Phil Ford vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Phil Ford, 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.

Phil Ford played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Damian Lillard, who played 12. Phil Ford had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, 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
Phil Ford	7	4	1978-79 to 1984-85
Damian Lillard	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	1978-79	2012-13
Team	Kansas City Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Phil Ford	79	34.5	15.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	4.1	3.1	5.9	12.7	.465	-	-	-	4.1	5.1	.813
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		%
Phil Ford	5	28.6	7.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.8	2.4	0.0	3.0	2.8	3.0	11.4	.263	-	-	-	1.8	3.2	.563
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	1979-80	2013-14
Team	Kansas City Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Phil Ford	82	32.0	16.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	7.4	1.7	0.0	3.4	2.5	6.0	12.9	.462	0.0	0.3	.174	4.2	5.2	.818
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		%
Phil Ford	3	36.7	17.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	8.7	1.7	0.0	4.0	2.0	6.7	14.3	.465	1.0	1.3	.750	3.0	3.7	.818
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	1980-81	2014-15
Team	Kansas City Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Phil Ford	66	34.7	17.5	0.4	1.5	1.9	8.8	1.5	0.1	3.7	2.9	6.4	13.4	.478	0.2	0.5	.306	4.5	5.4	.831
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		%
Phil Ford	5	31.6	7.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	5.8	1.0	0.0	3.4	1.8	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.6	.692
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	1981-82	2015-16
Team	Kansas City Kings	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		%
Phil Ford	72	27.1	9.9	0.3	1.1	1.5	6.3	0.9	0.0	2.7	2.2	4.0	9.0	.439	0.1	0.4	.219	1.9	2.3	.819
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Phil Ford	77	20.9	6.8	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.8	0.7	0.0	1.7	2.5	2.8	5.8	.479	0.0	0.1	.111	1.3	1.6	.789
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		%
Phil Ford	2	2.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Phil Ford	81	24.9	7.1	0.3	1.3	1.7	5.1	0.7	0.1	1.7	3.0	2.9	5.8	.502	0.0	0.2	.133	1.2	1.4	.838
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Phil Ford	25	11.6	1.8	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.6	1.9	.298	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.7	.889
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Phil Ford	Damian Lillard
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Phil Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Phil Ford vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard and Phil Ford, 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