Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Jaren Jackson Jr., 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.

Jaren Jackson Jr. played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 7. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	58	26.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	3.8	5.1	10.2	.506	0.9	2.4	.359	2.6	3.4	.766
difference:	+3	+9.7	+4.5	+0.1	+0.1		+0.3	+0.4	+0.9	-0.8	-2.0	+1.6	+3.2	+.003	+0.2	+0.3	+.063	+1.5	+2.1	+.067
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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	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
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	78	27.3	16.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.5	5.5	13.3	.415	1.6	5.1	.319	3.6	4.4	.823
difference:	+16	+1.7	+1.1	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.8	-0.6	-1.6	+0.9	+0.1	+.072	+1.4	+2.2	+.095	+2.1	+2.5	+.023
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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	12	27.7	15.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.8	2.5	1.4	4.4	4.9	13.0	.378	2.3	6.0	.375	3.3	4.4	.755
difference:	+8	+5.0	+2.0	+1.2	+2.5	+1.3	+0.7	+0.3	+1.9	-0.9	-2.3	+0.1	+1.3	+.045		+0.6	+.024	+2.1	+2.9	+.038
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
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	63	28.4	18.6	1.7	5.0	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.6	6.6	13.0	.506	1.6	4.5	.355	3.8	4.9	.788
difference:	+18	+3.3	+1.9	+0.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+0.5	+2.3	-0.6	-1.8	+0.2	+0.3	+.022	+1.1	+2.3	+.042	+2.7	+3.5	+.048
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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	6	36.7	18.0	3.3	4.5	7.8	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.8	13.8	.422	1.2	4.2	.280	5.2	6.0	.861
difference:	+6	+0.2	+2.2	+2.6	+1.7	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	+1.2	-1.5	-1.7	+0.1	+1.6	+.044	+1.6	+2.6	+.127	+3.5	+3.8	+.092
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 7
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2024-25	2025-26
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	74	29.8	22.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	3.5	8.0	16.4	.488	2.0	5.3	.375	4.2	5.4	.781
difference:	+52	+2.8	+3.5		+1.7	+1.7	+1.2	+0.4	+1.3	-0.1	-1.4	+1.2	+2.2	+.005	+1.6	+3.9	+.021	+0.5	+0.9	+.037
Michael Porter Jr.	22	32.6	25.7	1.2	6.1	7.3	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.1	9.2	18.6	.493	3.6	9.2	.396	3.7	4.5	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	4	34.3	16.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.8	3.5	5.5	14.5	.379	0.8	2.8	.273	4.3	5.0	.850
Michael Porter Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-