Donovan Mitchell vs. Clint Richardson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clint Richardson and Donovan Mitchell, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Donovan Mitchell played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Clint Richardson, who played 8. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Clint Richardson had his rookie season in 1979-80. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Donovan Mitchell	Clint Richardson
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	79	33.4	20.5	0.7	3.1	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.7	7.5	17.2	.437	2.4	7.0	.340	3.0	3.8	.805
Clint Richardson	52	19.0	6.7	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.7	.457	0.0	0.1	.333	0.5	0.9	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	11	37.4	24.4	0.8	5.1	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	2.9	3.2	9.3	22.1	.420	2.3	7.3	.313	3.5	3.9	.907
Clint Richardson	3	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Clint Richardson
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	69	34.3	24.0	0.8	3.6	4.4	4.3	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.5	8.7	19.4	.449	2.5	6.9	.366	4.0	4.7	.863
Clint Richardson	77	13.5	4.6	0.7	0.8	1.5	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.8	4.0	.452	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.9	1.1	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	7	37.7	36.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	4.9	1.0	0.3	4.1	1.6	11.9	22.4	.529	4.7	9.1	.516	7.9	8.3	.948
Clint Richardson	21	19.8	5.3	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.0	2.3	2.2	5.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.567

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Clint Richardson
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	53	33.4	26.4	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.2	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.2	9.0	20.6	.438	3.4	8.7	.386	5.0	6.0	.845
Clint Richardson	77	22.8	7.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	7.3	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.640
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	10	34.6	32.3	0.3	3.9	4.2	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.0	10.5	23.5	.447	5.0	11.5	.435	6.3	7.6	.829
Clint Richardson	13	24.5	6.8	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.8	6.4	.446	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.824

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Clint Richardson
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	67	33.8	25.9	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	3.0	2.4	9.2	20.5	.448	3.5	9.8	.355	4.0	4.7	.853
Clint Richardson	69	22.8	7.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.1	3.2	6.9	.467	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	6	38.2	25.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	5.7	0.7	0.5	2.7	2.3	8.8	22.2	.398	1.7	8.0	.208	6.2	7.0	.881
Clint Richardson	5	23.0	7.4	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.8	3.4	2.6	4.6	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.4	.917

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Clint Richardson
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	68	35.8	28.3	0.9	3.3	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.5	10.0	20.6	.484	3.6	9.3	.386	4.7	5.4	.867
Clint Richardson	74	20.7	6.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.1	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.9	2.5	5.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.333	1.0	1.2	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	5	41.4	23.2	0.6	4.4	5.0	7.2	2.0	0.6	3.8	2.8	9.0	20.8	.433	2.6	9.0	.289	2.6	3.6	.722
Clint Richardson	13	21.6	8.8	1.1	1.8	2.9	2.1	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.8	4.1	7.2	.564	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.900

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Clint Richardson
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	55	35.3	26.6	0.8	4.3	5.1	6.1	1.8	0.5	2.8	2.1	9.1	19.8	.462	3.3	9.0	.368	5.0	5.8	.865
Clint Richardson	82	27.1	9.7	0.8	2.2	3.1	4.5	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.9	4.1	9.0	.455	0.0	0.1	.111	1.5	1.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	10	38.2	29.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	4.7	1.3	0.3	2.8	2.9	10.7	22.5	.476	2.9	8.2	.354	5.3	6.5	.815
Clint Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-