Donovan Mitchell vs. Ruben Patterson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ruben Patterson 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, 3 less than Ruben Patterson, who played 10. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Ruben Patterson had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Ruben Patterson
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West 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	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
Ruben Patterson	24	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	.412	0.0	0.3	.167	0.9	1.3	.710
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
Ruben Patterson	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Ruben Patterson
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
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	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
Ruben Patterson	76	27.1	13.0	2.4	2.6	5.0	2.1	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.9	9.9	.494	0.0	0.5	.056	3.2	4.8	.681
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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Ruben Patterson
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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	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
Ruben Patterson	75	23.5	11.2	2.1	1.9	4.0	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.3	8.3	.515	0.1	0.5	.250	2.6	3.7	.701
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
Ruben Patterson	3	22.0	5.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.7	5.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Ruben Patterson
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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	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
Ruben Patterson	78	21.2	8.3	1.5	1.8	3.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	3.3	6.6	.492	0.0	0.3	.150	1.8	2.8	.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
Ruben Patterson	7	22.1	10.0	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.6	7.4	.481	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	4.1	.690

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Ruben Patterson
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Ruben Patterson	73	22.6	6.9	1.8	1.9	3.7	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.1	2.7	5.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.6	.553
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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Ruben Patterson
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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	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
Ruben Patterson	70	28.0	11.6	1.8	2.1	3.9	2.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.6	8.6	.531	0.0	0.4	.080	2.4	4.0	.599
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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-