Michael Porter Jr.

Forward · Brooklyn Nets · #17

PTS · 2026-2721.5

REB7.5

AST1.3

FG%45.6

Games11

Michael Porter Jr.: season analysis

Michael Porter Jr. is a 28-year-old forward for the Brooklyn Nets, wearing number 17. Listed at 6-foot-10 and 218 pounds, Porter Jr. has 8 years of NBA experience and played college basketball at Missouri.

In 2026-27, Porter Jr. is averaging 21.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 32.6 minutes per game, starting all 11 games. The shooting line reads 45.6% from the field, 37.5% from three-point range and 74.6% from the free-throw line. That makes Porter Jr. the team's leading scorer and leading rebounder this season. Among the 378 players with at least five games this season, that scoring average ranks 31st in the NBA.

Compared with 2025-26 (24.2 points in 32.5 minutes per game), scoring is down by 2.7 points per game and playing time up by 0.1 minutes.

Before this season, Porter Jr. played 7 NBA seasons and 397 games, averaging 17.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists. The best scoring season so far was 2025-26 at 24.2 points per game.

Background

Porter Jr. was drafted in 2018 by the Denver Nuggets franchise. Nationality: United States.

Background facts: Wikidata (CC0) · Michael Porter Jr. on Wikipedia ↗

Profile

Team	Brooklyn Nets
Position	Forward
Jersey	#17
Age	28
Born	June 29, 1998 · Columbia, MO, USA
Height	6' 10" (2.08 m)
Weight	218 lbs (99 kg)
College	Missouri
NBA experience	8 years
Salary	$40,906,150 (2026-27)

Nets teammates

Last 10 games

Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
2026-11-11	@ NOP	W 145-111	28	22	6	3	1	0	1	7-14	4-10	4-4	+25
2026-11-08	@ DAL	L 93-130	29	19	9	0	1	0	3	5-15	4-11	5-7	-16
2026-11-07	@ ATL	L 121-124	36	25	9	1	1	0	3	8-17	3-11	6-8	+9
2026-11-04	vs CHA	W 114-104	38	26	10	0	0	0	2	8-17	4-9	6-10	+17
2026-11-02	@ NYK	L 90-103	37	18	5	2	1	1	0	6-13	4-11	2-3	-10
2026-11-01	@ IND	W 98-90	36	23	9	3	1	0	4	7-16	3-10	6-9	+4
2026-10-30	vs DET	L 94-110	26	13	7	1	0	1	1	4-9	2-5	3-3	-25
2026-10-27	@ BOS	L 124-125	40	27	12	2	0	2	3	8-16	6-12	5-6	+1
2026-10-25	vs IND	L 109-136	21	10	0	0	2	0	1	4-13	0-5	2-3	-15
2026-10-24	@ CLE	L 121-125	33	28	9	1	4	0	1	10-18	4-9	4-4	+5

Season-by-season averages

Season	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	OR	DR	FG	3PT	FT
2026-27	brooklyn nets	11	11	32.6	21.5	7.5	1.3	1.3	0.4	2.1	45.6	37.5	74.6	0.8	6.7	7.0-15.4	3.5-9.5	4.0-5.4
2025-26	brooklyn nets	52	52	32.5	24.2	7.1	3.0	1.1	0.3	2.3	46.3	36.3	85.9	1.3	5.7	8.5-18.4	3.4-9.3	3.8-4.4
2024-25	denver nuggets	77	77	33.7	18.2	7.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.4	50.4	39.5	76.8	1.8	5.2	6.9-13.6	2.5-6.4	1.9-2.5
2023-24	denver nuggets	81	81	31.7	16.7	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.7	1.1	48.4	39.7	83.6	1.3	5.7	6.4-13.3	2.7-6.8	1.1-1.4
2022-23	denver nuggets	62	62	29.0	17.4	5.5	1.0	0.6	0.5	1.1	48.7	41.4	80.0	1.0	4.5	6.4-13.2	3.0-7.3	1.5-1.9
2021-22	denver nuggets	9	9	29.4	9.9	6.6	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	35.9	20.8	55.6	1.0	5.6	4.1-11.4	1.1-5.3	0.6-1.0
2020-21	denver nuggets	61	54	31.3	19.0	7.3	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	54.2	44.5	79.1	1.5	5.8	7.3-13.4	2.8-6.3	1.7-2.2
2019-20	denver nuggets	55	8	16.4	9.3	4.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.9	50.9	42.2	83.3	1.2	3.5	3.5-7.0	1.1-2.7	1.1-1.3

Profile, injury status and averages from ESPN's public NBA data, refreshed daily. MIN, PTS, REB… are per-game averages; OR/DR = offensive/defensive rebounds; FG, 3PT, FT = made-attempted per game.