Donovan Mitchell vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Lamar Odom
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+3.0	+3.9	+1.4	+2.6	+4.1	+0.5	+0.3	+1.0	-0.7	-1.1	+1.6	+3.7	+.001	+1.6	+4.8	+.020	+1.0	+1.7	+.086
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Lamar Odom
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+40	+0.1	+10.9	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7	+1.6	+0.2	+1.0	-0.6	-0.6	+3.5	+7.0	+.030	+1.9	+4.0	+.176	+1.9	+1.5	+.207
Lamar Odom	29	34.4	13.1	1.1	5.0	6.1	5.9	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	0.6	2.9	.190	2.1	3.2	.656
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Lamar Odom
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+4	+0.9	+11.8	+0.3	+1.9	+2.3	+1.6	+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-1.5	+3.5	+8.1	+.001	+2.5	+6.1	+.060	+2.2	+2.4	+.068
Lamar Odom	49	34.3	14.6	1.2	5.4	6.7	3.6	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.7	5.5	12.5	.439	0.9	2.6	.326	2.8	3.6	.777
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Lamar Odom
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+3.7	+8.8	+1.2	+4.3	+5.5	+1.2	+0.4	+0.7		-1.0	+3.1	+6.4	+.018	+2.7	+7.2	+.057	+0.3	+1.0	+.111
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742
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:	+7	+1.0	+8.7	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0	+2.9	+0.5	+0.3	-0.5	-2.2	+2.6	+8.2	+.047	+1.1	+6.0	+.100	+2.4	+1.5	+.200
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Lamar Odom
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+4	+0.5	+13.1	+1.2	+4.8	+5.9	+0.7	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-0.8	+4.3	+8.5	+.011	+3.0	+7.5	+.078	+1.5	+0.7	+.172
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Lamar Odom
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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	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:	+25	+5.0	+11.8	+1.5	+2.7	+4.1	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	-0.1	-1.1	+3.5	+8.2	+.019	+2.3	+6.3	+.004	+2.3	+1.9	+.175
Lamar Odom	80	40.3	14.8	2.3	7.0	9.2	5.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	5.6	11.6	.481	1.0	2.7	.372	2.7	3.9	.690
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:	+3	+6.7	+10.5	+1.5	+4.1	+5.6	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	-0.5	-0.4	+3.7	+8.4	+.019	+2.0	+3.9	+.154	+1.0	+0.1	+.148
Lamar Odom	7	44.9	19.1	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.9	0.4	1.1	3.3	3.3	7.0	14.1	.495	0.9	4.3	.200	4.3	6.4	.667

Season 8
	Donovan Mitchell	Lamar Odom
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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	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:	+15	+7.9	+8.1	+1.0	+4.2	+5.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-1.3	+2.5	+6.4	+.025	+2.3	+5.6	+.071	+0.7		+.123
Lamar Odom	56	39.3	15.9	1.8	7.9	9.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.3	5.7	12.2	.468	1.0	3.3	.297	3.5	5.1	.700
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:	+4	+6.4	+10.2	+2.8	+5.6	+8.3	+1.7	+1.5	+0.9	-0.1	-1.4	+1.4	+4.6	+.039	+2.5	+7.1	+.060	+4.9	+5.1	+.242
Lamar Odom	5	38.4	19.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	8.2	17.0	.482	0.6	2.2	.273	2.4	4.8	.500

Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 6 seasons more than Donovan Mitchell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2008 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Donovan Mitchell, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year