Jalen Green vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Jalen Green, 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.

Jalen Green played 4 years in the NBA, 2 less than Michael Porter Jr., who played 6. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Jalen Green	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jalen Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
difference:	+12	+15.5	+8.0	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+1.8	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-0.3	+2.6	+7.2	+.083	+1.2	+4.1	+.079	+1.7	+2.2	+.036
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		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 4
	Jalen Green	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jalen Green	82	32.9	21.0	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.5	1.5	7.4	17.5	.423	2.9	8.1	.354	3.3	4.1	.813
difference:	+20	+3.9	+3.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.9	+2.4	+0.3	+0.2	-1.4	-0.4	+1.0	+4.3	+.064	+0.1	+0.8	+.060	+1.8	+2.2	+.013
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		%
Jalen Green	7	31.3	13.3	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	4.6	12.3	.372	1.9	6.3	.295	2.3	3.4	.667
difference:	+13	+1.4	+0.1	+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+1.3	+0.1	+0.3	-0.9	-1.2	+0.4	+0.6	+.051	+0.4	+0.3	+.056	+1.1	+1.9	+.126
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