Donovan Mitchell vs. Norman Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norman Powell 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 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Norman Powell, who played 11. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Norman Powell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	Norman Powell
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+30	+18.6	+14.9	+0.4	+1.2	+1.4	+2.7	+0.9	+0.1	-2.0	-1.5	+5.5	+12.5	+.013	+1.7	+5.2	+.064	+2.1	+2.7	+.006
Norman Powell	49	14.8	5.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.7	.424	0.7	1.8	.404	0.9	1.1	.811
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
difference:	+7	+26.0	+20.6	+0.6	+3.8	+4.4	+3.9	+0.8	+0.3	-2.6	-2.2	+7.8	+18.2	+.034	+1.9	+5.9	+.044	+3.1	+3.5	+.032
Norman Powell	18	11.4	3.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.9	.386	0.4	1.4	.269	0.4	0.4	.875

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Norman Powell
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+19.1	+18.5	+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+3.0	+0.5		-1.8	-0.9	+6.6	+14.1	+.048	+1.7	+4.2	+.081	+3.5	+4.1	+.042
Norman Powell	70	15.2	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.8	2.7	.285	0.5	0.6	.821
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:	+1	+31.0	+34.3	+0.9	+3.8	+4.7	+4.6	+1.0	+0.3	-3.9	-0.9	+11.2	+20.1	+.243	+4.5	+7.9	+.373	+7.4	+7.6	+.198
Norman Powell	6	6.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.2	1.2	.143	0.5	0.7	.750

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Norman Powell
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+7	+14.6	+17.8	+0.6	+1.4	+2.1	+3.7	+0.3	+0.1	-1.7	-0.6	+5.8	+13.9	+.045	+2.3	+5.9	+.014	+4.0	+4.7	+.018
Norman Powell	60	18.8	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	6.7	.483	1.1	2.8	.400	1.0	1.3	.827
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:	+13	+18.7	+25.8	+0.1	+1.9	+2.0	+4.4	+0.7	+0.2	-2.3	-0.7	+8.1	+18.0	+.003	+4.0	+8.8	+.048	+5.7	+6.8	+.092
Norman Powell	23	15.9	6.5	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.5	.444	1.0	2.7	.387	0.6	0.8	.737

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Norman Powell
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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:	+15	+5.4	+9.9	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+3.5	+0.3	+0.2	-1.5	-0.3	+3.5	+9.0	+.047	+1.4	+4.5	+.044	+1.5	+1.8	+.010
Norman Powell	52	28.4	16.0	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.7	11.5	.495	2.1	5.3	.399	2.5	2.9	.843
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:	+5	+13.4	+12.1	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+4.7	+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-0.3	+4.2	+12.7	+.092	+0.3	+3.3	+.215	+4.1	+4.4	+.088
Norman Powell	11	24.8	13.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.6	9.5	.490	2.0	4.7	.423	2.1	2.6	.793

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Norman Powell
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+3.8	+9.7	+0.3	+0.8	+1.2	+2.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+3.7	+7.3	+.007	+1.1	+3.3	+.025	+1.3	+1.5	+.004
Norman Powell	69	32.0	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	13.3	.477	2.5	6.0	.411	3.4	3.9	.871
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	+5.4	+6.2	+0.1	+2.7	+2.8	+5.2	+1.2	+0.4	-2.6		+2.7	+8.1	+.067	+0.9	+4.7	+.096	+0.1	+0.6	+.167
Norman Powell	6	36.0	17.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.8	6.3	12.7	.500	1.7	4.3	.385	2.7	3.0	.889

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Norman Powell
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+2.9	+7.6	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+4.0	+0.9		-1.3	-0.3	+2.9	+6.4	+.001	+0.9	+3.4	+.051	+0.8	+0.6	+.054
Norman Powell	45	32.4	19.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.2	13.4	.461	2.4	5.6	.419	4.2	5.2	.811
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
Norman Powell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Donovan Mitchell	Norman Powell
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers 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:	+11	+5.3	+7.0	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+3.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+2.5	+6.8	+.036	+1.4	+4.1	+.029	+0.4	+0.5	+.011
Norman Powell	60	26.1	17.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.8	.397	3.8	4.6	.812
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	+1.4	+7.8	+0.4	+1.2	+1.7	+1.7	+1.1	+0.1	-0.3	-1.2	+2.4	+6.4	+.031	+0.5	+2.9	+.073	+2.5	+3.7	+.032
Norman Powell	5	33.4	21.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.2	7.2	15.2	.474	2.6	6.4	.406	4.8	6.2	.774