Gerald Henderson vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Gerald Henderson, 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.

Gerald Henderson played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 5. Gerald Henderson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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
Gerald Henderson 13 8 1979-80 to 1991-92
Michael Porter Jr. 5 4 2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1979-802019-20
Team Boston CelticsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf FinalsNuggets 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 %
Gerald Henderson 76 14.0 6.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.3 2.5 5.0 .500 0.0 0.1 .333 1.2 1.7 .690
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 %
Gerald Henderson 9 11.2 4.7 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.9 1.7 4.1 .405 0.0 0.2 .000 1.3 2.2 .600
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

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1980-812020-21
Team Boston CelticsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionNuggets 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 %
Gerald Henderson 82 19.6 7.8 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.6 1.0 0.1 2.0 2.2 3.2 7.1 .451 0.0 0.2 .063 1.4 1.9 .720
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 %
Gerald Henderson 16 14.3 5.8 0.6 0.9 1.6 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.8 1.5 2.6 5.4 .477 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.8 .833
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

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1981-822021-22
Team Boston CelticsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf FinalsDid 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 %
Gerald Henderson 82 22.5 10.2 0.6 1.3 1.9 3.1 1.0 0.1 1.8 2.4 4.3 8.6 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 1.5 2.1 .727
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 %
Gerald Henderson 12 25.8 8.3 1.0 1.1 2.1 4.0 1.2 0.2 2.1 2.5 3.2 7.8 .409 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 2.9 .686
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 4

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1982-832022-23
Team Boston CelticsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf SemisNBA 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 %
Gerald Henderson 82 18.9 8.2 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.4 1.2 0.0 1.6 2.3 3.5 7.5 .463 0.0 0.2 .188 1.2 1.6 .722
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 %
Gerald Henderson 7 26.7 10.9 1.1 0.9 2.0 4.4 1.6 0.1 2.0 3.6 5.0 12.1 .412 0.0 0.4 .000 0.9 1.0 .857
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

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1983-842023-24
Team Boston CelticsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionNuggets 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 %
Gerald Henderson 78 26.8 11.6 0.9 1.0 1.9 3.8 1.5 0.2 2.1 2.7 4.8 9.2 .524 0.3 0.7 .351 1.7 2.3 .768
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 %
Gerald Henderson 23 26.8 12.5 1.0 1.3 2.3 4.2 1.5 0.0 1.8 3.4 5.0 10.3 .485 0.1 0.5 .273 2.3 3.3 .720
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

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1984-85-
Team Seattle Supersonics-
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 %
Gerald Henderson 79 33.5 13.4 0.9 1.5 2.4 7.1 1.8 0.1 2.9 2.5 5.4 11.3 .479 0.1 0.5 .237 2.5 3.2 .780
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson ------- --- ----------
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1985-86-
Team Seattle Supersonics-
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 %
Gerald Henderson 82 31.3 13.1 1.1 1.2 2.3 5.9 1.7 0.1 2.2 2.8 5.3 11.0 .482 0.2 0.6 .346 2.3 2.7 .830
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson ------- --- ----------
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1986-87-
Team Seattle Supersonics, New York Knicks-
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 %
Gerald Henderson 74 27.6 10.9 0.7 1.7 2.4 6.4 1.4 0.1 2.3 2.8 4.0 9.1 .442 0.3 1.0 .247 2.6 3.1 .826
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson ------- --- ----------
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1987-88-
Team New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers-
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 %
Gerald Henderson 75 20.1 7.9 0.4 1.1 1.4 3.1 0.9 0.1 1.8 2.5 2.6 6.0 .428 0.9 2.2 .423 1.8 2.3 .812
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson ------- --- ----------
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 10

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1988-89-
Team Philadelphia 76ers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 76ers 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 %
Gerald Henderson 65 15.2 6.5 0.3 0.8 1.0 2.2 0.6 0.0 1.1 1.9 2.2 5.4 .414 0.5 1.6 .308 1.6 2.0 .819
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson 3 23.0 8.0 1.0 1.3 2.3 1.7 0.7 0.0 1.7 3.3 3.3 8.3 .400 0.7 2.3 .286 0.7 2.0 .333
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1989-90-
Team Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons-
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 %
Gerald Henderson 57 8.1 2.4 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.9 1.9 .486 0.3 0.7 .447 0.2 0.3 .800
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson 8 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 .200 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 -
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1990-91-
Team Detroit Pistons-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons Lost East 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 %
Gerald Henderson 23 17.0 5.3 0.3 1.3 1.6 2.7 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.9 2.2 5.1 .427 0.3 0.9 .333 0.7 0.9 .762
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson 10 4.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.6 .250 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 -
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------

Season 13

Gerald Henderson Michael Porter Jr.
Season 1991-92-
Team Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons-
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 %
Gerald Henderson 16 6.0 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.8 2.0 .375 0.2 0.5 .375 0.6 0.7 .818
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gerald Henderson ------- --- ----------
Michael Porter Jr. ------- --- ----------