Donovan Mitchell vs. Aaron Nesmith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Nesmith and Donovan Mitchell, 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 / Stats Rankings / 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.

Donovan Mitchell played 8 years in the NBA, 3 more than Aaron Nesmith, who played 5. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Aaron Nesmith had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
Donovan Mitchell 8 8 2017-18 to 2024-25
Aaron Nesmith 5 4 2020-21 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Donovan Mitchell Aaron Nesmith
Season 2017-182020-21
Team Utah JazzBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisCeltics Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+33+18.9+15.8+0.1+0.9+0.9+3.2+1.2+0.1-2.2-0.8+5.8+13.3+.001+1.5+4.7+.030+2.5+3.2+.019
Aaron Nesmith 46 14.5 4.7 0.6 2.2 2.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.9 1.7 3.9 .438 0.9 2.3 .370 0.5 0.6 .786
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+6+22.4+21.2+0.4+2.9+3.3+4.0+1.3+0.2-2.5-1.8+8.3+18.5+.142+1.5+4.5+.027+3.1+3.5+.093
Aaron Nesmith 5 15.0 3.2 0.4 2.2 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.4 1.0 3.6 .278 0.8 2.8 .286 0.4 0.4 1.000

Season 2
Donovan Mitchell Aaron Nesmith
Season 2018-192021-22
Team Utah JazzBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdCeltics Lost NBA Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Mitchell 77 33.7 23.8 0.8 3.3 4.1 4.2 1.4 0.4 2.8 2.7 8.6 19.9 .432 2.4 6.7 .362 4.1 5.1 .806
difference:+25+22.7+20.0+0.5+1.9+2.4+3.8+1.0+0.3-2.2-1.4+7.2+16.4+.036+1.8+4.5+.092+3.7+4.6+.002
Aaron Nesmith 52 11.0 3.8 0.3 1.4 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.3 1.4 3.5 .396 0.6 2.2 .270 0.4 0.5 .808
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Mitchell 5 38.6 21.4 1.4 3.6 5.0 3.2 1.6 0.2 4.2 3.0 7.2 22.4 .321 2.2 8.6 .256 4.8 6.6 .727
difference:+10+35.1+20.6+1.1+2.9+4.0+3.0+1.5+0.1-4.1-2.6+6.9+21.3+.086+2.1+7.9+.165+4.6+6.3+.023
Aaron Nesmith 15 3.5 0.8 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 1.1 .235 0.1 0.7 .091 0.2 0.3 .750

Season 3
Donovan Mitchell Aaron Nesmith
Season 2019-202022-23
Team Utah JazzIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+4+9.4+13.9+0.7+0.6+3.0+0.2+0.3-1.7-0.7+5.2+11.3+.022+0.9+2.6+2.4+2.8+.025
Aaron Nesmith 73 24.9 10.1 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.0 3.2 3.5 8.1 .427 1.6 4.3 .366 1.6 1.9 .838
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
Aaron Nesmith DNP------ --- ----------

Season 4
Donovan Mitchell Aaron Nesmith
Season 2020-212023-24
Team Utah JazzIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisPacers Lost East Conf Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+19+5.7+14.2+0.6+0.6+3.7+0.1+0.4-1.9-1.1+4.6+11.8+.058+1.5+4.1+.033+3.5+4.1+.064
Aaron Nesmith 72 27.7 12.2 0.9 2.9 3.8 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.9 3.3 4.4 8.8 .496 1.9 4.6 .419 1.5 1.9 .781
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+7+1.7+21.8+0.8+0.1+0.7+3.3+0.5+0.3-1.4-1.9+6.9+15.2+.014+3.7+6.9+.157+4.3+5.4+.090
Aaron Nesmith 17 32.9 10.5 1.1 3.8 4.9 2.2 0.6 0.5 1.4 3.9 3.6 8.3 .433 1.3 4.6 .278 2.0 2.2 .919

Season 5
Donovan Mitchell Aaron Nesmith
Season 2021-222024-25
Team Utah JazzIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdPacers Lost NBA Finals
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+22+8.8+13.9+0.3+0.2+4.1+0.7+0.2-2.2-0.1+4.9+12.1+.059+1.6+5.5+.076+2.4+2.9+.060
Aaron Nesmith 45 25.0 12.0 0.8 3.1 4.0 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.8 2.5 4.3 8.4 .507 1.9 4.3 .431 1.6 1.8 .913
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+17+9.9+12.8+0.2+1.2+1.4+4.6+0.2+0.3-1.7-1.8+4.5+13.0+.074+0.9+2.7+.284+4.9+5.4+.020
Aaron Nesmith 23 28.3 12.7 1.2 4.5 5.7 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 4.1 4.3 9.2 .472 2.6 5.3 .492 1.3 1.6 .861

Additional Years

* Donovan Mitchell played 3 seasons more than Aaron Nesmith in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 6 to 8, from 2023 to 2025—Donovan Mitchell played in 3 Playoffs.

In those 3 extra years over Aaron Nesmith, Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 3 All-Star Game
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