Sterling Brown vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Sterling Brown, 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.

Sterling Brown played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Sterling Brown had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Donovan Mitchell had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Sterling Brown	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Sterling Brown	54	14.4	4.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.352	0.4	0.4	.875
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sterling Brown	3	4.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	.600	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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

Season 3
	Sterling Brown	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Sterling Brown	52	14.8	5.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.0	1.8	4.9	.371	0.8	2.6	.324	0.6	0.8	.800
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sterling Brown	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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

Season 4
	Sterling Brown	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Sterling Brown	51	24.1	8.2	0.7	3.6	4.4	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.9	2.9	6.6	.448	1.8	4.2	.423	0.5	0.6	.806
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sterling Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 5
	Sterling Brown	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Sterling Brown	49	12.8	3.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.2	3.2	.381	0.6	1.9	.304	0.3	0.3	.933
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sterling Brown	9	2.9	1.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.1	.300	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.8	.714
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

Season 6
	Sterling Brown	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Sterling Brown	4	6.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sterling Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Sterling Brown	Donovan Mitchell
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sterling Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sterling Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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