Donovan Mitchell vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson 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, 2 less than Lance Stephenson, who played 10. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Lance Stephenson
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+67	+23.8	+17.4	+0.6	+1.7	+2.2	+1.9	+1.2	+0.3	-1.4	-1.5	+6.4	+13.9	+.104	+2.4	+6.6	+.340	+2.1	+2.6	+.019
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786
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
Lance Stephenson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Lance Stephenson
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

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:	+9	+5.1	+15.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.4			-1.3	-0.4	+5.2	+11.7	+.011	+1.7	+4.5	+.036	+3.0	+3.2	+.211
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652
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
difference:	+12	+2.3	+26.9	+0.2	+2.7	+2.6	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2	-2.2	-0.9	+8.3	+13.5	+.121	+3.8	+5.7	+.235	+6.7	+6.4	+.326
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Lance Stephenson
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

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:	+25	+1.9	+12.6	+0.3	+2.4	+2.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-0.3	+3.5	+9.4	+.053	+2.3	+5.6	+.034	+3.2	+3.5	+.134
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711
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
difference:	+9	+2.5	+18.7	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+1.3	+0.3		-0.4	-0.9	+5.2	+11.9	+.008	+3.7	+8.0	+.077	+4.5	+5.0	+.115
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Lance Stephenson
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+6	+8.0	+17.7	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+1.4	+0.9	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+5.8	+11.5	+.072	+3.2	+8.1	+.184	+2.9	+2.9	+.226
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627
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
Lance Stephenson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Lance Stephenson
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+1	+15.9	+20.0	+0.3	+0.6	+1.1	+2.5	+0.9	+0.3	-1.2	-0.5	+6.7	+13.7	+.003	+3.2	+8.2	+.001	+3.4	+3.8	+.083
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784
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:	+1	+17.6	+10.2	+0.3	+3.1	+3.5	+5.4	+1.7	+0.6	-3.0	-0.3	+3.2	+9.8	+.090	+2.1	+7.7	+.111	+1.6	+2.3	+.078
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Lance Stephenson
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+37	+15.2	+19.8	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+2.8	+1.5	+0.3	-1.4	-0.3	+6.1	+13.1	+.012	+3.0	+7.9	+.068	+4.6	+5.1	+.250
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615
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:	+6	+11.4	+13.6	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+1.9	+0.8	+0.3	-1.8	-0.1	+3.9	+9.2	+.033	+1.1	+3.7	+.035	+4.5	+5.5	+.065
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 8
	Donovan Mitchell	Lance Stephenson
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+11	+8.8	+14.8		+0.7	+0.7	+2.1	+0.7		-0.5	-0.2	+4.5	+10.0	+.016	+2.5	+6.1	+.079	+3.2	+3.6	+.162
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661
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	+10.7	+19.2	+0.8	+1.1	+2.0	+1.0	+1.6	+0.2	-0.6	-0.9	+5.3	+12.3	+.019	+2.0	+5.6	+.025	+6.6	+8.6	+.186
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556