Adam Keefe vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Adam Keefe, 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.

Adam Keefe played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Adam Keefe had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
	Adam Keefe	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Adam Keefe	82	18.9	6.6	2.1	3.2	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.700
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		%
Adam Keefe	3	17.7	6.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
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
	Adam Keefe	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Adam Keefe	75	16.9	6.1	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.9	2.3	4.0	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.676
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		%
Adam Keefe	4	17.3	4.5	2.0	2.3	4.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
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
	Adam Keefe	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Adam Keefe	82	20.8	6.1	2.1	3.4	5.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.1	2.2	4.2	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.692
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		%
Adam Keefe	17	10.5	3.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.4	2.0	.676	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	1.0	.647
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
	Adam Keefe	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Adam Keefe	62	14.8	3.8	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.3	2.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.689
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		%
Adam Keefe	8	7.1	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
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
	Adam Keefe	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Adam Keefe	80	25.6	7.8	2.2	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.2	2.9	5.3	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.810
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		%
Adam Keefe	15	10.3	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.7	1.9	.345	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.647
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
	Adam Keefe	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Adam Keefe	44	14.6	4.0	1.2	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	1.3	2.8	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.0	.697
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		%
Adam Keefe	10	10.1	4.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.7	1.8	3.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
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