Derrick Jones Jr. vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Derrick Jones Jr., 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.

Derrick Jones Jr. played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 8. Derrick Jones Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	32	17.0	5.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.8	.562	0.1	0.3	.273	0.9	1.3	.707
difference:	+47	+16.4	+15.2	+0.5	+1.8	+1.2	+3.3	+1.1	+0.1	-2.3	-0.7	+5.4	+13.4	+.125	+2.3	+6.7	+.067	+2.1	+2.5	+.098
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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	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
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	60	19.2	7.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.4	.494	0.5	1.5	.308	1.2	2.0	.607
difference:	+9	+15.1	+17.0	+0.8	+1.2	+0.4	+3.7	+0.2	+0.5	-2.0	-0.4	+6.0	+14.0	+.045	+2.0	+5.4	+.058	+2.8	+2.7	+.256
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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	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
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	59	23.3	8.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.5	2.2	3.1	5.9	.527	0.6	2.2	.280	1.6	2.1	.772
difference:	+6	+10.1	+17.9	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+4.1		+0.3	-2.3		+5.9	+14.7	+.089	+2.8	+6.5	+.106	+3.4	+3.9	+.073
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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	15	6.4	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	.471	0.3	0.6	.444	0.1	0.3	.400
difference:	+5	+28.2	+30.8	+0.1	+3.5	+3.4	+5.0	+0.7	+0.1	-2.7	-1.2	+10.0	+22.4	+.024	+4.7	+10.9	+.009	+6.2	+7.3	+.429
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
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	58	22.7	6.8	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.5	5.2	.484	0.7	2.3	.316	1.0	1.6	.648
difference:	+9	+11.1	+19.1	+0.5	+1.2	+0.7	+4.5	+0.9	+0.7	-2.4	-0.2	+6.7	+15.3	+.036	+2.8	+7.5	+.039	+3.0	+3.1	+.205
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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	2	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+4	+33.2	+23.5	+1.0	+3.3	+4.3	+5.7	+0.2	+0.5	-2.7	-1.3	+7.8	+19.7	+.002	+1.7	+7.0	+.208	+6.2	+7.0
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
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	51	17.6	5.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.1	2.1	3.8	.538	0.4	1.2	.328	1.1	1.4	.800
difference:	+17	+18.2	+22.7	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+3.8	+1.0	+0.2	-2.0	-0.4	+7.9	+16.8	+.054	+3.2	+8.1	+.058	+3.6	+4.0	+.067
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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	5	11.8	3.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	2.2	.273	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:		+29.6	+19.4		+3.6	+3.6	+6.8	+1.8	+0.6	-3.2	-1.2	+7.6	+17.4	+.021	+2.0	+6.8	+.016	+2.2	+3.0	+.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
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	64	14.0	5.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.8	3.6	.500	0.4	1.3	.338	1.0	1.3	.738
difference:	+9	+21.3	+21.6	+0.1	+2.8	+2.7	+5.6	+1.3	+0.1	-2.4	-0.8	+7.3	+16.2	+.038	+2.9	+7.7	+.030	+4.0	+4.5	+.127
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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA 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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	76	23.5	8.6	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.6	3.1	6.5	.483	1.1	3.1	.343	1.3	1.8	.713
difference:	+5	+7.9	+15.4	+0.3	+1.5	+1.2	+4.0	+0.6	+0.5	-1.2	-0.4	+5.1	+12.1	+.040	+2.2	+5.8	+.025	+2.9	+3.3	+.110
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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	22	29.4	9.1	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.2	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	7.3	.481	1.1	3.0	.369	1.0	1.4	.733
difference:	+13	+2.6	+20.5	+0.3	+1.4	+1.2	+2.7	+1.4	+0.7	-1.1	-0.5	+6.1	+14.3	+.038	+2.0	+6.3	+.036	+6.3	+8.5	+.009
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