Michael Porter Jr. vs. John Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Thompson and Michael Porter Jr., from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Michael Porter Jr. played 5 years in the NBA, 3 more than John Thompson, who played 2. Michael Porter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Thompson had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5
Rookie Season
	Michael Porter Jr.	John Thompson
Season	2019-20	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
John Thompson	64	10.9	3.6	-	-	3.6	0.3	-	-	-	2.2	1.3	3.3	.402	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
John Thompson	3	7.0	3.7	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	-	-	-	2.3	2.3	1.000

Season 2
	Michael Porter Jr.	John Thompson
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
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
John Thompson	10	7.2	3.2	-	-	3.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.4	3.0	.467	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
John Thompson	3	3.7	0.7	-	-	1.3	0.0	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	2.3	.143	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Michael Porter Jr.	John Thompson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
John Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
John Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-