Michael Porter Jr. vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan 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 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than Jerry Sloan, who played 11. Michael Porter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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.

Season 2
	Michael Porter Jr.	Jerry Sloan
Season	2020-21	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+19	+5.5	+1.6			+1.8	+1.0				-1.6	+0.7	+1.8	+.110				+2.6	+3.1	+.005
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
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
difference:	+7	+9.5	+7.4			+2.9	+1.0				-0.8	+2.4	+3.2	+.087				+0.3	+0.9	+.143
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 4
	Michael Porter Jr.	Jerry Sloan
Season	2022-23	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+16	+8.7	+0.6			+2.4	+2.5				-2.1	+0.1	+1.8	+.070				+2.8	+3.8	+.055
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
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
Jerry Sloan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Michael Porter Jr.	Jerry Sloan
Season	2023-24	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+28	+2.7	+1.1				+1.6				-1.6	+0.6	+0.6	+.063				+2.8	+4.6	+.185
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	12	36.9	15.8	0.7	6.2	6.8	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.7	12.2	.466	2.8	6.8	.407	1.7	2.2	.769
difference:	+7	+1.1	+1.0			+1.0	+1.1				-1.3	+0.1	+2.6	+.074				+1.5	+2.8	+.129
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640

Season 6
	Michael Porter Jr.	Jerry Sloan
Season	2024-25	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Porter Jr.	77	33.7	18.2	1.8	5.2	7.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.0	6.9	13.6	.504	2.5	6.4	.395	1.9	2.5	.768
difference:	+3	+5.6	+0.1			+1.8	+1.4				-1.6	+0.5	+3.2	+.063				+1.6	+2.4	+.053
Jerry Sloan	80	39.3	18.3	-	-	8.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	14	31.1	9.1	1.0	4.5	5.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.4	8.6	.392	1.7	5.0	.343	0.7	1.0	.714
difference:	+7	+9.5	+7.9			+3.5	+1.8				-1.7	+3.9	+8.1	+.044				+1.7	+2.3	+.025
Jerry Sloan	7	40.6	17.0	-	-	9.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.7	.436	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.739

Season 7
	Michael Porter Jr.	Jerry Sloan
Season	2025-26	1971-72
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Porter Jr.	12	32.5	24.1	1.1	6.8	7.8	3.3	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.3	8.6	18.2	.472	3.1	8.8	.349	3.8	4.5	.852
difference:	+70	+4.5	+7.9			+0.6	+0.7				-1.5	+2.1	+3.5	+.028				+0.7	+0.3	+.192
Jerry Sloan	82	37.0	16.2	-	-	8.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.7	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Porter Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	4	42.5	15.8	-	-	8.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	.579

Additional Years
* Jerry Sloan played 4 seasons more than Michael Porter Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 1973 to 1976—Jerry Sloan played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Michael Porter Jr., Jerry Sloan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team