Michael Porter Jr. vs. Billy Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Thompson and Michael 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.

Michael Porter Jr. played 5 years in the NBA, 1 less than Billy Thompson, who played 6. Michael Porter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Billy Thompson had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Rookie Season
	Michael Porter Jr.	Billy Thompson
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Billy Thompson	59	12.9	5.6	1.2	1.7	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.5	2.4	4.4	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.3	.649
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Thompson	3	9.0	4.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.0	3.7	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 2
	Michael Porter Jr.	Billy Thompson
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Michael Porter Jr.	61	31.3	19.0	1.5	5.8	7.3	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	2.1	7.3	13.4	.542	2.8	6.3	.445	1.7	2.2	.791
Billy Thompson	9	4.2	1.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.2	0.3	1.4	.231	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	10	33.2	17.4	1.2	5.0	6.2	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.1	6.4	13.5	.474	2.9	7.3	.397	1.7	2.1	.810
Billy Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Michael Porter Jr.	Billy Thompson
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Thompson	79	27.1	11.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	2.1	0.7	1.1	2.0	3.0	4.7	9.2	.516	0.0	0.1	.500	1.5	2.3	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-