Danny Green vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Danny Green, 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.

Danny Green played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 8. Danny Green had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
	Danny Green	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danny Green	20	5.8	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	1.1	.273	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+59	+27.6	+18.5	+0.3	+2.6	+2.8	+3.4	+1.2	+0.1	-2.4	-2.2	+6.7	+15.2	+.052	+2.1	+5.9	+.067	+2.8	+3.5	+.138
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		%
Danny Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Danny Green	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790
difference:	+3	+11.2	+14.9		+1.0	+0.9	+3.0	+0.1	+0.5	-1.7	-0.9	+5.5	+12.2	+.007	+1.0	+3.4	+.070	+2.8	+3.2	+.073
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		%
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700
difference:	+7	+17.1	+28.9	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+3.8	+0.5	+0.4	-3.0	-0.1	+9.2	+15.9	+.111	+3.3	+5.0	+.171	+7.4	+7.6	+.248
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
	Danny Green	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848
difference:	+27	+5.9	+15.9	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+3.4	+0.2	+0.4	-1.6	-0.6	+5.3	+12.3	+.010	+1.2	+3.5	+.043	+4.2	+5.0	+.003
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		%
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800
difference:	+11	+2.7	+21.2	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	+4.0	+0.1	+0.9	-1.9	-0.4	+6.5	+14.6	+.001	+2.4	+6.1	+.047	+5.7	+6.9	+.029
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
	Danny Green	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794
difference:	+1	+9.5	+16.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+3.8	+0.5	+0.7	-1.9	-0.8	+6.0	+13.1	+.016	+1.6	+5.1	+.060	+3.3	+3.8	+.059
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		%
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818
difference:	+17	+15.2	+16.2	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+4.8	+0.7	+0.2	-1.8	-0.1	+5.4	+15.3	+.093	+0.4	+3.6	+.267	+5.8	+6.5	+.063
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
	Danny Green	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danny Green	81	28.5	11.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	9.1	.436	2.4	5.6	.418	1.4	1.6	.874
difference:	+13	+7.3	+16.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+2.4	+0.3	+0.7	-1.5	-0.5	+6.0	+11.5	+.048	+1.2	+3.7	+.032	+3.3	+3.8	+.007
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		%
Danny Green	7	29.1	8.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	8.7	.344	1.7	5.7	.300	0.6	0.9	.667
difference:	+2	+12.3	+14.9	+0.4	+2.3	+1.9	+5.1	+1.0	+0.4	-3.1	-1.1	+6.0	+12.1	+.089	+0.9	+3.3	+.011	+2.0	+2.7	+.055
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
	Danny Green	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Danny Green	79	26.1	7.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.7	7.1	.376	1.5	4.4	.332	0.4	0.6	.739
difference:	+24	+9.2	+19.4	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+4.3	+0.8	+0.3	-1.9	-0.3	+6.4	+12.7	+.086	+1.8	+4.6	+.036	+4.6	+5.2	+.126
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		%
Danny Green	10	26.7	8.6	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.0	6.5	.462	2.4	4.8	.500	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:		+11.5	+21.0	+0.6	+1.7	+2.3	+4.0	+0.8	+0.5	-2.2	-0.9	+7.7	+16.0	+.014	+0.5	+3.4	+.146	+5.1	+6.2	+.148
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
	Danny Green	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Danny Green	68	26.6	7.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.6	.392	1.7	4.6	.379	0.4	0.5	.844
difference:	+3	+4.8	+16.7	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+3.2	+0.3	+0.6	-1.0	-0.2	+5.6	+12.0	+.051	+1.6	+4.3	+.011	+3.8	+4.6	+.021
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		%
Danny Green	16	27.3	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	1.6	4.8	.342	0.5	0.9	.571
difference:	+7	+4.7	+21.8	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	+2.5	+1.3	+0.6	-0.8	-0.1	+6.8	+14.7	+.038	+1.5	+4.5	+.009	+6.8	+9.0	+.171
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