Grayson Allen vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Grayson Allen, 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.

Grayson Allen played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 8. Grayson Allen had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Donovan Mitchell had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Grayson Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Grayson Allen	38	10.9	5.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.8	4.7	.376	0.8	2.6	.323	1.2	1.6	.750
difference:	+41	+22.5	+14.9	+0.6	+2.6	+3.1	+3.0	+1.3	+0.1	-1.8	-1.5	+5.7	+12.5	+.061	+1.6	+4.4	+.017	+1.8	+2.2	+.055
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	2	7.0	4.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	3.5	.714
difference:	+9	+30.4	+19.9	+0.8	+4.6	+5.4	+4.2	+1.5	+0.4	-2.9	-3.2	+8.3	+18.6	+.134	+2.3	+5.8	+.313	+1.0	+0.4	+.193
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

Season 3
	Grayson Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Grayson Allen	50	25.2	10.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.4	3.5	8.3	.418	2.1	5.5	.391	1.6	1.8	.868
difference:	+19	+9.1	+13.4	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+2.1	+0.1		-1.7	-1.1	+5.2	+11.1	+.031	+0.4	+1.4	+.025	+2.4	+2.9	+.005
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	5	23.2	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	2.6	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	0.0	0.2	.000
difference:	+2	+14.5	+29.9	+0.3	+2.1	+2.4	+4.7	+0.6	+0.1	-3.9	-1.0	+9.5	+15.8	+.165	+3.1	+4.9	+.135	+7.9	+8.1	+.948
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

Season 4
	Grayson Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Grayson Allen	66	27.3	11.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.5	3.9	8.6	.448	2.4	5.9	.409	1.0	1.1	.865
difference:	+13	+6.1	+15.3	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+3.7	+0.3		-2.1	-0.7	+5.1	+12.0	+.010	+1.0	+2.8	+.023	+4.0	+4.9	+.020
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	12	25.4	8.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.8	3.1	6.8	.451	1.6	4.0	.396	0.6	0.9	.636
difference:	+2	+9.2	+24.0	+0.1	+1.4	+1.3	+4.2	+0.4	+0.1	-2.0	-0.2	+7.4	+16.7	+.004	+3.4	+7.5	+.039	+5.7	+6.7	+.193
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

Season 5
	Grayson Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Grayson Allen	72	27.4	10.4	0.8	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.6	3.4	7.7	.440	2.0	5.1	.399	1.6	1.8	.905
difference:	+5	+6.4	+15.5		+1.0	+0.9	+3.0	+0.6		-2.0	-0.8	+5.8	+12.8	+.008	+1.5	+4.7	+.044	+2.4	+2.9	+.052
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	5	29.8	11.6	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.463	2.8	5.8	.483	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+1	+8.4	+13.9	+0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+3.9	+0.3	+0.5	-1.9	-0.9	+5.0	+14.0	+.065	+1.1	+2.2	+.275	+5.0	+5.6	+.024
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

Season 6
	Grayson Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Grayson Allen	75	33.5	13.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	3.0	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.5	9.1	.499	2.7	5.9	.461	1.7	2.0	.878
difference:	+7	+2.3	+14.8	+0.3		+0.4	+1.4	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+5.5	+11.5	+.015	+0.9	+3.4	+.075	+3.0	+3.4	+.011
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	2	21.5	3.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	2.5	.200	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+3	+19.9	+19.7	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+6.2	+1.5	+0.6	-2.3	-0.8	+8.5	+18.3	+.233	+2.1	+6.5	+.089	+0.6	+1.6	+.278
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

Season 7
	Grayson Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Grayson Allen	64	24.1	10.6	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.4	7.6	.448	2.3	5.5	.426	1.5	1.8	.816
difference:	+9	+11.2	+16.0	+0.3	+1.8	+2.1	+4.0	+1.0	+0.2	-1.6	-0.6	+5.7	+12.2	+.014	+1.0	+3.5	+.058	+3.5	+4.0	+.049
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Donovan Mitchell played 1 season more than Grayson Allen in the NBA. In that period—his season 8 in 2025—Donovan Mitchell played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Grayson Allen, Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Star Game