Donovan Mitchell vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White 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.

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 and Derrick White both played 9 years in the NBA. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Derrick White 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
	Donovan Mitchell	Derrick White
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+62	+25.2	+17.3	+0.4	+1.9	+2.2	+3.2	+1.3	+0.1	-2.3	-2.2	+6.6	+15.3	+.048	+1.9	+6.2	+.275	+2.2	+2.6	+.105
Derrick White	17	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	.485	0.5	0.8	.615	0.8	1.2	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+8	+31.4	+22.1	+0.8	+5.1	+5.9	+3.9	+1.2	+0.3	-2.9	-3.2	+8.3	+20.1	+.080	+2.0	+6.6	+.187	+3.5	+3.9
Derrick White	3	6.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Derrick White
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+1	+9.6	+12.7	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+0.8	+0.4	+0.7	-1.4	-0.3	+5.0	+11.3	+.009	+1.3	+3.7		+1.4	+1.6	+.010
Derrick White	68	24.7	11.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	3.7	8.1	.458	1.2	3.2	.366	2.6	3.1	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
Derrick White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Derrick White
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+17	+3.8	+11.0	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+1.7	+0.3	+0.7	-1.5	-0.3	+3.8	+8.0	+.027	+1.1	+1.9	+.040	+2.3	+2.8	+.006
Derrick White	36	29.6	15.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.5	5.2	12.6	.411	2.3	6.8	.346	2.7	3.2	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
Derrick White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Derrick White
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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:	+8	+4.5	+12.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	+0.6	-1.4	-0.1	+4.7	+9.8	+.027	+2.0	+4.9	+.043	+1.3	+1.6	+.011
Derrick White	75	29.3	13.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.5	10.7	.421	1.5	4.9	.312	2.7	3.1	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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	+12.8	+17.0	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+3.0	+0.2	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+6.0	+14.5	+.034	+0.6	+4.4	+.105	+4.4	+4.8	+.057
Derrick White	23	25.4	8.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	2.8	7.7	.364	1.1	3.6	.313	1.8	2.2	.824

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Derrick White
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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:	+14	+7.5	+15.9	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.5	+0.8	+0.5	-1.4	-0.3	+5.7	+11.4	+.022	+1.8	+4.5	+.005	+2.7	+3.1	+.008
Derrick White	82	28.3	12.4	0.6	2.9	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.2	4.3	9.2	.462	1.8	4.8	.381	2.0	2.3	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+15	+11.7	+9.8	+0.1	+2.1	+2.0	+5.1	+1.4	+0.4	-2.9	-0.9	+4.3	+11.6	+.072	+0.1	+3.5	+.166	+1.0	+1.9	+.190
Derrick White	20	29.7	13.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	1.9	4.7	9.2	.505	2.5	5.5	.455	1.6	1.7	.912

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Derrick White
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
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:	+18	+2.7	+11.4	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+0.9	+0.8	+0.7	-1.3		+3.8	+8.3	+.001	+0.6	+2.2	+.028	+3.1	+3.7	+.036
Derrick White	73	32.6	15.2	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.3	11.5	.461	2.7	6.8	.396	1.9	2.1	.901
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+9	+2.6	+12.9	+0.4	+1.5	+1.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	-2.0	-0.6	+5.0	+9.8	+.024	+0.5	+0.3	+.050	+3.5	+4.5	+.106
Derrick White	19	35.6	16.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	4.1	0.9	1.2	0.8	2.3	5.7	12.7	.452	3.4	8.5	.404	1.8	2.0	.921

Season 8
	Donovan Mitchell	Derrick White
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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:	+5	+2.5	+7.6	+0.1	+0.1		+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	-0.4	-0.2	+2.6	+6.0	+.001	+0.2	+0.2	+.016	+2.4	+3.0	+.016
Derrick White	76	33.9	16.4	0.9	3.6	4.5	4.8	0.9	1.1	1.7	1.8	5.6	12.6	.442	3.5	9.1	.384	1.8	2.1	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+2	+5.7	+10.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	+1.3	+0.8	-0.7		+3.4	+8.2	+.020	+0.5	+0.2	+.052	+4.5	+6.6	+.119
Derrick White	11	37.7	18.8	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.5	0.6	1.1	1.2	2.0	6.2	13.4	.463	3.6	9.5	.385	2.8	3.3	.861