Chet Holmgren vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 2 years in the NBA, 6 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 8. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Chet Holmgren	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+3	+4.0	+4.0	+0.9	+3.2	+4.2	+1.3	+0.9	+2.0	-1.1	-0.3	+1.3	+5.6	+.093	+0.8	+2.7	+.030	+0.3	+0.4	+.012
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		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+1	+2.9	+8.8	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+2.1	+0.8	+2.1	-1.0	-0.6	+3.4	+10.2	+.076	+1.0	+2.3	+.053	+1.0	+0.6	+.149
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
	Chet Holmgren	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+45	+6.3	+8.8	+0.7	+3.2	+3.9	+2.2	+0.7	+1.8	-1.0	-0.4	+3.4	+9.2	+.058	+1.0	+3.1	+.017	+0.9	+0.9	+.052
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		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
difference:	+18	+8.8	+6.2	+0.4	+3.2	+3.7	+2.2	+0.9	+1.7	-3.0	-1.0	+1.9	+10.8	+.141	+1.0	+4.6	+.041	+1.5	+2.4	+.057
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

Additional Years
* Donovan Mitchell played 6 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 8, from 2020 to 2025—Donovan Mitchell played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game