Zach Edey vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Zach Edey, 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.

Zach Edey played 2 years in the NBA, 11 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Zach Edey had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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
	Zach Edey	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Zach Edey	66	21.5	9.2	3.5	4.8	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.3	2.8	3.8	6.6	.580	0.3	0.8	.346	1.4	1.9	.709
difference:	+16	+17.1	+9.8	+3.0	+2.2	+5.2	+5.5	+0.4	+1.1	-1.7	-0.7	+2.9	+9.1	+.151	+2.0	+5.3	+.022	+1.9	+2.0	+.135
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		%
Zach Edey	4	27.0	6.3	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.5	3.0	2.5	3.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714
Damian Lillard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Zach Edey	Damian Lillard
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Zach Edey	9	25.9	14.2	4.1	7.4	11.6	0.9	0.8	2.1	2.0	3.2	5.9	8.8	.671	0.1	0.3	.333	2.3	2.9	.808
difference:	+73	+9.9	+6.5	+3.7	+4.3	+8.1	+4.7		+1.8	-0.4	-0.8	+0.8	+7.1	+.247	+2.6	+6.5	+.061	+2.2	+2.3	+.063
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		%
Zach Edey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 11 seasons more than Zach Edey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 13, from 2015 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 9 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 11 extra years over Zach Edey, 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 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP