Donovan Mitchell vs. Ron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Williams 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 Ron Williams, who played 8. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Ron Williams had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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	Ron Williams
Season	2017-18	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Div 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	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
Ron Williams	75	19.6	7.8	-	-	2.4	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	7.6	.420	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.768
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
Ron Williams	4	10.5	6.0	-	-	1.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	6.5	.385	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Ron Williams
Season	2019-20	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West 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	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
Ron Williams	82	34.3	14.4	-	-	3.0	5.9	-	-	-	3.7	5.2	11.9	.436	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.844
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
Ron Williams	5	34.4	13.0	-	-	3.4	5.8	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	12.6	.381	-	-	-	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Ron Williams
Season	2020-21	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West 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	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
Ron Williams	80	24.2	9.7	-	-	1.8	3.9	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	7.7	.474	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.833
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
Ron Williams	5	16.6	6.4	-	-	1.6	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	1.8	6.2	.290	-	-	-	2.8	3.0	.933

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Ron Williams
Season	2021-22	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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	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
Ron Williams	73	13.9	6.0	-	-	1.1	1.6	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	5.6	.440	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.904
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
Ron Williams	3	6.7	3.0	-	-	0.3	1.7	-	-	-	0.3	1.3	2.0	.667	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Ron Williams
Season	2022-23	1973-74
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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	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
Ron Williams	71	15.9	6.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.2	0.7	0.0	-	1.6	2.7	5.5	.489	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.882
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
Ron Williams	15	23.6	8.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.1	0.6	0.2	-	2.7	3.8	8.1	.467	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.800

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Ron Williams
Season	2023-24	1974-75
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Ron Williams	46	11.4	3.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.0	-	1.5	1.3	3.6	.376	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.828
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
Ron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-