Michael Curry vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Michael Curry, 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

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.

Michael Curry played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Damian Lillard, who played 12. Michael Curry had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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
Michael Curry	11	6	1993-94 to 2004-05
Damian Lillard	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	1993-94	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Michael Curry	10	4.3	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.3	1.4	.214	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.4	.750
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		%
Michael Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Michael Curry didn't play in 1994-95.


Season 2
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets, Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Curry	46	17.0	4.6	0.6	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	1.6	3.5	.453	0.4	1.2	.377	1.0	1.3	.726
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		%
Michael Curry	3	14.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	1996-97	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Curry	81	15.0	3.9	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.6	1.2	2.7	.448	0.3	1.0	.299	1.2	1.3	.898
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		%
Michael Curry	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.5	.000
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
Michael Curry	82	24.1	6.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.9	2.7	2.4	5.1	.469	0.0	0.1	.444	1.8	2.1	.835
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		%
Michael Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Curry	50	22.9	4.9	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.7	2.7	1.8	4.1	.437	0.0	0.3	.067	1.3	1.6	.797
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		%
Michael Curry	3	19.7	6.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.7	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Curry	82	19.6	6.2	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.5	2.2	4.6	.480	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.0	.839
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		%
Michael Curry	3	26.3	9.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	4.0	7.7	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Michael Curry	68	21.8	5.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.5	2.1	4.7	.455	0.1	0.1	.444	0.9	1.1	.849
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		%
Michael Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Michael Curry	82	23.3	4.0	0.2	1.9	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	2.5	1.5	3.4	.453	0.1	0.3	.269	0.9	1.1	.791
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		%
Michael Curry	10	22.2	5.7	0.1	1.3	1.4	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.5	3.2	2.2	3.9	.564	0.5	1.3	.385	0.8	1.1	.727
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Michael Curry	78	19.9	3.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.1	1.2	2.9	.402	0.2	0.7	.296	0.5	0.6	.800
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		%
Michael Curry	15	18.5	2.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.3	2.3	1.1	2.9	.364	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.5	.857
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
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Michael Curry	70	17.6	2.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	2.2	1.1	2.8	.388	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.8	.845
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		%
Michael Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Michael Curry	18	13.8	1.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.2	0.7	1.6	.448	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
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		%
Michael Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Curry	Damian Lillard
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	-	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		%
Michael Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Michael Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Michael Curry vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Michael Curry, 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