Khris Middleton vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Khris Middleton, 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.

Khris Middleton played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 9. Khris Middleton had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Kristaps Porzingis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	Khris Middleton	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
difference:	+45	+10.8	+8.2	+1.7	+3.8	+5.4	+0.3	+0.1	+1.8	-1.3	-0.8	+2.9	+7.1	+.019	+0.6	+1.7	+.022	+1.8	+2.1	+.006
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Khris Middleton nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Khris Middleton	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
difference:	+31	+2.3	+9.3	+0.7	+1.5	+2.2	+1.1	+0.7	+2.3	-0.5	-0.6	+3.0	+7.5	+.028	+0.5	+1.4	+.012	+2.8	+3.7	+.066
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 7
	Khris Middleton	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
difference:	+12	+1.5	+4.9	+1.2	+1.3	+2.4	+1.6	+0.1	+1.4	-0.2	-0.8	+1.2	+0.8	+.057	+0.2	+0.7	+.007	+2.6	+3.0	+.014
Kristaps Porzingis	65	32.6	23.2	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.0	7.8	15.7	.498	2.1	5.5	.385	5.4	6.4	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Khris Middleton	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
difference:	+5	+0.3	+0.8	+1.0		+1.0	+2.3	+0.2	+1.8	-0.6	-0.4	+0.8	+2.1	+.019	+0.5	+0.6	+.040	+1.1	+1.6	+.058
Kristaps Porzingis	57	29.6	20.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.6	2.7	6.8	13.2	.516	1.9	5.1	.375	4.5	5.3	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826
difference:	+3	+11.9	+8.0	+0.1	+2.5	+2.5	+4.9	+0.4	+1.4	-2.7	-2.0	+3.1	+9.4	+.073	+0.9	+2.4	+.009	+0.9	+1.5	+.083
Kristaps Porzingis	7	23.6	12.3	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.1	0.7	1.6	0.7	2.1	4.0	8.6	.467	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.1	.909

Season 9
	Khris Middleton	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
difference:	+26	+4.6	+0.9	+0.8	+0.1	+0.8	+3.3	+0.4	+1.4	-1.3	-0.4	+0.9	+2.1	+.007	+0.3	+0.6	+.002	+0.7	+1.2	+.089
Kristaps Porzingis	42	28.8	19.5	1.6	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	1.3	2.8	6.6	13.7	.483	2.5	6.0	.412	3.8	4.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887
difference:	+12	+19.1	+15.9	+0.8	+3.8	+3.0	+4.4	+0.6	+0.6	-2.3	-0.1	+6.3	+12.5	+.122	+2.2	+5.2	+.189	+0.9	+0.1	+.198
Kristaps Porzingis	11	21.0	7.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.3	7.2	.316	0.4	2.4	.154	2.8	4.1	.689

Additional Years
* Khris Middleton played 4 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 2022 to 2025—Khris Middleton played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, Khris Middleton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game