Michael Porter Jr. vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 9 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Michael Porter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Michael Porter Jr. 7 5 2019-20 to 2025-26
Rasheed Wallace 16 14 1995-96 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Michael Porter Jr. Rasheed Wallace
Season 2019-201995-96
Team Denver NuggetsWashington Bullets
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+10+11.1+0.8+0.2+0.3+0.5+0.1+0.3-0.7-1.4+0.7+1.7+.022+0.7+1.4+.093+0.1+0.5+.183
Rasheed Wallace 65 27.5 10.1 1.4 3.2 4.7 1.3 0.6 0.8 1.6 3.2 4.2 8.7 .487 0.4 1.3 .329 1.2 1.8 .650
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Rasheed Wallace DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2
Michael Porter Jr. Rasheed Wallace
Season 2020-211996-97
Team Denver NuggetsPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisTrail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+1+0.8+3.9+0.5+1.0+0.5+0.1+0.1+0.1-0.5-1.1+1.2+2.4+.016+2.7+5.8+.172+1.0+2.1+.153
Rasheed Wallace 62 30.5 15.1 2.0 4.8 6.8 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.8 3.2 6.1 11.0 .558 0.1 0.5 .273 2.7 4.3 .638
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+6+4.1+2.4+0.8+1.0+0.2+0.2+0.6+0.2-0.1-1.2+1.9+0.5+.115+2.4+6.0+.003+1.1+2.9+.260
Rasheed Wallace 4 37.3 19.8 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 4.3 8.3 14.0 .589 0.5 1.3 .400 2.8 5.0 .550

Season 3
Michael Porter Jr. Rasheed Wallace
Season 2021-221997-98
Team Denver NuggetsPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayTrail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+68+8.2+4.7+0.7+1.1+0.4+0.6+0.1+0.9-0.9-1.7+2.0+.174+1.0+4.8+.003+1.8+2.6+.106
Rasheed Wallace 77 37.6 14.6 1.7 4.5 6.2 2.5 1.0 1.1 2.2 3.5 6.1 11.4 .533 0.1 0.5 .205 2.4 3.6 .662
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Michael Porter Jr. DNP------ --- ----------
Rasheed Wallace 4 39.5 14.5 1.8 3.0 4.8 2.8 0.5 0.5 1.3 4.0 5.8 11.8 .489 1.0 1.3 .800 2.0 4.0 .500

Season 4
Michael Porter Jr. Rasheed Wallace
Season 2022-231998-99
Team Denver NuggetsPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionTrail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+13+0.1+4.6+0.2+0.7+0.6+0.2+0.4+0.6-0.5-1.7+1.5+3.5+.021+2.7+6.7+.005+1.2+1.8+.068
Rasheed Wallace 49 28.9 12.8 1.2 3.8 4.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.6 3.6 4.9 9.7 .508 0.3 0.6 .419 2.7 3.7 .732
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+7+3.3+1.4+0.3+3.6+3.3+0.1+1.0+0.2-0.7-1.7+0.8+0.5+.091+2.2+5.9+.240+2.0+3.0+.069
Rasheed Wallace 13 36.0 14.8 1.3 3.5 4.8 1.5 1.5 0.8 1.2 3.8 5.8 11.2 .514 0.1 0.7 .111 3.2 4.5 .724

Season 5
Michael Porter Jr. Rasheed Wallace
Season 2023-241999-00
Team Denver NuggetsPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisTrail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+3.4+0.3+0.3+0.3+0.3+0.6+0.6-0.8-0.9+0.3+0.4+.035+2.6+6.2+.237+1.8+2.7+.132
Rasheed Wallace 81 35.1 16.4 1.6 5.4 7.0 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.9 2.7 6.7 12.9 .519 0.1 0.6 .160 2.9 4.1 .704
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4+1.0+2.1+1.2+1.7+0.4+0.7+0.5-0.1-1.0+1.2+1.9+.023+2.3+6.0+.208+1.9+2.5+.004
Rasheed Wallace 16 37.9 17.9 1.9 4.5 6.4 1.8 0.9 1.3 1.4 3.3 6.9 14.1 .489 0.5 0.8 .615 3.6 4.7 .773

Season 6
Michael Porter Jr. Rasheed Wallace
Season 2024-252000-01
Team Denver NuggetsPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisTrail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4.5+1.0+0.1+0.7+0.8+0.7+0.6+1.3-0.7-0.7+0.8+1.7+.003+1.8+4.3+.074+1.3+1.7+.002
Rasheed Wallace 77 38.2 19.2 1.9 5.9 7.8 2.8 1.2 1.8 2.1 2.7 7.7 15.3 .501 0.7 2.1 .321 3.2 4.2 .766
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+11+11.6+7.6+0.7+1.8+2.5+1.7+0.3+0.6-0.4-1.1+2.9+8.4+.019+0.4+1.3+.021+2.0+3.7+.143
Rasheed Wallace 3 42.7 16.7 1.7 6.3 8.0 2.3 0.3 1.0 1.3 3.0 6.3 17.0 .373 1.3 3.7 .364 2.7 4.7 .571

Season 7
Michael Porter Jr. Rasheed Wallace
Season 2025-262001-02
Team Brooklyn NetsPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayTrail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Michael Porter Jr. 5 32.0 21.6 0.8 5.4 6.2 3.2 0.6 0.2 1.8 2.2 8.6 17.0 .506 3.2 7.8 .410 1.2 1.8 .667
difference:+74+5.5+2.3+0.9+1.0+2.0+1.3+0.7+1.1-0.1-0.5+1.0+0.7+.037+1.8+3.8+.050+1.3+1.7+.067
Rasheed Wallace 79 37.5 19.3 1.7 6.4 8.2 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.7 7.6 16.3 .469 1.4 4.0 .360 2.5 3.5 .734
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Michael Porter Jr. DNP------ --- ----------
Rasheed Wallace 3 41.7 25.3 3.3 9.0 12.3 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.0 9.3 23.0 .406 2.3 5.7 .412 4.3 5.3 .813

Additional Years

* Rasheed Wallace played 9 seasons more than Michael Porter Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2003 to 2013—Rasheed Wallace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 9 extra years over Michael Porter Jr., Rasheed Wallace got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 All-Star Game
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