Jordan Clarkson vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Jordan Clarkson, 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.

Jordan Clarkson played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 7. Jordan Clarkson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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
	Jordan Clarkson	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	59	25.0	11.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.5	10.1	.448	0.6	2.1	.314	2.2	2.7	.829
difference:	+4	+8.6	+2.6	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+2.7	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7		+1.0	+3.1	+.061	+0.5	+0.6	+.108	+1.1	+1.4	+.004
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	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
	Jordan Clarkson	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	81	23.3	13.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	5.3	11.8	.451	1.4	3.9	.352	1.9	2.3	.800
difference:	+19	+5.7	+3.5	+0.3	+2.5	+2.8	+1.7	+0.1	+0.4	-0.5	-0.6	+1.1	+1.4	+.036	+1.6	+3.4	+.062	+0.4	+0.4
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	19	15.1	4.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.9	6.5	.301	0.6	2.4	.239	0.3	0.3	.833
difference:	+1	+17.6	+8.7	+0.5	+5.9	+6.4	+0.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-1.0	+3.1	+5.2	+.122	+1.7	+4.2	+.112	+0.9	+1.2	+.040
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 7
	Jordan Clarkson	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	68	26.7	18.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.6	6.7	15.8	.425	3.1	8.8	.347	1.9	2.1	.896
difference:	+46	+5.9	+7.3	+0.5	+2.8	+3.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+2.5	+2.8	+.068	+0.5	+0.4	+.049	+1.8	+2.4	+.078
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	11	27.1	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.4	6.1	15.0	.406	3.1	8.8	.351	2.3	2.4	.962
Michael Porter Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-