Donovan Mitchell vs. Rick Robey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Robey 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 Rick Robey, who played 8. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Rick Robey had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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	Rick Robey
Season	2017-18	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Rick Robey	79	22.3	10.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.9	4.1	8.5	.478	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.777
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
Rick Robey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Rick Robey
Season	2019-20	1980-81
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Rick Robey	82	19.1	9.0	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.5	3.6	6.7	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.1	.574
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
Rick Robey	17	15.6	5.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.1	2.6	2.1	4.8	.432	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.1	.457

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Rick Robey
Season	2020-21	1981-82
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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	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
Rick Robey	80	14.8	5.7	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	4.7	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.0	.535
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
Rick Robey	12	10.2	4.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.8	3.3	.525	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.765

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Rick Robey
Season	2021-22	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Rick Robey	59	14.5	4.2	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.2	2.2	1.7	3.6	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.577
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
Rick Robey	5	5.8	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Rick Robey
Season	2022-23	1983-84
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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
Rick Robey	61	14.0	5.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.1	0.3	0.2	1.3	2.0	2.3	4.2	.545	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.0	1.4	.693
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
Rick Robey	10	4.3	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Rick Robey
Season	2023-24	1984-85
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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
Rick Robey	4	12.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
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
Rick Robey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-