Luka Doncic vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Luka Doncic 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
	Luka Doncic	Damian Lillard
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
difference:	+10	+6.4	+2.2	+0.7	+4.0	+4.7	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+0.3	+0.8	+.002		+1.0	+.041	+1.5	+2.8	+.131
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 Luka Doncic nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Damian Lillard
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
difference:	+21	+2.2	+8.1	+0.9	+5.0	+5.9	+3.2	+0.2	+0.1	-1.9	-0.1	+2.8	+4.7	+.039	+0.1	+2.1	+.078	+2.5	+4.0	+.113
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		%
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656
difference:	+5	+6.6	+8.1	+0.4	+5.2	+4.7	+2.2	+0.2	+0.4	-2.5	-0.2	+3.2	+4.1	+.061	+0.2	+0.9	+.022	+1.6	+4.7	+.238
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
	Luka Doncic	Damian Lillard
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
difference:	+16	+1.4	+6.7	+0.2	+3.2	+3.4	+2.4	+0.2	+0.2	-1.6	-0.3	+2.6	+3.9	+.045	+0.5	+1.3	+.007	+1.0	+2.2	+.134
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		%
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529
difference:	+2	+0.1	+14.1	+0.2	+3.7	+3.9	+5.7	+0.9	+0.2	-2.2	-0.6	+5.9	+8.8	+.084	+3.4	+4.7	+.247	+1.1	+0.9	+.252
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
	Luka Doncic	Damian Lillard
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
difference:	+10	+0.3	+3.3	+0.3	+4.9	+5.1	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3		+1.7	+1.9	+.038		+0.7	+.022	+0.1	+1.3	+.148
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		%
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770
difference:	+4	+2.9	+5.2	+0.4	+5.9	+5.5	+0.1	+0.5	+0.3	-0.9	-0.8	+2.6	+1.5	+.087	+0.4	+0.2	+.048	+0.4	+1.9	+.140
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
	Luka Doncic	Damian Lillard
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
difference:	+9	+0.3	+5.4	+0.2	+3.5	+3.7	+2.1	+0.5	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+2.1	+2.2	+.052	+0.1	+0.5	+.028	+1.3	+3.2	+.153
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		%
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luka Doncic	Damian Lillard
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
difference:	+3	+0.9	+7.0		+4.8	+4.7	+3.2	+0.3	+0.1	-1.2	-0.5	+3.0	+4.2	+.048	+1.0	+2.0	+.021		+1.3	+.130
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		%
Luka Doncic	22	40.9	28.9	0.7	8.7	9.5	8.1	1.9	0.4	4.1	2.5	10.2	22.9	.446	3.1	9.6	.322	5.3	7.0	.765
difference:	+18	+0.4	+10.4	+0.1	+4.9	+5.0	+3.3	+0.6	+0.4	-0.1	-0.5	+3.9	+5.1	+.094	+0.8	+2.1	+.022	+1.5	+2.7	+.117
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
	Luka Doncic	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks, 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 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		%
Luka Doncic	50	35.4	28.2	0.8	7.4	8.2	7.7	1.8	0.4	3.6	2.5	9.2	20.5	.450	3.5	9.6	.368	6.2	7.9	.782
difference:	+30	+0.1	+2.4	+0.1	+3.6	+3.6	+0.8	+0.7		-0.9	-0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+.006	+0.5	+1.6	+.001	+0.3	+1.5	+.130
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		%
Luka Doncic	5	41.6	30.2	0.4	6.6	7.0	5.8	1.0	0.6	4.0	3.2	9.4	20.8	.452	3.2	9.2	.348	8.2	9.2	.891
difference:	+11	+1.0	+3.3	+0.1	+2.3	+2.2	+0.8	+0.7	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+0.8	+0.2	+.034	+0.5	+0.7	+.025	+2.3	+2.1	+.058
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 Luka Doncic 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 Luka Doncic, 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