Al-Farouq Aminu vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Al-Farouq Aminu, 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.

Al-Farouq Aminu played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Al-Farouq Aminu had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	81	17.9	5.6	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	.394	0.6	1.8	.315	1.1	1.5	.773
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	76	27.2	7.3	1.8	5.9	7.7	1.4	1.2	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.0	6.2	.475	0.1	0.3	.211	1.3	1.8	.737
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	80	25.6	7.2	1.6	4.6	6.2	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.2	.474	0.2	0.6	.271	1.1	1.7	.664
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	74	18.5	5.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.8	.412	0.5	1.7	.274	1.1	1.6	.712
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	5	30.0	11.2	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.2	2.0	1.6	1.2	3.0	3.4	6.2	.548	1.4	2.2	.636	3.0	3.8	.789
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
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	82	28.5	10.2	1.2	4.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.8	.416	1.5	4.3	.361	1.4	1.9	.737
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	11	33.8	14.6	2.1	6.5	8.6	1.8	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	5.1	11.6	.438	2.5	6.4	.400	1.9	2.6	.724
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
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	61	29.1	8.7	1.3	6.1	7.4	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.5	1.7	3.0	7.6	.393	1.1	3.5	.330	1.6	2.2	.706
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	4	28.3	12.0	1.3	5.3	6.5	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.3	9.3	.459	1.8	4.3	.412	1.8	2.8	.636
Donovan Mitchell	8	37.4	29.3	0.8	4.4	5.1	4.5	1.4	0.4	3.4	3.1	10.6	23.0	.462	2.1	7.9	.270	5.9	7.0	.839