Wali Jones vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. and Wali Jones, 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.

Wali Jones played 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 5. Wali Jones had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Wali Jones	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1964-65	2019-20
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Wali Jones	77	16.2	5.3	-	-	1.8	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.3	.375	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.728
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		%
Wali Jones	10	16.2	7.3	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	6.3	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750
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
	Wali Jones	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1966-67	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Wali Jones	81	27.8	13.2	-	-	3.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.2	12.1	.431	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.838
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	15	31.7	17.5	-	-	2.8	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	7.3	16.3	.447	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.776
Michael Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Wali Jones	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	1967-68	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	77	26.7	12.8	-	-	2.8	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	13.5	.397	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.787
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		%
Wali Jones	13	29.8	14.1	-	-	2.4	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	14.8	.358	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.789
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

Note: Wali Jones didn't play in 1973-74 and 1974-75.