Fat Lever vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Fat Lever, 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.

Fat Lever played 11 years in the NBA, 6 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 5. Fat Lever had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, 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.

Season 4
	Fat Lever	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Fat Lever	78	33.5	13.8	1.7	3.6	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	2.7	2.6	6.0	13.6	.441	0.2	0.5	.316	1.7	2.3	.725
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		%
Fat Lever	10	34.7	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.3	2.0	0.2	2.3	3.3	5.9	13.1	.450	0.8	1.4	.571	1.7	2.4	.708
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
	Fat Lever	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Fat Lever	82	37.2	18.9	2.6	6.3	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	2.0	2.7	7.8	16.7	.469	0.3	1.1	.239	3.0	3.8	.782
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		%
Fat Lever	3	33.0	15.3	1.7	4.3	6.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	0.7	2.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	2.7	.250	2.0	3.0	.667
Michael Porter Jr.	12	36.9	15.8	0.7	6.2	6.8	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.7	12.2	.466	2.8	6.8	.407	1.7	2.2	.769

Season 6
	Fat Lever	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Fat Lever	82	37.3	18.9	2.5	5.6	8.1	7.8	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.6	7.8	16.6	.473	0.1	0.7	.211	3.0	3.9	.785
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fat Lever	7	39.0	17.0	2.3	7.0	9.3	7.0	1.9	0.6	0.6	2.1	6.4	14.0	.459	0.4	1.0	.429	3.7	4.7	.788
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Fat Lever	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Fat Lever	79	35.8	18.3	2.9	6.4	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	2.0	2.2	7.2	16.2	.443	0.5	1.1	.414	3.4	4.3	.804
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fat Lever	3	37.7	17.3	3.7	7.0	10.7	7.0	2.7	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	17.0	.373	0.3	2.3	.143	4.3	4.7	.929
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Fat Lever didn't play in 1992-93.