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Damian Lillard★

Portland Trail Blazers · #0 · Plus starter
PG6'2"200 lbage 3513 yrs expWeber StateOakland, CA
4th best of 14 on PORworth +2.3 wins to the rotation
OFF90DEF71
Elite scorer & shooter
POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Western · Northwest · proj. 54-28 (▲+11.1)
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7× All-NBA9× All-StarRookie of the Year

The franchise icon back home in Portland, but he sat out 2025-26 recovering from a torn Achilles, so there's no current sample to grade. When healthy he's one of the great deep-range shot-makers and clutch scorers of his generation — the question now is how much explosion returns at 35 after a serious injury.

24.9
PPG
4.7
RPG
7.1
APG
1.2
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 58MPG 36.1FG% 44.83P% 37.6FT% 92.1TS% 62.1USG% 27.8PER 21.3BPM +4VORP 3.2EPM +2.0
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Scoring96
Shooting90
Playmaking87
Inside finishing81
Rebounding79
Perimeter defense70
Rim protection57

Skill ratings are 2024-25 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2012-13 to 2024-25 · 13 seasons
25.1
PPG
4.3
RPG
6.7
APG
900
GAMES
Points 22,598Win Shares 118.4Starts 900Best season 2017-18 · 26.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons53%
AMONG CURRENT PLAYERS
8th in career points12th in Win Shares8th in All-Star selections

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2024-25 · age 33 → 34
▲Rising

Damian, at 34, is on a clear upward trajectory — +2.1 → +4.0 box plus-minus over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Aging better than the curve — holding his level longer than most.
2026-27 forecast▼ 3.1 wins (-4.0)
Starts from his player rating, which is more cautious than last season's total. Age takes about 2.7 wins off at 36. Range 2.3–3.9 wins.
Production (BPM)+2.1 → +4.0+1.926-27 forecast +1.3
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: +2.1 · 73 games2024-25: +4.0 · 58 games2026-27: +1.3 (forecast)23-2424-2526-27
Value to team (wins)6.2 → 7.1+0.926-27 forecast 3.1
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 6.2 · 73 games2024-25: 7.1 · 58 games2026-27: 3.1 (forecast)23-2424-2526-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.0M vs $13.4M salary−$6.4M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$13.4M salary2023-24: $29.8M · 73 games2024-25: $39.1M · 58 games2026-27: $7.0M (forecast)23-2424-2526-27
Current deal: $13,398,800 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2024-25). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$13,398,800Guaranteed
7% of the club’s payroll · 7th of 13 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$7,020,000 /yr
Surplus−$6,378,800
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.