Tyrese Haliburton vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Tyrese Haliburton, 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.

Tyrese Haliburton played 5 years in the NBA, 2 less than Michael Porter Jr., who played 7. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Michael Porter Jr. had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Tyrese Haliburton	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
difference:	+3	+13.7	+3.7	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+4.5	+0.8		-0.7	-0.4	+1.5	+3.7	+.037	+1.0	+2.4	+.013	+0.3	+0.3	+.024
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Tyrese Haliburton	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
difference:	+47	+4.2	+10.8	+0.4	+2.5	+2.9	+8.5	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.6	+3.3	+3.6	+.131	+1.8	+1.9	+.192	+2.5	+2.6	+.315
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tyrese Haliburton nor Michael Porter Jr. played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Tyrese Haliburton	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

more >>

4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
difference:	+7	+3.2	+2.7	+0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+9.9	+0.6	+0.2	-1.2	-0.8	+0.8	+2.0	+.010	+0.2	+0.5	+.050	+1.3	+1.4	+.055
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850
difference:	+5	+2.1	+5.3	+0.2	+3.1	+3.3	+6.6	+0.8	+0.1	-1.6	-1.2	+2.0	+2.6	+.065	+1.2	+2.7	+.028	+0.1	+0.2	+.057
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

Season 5
	Tyrese Haliburton	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.851
difference:	+8	+1.9	+1.9	+0.7	+2.7	+3.5	+7.7	+0.9		-0.5	-0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+.011	+0.3	+0.9	+.009	+1.5	+1.6	+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828
difference:	+11	+3.3	+1.5	+0.4	+1.2	+1.5	+7.5	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-0.6	+0.6	+1.5	+.003	+0.5	+0.1	+.067	+0.6	+0.6	+.059
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