Michael Porter Jr. Profile

Game by game

Seismograph

DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.

Season change: +0.55; +0.74 before the first game, +1.29 at the end
Biggest boost: +0.35; Dec 6 vs NOP · 33 min
Biggest drop: -0.25; Jan 19 vs PHX · 37 min
Typical change per game: 0.09; Last 20 games, vs 0.11 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

+1.3 at age 27 in 2025-26 ranks 181st of 924 age-27 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Ryan Anderson, 2015-16.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Ryan Anderson 2015-16	27	+1.2	+0.9, +0.6, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Jason Richardson 2007-08	27	+0.5	+0.3, +1.3, +0.7, +0.6, +0.2	84
Glenn Robinson 2000-01	28	+1.2	+0.1, -1.0, -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games	83
Carmelo Anthony 2011-12	27	+2.0	+2.2, +2.9, +2.2, +2.1, +0.1	82
Danilo Gallinari 2015-16	27	+1.2	+2.9, +0.9, +1.3, +2.0, -0.2	82
Chandler Parsons 2015-16	27	+1.0	-1.0, -1.0, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games	82
Rudy Gay 2013-14	27	+1.5	+1.1, +0.3, +1.0, +0.5, +0.2	81
Pascal Siakam 2020-21	27	+1.7	+2.8, +2.3, +1.7, +2.3, +1.0	81
Corey Maggette 2007-08	28	+1.3	-0.6, -0.9, -1.4, -2.9, -3.1	81
Mike Dunleavy 2007-08	27	+0.9	+0.4, +0.1, +1.4, +1.2, +0.7	81

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Michael's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.

Historical comps

Echoes today

Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Michael Porter Jr.'s seasons, at the same age.

Kyle Filipowski UTA like his 2019-20 85
Kel'el Ware MIA like his 2019-20 83
Brandon Miller CHA like his 2020-21 82

Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Michael Porter Jr.'s salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $19.2M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $38.3M; Actual
Surplus: -$19.2M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 3.7; Projected
Retires at: 31.8; Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Michael Porter Jr., season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	BKN	27	52	32.5	+1.29	+2.19	-0.90	181st of 924
2024-25	DEN	26	77 +14	33.7	+1.22	+1.18	+0.04	193rd of 1010
2023-24	DEN	25	81 +12	31.7	+2.12	+1.53	+0.60	103rd of 1078
2022-23	DEN	24	62 +20	29.0	+2.28	+2.05	+0.23	74th of 1185
2021-22	DEN	23	9	29.4	+1.47	+1.14	+0.33	—
2020-21	DEN	22	61 +10	31.3	+1.89	+2.19	-0.30	45th of 813
2019-20	DEN	22	55 +19	16.4	+0.31	+0.76	-0.45	174th of 813
2018-19	DEN	20	0	—	-1.34	-1.00	-0.35	—

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 31.2 projected minutes and a pace of 94.0.

Michael Porter Jr., projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	31.7	19.4
Rebounds	10.5	6.4
Offensive	2.2	1.3
Defensive	8.3	5.1
Assists	4.6	2.8
Steals	1.3	0.8
Blocks	0.5	0.3
Turnovers	3.0	1.8
3-pt attempts	13.6	8.3
FG attempts	25.2	15.4
FT attempts	6.5	4.0
FG% · 3P% · FT%	44.1% · 35.0% · 81.5%