Mario Chalmers vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Mario Chalmers, 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.

Mario Chalmers played 9 years in the NBA, 4 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 5. Mario Chalmers had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
Mario Chalmers	9	6	2008-09 to 2017-18
Michael Porter Jr.	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mario Chalmers	82	32.0	10.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.4	8.1	.420	1.4	3.8	.367	1.8	2.4	.767
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		%
Mario Chalmers	7	33.0	7.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	2.9	0.1	2.4	3.0	2.9	7.1	.400	0.9	3.0	.286	0.7	1.0	.714
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
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Mario Chalmers	73	24.8	7.1	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.4	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.4	2.5	6.2	.401	1.0	3.2	.318	1.1	1.5	.745
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		%
Mario Chalmers	5	26.2	10.8	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.0	2.4	3.6	3.6	8.0	.450	1.4	4.0	.350	2.2	2.6	.846
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
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mario Chalmers	70	22.6	6.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.3	2.2	5.5	.399	1.2	3.3	.359	0.8	0.9	.871
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		%
Mario Chalmers	21	24.3	7.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.1	1.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	2.6	5.9	.435	1.5	4.0	.381	1.1	1.5	.719
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Chalmers	64	28.5	9.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.5	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.6	3.5	7.8	.448	1.6	4.1	.388	1.3	1.6	.792
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		%
Mario Chalmers	23	35.6	11.3	0.5	3.1	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	4.0	9.0	.442	1.4	4.0	.359	1.9	2.6	.717
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
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Chalmers	77	26.9	8.6	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.9	6.9	.429	1.6	3.9	.409	1.2	1.5	.795
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		%
Mario Chalmers	23	28.3	9.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.0	1.7	3.0	3.3	8.0	.415	1.0	3.0	.353	1.7	2.3	.755
Michael Porter Jr.	11	37.1	16.5	0.6	6.0	6.6	1.2	1.0	0.7	1.6	2.2	5.9	12.2	.485	2.9	6.8	.427	1.8	2.4	.769


Season 6
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Mario Chalmers	73	29.8	9.8	0.6	2.4	2.9	4.9	1.6	0.2	2.2	2.9	3.5	7.7	.454	1.2	3.1	.385	1.7	2.2	.742
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Chalmers	20	26.8	6.4	0.1	2.2	2.3	3.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	2.4	5.6	.423	0.8	2.2	.349	1.0	1.3	.760
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
Mario Chalmers	80	29.6	10.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	3.1	3.3	8.3	.403	0.9	3.1	.294	2.6	3.3	.774
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Mario Chalmers	61	22.5	10.3	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	1.4	0.2	1.8	3.0	3.0	7.3	.410	0.8	2.4	.309	3.6	4.3	.832
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Mario Chalmers didn't play in 2016-17.


Season 9
	Mario Chalmers	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Mario Chalmers	66	21.5	7.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.7	2.5	6.7	.379	0.8	2.9	.277	1.8	2.1	.855
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Mario Chalmers vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Mario Chalmers, 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