Donovan Mitchell vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder 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, 4 less than Dennis Schroder, who played 12. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Dennis Schroder had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Dennis Schroder 12 9 2013-14 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2017-182013-14
Team Utah JazzAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisHawks 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:+30+20.3+16.8+0.6+2.0+2.5+1.8+1.2+0.3-1.5-1.6+6.0+13.4+.054+2.2+6.1+.102+2.4+2.9+.131
Dennis Schroder 49 13.1 3.7 0.1 1.1 1.2 1.9 0.3 0.0 1.2 1.1 1.5 3.8 .383 0.2 0.9 .238 0.6 0.9 .674
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:+9+33.9+21.9+0.8+4.1+4.9+4.2+1.5+0.4-2.9-2.7+8.3+21.1+.580+1.8+6.8+.687+3.5+3.9
Dennis Schroder 2 3.5 2.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 2

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2018-192014-15
Team Utah JazzAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdHawks Lost East Conf 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:+14.0+13.8+0.4+1.5+2.0+0.1+0.8+0.3-0.9-1.1+4.9+11.3+.005+1.7+4.8+.011+2.2+2.8+.021
Dennis Schroder 77 19.7 10.0 0.4 1.8 2.1 4.1 0.6 0.1 1.9 1.6 3.7 8.6 .427 0.7 1.9 .351 1.9 2.3 .827
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:+11+20.5+12.4+1.1+2.1+3.2+0.7+1.0+0.2-2.5-1.2+3.7+13.3+.065+1.7+6.5+.021+3.3+4.8+.130
Dennis Schroder 16 18.1 9.0 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.9 0.6 0.0 1.7 1.8 3.5 9.1 .386 0.5 2.1 .235 1.5 1.8 .857

Season 3

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2019-202015-16
Team Utah JazzAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdHawks Lost East Conf Semis
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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:+11+14.0+13.0+0.5+1.4+1.8+0.1+0.1+0.1-0.4-0.8+4.6+9.6+.028+1.5+3.9+.044+2.2+2.4+.072
Dennis Schroder 80 20.3 11.0 0.3 2.2 2.6 4.4 0.9 0.1 2.3 1.7 4.1 9.8 .421 1.0 3.0 .322 1.8 2.3 .791
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
difference:+3+18.6+24.6+0.3+2.8+3.1+1.3+0.6+0.2-2.0-0.8+7.2+12.0+.077+3.5+5.6+.173+6.8+7.0+.102
Dennis Schroder 10 19.1 11.7 0.6 1.3 1.9 3.6 0.4 0.1 2.1 2.4 4.7 10.4 .452 1.2 3.5 .343 1.1 1.3 .846

Season 4

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2020-212016-17
Team Utah JazzAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisHawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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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:+26+1.9+8.5+0.4+0.9+1.3+1.1+0.1+0.1-0.5-0.3+2.1+5.2+.013+2.1+5.0+.046+2.2+2.8+.010
Dennis Schroder 79 31.5 17.9 0.5 2.6 3.1 6.3 0.9 0.2 3.3 1.9 6.9 15.4 .451 1.3 3.7 .340 2.8 3.2 .855
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:+4+0.6+7.6+0.4+2.2+1.9+2.2+0.1+0.2-1.1-1.2+2.2+5.2+.008+2.2+4.8+.010+1.1+1.4+.009
Dennis Schroder 6 35.2 24.7 0.7 1.7 2.3 7.7 1.0 0.0 1.7 3.2 8.3 18.3 .455 2.8 6.7 .425 5.2 6.2 .838

Season 5

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2021-222017-18
Team Utah JazzAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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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:+2.8+6.5+0.1+1.0+1.1+0.9+0.4+0.1-0.3-0.2+1.7+3.4+.012+2.4+5.9+.065+0.6+0.7+.004
Dennis Schroder 67 31.0 19.4 0.7 2.4 3.1 6.2 1.1 0.1 2.7 2.2 7.5 17.1 .436 1.1 3.9 .290 3.4 4.0 .849
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
Dennis Schroder DNP------ --- ----------

Season 6

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2022-232018-19
Team Cleveland CavaliersOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st RdThunder 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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+11+6.5+12.8+0.4+0.2+0.7+0.3+0.7+0.2-0.4-0.1+4.2+6.6+.070+2.0+4.7+.045+2.3+2.5+.048
Dennis Schroder 79 29.3 15.5 0.5 3.1 3.6 4.1 0.8 0.2 2.2 2.4 5.8 14.0 .414 1.6 4.6 .341 2.4 2.9 .819
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+11.2+9.4+0.2+1.6+1.8+3.8+1.2+0.6-2.6-0.6+4.0+9.8+.022+1.4+5.0+.011
Dennis Schroder 5 30.2 13.8 0.4 2.8 3.2 3.4 0.8 0.0 1.2 2.2 5.0 11.0 .455 1.2 4.0 .300 2.6 3.6 .722

Season 7

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2023-242019-20
Team Cleveland CavaliersOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf SemisThunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+10+4.5+7.7+0.5+1.0+1.5+2.1+1.1+0.3-0.2-0.1+2.1+5.0+.007+1.4+4.0+.017+2.0+2.2+.026
Dennis Schroder 65 30.8 18.9 0.3 3.3 3.6 4.0 0.7 0.2 2.6 2.2 7.0 14.8 .469 1.9 5.0 .385 3.0 3.6 .839
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+3+5.8+12.3+0.3+1.4+1.7+1.1+0.7+0.2-0.4-0.8+4.4+6.9+.072+1.0+1.8+.065+2.4+2.9+.015
Dennis Schroder 7 32.4 17.3 0.3 3.4 3.7 3.6 0.6 0.1 2.4 2.1 6.3 15.6 .404 1.9 6.4 .289 2.9 3.6 .800

Season 8

Donovan Mitchell Dennis Schroder
Season 2024-252020-21
Team Cleveland CavaliersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf SemisLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+10+0.7+8.6+0.3+0.7+1.0+0.8+0.2-0.6-0.6+2.8+6.1+.006+2.1+5.4+.033+0.8+1.1+.025
Dennis Schroder 61 32.1 15.4 0.5 3.0 3.5 5.8 1.1 0.2 2.7 2.6 5.4 12.5 .437 1.2 3.5 .335 3.4 4.0 .848
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+3+0.7+15.3+1.0+0.6+1.7+1.1+0.9+0.1-0.2-0.2+4.9+9.9+.043+1.8+5.0+.025+3.6+5.6+.104
Dennis Schroder 6 32.7 14.3 0.2 2.8 3.0 2.8 1.0 0.2 1.7 2.2 4.7 11.7 .400 1.3 4.3 .308 3.7 4.3 .846

Additional Years

* Dennis Schroder played 4 seasons more than Donovan Mitchell in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 12, from 2022 to 2025—Dennis Schroder played in two Playoffs.