Deandre Ayton vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 8 years in the NBA, 8 less than Patty Mills, who played 16. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
Deandre Ayton	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26
Patty Mills	16	14	2009-10 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
difference:	+61	+26.9	+13.7	+3.0	+7.0	+10.1	+1.3	+0.9	+0.9	-1.4	-2.3	+6.2	+9.9	+.168	+0.2	+0.3	+.500	+1.6	+2.0	+.175
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		%
Deandre Ayton	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
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Deandre Ayton	38	32.5	18.2	3.9	7.6	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.1	8.2	14.9	.546	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.753
difference:	+26	+20.3	+12.7	+3.6	+7.1	+10.7	+0.2	+0.3	+1.5	-1.1	-2.1	+6.1	+9.8	+.134	+0.6	+1.8	+.122	+1.2	+1.6	+.013
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		%
Deandre Ayton	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
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
difference:	+53	+14.4	+4.1	+3.0	+5.7	+8.7	+1.0		+1.1	-0.1	-1.9	+2.3	+1.9	+.141	+1.4	+3.2	+.229	+1.0	+1.6	+.231
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		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
difference:	+14	+32.5	+13.9	+2.9	+8.5	+11.4	+0.5	+0.7	+1.1	-0.9	-2.6	+6.2	+9.2	+.113	+0.4	+0.6		+1.8	+2.4
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
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
difference:		+18.2	+12.1	+2.4	+7.0	+9.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	-0.9	-1.5	+5.7	+7.8	+.165	+0.8	+1.9	+.032	+1.5	+2.1	+.096
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		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
difference:	+4	+27.1	+16.6	+2.4	+6.2	+8.6	+1.5	+0.4	+0.8	-1.4	-2.4	+7.5	+11.5	+.140		+0.5	+.214	+1.6	+2.5
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
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
difference:	+14	+11.5	+7.8	+2.2	+5.7	+7.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.7	-1.0	-1.4	+4.0	+5.0	+.125	+1.6	+3.5	+.133	+1.4	+2.0	+.130
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		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
difference:	+13	+16.6	+6.1	+2.8	+5.4	+8.2	+0.4	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-2.2	+3.4	+5.0	+.103	+1.4	+3.4		+0.8	+1.7	+.247
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
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
difference:	+4	+16.7	+9.8	+2.8	+6.8	+9.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.8	-1.1	-0.9	+5.3	+7.0	+.189	+1.2	+3.4	+.241	+0.6	+0.6	+.002
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		%
Deandre Ayton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Deandre Ayton	40	30.2	14.4	3.1	7.1	10.2	1.6	0.8	1.0	1.7	2.2	6.6	11.7	.566	0.2	0.8	.188	1.0	1.5	.667
difference:	+41	+9.7	+5.9	+2.8	+5.5	+8.2	+1.2	+0.1	+0.9	-0.8	-0.9	+3.4	+4.1	+.141	+1.3	+3.2	+.196	+0.4	+0.8	+.143
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		%
Deandre Ayton	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
	Deandre Ayton	Patty Mills
Season	2025-26	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Deandre Ayton	7	31.3	16.9	2.9	5.3	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.1	2.6	3.1	8.0	12.3	.651	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.9	.462
difference:	+73	+9.4	+7.4	+2.6	+3.8	+6.3	+2.2	+0.4	+1.1	-1.3	-1.7	+4.6	+4.5	+.211	+1.8	+4.4		+0.1	+0.9	+.363
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		%
Deandre Ayton	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 Deandre Ayton in the NBA.

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

Deandre Ayton vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and Deandre Ayton, 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