Charles Barkley vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Charles Barkley, 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.

Charles Barkley played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 7. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Charles Barkley	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	82	28.6	14.0	3.2	5.3	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.5	3.7	5.2	9.5	.545	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.9	.733
difference:	+27	+12.2	+4.7	+2.0	+1.8	+3.9	+1.1	+0.7	+0.5	-1.6	-1.9	+1.7	+2.5	+.036	+1.1	+2.6	+.255	+2.5	+3.6	+.100
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		%
Charles Barkley	13	31.4	14.9	4.0	7.1	11.1	2.0	1.8	1.2	2.7	3.8	5.8	10.7	.540	0.3	0.5	.667	3.1	4.8	.635
difference:	+6	+7.7	+3.5	+2.9	+1.5	+4.4	+1.2	+1.1	+0.9	-1.4	-1.5	+1.7	+2.1	+.064	+1.5	+4.2	+.285	+1.7	+3.0	+.108
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
	Charles Barkley	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	80	36.9	20.0	4.4	8.4	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	4.4	4.2	7.4	13.0	.572	0.2	0.9	.227	5.0	7.2	.685
difference:	+19	+5.6	+1.0	+2.9	+2.6	+5.5	+2.8	+1.5	+0.7	-3.1	-2.1	+0.1	+0.4	+.030	+2.6	+5.4	+.218	+3.3	+5.0	+.106
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		%
Charles Barkley	12	41.4	25.0	5.0	10.8	15.8	5.6	2.3	1.3	5.4	4.3	8.7	15.0	.578	0.1	1.3	.067	7.6	10.9	.695
difference:	+2	+8.2	+7.6	+3.8	+5.8	+9.6	+4.3	+1.2	+1.0	-3.8	-1.2	+2.3	+1.5	+.104	+2.8	+6.0	+.330	+5.9	+8.8	+.115
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
	Charles Barkley	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1986-87	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	68	40.3	23.0	5.7	8.9	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	4.7	3.7	8.2	13.8	.594	0.3	1.5	.202	6.3	8.3	.761
difference:	+59	+10.9	+13.1	+4.7	+3.3	+8.0	+3.0	+0.7	+1.3	-3.4	-1.9	+4.1	+2.4	+.235	+0.8	+3.8	+.006	+5.7	+7.3	+.205
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		%
Charles Barkley	5	42.0	24.6	5.4	7.2	12.6	2.4	0.8	1.6	4.4	4.2	8.6	15.0	.573	0.2	1.6	.125	7.2	9.0	.800
Michael Porter Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Charles Barkley	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1987-88	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	80	39.6	28.3	4.8	7.1	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	3.8	3.5	9.4	16.0	.587	0.6	2.0	.280	8.9	11.9	.751
difference:	+18	+10.6	+10.9	+3.8	+2.6	+6.4	+2.2	+0.7	+0.8	-2.7	-1.6	+3.0	+2.8	+.100	+2.4	+5.3	+.134	+7.4	+10.0	+.049
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		%
Charles Barkley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Charles Barkley	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1988-89	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	79	39.1	25.8	5.1	7.4	12.5	4.1	1.6	0.8	3.2	3.3	8.9	15.3	.579	0.4	2.1	.216	7.6	10.1	.753
difference:	+2	+7.4	+9.1	+3.8	+1.7	+5.5	+2.6	+1.1	+0.1	-2.1	-1.5	+2.5	+2.0	+.095	+2.3	+4.7	+.181	+6.5	+8.7	+.083
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		%
Charles Barkley	3	45.0	27.0	2.7	9.0	11.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	3.7	3.0	9.7	15.0	.644	0.3	1.7	.200	7.3	10.3	.710
difference:	+9	+8.1	+11.2	+2.0	+2.8	+4.9	+4.2	+0.8	+0.1	-2.2	-0.7	+4.0	+2.8	+.178	+2.5	+5.1	+.207	+5.6	+8.1	+.059
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
	Charles Barkley	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1989-90	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	79	39.1	25.2	4.6	6.9	11.5	3.9	1.9	0.6	3.1	3.2	8.9	14.9	.600	0.3	1.2	.217	7.1	9.4	.749
difference:	+2	+5.4	+7.0	+2.8	+1.7	+4.5	+1.8	+1.3	+0.1	-1.7	-1.2	+2.0	+1.3	+.096	+2.2	+5.2	+.178	+5.2	+6.9	+.019
Michael Porter Jr.	77	33.7	18.2	1.8	5.2	7.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.0	6.9	13.6	.504	2.5	6.4	.395	1.9	2.5	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	10	41.9	24.7	6.6	8.9	15.5	4.3	0.8	0.7	3.0	3.6	8.8	16.2	.543	0.6	1.8	.333	6.5	10.8	.602
difference:	+4	+10.8	+15.6	+5.6	+4.4	+10.0	+3.7	+0.2	+0.3	-2.1	-1.7	+5.4	+7.6	+.151	+1.1	+3.2	+.010	+5.8	+9.8	+.112
Michael Porter Jr.	14	31.1	9.1	1.0	4.5	5.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.4	8.6	.392	1.7	5.0	.343	0.7	1.0	.714

Season 7
	Charles Barkley	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1990-91	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	67	37.3	27.6	3.9	6.3	10.1	4.2	1.6	0.5	3.1	2.6	9.9	17.4	.570	0.7	2.3	.284	7.1	9.8	.722
difference:	+55	+4.8	+3.5	+2.8	+0.5	+2.3	+0.9	+0.9	+0.3	-0.8	-0.3	+1.3	+0.8	+.098	+2.4	+6.5	+.065	+3.3	+5.3	+.130
Michael Porter Jr.	12	32.5	24.1	1.1	6.8	7.8	3.3	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.3	8.6	18.2	.472	3.1	8.8	.349	3.8	4.5	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	8	40.8	24.9	3.9	6.6	10.5	6.0	1.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	9.3	15.6	.592	0.3	2.5	.100	6.1	9.4	.653
Michael Porter Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Charles Barkley played 9 seasons more than Michael Porter Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 1992 to 2000—Charles Barkley played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Michael Porter Jr., Charles Barkley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game