Clint Capela vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Clint Capela, 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.

Clint Capela played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 8. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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
	Clint Capela	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Clint Capela	12	7.5	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.9	.174
difference:	+67	+25.9	+17.8	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7	+3.5	+1.4	+0.5	-2.3	-1.5	+6.3	+14.8	+.046	+2.4	+7.0		+2.7	+1.9	+.631
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		%
Clint Capela	17	7.5	3.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.8	.677	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.517
difference:	+6	+29.9	+21.0		+3.4	+3.4	+3.9	+1.3	+0.1	-2.7	-2.1	+8.1	+20.3	+.257	+2.3	+7.3		+2.6	+2.2	+.390
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
	Clint Capela	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	65	23.9	12.6	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.3	2.8	5.6	8.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.531
difference:	+4	+10.4	+11.4	+1.9	+1.8	+3.7	+3.3	+0.5	+1.0	-1.4	-0.3	+3.1	+10.7	+.194	+2.5	+6.9		+2.6	+2.0	+.332
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		%
Clint Capela	11	26.0	10.5	2.4	6.4	8.7	1.1	0.7	2.5	0.7	2.5	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.615
difference:	+4	+11.7	+25.8	+1.5	+2.3	+3.7	+3.8	+0.3	+2.2	-3.4	-0.9	+7.7	+14.9	+.032	+4.7	+9.0	+.516	+5.7	+4.8	+.333
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
	Clint Capela	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	74	27.5	13.9	3.3	7.6	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	1.4	2.5	6.0	9.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.560
difference:	+21	+5.9	+12.5	+2.4	+4.1	+6.4	+4.3	+0.2	+1.6	-1.4	-0.3	+3.0	+11.5	+.214	+3.4	+8.7		+3.1	+2.5	+.285
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		%
Clint Capela	17	30.6	12.7	3.6	8.0	11.6	1.3	0.8	2.1	0.9	2.2	5.6	8.5	.660	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.2	.473
difference:	+7	+4.0	+19.6	+3.3	+4.1	+7.4	+4.2	+0.3	+1.9	-1.9	-0.2	+4.9	+15.0	+.213	+5.0	+11.5		+4.8	+4.4	+.356
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
	Clint Capela	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	67	33.6	16.6	4.4	8.2	12.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.5	7.1	10.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.9	.636
difference:		+0.2	+9.3	+3.6	+4.8	+8.5	+3.9	+0.8	+1.3	-1.6	-0.1	+2.1	+9.6	+.200	+3.5	+9.8		+1.5	+0.8	+.217
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		%
Clint Capela	11	30.1	9.7	3.7	6.5	10.3	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	3.2	.429
difference:	+5	+8.1	+15.8	+2.7	+3.2	+6.0	+4.2	+0.4	+0.6	-1.2	-0.1	+4.6	+14.7	+.163	+1.7	+8.0		+4.8	+3.8	+.452
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
	Clint Capela	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2019-20	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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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	39	32.8	13.9	4.3	9.5	13.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	1.6	2.6	6.3	9.9	.629	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.529
difference:	+29	+3.0	+14.4	+3.4	+6.2	+9.5	+3.2	+0.7	+1.4	-1.0	-0.1	+3.7	+10.7	+.145	+3.6	+9.3		+3.3	+2.7	+.338
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		%
Clint Capela	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Clint Capela	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	63	30.1	15.2	4.7	9.6	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	2.3	6.6	11.0	.594	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.573
difference:	+8	+5.2	+11.4	+3.9	+5.3	+9.2	+5.3	+1.1	+1.5	-1.6	-0.2	+2.5	+8.8	+.132	+3.3	+9.0		+2.9	+2.2	+.292
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		%
Clint Capela	18	31.6	10.1	3.4	7.8	11.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.6	7.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.436
difference:	+8	+6.6	+19.5	+2.8	+3.0	+5.8	+3.8	+0.6	+0.8	-1.8	-0.3	+6.1	+14.9	+.127	+2.9	+8.2		+4.4	+4.3	+.379
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
	Clint Capela	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	74	27.6	11.1	3.8	8.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	2.2	5.0	8.2	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.3	.473
difference:	+3	+3.8	+12.9	+3.0	+4.4	+7.4	+3.8	+0.6	+1.1	-1.5	-0.2	+3.2	+10.4	+.170	+3.3	+8.9		+3.1	+2.8	+.350
Donovan Mitchell	71	31.4	24.0	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.0	1.3	0.2	2.1	2.0	8.2	18.6	.443	3.3	8.9	.368	4.2	5.1	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	2	20.0	2.0	2.0	5.5	7.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+7	+12.0	+27.6	+0.8	+2.1	+2.8	+3.9	+1.4	+0.2	-1.4	-1.0	+8.6	+18.6	+.110	+3.1	+9.3		+7.3	+9.9
Donovan Mitchell	9	32.0	29.6	1.2	3.4	4.7	3.9	1.9	0.3	1.9	2.0	9.6	21.6	.443	3.1	9.3	.333	7.3	9.9	.742