Carmelo Anthony vs. Kristaps Porzingis: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Kristaps Porzingis and Carmelo Anthony to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Kristaps Porzingis.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Carmelo Anthony has better scoring stats than Kristaps Porzingis in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Carmelo Anthony averages 2.9 points more than Kristaps Porzingis in his 9 seasons (22.5 points against 19.6), and he also scored a total of 18,450 points more (28,289 vs. 9,839).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	22.5	+2.9	19
Kristaps Porzingis	19.6		9

Total Points			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	+18,450	19
Kristaps Porzingis	9,839		9

Scoring Titles
Carmelo Anthony	1	+1
Kristaps Porzingis	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.0	+6.7	2004	82
Kristaps Porzingis	14.3		2016	72

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	20.8	+2.7	2005	75
Kristaps Porzingis	18.1		2017	66

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	26.5	+3.8	2006	80
Kristaps Porzingis	22.7		2018	48

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.9	+8.5	2007	65
Kristaps Porzingis	20.4		2020	57

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.7	+5.6	2008	77
Kristaps Porzingis	20.1		2021	43

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.8	+2.6	2009	66
Kristaps Porzingis	20.2		2022	51

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.2	+5.0	2010	69
Kristaps Porzingis	23.2		2023	65

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.6	+5.5	2011	77
Kristaps Porzingis	20.1		2024	57

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.6	+3.1	2012	55
Kristaps Porzingis	19.5		2025	42

Carmelo Anthony's additional seasons:

* Carmelo Anthony played 10 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2013 to 2022—he averaged 20.1 points in a total of 614 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 28.7 ppg and his lowest 13.3. In those 10 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, Carmelo Anthony won 1 scoring title.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	15.0	+15.0	2004	4
Kristaps Porzingis	-	DNP	2016	0

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	19.2	+19.2	2005	5
Kristaps Porzingis	-	DNP	2017	0

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.0	+21.0	2006	5
Kristaps Porzingis	-	DNP	2018	0

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	26.8	+3.1	2007	5
Kristaps Porzingis	23.7		2020	3

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.5	+9.4	2008	4
Kristaps Porzingis	13.1		2021	7

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	27.2	+27.2	2009	16
Kristaps Porzingis	-	DNP	2022	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	30.7	+30.7	2010	6
Kristaps Porzingis	-	DNP	2023	0

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	26.0	+13.7	2011	4
Kristaps Porzingis	12.3		2024	7

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	27.8	+20.1	2012	5
Kristaps Porzingis	7.7		2025	11

Carmelo Anthony's additional Playoffs:

* During his 10 additional NBA seasons, Carmelo Anthony played in 4 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 19.6 points in a total of 29 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 28.8 ppg and his lowest 11.8.