Vince Carter vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Vince Carter, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, 9 more than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Vince Carter	22	11	1998-99 to 2019-20
Damian Lillard	13	10	2012-13 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	1998-99	2012-13
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	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		%
Vince Carter	50	35.2	18.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	2.2	2.8	6.9	15.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.288	4.1	5.4	.761
difference:	+32	+3.4	+0.7	+1.4	+1.2	+2.6	+3.5	+0.2	+1.3	-0.8	-0.7	+0.2	+0.4	+.021	+1.9	+4.8	+.080	+0.8	+1.5	+.083
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 Vince Carter nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	1999-00	2013-14
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.7	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	9.6	20.7	.465	1.2	2.9	.403	5.3	6.7	.791
difference:		+2.3	+5.0	+1.4	+0.9	+2.3	+1.7	+0.5	+0.8	-0.2	-0.8	+2.9	+4.8	+.041	+1.5	+3.9	+.009	+0.8	+1.5	+.080
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		%
Vince Carter	3	39.7	19.3	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.0	16.7	.300	0.3	3.3	.100	9.0	10.3	.871
difference:	+8	+2.7	+3.6	+1.9	+1.0	+0.9	+0.2		+1.2		-1.4	+2.5	+0.5	+.139	+2.2	+3.1	+.286	+3.6	+4.3	+.023
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2000-01	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Vince Carter	75	39.7	27.6	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.9	1.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	10.2	22.1	.460	2.2	5.3	.408	5.1	6.7	.765
difference:	+7	+4.0	+6.6	+1.7	+0.8	+0.9	+2.3	+0.3	+0.8	-0.5	-0.7	+3.0	+5.5	+.026	+0.2	+1.7	+.065	+0.9	+1.8	+.099
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		%
Vince Carter	12	45.1	27.3	3.1	3.4	6.5	4.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	3.8	10.2	23.3	.436	2.1	5.1	.410	4.8	6.2	.784
difference:	+7	+4.9	+5.7	+2.7	+0.2	+2.5	+0.1	+1.3	+1.1	-0.1	-0.8	+2.4	+4.1	+.030	+1.1	+1.1	+.249	+0.2	+0.2	+.003
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vince Carter	60	39.8	24.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	9.3	21.8	.428	2.0	5.2	.387	4.1	5.1	.798
difference:	+15	+4.1	+0.4	+1.7	+0.5	+1.2	+2.8	+0.7	+0.3	-0.6	-1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+.009	+1.1	+2.9	+.012	+1.4	+1.1	+.094
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		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	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		%
Vince Carter	43	34.2	20.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	8.3	17.7	.467	1.0	3.0	.344	3.0	3.7	.806
difference:	+32	+1.7	+6.4	+0.8	+1.3	+0.5	+2.6	+0.2	+0.7	-0.9	-0.8	+0.5	+2.1	+.023	+1.9	+4.7	+.026	+3.5	+3.6	+.089
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		%
Vince Carter	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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vince Carter	73	38.2	22.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.8	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.9	8.3	20.0	.417	1.3	3.3	.383	4.6	5.7	.806
difference:		+1.6	+4.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	+1.8	+0.1	+0.5	-0.3	-1.3	+0.2	+0.6	+.022	+1.8	+5.3	+.022	+2.2	+1.7	+.110
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		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Vince Carter	77	36.7	24.5	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.452	1.6	4.1	.406	4.8	6.0	.798
difference:	+3	+1.2	+1.3	+0.5		+0.6	+2.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-1.3	+0.5	+0.8	+.008	+1.4	+3.9	+.037	+1.1	+0.4	+.114
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		%
Vince Carter	4	45.3	26.8	2.3	6.3	8.5	5.8	2.3	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.8	24.0	.365	1.5	4.8	.316	7.8	9.0	.861
difference:	+12	+4.7	+0.1	+1.8	+2.0	+3.7	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3		-1.8	+0.2	+3.4	+.053	+2.2	+5.1	+.057	+1.9	+1.9	+.028
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	79	36.8	24.2	1.7	4.1	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.7	2.7	3.0	8.3	19.2	.430	1.6	4.6	.341	6.1	7.6	.799
difference:	+13	+0.7	+5.8	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	+3.7	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-1.3	+1.2	+1.2	+.033	+2.5	+5.6	+.060	+0.9	+0.2	+.089
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		%
Vince Carter	11	40.9	29.6	1.5	5.5	7.0	5.3	1.8	0.5	2.4	3.1	10.3	22.2	.463	1.3	5.3	.241	7.8	9.8	.796
difference:	+7	+5.1	+5.3	+1.2	+2.2	+3.5	+1.0	+1.3	+0.2	-1.1	-2.1	+3.8	+6.2	+.057	+2.0	+3.0	+.153	+0.2	+1.5	+.174
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	4.8	1.0	0.4	2.6	3.2	8.9	19.5	.454	1.9	5.3	.357	5.6	7.0	.802
difference:	+15	+2.3	+3.6	+0.9	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.7	+0.1	+0.4	+.003	+2.2	+5.2	+.034	+1.1	+0.2	+.126
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		%
Vince Carter	12	40.6	22.3	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.3	0.9	0.6	3.2	2.9	7.8	19.6	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	5.1	7.3	.693
difference:	+6	+0.7	+12.0	+1.2	+1.2	+2.5	+4.9	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-1.4	+2.5	+2.7	+.067	+4.0	+8.5	+.060	+2.7	+1.0	+.247
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	76	38.9	21.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	3.2	7.7	16.9	.456	1.3	3.6	.359	4.6	5.6	.816
difference:	+47	+2.5	+2.7	+1.1	+0.8	+1.9	+2.2	+0.6		-0.5	-1.9		+2.1	+.054	+1.9	+6.2	+.035	+0.9	+0.6	+.062
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
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	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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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	80	36.8	20.8	0.9	4.2	5.1	4.7	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.9	7.4	16.8	.437	1.9	4.9	.385	4.2	5.1	.817
difference:	+22	+0.5	+11.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+2.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-1.0	+2.2	+3.9	+.026	+2.3	+6.4	+.014	+4.6	+4.5	+.097
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
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	75	30.8	16.6	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.5	5.8	13.5	.428	1.6	4.3	.367	3.4	4.1	.840
difference:	+2	+4.5	+7.7	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+3.9	+0.3		-1.2	-0.7	+1.6	+4.0	+.004	+1.4	+4.2	+.013	+3.1	+2.9	+.080
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		%
Vince Carter	14	34.3	15.5	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.6	5.3	13.1	.402	0.9	3.6	.235	4.1	4.9	.826
difference:	+10	+4.7	+15.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+2.7	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-1.6	+3.2	+7.2	+.018	+4.1	+8.4	+.182	+5.2	+4.6	+.148
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
	Vince Carter	Damian Lillard
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	73	28.1	14.0	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.0	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.6	5.3	12.2	.437	1.6	4.4	.361	1.8	2.4	.740
difference:	+15	+8.0	+10.9	+0.2	+1.2	+0.9	+5.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.6	-0.9	+2.4	+4.9	+.011	+1.8	+4.6	+.015	+4.4	+4.4	+.181
Damian Lillard	58	36.1	24.9	0.5	4.2	4.7	7.1	1.2	0.2	2.8	1.7	7.7	17.1	.448	3.4	9.0	.376	6.2	6.8	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	3	25.0	7.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	4.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.7	2.0	9.0	.222	1.0	5.3	.188	2.0	2.3	.857

Additional Years

* Vince Carter played 9 seasons more than Damian Lillard in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 22, from 2012 to 2020—Vince Carter played in 5 Playoffs.

Vince Carter vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Vince Carter, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years