Bobby Jones vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Bobby Jones, 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.

Bobby Jones played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Bobby Jones had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1976-77	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Bobby Jones	82	29.5	15.1	2.1	6.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	-	2.9	6.1	10.7	.570	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.717
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		%
Bobby Jones	6	31.2	12.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.8	2.3	-	4.2	5.2	10.7	.484	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.588
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 2
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bobby Jones	75	32.5	14.5	2.2	6.3	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	2.6	2.9	5.9	10.1	.578	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.751
Donovan Mitchell	77	33.7	23.8	0.8	3.3	4.1	4.2	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.7	8.6	19.9	.432	2.4	6.7	.362	4.1	5.1	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	13	30.0	12.8	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.7	1.2	0.7	1.8	3.2	5.1	8.9	.569	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.739
Donovan Mitchell	5	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.6	5.0	3.2	1.6	0.2	4.2	3.0	7.2	22.4	.321	2.2	8.6	.256	4.8	6.6	.727

Season 3
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Bobby Jones	80	28.8	12.1	2.5	4.2	6.6	2.5	1.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	4.7	8.8	.537	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.755
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		%
Bobby Jones	9	28.9	13.1	1.3	3.4	4.8	2.1	0.6	0.4	1.7	3.3	5.3	9.7	.552	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.846
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
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1979-80	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Bobby Jones	81	26.2	13.0	1.9	3.7	5.6	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.9	9.2	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.1	.781
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		%
Bobby Jones	18	26.1	12.9	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.7	1.2	1.8	1.3	3.1	5.0	9.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.855
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
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1980-81	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Bobby Jones	81	25.3	13.5	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.8	1.2	0.9	1.8	2.8	5.0	9.3	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.3	.813
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		%
Bobby Jones	16	27.7	14.7	2.2	3.3	5.5	2.1	1.1	1.3	2.0	3.8	5.1	10.0	.506	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.5	.830
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
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1981-82	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Bobby Jones	76	28.7	14.4	1.4	3.7	5.2	2.5	1.3	1.5	1.9	2.8	5.5	9.7	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.4	.790
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		%
Bobby Jones	21	28.0	12.2	1.8	3.0	4.7	2.5	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.3	4.5	8.3	.540	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.9	.840
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
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1982-83	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bobby Jones	74	23.6	9.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.9	1.1	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.4	6.2	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.793
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		%
Bobby Jones	12	27.0	8.6	1.6	3.3	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.5	1.5	2.4	3.6	6.5	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.850
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

Season 8
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Bobby Jones	75	23.5	8.3	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	2.7	3.0	5.8	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.784
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	5	26.0	9.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	.484	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bobby Jones	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Bobby Jones	80	20.4	7.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.9	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.3	2.6	4.8	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	2.7	.861
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	13	23.8	8.2	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.2	0.9	1.2	1.5	2.9	3.5	6.0	.590	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.700
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-