Mike Gminski vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Mike Gminski, 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.

Mike Gminski played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Damian Lillard, who played 12. Mike Gminski had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
Mike Gminski	14	8	1980-81 to 1993-94
Damian Lillard	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Mike Gminski	56	28.2	13.2	2.4	5.0	7.5	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.3	2.3	5.2	12.3	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.767
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		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mike Gminski	64	11.6	5.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.9	4.2	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.822
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		%
Mike Gminski	1	10.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mike Gminski	80	15.7	7.5	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	1.5	2.7	5.3	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.778
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		%
Mike Gminski	2	14.5	7.5	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mike Gminski	82	20.2	7.6	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	2.9	5.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.799
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		%
Mike Gminski	11	20.3	8.5	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	4.5	.580	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.692
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mike Gminski	81	29.9	12.8	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.0	0.5	1.1	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.0	.841
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		%
Mike Gminski	3	27.0	14.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	3.3	1.7	6.0	11.0	.545	0.0	0.0	-	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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mike Gminski	81	31.2	16.5	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.0	6.1	11.7	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	4.9	.893
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		%
Mike Gminski	3	36.3	19.3	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.7	1.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	5.3	14.3	.372	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	9.0	.963
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Mike Gminski	72	31.6	16.4	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.2	6.0	13.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.1	.846
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		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Mike Gminski	81	36.6	16.9	3.0	7.0	10.0	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.9	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	4.8	.906
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		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Mike Gminski	82	33.4	17.2	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.6	1.7	6.8	14.2	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	3.6	4.2	.871
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		%
Mike Gminski	3	39.3	16.3	2.0	5.7	7.7	0.7	0.0	2.7	0.7	2.7	6.3	16.0	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.3	.688
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mike Gminski	81	32.8	13.7	2.4	6.1	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	1.7	5.7	12.4	.457	0.0	0.2	.176	2.4	2.9	.821
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		%
Mike Gminski	10	34.2	12.8	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.7	2.7	5.7	11.7	.487	0.0	0.5	.000	1.4	1.5	.933
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Mike Gminski	80	27.5	10.6	2.3	5.0	7.3	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.2	4.5	10.1	.442	0.0	0.2	.143	1.6	2.0	.810
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		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mike Gminski	35	14.3	5.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	5.7	.452	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	0.8	.750
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		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Mike Gminski	34	7.4	2.7	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.4	.506	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	.900
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	2	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Gminski	Damian Lillard
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Mike Gminski	29	10.7	3.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.6	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Mike Gminski vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Mike Gminski, 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