Dereck Lively II vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Dereck Lively II, 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.

Dereck Lively II played 3 years in the NBA, 6 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 9. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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
	Dereck Lively II	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA 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		%
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
difference:	+24	+9.9	+11.7	+1.8	+1.3	+3.2	+2.6	+0.8	+1.1	-1.8	-0.1	+3.5	+11.8	+.310	+2.4	+7.0		+2.3	+2.3	+.299
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		%
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590
difference:	+10	+15.4	+16.5	+1.9	+0.4	+1.5	+2.9	+1.1	+0.6	-1.9	-0.9	+6.3	+17.6	+.254	+2.3	+7.3		+1.8	+1.0	+.317
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
	Dereck Lively II	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Dereck Lively II	3	17.0	5.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.3	3.0	.778	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500
difference:	+66	+17.3	+18.7	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+1.3	+0.3	+1.1	-1.0	-0.5	+6.4	+16.4	+.329	+2.5	+6.9		+3.3	+3.4	+.363
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		%
Dereck Lively II	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

Additional Years
* Donovan Mitchell played 6 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 9, from 2021 to 2026—Donovan Mitchell played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game