Kevin Porter Jr. vs. John Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Thompson and Kevin Porter 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.

Kevin Porter Jr. played 4 years in the NBA, 2 more than John Thompson, who played 2. Kevin Porter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Thompson had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4
Rookie Season
	Kevin Porter Jr.	John Thompson
Season	2019-20	1964-65
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Porter Jr.	50	23.2	10.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.2	0.9	0.3	1.9	2.7	3.7	8.4	.442	1.1	3.2	.335	1.5	2.0	.723
John Thompson	64	10.9	3.6	-	-	3.6	0.3	-	-	-	2.2	1.3	3.3	.402	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Thompson	3	7.0	3.7	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	-	-	-	2.3	2.3	1.000

Season 2
	Kevin Porter Jr.	John Thompson
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Porter Jr.	26	32.1	16.6	0.8	3.0	3.8	6.3	0.7	0.3	3.5	2.3	6.0	14.1	.425	1.9	6.2	.311	2.7	3.6	.734
John Thompson	10	7.2	3.2	-	-	3.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.4	3.0	.467	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Thompson	3	3.7	0.7	-	-	1.3	0.0	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	2.3	.143	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-