Paolo Banchero vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Paolo Banchero, 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.

Paolo Banchero played 3 years in the NBA, 10 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Paolo Banchero 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
	Paolo Banchero	Damian Lillard
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Paolo Banchero	72	33.8	20.0	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.8	2.2	6.7	15.6	.427	1.2	4.0	.298	5.5	7.4	.738
difference:	+10	+4.8	+1.0	+0.7	+3.1	+3.8	+2.8	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.1		+0.1	+.002	+1.1	+2.1	+.070	+2.2	+3.5	+.106
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 Paolo Banchero nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Damian Lillard
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Paolo Banchero	80	35.0	22.6	1.0	5.9	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.0	17.6	.455	1.5	4.4	.339	5.1	7.0	.725
difference:	+2	+0.8	+1.9	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.5	+1.3	+1.7	+.031	+1.2	+2.4	+.055	+0.6	+1.8	+.146
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		%
Paolo Banchero	7	37.4	27.0	2.0	6.6	8.6	4.0	1.1	0.6	4.6	2.0	9.7	21.3	.456	2.3	5.7	.400	5.3	7.0	.755
difference:	+4	+5.0	+4.1	+0.9	+2.6	+3.5	+2.5	+0.1	+0.5	-1.9	-0.6	+2.2	+4.1	+.017	+0.2	+0.7	+.014	+0.1	+1.0	+.139
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
	Paolo Banchero	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Paolo Banchero	46	34.4	25.9	1.1	6.4	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	9.0	19.8	.452	1.9	5.9	.320	6.1	8.4	.727
difference:	+36	+1.3	+4.9	+0.5	+2.4	+2.9	+1.4	+0.4	+0.3	-0.3	-0.1	+1.8	+3.2	+.018	+0.5	+1.1	+.023	+1.9	+3.5	+.137
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		%
Paolo Banchero	5	39.4	29.4	2.4	6.0	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.8	3.0	3.6	10.8	24.8	.435	2.4	5.4	.444	5.4	8.2	.659
difference:		+0.8	+7.8	+2.0	+2.4	+4.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.6	+3.0	+5.6	+.029	+1.4	+0.8	+.283	+0.4	+1.8	+.122
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 Paolo Banchero 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 Paolo Banchero, 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