De'Aaron Fox vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and De'Aaron Fox, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

De'Aaron Fox played 8 years in the NBA, 8 less than Patty Mills, who played 16. De'Aaron Fox had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Patty Mills had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
De'Aaron Fox	8	1	2017-18 to 2024-25
Patty Mills	16	14	2009-10 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
difference:	+63	+24.0	+9.0	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+3.9	+1.0	+0.3	-2.0	-1.6	+3.5	+8.5	+.005	+0.4	+1.7	+.193	+1.5	+2.0	+.152
Patty Mills	10	3.8	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.417	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.7	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	3	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
De'Aaron Fox	81	31.4	17.3	0.5	3.2	3.8	7.3	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.5	6.2	13.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.371	3.7	5.1	.727
difference:	+17	+19.2	+11.8	+0.2	+2.7	+3.0	+5.6	+1.2	+0.6	-1.8	-1.5	+4.1	+8.5	+.046	+0.4	+0.8	+.018	+3.1	+4.4	+.039
Patty Mills	64	12.2	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.1	5.1	.412	0.7	2.1	.353	0.6	0.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705
difference:	+35	+15.7	+10.8	+0.4	+1.7	+2.0	+4.4	+0.9	+0.4	-1.5	-1.9	+3.8	+7.9	+.005	+0.4	+0.1	+.137	+3.8	+5.8	+.295
Patty Mills	16	16.3	10.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.9	3.9	8.1	.485	1.5	3.5	.429	0.9	0.9	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	8	3.9	1.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	.545	0.4	0.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	58	35.1	25.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	9.1	19.1	.477	1.8	5.5	.322	5.2	7.2	.719
difference:		+23.8	+20.1	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+6.1	+1.1	+0.4	-2.3	-2.0	+7.2	+14.9	+.008	+0.9	+3.3	+.078	+4.9	+6.9	+.123
Patty Mills	58	11.3	5.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	4.2	.469	0.9	2.2	.400	0.3	0.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	9	3.4	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.1	.500	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	59	35.3	23.2	0.4	3.5	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.8	2.9	8.7	18.5	.473	1.3	4.2	.297	4.4	5.9	.750
difference:	+22	+16.4	+13.0		+1.8	+1.8	+3.8	+0.4	+0.3	-2.0	-1.5	+4.9	+10.3	+.009	+0.4	+0.3	+.128	+3.5	+4.9	+.140
Patty Mills	81	18.9	10.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.464	1.7	3.9	.425	0.9	1.0	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	23	15.3	7.3	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.7	6.1	.447	1.4	3.4	.405	0.4	0.6	.769


Season 6
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
difference:	+22	+17.7	+18.1	+0.1	+2.5	+2.7	+4.4	+0.6	+0.3	-1.8	-1.3	+6.8	+11.6	+.131	+0.4	+1.4	+.017	+4.1	+5.2	+.045
Patty Mills	51	15.7	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.1	2.5	6.6	.381	1.2	3.6	.341	0.6	0.8	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756
difference:		+22.6	+17.3	+1.1	+1.6	+2.7	+6.6	+1.8	+0.6	-3.3	-1.2	+7.0	+17.6	+.076	+0.7	+5.0	+.238	+2.5	+4.0	+.244
Patty Mills	7	16.0	10.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.1	3.0	6.0	.500	2.3	4.0	.571	1.9	1.9	1.000


Season 7
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
De'Aaron Fox	74	35.9	26.6	0.9	3.7	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.6	2.6	9.7	20.9	.465	2.9	7.8	.369	4.2	5.7	.738
difference:	+7	+15.4	+18.1	+0.6	+2.1	+2.6	+2.8	+1.3	+0.3	-1.7	-1.3	+6.5	+13.3	+.040	+1.4	+3.8	+.015	+3.6	+5.0	+.072
Patty Mills	81	20.5	8.5	0.3	1.6	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	7.6	.425	1.5	4.0	.384	0.6	0.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	10	16.7	6.6	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.8	0.3	2.3	5.3	.434	1.3	3.6	.361	0.7	1.1	.636


Season 8
	De'Aaron Fox	Patty Mills
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	62	36.1	23.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.6	8.7	18.8	.463	1.9	6.1	.310	4.2	5.1	.827
difference:	+18	+14.2	+14.0	+0.6	+2.4	+3.0	+2.8	+0.7	+0.4	-1.5	-1.2	+5.3	+11.0	+.023	+0.1	+1.7	+.104	+3.4	+4.1	+.002
Patty Mills	80	21.9	9.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.4	3.4	7.8	.440	1.8	4.4	.414	0.8	1.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	16	26.0	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.6	8.8	.407	2.0	5.6	.360	1.2	1.4	.864

Additional Years

* Patty Mills played 8 seasons more than De'Aaron Fox in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—Patty Mills played in 6 Playoffs.

De'Aaron Fox vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and De'Aaron Fox, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years