Deni Avdija vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Deni Avdija, 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.

Deni Avdija played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 9. Deni Avdija had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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
	Deni Avdija	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Deni Avdija	54	23.3	6.3	0.4	4.4	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	2.4	5.8	.417	1.0	3.1	.315	0.5	0.8	.644
difference:	+25	+10.1	+14.2	+0.3	+1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+0.9		-2.1	-0.1	+5.1	+11.4	+.020	+1.4	+3.9	+.025	+2.5	+3.0	+.161
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		%
Deni Avdija	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
	Deni Avdija	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Deni Avdija	76	26.6	9.2	1.0	5.4	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	7.6	.437	0.9	3.1	.297	1.6	2.2	.739
difference:	+7	+7.7	+14.8	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+1.5	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.3	+5.4	+11.8	+.012	+1.6	+3.8	+.069	+2.4	+2.5	+.124
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		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Deni Avdija	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Deni Avdija	75	30.1	14.7	1.1	6.1	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.4	10.7	.506	1.2	3.1	.374	2.7	3.6	.740
difference:	+22	+3.3	+11.7	+0.2	+2.6	+2.8	+1.4	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.3	+3.6	+9.9	+.068	+2.2	+5.6	+.012	+2.3	+2.4	+.105
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		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Deni Avdija	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Deni Avdija	72	30.0	16.9	1.5	5.7	7.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	2.7	2.4	5.6	11.7	.476	1.7	4.8	.365	4.0	5.2	.780
difference:	+5	+3.8	+9.0	+0.7	+2.3	+3.1	+1.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.3		+3.6	+8.8	+.028	+1.8	+5.0	+.010		+0.5	+.073
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		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Deni Avdija	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2025-26	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Deni Avdija	25	34.2	25.4	1.2	6.0	7.2	6.2	0.7	0.7	3.6	3.2	7.7	16.2	.473	2.4	6.5	.374	7.6	9.5	.806
difference:	+43	+1.6	+2.9	+0.3	+2.7	+2.9	+1.8	+0.8	+0.3	-1.0	-0.7	+2.3	+4.4	+.011	+1.2	+2.8	+.012	+2.9	+4.1	+.061
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		%
Deni Avdija	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

Additional Years
* Donovan Mitchell played 3 seasons more than Deni Avdija in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 9, from 2024 to 2026—Donovan Mitchell played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Deni Avdija, Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Star Game