Lauri Markkanen vs Michael Porter Jr.

Lauri Markkanen and Michael Porter Jr. compared on their NBA careers: Lauri Markkanen played 9 seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26, Michael Porter Jr. 7 seasons, 2019-20 to 2025-26. Lauri Markkanen averaged 18.9 points a game to Michael Porter Jr.'s 17.3. Michael Porter Jr. won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Lauri Markkanen and Michael Porter Jr. career per game

492	GP	397
31.3	MIN	29.5
18.9	PTS	17.3
7.1	REB	6.5
1.5	AST	1.6
0.7	STL	0.7
0.5	BLK	0.5
45.8	FG%	49.3
37	3P%	39.8
87.1	FT%	81.2
59.4	TS%	61.4

Career totals

Lauri Markkanen and Michael Porter Jr. career totals

9,323	PTS	6,856
3,490	REB	2,576
746	AST	643
356	STL	261
243	BLK	214
45.8	FG%	49.3
37	3P%	39.8
87.1	FT%	81.2
59.4	TS%	61.4

Where each stands all time

Lauri Markkanen and Michael Porter Jr. all-time places
Lauri Markkanen	All-time rank	Michael Porter Jr.
94th (1,257)	3-pointers made	178th (1,019)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Lauri Markkanen: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, Most Improved Player
Michael Porter Jr.: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Lauri Markkanen and Michael Porter Jr. season by season

1st	2017-18	15.2	7.5	1.2	2019-20	9.3	4.7	0.8
2nd	2018-19	18.7	9	1.4	2020-21	19	7.3	1.1
3rd	2019-20	14.7	6.3	1.5	2021-22	9.9	6.6	1.9
4th	2020-21	13.6	5.3	0.9	2022-23	17.4	5.5	1
5th	2021-22	14.8	5.7	1.3	2023-24	16.7	7	1.5
6th	2022-23	25.6	8.6	1.9	2024-25	18.2	7	2.1
7th	2023-24	23.2	8.2	2	2025-26	24.2	7.1	3
8th	2024-25	19	5.9	1.5	—	—	—	—
9th	2025-26	26.7	6.9	2.1	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST