Michael Porter Jr.

Michael Porter Jr.
	Porter with the Denver Nuggets in 2020
No. 1 – Denver Nuggets
Position	Small forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	June 29, 1998 (age 26); Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school	Father Tolton; (Columbia, Missouri); Nathan Hale; (Seattle, Washington);
College	Missouri (2017–2018)
NBA draft	2018: 1st round, 14th overall pick
	Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–present	Denver Nuggets
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (2023); National high school player of the year (2017); McDonald's All-American MVP (2017); Washington Mr. Basketball (2017);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship

Michael Lamar Porter Jr. (born June 29, 1998), also known as "MPJ", is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers. Porter was ranked as one of the top prospects in the class of 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was selected 14th overall by the Nuggets in the 2018 NBA draft, winning his first NBA championship with them in 2023.