Michael Porter Jr. vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 5 less than Danny Young, who played 10. Michael Porter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Danny Young had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Michael Porter Jr.	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24
Danny Young	10	6	1984-85 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	2019-20	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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.	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
Danny Young	3	8.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

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
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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.	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
Danny Young	82	23.2	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.4	2.8	5.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.324	1.1	1.3	.849

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
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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.	9	29.4	9.9	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	1.8	4.1	11.4	.359	1.1	5.3	.208	0.6	1.0	.556
Danny Young	73	20.3	4.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.8	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.8	3.9	.458	0.4	1.1	.367	0.8	1.0	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	14	14.9	4.1	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.7	.404	0.4	1.1	.313	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Danny Young	77	12.3	3.2	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.8	.408	0.3	1.0	.286	0.6	0.7	.811

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
Danny Young	5	19.0	6.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	2.2	4.2	.524	0.0	0.6	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 5
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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.	81	31.7	16.7	1.3	5.7	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.8	6.4	13.3	.484	2.7	6.8	.397	1.1	1.4	.836
Danny Young	48	19.8	6.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.6	1.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.4	5.2	.460	0.4	1.0	.340	1.0	1.3	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	11	37.1	16.5	0.6	6.0	6.6	1.2	1.0	0.7	1.6	2.2	5.9	12.2	.485	2.9	6.8	.427	1.8	2.4	.769
Danny Young	3	22.0	9.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	4.0	8.7	.462	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 6
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals

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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.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	82	17.0	4.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	4.0	.421	0.2	0.7	.271	1.1	1.4	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	21	14.0	4.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.3	3.4	.389	0.5	1.4	.379	0.9	1.3	.704


Season 7
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	75	12.0	3.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	3.6	.380	0.5	1.4	.346	0.5	0.6	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	7	5.1	1.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	62	16.5	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	4.1	.392	0.4	1.1	.329	0.9	1.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	3	3.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	65	12.9	2.9	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	.413	0.3	1.0	.324	0.4	0.5	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Danny Young didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Michael Porter Jr.	Danny Young
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	7	11.0	3.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.7	1.7	.417	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Porter Jr. vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10