Buck Johnson vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Buck Johnson, 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.

Buck Johnson and Donovan Mitchell both played 7 years in the NBA. Buck Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
	Buck Johnson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Buck Johnson	60	8.7	3.8	0.6	0.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.4	1.6	3.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.690
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		%
Buck Johnson	5	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	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
	Buck Johnson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Buck Johnson	67	27.6	9.6	1.7	2.6	4.3	1.9	1.0	0.5	1.6	3.2	4.0	7.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.111	1.5	2.0	.754
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		%
Buck Johnson	4	29.5	11.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	3.3	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.8	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	3.5	.571
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
	Buck Johnson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Buck Johnson	82	34.5	14.8	1.4	3.3	4.6	3.1	1.3	0.8	2.0	3.9	6.1	12.4	.495	0.0	0.2	.118	2.5	3.3	.759
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		%
Buck Johnson	4	37.0	12.8	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.3	1.5	0.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	12.0	.417	0.0	0.3	.000	2.8	3.3	.846
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
	Buck Johnson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Buck Johnson	73	31.2	13.6	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.9	1.1	0.6	1.7	3.3	5.7	12.0	.477	0.0	0.2	.133	2.2	3.0	.727
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		%
Buck Johnson	3	28.7	8.0	1.3	3.3	4.7	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.7	4.3	3.3	9.3	.357	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
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
	Buck Johnson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Buck Johnson	80	27.5	8.6	1.2	2.7	3.9	2.0	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.9	3.6	7.9	.458	0.0	0.1	.111	1.3	1.8	.727
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		%
Buck Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Buck Johnson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Buck Johnson	73	17.6	6.5	1.1	1.6	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.6	2.6	5.5	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.730
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		%
Buck Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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