Donovan Mitchell vs. Shabazz Napier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shabazz Napier 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, 1 more than Shabazz Napier, who played 6. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Shabazz Napier had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Shabazz Napier
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
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
Shabazz Napier	51	19.8	5.1	0.3	1.9	2.2	2.5	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.5	1.7	4.5	.382	0.8	2.3	.364	0.9	1.1	.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
Shabazz Napier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Shabazz Napier
Season	2019-20	2016-17
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	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
Shabazz Napier	53	9.7	4.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.4	3.5	.399	0.6	1.7	.370	0.7	0.9	.776
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
Shabazz Napier	4	11.8	6.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	4.8	.421	1.3	2.8	.455	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Shabazz Napier
Season	2020-21	2017-18
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
Shabazz Napier	74	20.7	8.7	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.0	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.1	3.0	7.2	.420	1.1	2.9	.376	1.6	1.9	.841
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
Shabazz Napier	2	17.5	5.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	5.5	.455	0.0	2.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Shabazz Napier
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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	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
Shabazz Napier	56	17.6	9.4	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.6	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.2	3.0	7.8	.389	1.4	4.1	.333	2.1	2.5	.833
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
Shabazz Napier	3	9.3	8.0	0.7	1.7	2.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	3.7	.636	1.0	1.7	.600	2.3	2.7	.875

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Shabazz Napier
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Washington Wizards
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
Shabazz Napier	56	24.0	10.3	0.5	2.4	2.8	4.7	1.2	0.2	2.3	1.8	3.4	8.1	.412	1.4	4.3	.317	2.3	2.7	.824
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
Shabazz Napier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Shabazz Napier
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers TBD	-

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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
Shabazz Napier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	8	37.4	29.3	0.8	4.4	5.1	4.5	1.4	0.4	3.4	3.1	10.6	23.0	.462	2.1	7.9	.270	5.9	7.0	.839
Shabazz Napier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-