Vlade Divac vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Vlade Divac, 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.

Vlade Divac played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
difference:		+19.0	+10.5	+1.5	+1.6	+3.1	+5.6	+0.1	+1.2	-1.7	-0.8	+3.4	+9.0	+.070	+2.3	+6.0	+.368	+1.4	+1.3	+.136
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		%
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	28.2	11.2	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.4	7.8	.565	0.1	0.2	.357	2.4	3.4	.703
difference:		+7.6	+9.5	+2.1	+2.5	+4.6	+4.5	+0.5	+1.2	-0.6	-0.6	+2.3	+8.1	+.141	+2.6	+6.6	+.037	+2.1	+1.8	+.168
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		%
Vlade Divac	19	32.1	13.3	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.1	.564	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.7	.803
difference:	+8	+10.3	+9.6	+1.5	+0.1	+1.6	+5.4	+0.4	+2.1	-0.5	-0.8	+2.4	+8.1	+.125	+2.4	+6.1	+.219	+2.4	+2.3	+.091
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
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Vlade Divac	36	27.2	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	3.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.1	0.5	.263	2.4	3.1	.768
difference:	+46	+8.5	+9.7	+1.8	+0.4	+2.3	+4.5	+0.3	+0.7	-0.3	-1.2	+2.8	+7.8	+.061	+2.3	+6.5	+.080	+1.8	+1.8	+.096
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		%
Vlade Divac	4	35.8	9.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.8	4.5	4.3	3.8	10.8	.349	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	2.5	.900
difference:	+1	+4.4	+11.8	+1.1	+0.4	+1.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	-2.1	-1.3	+4.0	+8.4	+.057	+1.0	+5.7	+.161	+2.7	+3.9	+.119
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
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689
difference:	+7	+4.9	+12.3	+2.1	+2.8	+4.9	+4.0	+0.7	+1.3	-0.6	-1.6	+3.4	+9.7	+.066	+2.8	+7.2	+.095	+2.6	+2.0	+.203
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		%
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545
difference:	+6	+6.3	+8.5	+2.3	+2.8	+5.1	+0.7	+0.1	+2.1	-0.8	-2.3	+0.7	+7.2	+.132	+3.0	+7.9	+.051	+4.1	+2.7	+.365
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 6
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	80	35.1	16.0	3.3	7.1	10.4	4.1	1.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	6.1	12.0	.507	0.1	0.7	.189	3.7	4.8	.777
difference:	+7	+1.5	+10.9	+2.5	+3.5	+5.9	+2.5	+0.3	+1.8	-0.2	-2.2	+2.4	+7.4	+.068	+3.0	+7.9	+.172	+3.1	+2.6	+.139
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		%
Vlade Divac	10	38.8	15.6	3.4	5.1	8.5	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	4.4	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.9	.222	4.0	6.2	.645
difference:	+6	+1.7	+2.9	+2.6	+1.3	+4.0	+1.7	+0.5	+1.3	-1.2	-2.4	+0.6	+5.6	+.115	+2.1	+6.6	+.078	+0.2	+1.9	+.237
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
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Vlade Divac	79	31.3	12.9	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	3.5	5.2	10.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.7	.641
difference:	+1	+4.2	+12.9	+1.6	+2.3	+4.0	+3.6	+0.1	+1.3	-0.2	-1.6	+3.3	+9.0	+.069	+3.0	+7.8	+.202	+3.5	+2.7	+.271
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		%
Vlade Divac	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.8	8.8	.429	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625
difference:	+12	+11.8	+17.9	+2.3	+0.5	+2.7	+4.6	+1.7	+1.0	-1.8		+4.8	+11.8	+.011	+3.4	+8.6	+.173	+4.6	+5.1	+.208
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
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	81	35.1	12.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	5.2	10.5	.494	0.1	0.6	.234	2.2	3.2	.683
difference:	+15	+2.4	+17.4	+2.5	+2.2	+4.7	+4.3	+0.2	+1.9	-0.5	-1.7	+4.3	+9.9	+.031	+4.0	+9.6	+.167	+4.8	+4.6	+.205
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		%
Vlade Divac	3	38.7	18.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	7.0	15.3	.457	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800
difference:	+1	+2.9	+6.3	+4.0	+1.0	+5.2	+1.0	+0.5	+1.7	-1.5	-2.7	+0.5	+0.7	+.051	+3.3	+7.3	+.394	+4.0	+3.3	+.170
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
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Vlade Divac	64	28.2	10.4	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2	8.4	.498	0.0	0.2	.214	2.0	2.9	.691
difference:	+3	+7.6	+18.4	+2.4	+1.5	+3.9	+4.8	+0.4	+1.2	-1.2	-1.3	+4.8	+11.5	+.047	+4.1	+10.3	+.177	+4.7	+4.3	+.237
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		%
Vlade Divac	9	38.1	11.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.7	.606
difference:	+3	+3.2	+22.7	+2.6	+3.9	+6.6	+6.8	+0.2	+0.9	-0.2	-2.3	+5.6	+12.6	+.020	+5.8	+12.9	+.449	+5.6	+4.6	+.334
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 11
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	29.0	12.3	2.1	5.9	8.0	3.0	1.3	1.3	2.3	3.1	4.7	9.3	.503	0.1	0.3	.269	2.8	4.1	.691
difference:	+24	+7.3	+19.9	+1.3	+1.9	+3.2	+4.3	+0.4	+1.0	-1.0	-1.2	+4.9	+11.4	+.040	+4.1	+11.0	+.102	+6.0	+5.5	+.223
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		%
Vlade Divac	5	32.2	11.2	1.8	5.4	7.2	2.8	1.4	0.8	1.8	4.4	4.0	11.2	.357	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.6	.696
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	81	29.9	12.0	2.6	5.8	8.3	2.9	1.1	1.1	2.4	3.0	4.5	9.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.286	3.0	4.3	.691
difference:	+8	+5.4	+12.3	+2.1	+1.9	+3.9	+4.1	+0.1	+0.9	-0.2	-1.2	+2.9	+8.2	+.058	+3.0	+8.3	+.068	+3.5	+2.7	+.229
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		%
Vlade Divac	8	28.1	10.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.4	1.0	1.5	2.3	3.1	3.5	10.0	.350	0.1	0.4	.333	3.6	4.8	.763
difference:	+4	+10.9	+20.5	+2.0	+3.1	+5.1	+2.6		+1.5		-1.1	+5.0	+10.3	+.070	+4.9	+11.6	+.084	+5.7	+4.7	+.211
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
	Vlade Divac	Damian Lillard
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Vlade Divac	80	30.3	11.1	2.6	5.8	8.4	3.7	1.0	1.2	2.0	2.9	4.2	9.0	.472	0.0	0.2	.231	2.6	4.3	.615
difference:	+22	+5.8	+13.8	+2.1	+1.6	+3.7	+3.4	+0.2	+1.0	-0.8	-1.2	+3.5	+8.1	+.024	+3.4	+8.8	+.145	+3.6	+2.5	+.306
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		%
Vlade Divac	16	33.5	13.5	2.9	6.4	9.3	1.7	1.1	1.3	2.3	4.8	4.4	9.4	.464	0.1	0.4	.286	4.6	6.1	.755
difference:	+13	+8.5	+6.5	+2.6	+4.1	+6.6	+3.0	+0.4	+0.6	-1.3	-2.1	+2.4	+0.4	+.242	+0.9	+4.9	+.098	+2.6	+3.8	+.102
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