Donovan Mitchell vs. Jerome Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerome Williams 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 played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jerome Williams, who played 9. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jerome Williams had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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	Jerome Williams
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East 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	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
Jerome Williams	33	5.4	1.5	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.5	.392	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.529
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
Jerome Williams	1	5.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Jerome Williams
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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	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
Jerome Williams	50	23.1	7.1	3.2	3.8	7.0	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.8	2.2	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.2	.673
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
Jerome Williams	5	24.8	6.2	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.4	5.4	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Jerome Williams
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East 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
Jerome Williams	82	25.6	8.4	3.4	6.2	9.6	0.8	1.2	0.3	1.3	2.4	3.1	5.6	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.5	.616
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
Jerome Williams	3	24.3	5.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	2.3	4.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	2.7	.125

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Jerome Williams
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East 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
Jerome Williams	59	20.0	6.3	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.3	5.0	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.741
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
Jerome Williams	11	15.0	3.2	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.5	2.1	1.1	2.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Jerome Williams
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East 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
Jerome Williams	68	24.1	7.6	2.4	3.3	5.7	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.676
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
Jerome Williams	5	28.8	7.2	3.2	3.4	6.6	1.4	1.8	0.2	0.8	3.8	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.667

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Jerome Williams
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers TBD	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
Jerome Williams	71	33.0	9.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	1.3	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.8	3.8	7.5	.499	0.0	0.1	.167	2.2	4.0	.555
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	9	37.7	29.2	0.7	4.7	5.3	4.9	1.2	0.3	3.1	3.0	10.6	22.6	.468	2.4	7.8	.314	5.7	6.9	.823
Jerome Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-