Donovan Mitchell vs. Howard Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Howard Porter 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 Howard Porter both played 7 years in the NBA. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Howard Porter had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Donovan Mitchell	Howard Porter
Season	2017-18	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Howard Porter	67	10.9	6.0	-	-	2.7	0.4	-	-	-	1.3	2.6	6.0	.424	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.766
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
Howard Porter	4	7.8	4.8	-	-	2.8	0.8	-	-	-	0.8	2.3	5.3	.429	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Howard Porter
Season	2019-20	1973-74
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Howard Porter	73	16.8	9.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.4	0.3	0.5	-	1.6	4.1	9.0	.450	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.800
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
Howard Porter	11	13.6	5.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	-	1.4	2.5	8.0	.307	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Howard Porter
Season	2020-21	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Howard Porter	58	20.1	8.1	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	-	1.6	3.5	7.1	.488	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.835
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
Howard Porter	3	30.7	17.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.0	1.7	0.3	-	1.7	7.7	14.0	.548	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Howard Porter
Season	2021-22	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Howard Porter	75	19.8	8.9	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.3	0.4	0.5	-	1.8	4.0	8.5	.469	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.753
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
Howard Porter	9	23.7	13.0	2.4	2.2	4.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	-	2.7	5.7	10.8	.526	-	-	-	1.7	1.9	.882

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Howard Porter
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Howard Porter	78	28.2	13.2	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.7	0.6	0.9	-	2.6	6.0	12.3	.483	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.858
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
Howard Porter	3	32.7	20.0	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	-	2.3	9.7	15.7	.617	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.500

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Howard Porter
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Howard Porter	63	21.0	11.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.1	4.9	10.1	.487	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800
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
Howard Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-