Lauri Markkanen vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Lauri Markkanen, 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.

Lauri Markkanen played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 9. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Lauri Markkanen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
difference:	+4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+1.3	-0.5	-1.3	+0.3	+0.4	+.013	+1.0	+2.5	+.029	+0.7	+0.9	+.005
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 Lauri Markkanen nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Lauri Markkanen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824
difference:	+2	+2.6	+8.0	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3		+1.9	-0.3	-1.0	+3.1	+6.7	+.014	+0.3	+1.5	+.051	+2.0	+2.6	+.031
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
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 3

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

Season 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
difference:	+15	+5.4	+5.4		+0.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+1.0	-0.3	-0.6	+1.8	+2.3	+.040	+1.5	+2.8	+.081	+0.4	+0.4	+.008
Kristaps Porzingis	51	29.0	20.2	2.0	6.1	8.1	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.7	6.9	15.0	.459	1.5	4.9	.310	4.9	5.6	.867
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Lauri Markkanen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	47	31.4	19.0	1.5	4.4	5.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.7	6.3	14.9	.423	2.9	8.5	.346	3.4	3.9	.876
difference:	+10	+1.8	+1.1	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+0.5		+1.5	-0.2	-1.0	+0.5	+1.7	+.093	+1.0	+3.4	+.029	+1.1	+1.4	+.018
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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