Tom Chambers vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Tom Chambers, 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.

Tom Chambers played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Damian Lillard, who played 12. Tom Chambers had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Tom Chambers	16	10	1981-82 to 1997-98
Damian Lillard	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1981-82	2012-13
Team	San Diego Clippers	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		%
Tom Chambers	81	33.1	17.2	2.6	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.6	2.7	4.2	6.8	13.0	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.7	.620
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1982-83	2013-14
Team	San Diego Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Tom Chambers	79	33.7	17.6	2.8	3.8	6.6	2.4	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.2	6.6	13.9	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.2	.723
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1983-84	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	31.3	18.1	2.7	3.8	6.5	1.6	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.8	6.8	13.5	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.800
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	38.2	13.6	0.8	5.8	6.6	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.8	4.6	5.6	11.8	.475	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.6	.667
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1984-85	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Tom Chambers	81	36.1	21.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	2.6	0.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.8	16.1	.483	0.1	0.3	.273	5.9	7.0	.832
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Tom Chambers	66	30.6	18.5	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.6	2.9	3.8	6.5	14.1	.466	0.2	0.7	.271	5.2	6.3	.836
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	36.8	23.3	2.0	4.7	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	3.3	3.7	8.0	17.6	.456	0.7	1.8	.372	6.5	7.7	.849
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		%
Tom Chambers	14	35.6	23.0	2.3	4.1	6.4	2.3	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.6	8.4	18.8	.449	0.4	1.3	.333	5.7	7.1	.808
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tom Chambers	82	32.7	20.4	1.6	4.3	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.5	3.6	7.5	16.6	.448	0.4	1.3	.303	5.1	6.3	.807
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	33.6	25.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.2	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.8	10.0	18.2	.549	0.0	0.4	.000	5.8	7.0	.829
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.1	25.7	1.8	6.7	8.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	2.9	3.3	9.6	20.3	.471	0.3	1.1	.326	6.3	7.4	.851
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		%
Tom Chambers	12	41.3	26.0	1.8	9.1	10.9	3.8	1.1	1.3	3.3	3.7	9.8	21.4	.459	0.8	1.8	.409	5.6	6.5	.859
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.6	27.2	1.5	5.6	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	2.7	3.2	10.0	20.0	.501	0.3	1.1	.279	6.9	8.0	.861
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		%
Tom Chambers	16	38.3	22.2	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.9	0.4	0.4	3.1	3.4	7.3	17.2	.425	0.3	1.2	.263	7.3	8.3	.879
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tom Chambers	76	32.6	19.9	1.4	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.9	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.3	16.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.274	5.0	6.0	.826
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		%
Tom Chambers	4	35.5	17.0	0.5	5.3	5.8	2.5	1.8	1.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	16.5	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	69	28.2	16.3	1.2	4.6	5.8	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.8	6.2	14.3	.431	0.3	0.7	.367	3.7	4.5	.830
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		%
Tom Chambers	7	27.7	15.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	2.7	0.3	0.7	2.1	3.6	5.6	12.1	.459	0.6	1.0	.571	3.9	4.6	.844
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Chambers	73	23.6	12.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.9	4.4	9.8	.447	0.2	0.4	.393	3.3	3.9	.837
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		%
Tom Chambers	24	15.7	7.3	1.0	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.7	6.9	.388	0.1	0.2	.400	1.8	2.3	.815
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
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Tom Chambers	80	23.0	11.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.9	4.1	9.4	.440	0.2	0.6	.311	2.8	3.5	.786
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	16	20.3	5.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	3.1	2.2	6.1	.361	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	1.8	.793
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	15.3	6.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.4	5.3	.457	0.0	0.3	.167	1.3	1.7	.807
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	5	12.0	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	3.6	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tom Chambers didn't play in 1995-96.


Season 15
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Tom Chambers	12	6.9	1.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	.226	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.3	.750
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Tom Chambers	Damian Lillard
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Tom Chambers	1	10.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Tom Chambers vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Tom Chambers, 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

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