Damian Lillard vs. Chris Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Morris and Damian Lillard, 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.

Damian Lillard played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Chris Morris, who played 11. Damian Lillard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Chris Morris had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Damian Lillard 12 9 2012-13 to 2023-24
Chris Morris 11 7 1988-89 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2012-131988-89
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
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
Chris Morris 76 27.6 14.1 2.5 2.8 5.2 1.6 1.3 0.8 2.5 3.3 5.4 11.9 .457 0.8 2.3 .366 2.4 3.3 .717
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Damian Lillard ------- --- ----------
Chris Morris ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2013-141989-90
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf SemisDid 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 %
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
Chris Morris 80 30.6 14.8 2.4 2.9 5.3 1.8 1.6 1.0 2.3 2.7 5.6 13.3 .422 0.8 2.4 .316 2.9 4.0 .722
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris ------- --- ----------

Season 3
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2014-151990-91
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
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
Chris Morris 79 32.3 13.2 2.7 3.9 6.6 2.8 1.7 1.2 2.1 3.1 5.2 12.2 .425 0.6 2.3 .251 2.3 3.1 .734
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2015-161991-92
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf SemisNets 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 %
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
Chris Morris 77 31.1 11.4 2.6 3.8 6.4 2.6 1.7 1.1 2.2 2.7 4.5 9.4 .477 0.3 1.4 .200 2.1 3.0 .714
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris 4 33.8 18.8 2.8 2.3 5.0 1.3 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.8 8.0 14.5 .552 1.0 2.5 .400 1.8 2.3 .778

Season 5
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2016-171992-93
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdNets 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 %
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
Chris Morris 77 29.9 14.1 2.9 2.9 5.9 1.4 1.9 0.7 1.5 2.2 5.7 11.8 .481 0.2 1.0 .224 2.6 3.2 .794
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris 5 32.6 17.0 2.6 3.8 6.4 1.4 1.6 1.2 0.6 1.6 6.8 12.2 .557 1.2 3.2 .375 2.2 2.4 .917

Season 6
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2017-181993-94
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdNets 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 %
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
Chris Morris 50 27.0 10.9 1.8 2.7 4.6 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.0 2.4 4.1 9.1 .447 1.1 2.9 .361 1.7 2.4 .720
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris 4 24.5 9.3 2.8 2.8 5.5 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.5 3.5 3.0 10.8 .279 0.8 5.0 .150 2.5 2.5 1.000

Season 7
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2018-191994-95
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf FinalsDid 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 %
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
Chris Morris 71 30.0 13.4 2.5 3.1 5.7 2.1 1.2 0.7 1.6 2.2 4.9 12.1 .410 1.5 4.5 .334 2.0 2.7 .728
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2019-201995-96
Team Portland Trail BlazersUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdJazz 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 %
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
Chris Morris 66 21.6 10.5 1.5 2.0 3.5 1.2 1.0 0.3 1.1 2.1 4.0 9.2 .437 1.0 3.0 .320 1.5 1.9 .772
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris 18 17.8 6.2 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.5 5.9 .425 0.6 2.1 .270 0.7 0.9 .750

Season 9
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2020-211996-97
Team Portland Trail BlazersUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdJazz Lost NBA 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 %
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
Chris Morris 73 13.4 4.3 0.5 1.7 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.7 1.7 4.1 .408 0.4 1.5 .274 0.5 0.7 .722
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris 20 8.9 2.9 0.3 1.4 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.0 2.5 .400 0.4 1.3 .320 0.5 0.8 .600

Season 10
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2021-221997-98
Team Portland Trail BlazersUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayJazz Lost NBA 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 %
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
Chris Morris 54 10.0 4.3 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.6 3.8 .411 0.4 1.1 .306 0.8 1.1 .721
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Damian Lillard ------- --- ----------
Chris Morris 17 14.1 4.5 0.5 2.3 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.5 2.2 1.6 4.1 .406 0.4 1.4 .304 0.8 1.2 .700

Season 11
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2022-231998-99
Team Portland Trail BlazersPhoenix Suns
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlaySuns 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 %
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
Chris Morris 44 12.2 4.2 1.2 1.5 2.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.5 3.4 .430 0.4 1.3 .286 0.9 1.0 .870
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Damian Lillard ------- --- ----------
Chris Morris 1 9.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 2.0 .000

Season 12
Damian Lillard Chris Morris
Season 2023-24-
Team Milwaukee Bucks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Achievement All-Star Game NVP-
Playoffs 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 %
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
Chris Morris ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Chris Morris ------- --- ----------
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