Donovan Mitchell vs. Loy Vaught Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Loy Vaught 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 4 less than Loy Vaught, who played 11. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Loy Vaught had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Donovan Mitchell	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24
Loy Vaught	11	5	1990-91 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Loy Vaught	73	16.1	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.9	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.662

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
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	2018-19	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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	77	33.7	23.8	0.8	3.3	4.1	4.2	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.7	8.6	19.9	.432	2.4	6.7	.362	4.1	5.1	.806
Loy Vaught	79	21.4	7.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.1	3.4	7.0	.492	0.1	0.1	.800	0.7	0.9	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	5	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.6	5.0	3.2	1.6	0.2	4.2	3.0	7.2	22.4	.321	2.2	8.6	.256	4.8	6.6	.727
Loy Vaught	5	7.2	3.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.2	.636	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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	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
Loy Vaught	79	20.9	9.4	2.1	4.2	6.2	0.7	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.0	7.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	2.0	.748

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
Loy Vaught	3	16.7	5.3	1.3	4.7	6.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Loy Vaught	75	28.2	11.7	2.9	5.8	8.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.9	5.0	9.3	.537	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.4	.720

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
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	2021-22	1994-95
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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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
Loy Vaught	80	37.1	17.5	3.3	6.4	9.7	1.7	1.3	0.4	2.1	3.0	7.6	14.8	.514	0.1	0.4	.212	2.2	3.1	.710

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
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Loy Vaught	80	37.1	16.2	2.6	7.6	10.1	1.4	1.1	0.5	2.0	3.0	7.1	13.6	.525	0.1	0.2	.368	1.9	2.6	.727

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
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers 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	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
Loy Vaught	82	34.6	14.9	2.7	7.3	10.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.9	6.6	13.2	.500	0.0	0.1	.167	1.6	2.3	.702

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
Loy Vaught	3	29.7	15.0	1.7	7.3	9.0	0.7	1.0	0.7	2.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	.613	0.3	1.0	.333	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 8
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	10	26.5	7.5	1.6	4.9	6.5	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.3	3.6	8.4	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.8	.375

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	37	13.0	3.4	1.0	3.0	3.9	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.2	.381	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	2	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	43	6.8	1.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	2	8.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Donovan Mitchell	Loy Vaught
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	51	10.8	3.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.6	3.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Donovan Mitchell vs. Loy Vaught Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Loy Vaught 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11