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Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard advanced stats and career rankings
11.0 average league finish
4,028 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Damian Lillard ranks #85 all time. 3 top-ten finishes give him a sustained run near the top of the league. His full-career value ranks #45, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Damian Lillard's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Damian Lillard ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
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Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 13.0
- Qualified seasons
- 13
- All-time rank
- #85
Strongest seasons
Every season
Damian Lillard advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | MIL | 34 | 58 | 2,093 | +3.11 | 91.0 | #36 | 221.1 | 92nd | Strong |
| 2023–24 | MIL | 33 | 73 | 2,579 | +1.58 | 80.3 | #74 | 192.2 | 88th | Strong |
| 2022–23 | POR | 32 | 58 | 2,107 | +7.87 | 98.7 | #6 | 427.2 | 98th | Strong |
| 2021–22 | POR | 31 | 29 | 1,056 | +2.77 | 89.8 | #40 | 103.1 | 75th | Strong |
| 2020–21 | POR | 30 | 67 | 2,398 | +6.38 | 97.3 | #11 | 412.0 | 99th | Strong |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 29 | 66 | 2,474 | +6.54 | 97.4 | #10 | 443.2 | 99th | Strong |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 28 | 80 | 2,838 | +4.96 | 95.1 | #19 | 407.7 | 97th | Strong |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 27 | 73 | 2,670 | +6.40 | 97.8 | #9 | 451.0 | 99th | Strong |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 26 | 75 | 2,694 | +4.76 | 94.8 | #20 | 366.7 | 96th | Strong |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 25 | 75 | 2,676 | +3.80 | 94.2 | #22 | 310.2 | 95th | Strong |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 24 | 82 | 2,925 | +3.63 | 94.1 | #23 | 323.0 | 98th | Strong |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 23 | 82 | 2,937 | +2.07 | 87.0 | #46 | 236.3 | 93rd | Strong |
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 22 | 82 | 3,167 | +0.22 | 64.3 | #126 | 134.0 | 80th | Strong |
Career movement
Damian Lillard's career impact by season
Peak +7.87 in 2022–23 · 13 seasons · 32,614 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
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Career comparison
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