Joakim Noah vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Joakim Noah, 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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 7. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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.

Season 4
	Joakim Noah	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.739
difference:	+14	+3.8	+5.7	+2.8	+2.1	+4.9	+1.2	+0.4	+1.0	-0.8	-1.4	+2.0	+4.8	+.038	+3.0	+7.3		+1.4	+2.0	+.061
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		%
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725
difference:	+4	+0.4	+4.7	+3.3	+1.2	+2.1	+0.9	+0.5	+1.5	-0.7	-1.8	+1.8	+3.9	+.012	+2.3	+6.6		+1.1	+1.7	+.068
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 6
	Joakim Noah	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
difference:	+11	+3.1	+6.3	+2.1	+2.0	+4.1	+1.9	+0.6	+1.6	-1.3	-0.8	+2.3	+4.1	+.023	+2.5	+6.3	+.395	+0.8	+1.1	+.017
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		%
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641
difference:	+2	+3.0	+1.7	+3.3	+0.8	+4.1	+1.7	+0.2	+1.8	-1.1	-1.7	+0.9	+1.3	+.045	+1.7	+5.0		+1.4	+2.3	+.073
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
	Joakim Noah	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.2	.737
difference:	+62	+2.5	+12.7	+2.3	+1.4	+3.8	+2.2	+0.3	+1.3	-0.2	-0.8	+4.2	+8.4	+.013	+3.4	+8.9		+0.8	+0.6	+.077
Michael Porter Jr.	18	32.8	25.3	1.2	6.3	7.5	3.2	0.9	0.2	2.2	2.3	9.0	18.4	.488	3.4	8.9	.385	3.9	4.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588
Michael Porter Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-