Michael Porter Jr. vs. Kel'el Ware Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kel'el Ware 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, 5 more than Kel'el Ware, who played 2. Michael Porter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kel'el Ware had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	Michael Porter Jr.	Kel'el Ware
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+5.8		+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+0.1	+0.1	+0.6		-0.1	+0.5	+0.3	+.045	+0.6	+1.0	+.107	+0.4	+0.3	+.146
Kel'el Ware	64	22.2	9.3	1.8	5.6	7.4	0.9	0.6	1.1	0.9	1.7	4.0	7.3	.554	0.5	1.7	.315	0.7	1.0	.687
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
difference:	+15	+5.4	+6.6	+0.1	+1.8	+1.9	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	-0.8	-1.5	+2.1	+4.1	+.032	+1.0	+1.9	+.109	+1.4	+1.8
Kel'el Ware	4	18.3	4.8	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.8	2.8	.273	0.0	0.0	-