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+4.3	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3	-0.4	+1.9	+4.0	+.023	+0.8	+1.4	+.049	+3.2	+3.3	+.175
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	36.7	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.6	.420	1.5	4.9	.309	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+6	+1.0	+6.5	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+4.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+1.9	+4.0	+.014	+0.9	+2.1	+.034	+1.8	+1.9	+.053
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	4	40.3	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	2.8	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	5.5	12.5	.440	3.0	6.8	.444	1.3	1.8	.714
difference:	+1	+0.1	+6.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+1.8	+1.4	+0.3	-1.9	-1.2	+2.3	+6.7	+.034	+2.0	+0.6	+.283	+3.7	+4.6	+.067
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	33.3	13.8	0.7	2.5	3.3	2.5	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.9	12.2	.399	2.0	5.8	.350	2.0	2.4	.832
difference:	+1	+2.4	+11.3	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7	+4.3	+0.3	+0.2	-2.1	-0.6	+3.3	+7.5	+.020	+1.1	+2.3	+.025	+3.5	+3.8	+.060
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	24.8	11.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.0	9.2	.430	1.8	5.3	.347	1.7	1.9	.867
difference:	+9	+11.8	+15.5	+0.2	+1.3	+1.6	+5.3	+0.2	+0.2	-2.0	-0.1	+4.5	+10.2	+.009	+1.3	+3.3	+.014	+5.1	+5.5	+.049
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	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

Season 7
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
difference:	+11	+10.0	+16.5	+0.3	+2.3	+2.5	+5.3	+0.3	+0.2	-1.8		+5.1	+11.9	+.023	+1.7	+4.5	+.016	+4.8	+4.9	+.137
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
difference:	+5	+11.6	+16.2	+0.1	+2.6	+2.7	+5.3	+0.7	+0.1	-3.1	-0.6	+4.8	+11.6		+1.6	+4.2	+.005	+4.9	+5.8	+.018
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	67	28.4	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.8	4.4	.410	1.4	1.7	.866
difference:	+1	+9.1	+20.3	+0.1	+1.5	+1.6	+6.1	+0.2	+0.1	-1.9		+6.2	+12.8	+.032	+2.3	+5.8	+.009	+5.6	+6.1	+.022
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	29.2	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.2	5.8	.379	0.8	3.8	.211	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+1	+6.6	+18.1	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7	+3.3	+0.5	+0.3	-3.1	-2.0	+4.3	+10.2	+.027	+2.5	+4.5	+.183	+7.0	+7.3	+.030
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	30.2	13.2	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.7	10.8	.435	2.1	5.3	.390	1.8	2.0	.890
difference:	+10	+5.6	+15.6		+0.8	+0.8	+5.6	+0.2		-1.7	-0.3	+4.3	+9.1	+.016	+2.0	+5.2	+.001	+4.9	+5.2	+.038
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	.462	1.8	4.2	.423	1.4	1.6	.824
difference:	+47	+5.1	+13.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.4	+4.9	+0.9	+0.1	-1.8	-0.6	+3.9	+10.7	+.060	+1.4	+5.6	+.099	+4.1	+4.6	+.054
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	33.6	10.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.7	8.1	.457	1.8	4.6	.380	1.5	1.8	.829
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.6	10.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.7	.460	1.6	4.1	.406	1.3	1.5	.894
difference:	+18	+4.7	+22.1	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+4.9	+0.4	+0.3	-2.3	-0.1	+6.0	+13.0	+.003	+2.6	+7.2	+.035	+7.5	+8.1	+.020
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	12	35.0	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	7.2	.395	1.5	4.6	.327	0.9	0.9	1.000
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	29.6	8.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.1	7.1	.439	1.5	4.3	.342	1.1	1.2	.863
difference:	+4	+5.7	+15.6	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+5.2	+0.3	+0.2	-1.8		+4.3	+10.4	+.015	+1.5	+4.2	+.012	+5.4	+5.8	+.057
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	32.6	5.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	1.8	1.4	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.6	6.0	.267	1.2	4.6	.261	0.6	0.8	.750
difference:	+1	+6.4	+26.3	+0.3		+0.3	+3.2	+0.4	+0.6	-1.9	-0.2	+6.9	+14.3	+.153	+3.8	+7.4	+.156	+8.7	+8.7	+.224
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

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 1 season more than Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the NBA. In that period—his season 13 in 2025—Damian Lillard played in the Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In that extra year over Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Cup All-Tournament Team 1 All-Star Game