Johnny Newman vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Johnny Newman, 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.

Johnny Newman played 16 years in the NBA, 11 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 5. Johnny Newman had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Michael Porter Jr. had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Johnny Newman	16	6	1986-87 to 2001-02
Michael Porter Jr.	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Johnny Newman	59	10.7	5.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.7	.411	0.0	0.4	.045	1.1	1.3	.868
Michael Porter Jr.	55	16.4	9.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.9	1.8	3.5	7.0	.509	1.1	2.7	.422	1.1	1.3	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	19	23.7	11.4	1.1	5.6	6.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	4.1	8.6	.476	1.8	4.7	.382	1.4	1.8	.743


Season 2
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Johnny Newman	77	20.6	10.0	1.1	0.9	2.1	0.8	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.6	3.5	8.1	.435	0.3	1.2	.280	2.7	3.2	.841
Michael Porter Jr.	61	31.3	19.0	1.5	5.8	7.3	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	2.1	7.3	13.4	.542	2.8	6.3	.445	1.7	2.2	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	4	28.3	19.0	2.0	0.8	2.8	1.8	1.5	0.3	1.5	4.0	7.8	17.0	.456	0.0	2.3	.000	3.5	4.0	.875
Michael Porter Jr.	10	33.2	17.4	1.2	5.0	6.2	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.1	6.4	13.5	.474	2.9	7.3	.397	1.7	2.1	.810


Season 3
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1988-89	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Johnny Newman	81	28.8	16.0	1.1	1.4	2.5	2.0	1.4	0.3	1.9	3.2	5.6	11.8	.475	1.2	3.5	.338	3.5	4.3	.815
Michael Porter Jr.	9	29.4	9.9	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	1.8	4.1	11.4	.359	1.1	5.3	.208	0.6	1.0	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	9	28.7	16.1	1.4	1.3	2.8	1.9	0.9	0.1	2.0	3.0	5.6	11.9	.467	0.8	3.1	.250	4.2	5.4	.776
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	80	28.5	12.9	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.3	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.2	4.7	9.8	.476	0.6	1.8	.317	3.0	3.7	.799
Michael Porter Jr.	62	29.0	17.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.9	6.4	13.2	.487	3.0	7.3	.414	1.5	1.9	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	10	23.1	11.7	1.1	1.0	2.1	1.0	0.9	0.3	1.7	4.1	3.8	8.5	.447	0.4	1.0	.400	3.7	4.9	.755
Michael Porter Jr.	20	32.7	13.4	1.0	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	2.1	5.0	11.7	.423	2.3	6.6	.351	1.2	1.5	.793


Season 5
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	81	30.6	16.9	1.2	2.0	3.1	2.3	1.2	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.9	12.6	.470	0.4	1.0	.357	4.8	5.9	.809
Michael Porter Jr.	81	31.7	16.7	1.3	5.7	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.8	6.4	13.3	.484	2.7	6.8	.397	1.1	1.4	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	8	38.4	20.5	0.6	6.5	7.1	1.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.8	7.3	13.9	.523	3.6	7.5	.483	2.4	3.1	.760


Season 6
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	55	30.0	15.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	2.3	3.3	5.4	11.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.283	4.3	5.6	.766
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Johnny Newman	64	23.0	11.9	1.1	1.1	2.2	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.4	4.4	8.3	.522	0.2	0.7	.267	3.0	3.8	.808
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	9	19.2	7.6	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.0	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.1	3.1	6.1	.509	0.1	0.6	.200	1.2	1.8	.688
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Johnny Newman	81	21.0	10.3	1.1	1.2	2.2	0.9	0.9	0.3	1.1	2.4	3.9	8.2	.471	0.3	1.1	.267	2.2	2.8	.809
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	4	13.5	3.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.8	0.8	3.3	.231	0.3	1.0	.250	1.3	1.8	.714
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	82	23.1	7.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.9	2.8	6.0	.463	0.5	1.6	.352	1.7	2.1	.801
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	82	32.8	10.8	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	3.1	3.9	7.9	.495	0.7	2.0	.377	2.3	2.8	.802
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	82	25.1	8.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.4	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.1	3.0	6.7	.450	0.4	1.2	.347	2.3	3.0	.765
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	74	29.4	14.7	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.8	4.6	10.8	.431	0.5	1.4	.343	4.9	6.0	.820
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	50	19.0	6.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.5	2.1	5.0	.422	0.5	1.2	.377	1.4	1.7	.810
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1999-00	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	82	21.5	10.0	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.5	3.4	7.6	.446	0.9	2.3	.379	2.3	2.8	.838
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2000-01	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Johnny Newman	82	25.0	10.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.5	.419	0.7	2.1	.335	3.1	3.6	.855
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Johnny Newman	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Johnny Newman	47	15.4	4.2	0.2	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.4	3.1	.453	0.5	1.2	.386	0.9	1.2	.724
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Newman	3	7.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.3	.143	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Johnny Newman vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Johnny Newman, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16