Harrison Barnes vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Harrison Barnes, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Harrison Barnes played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 9. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Harrison Barnes	14	5	2012-13 to 2025-26
Donovan Mitchell	9	8	2017-18 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Harrison Barnes	81	25.4	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.4	7.8	.439	0.6	1.8	.359	1.8	2.3	.758
difference:	+2	+8.0	+11.3		+0.4	+0.4	+2.5	+0.9	+0.1	-1.5	-1.0	+4.1	+9.4	+.002	+1.8	+5.2	+.019	+1.2	+1.5	+.047
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		%
Harrison Barnes	12	38.4	16.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	1.6	4.3	.365	2.5	2.9	.857
difference:	+1	+1.0	+8.3	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+2.9	+0.9		-1.6	-0.4	+3.3	+8.6	+.024	+0.7	+3.0	+.052	+1.0	+1.0	+.050
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 2
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	78	28.3	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	8.7	.399	0.8	2.4	.347	1.7	2.3	.718
difference:	+1	+5.4	+14.3		+0.2	+0.1	+2.7	+0.6	+0.1	-1.7	-0.7	+5.1	+11.2	+.033	+1.6	+4.3	+.015	+2.4	+2.8	+.088
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	7	22.3	7.9	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.9	.396	1.1	3.0	.381	1.3	2.3	.563
difference:	+2	+16.3	+13.5	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+2.1	+1.5	+0.2	-3.5	-1.1	+4.5	+15.5	+.075	+1.1	+5.6	+.125	+3.5	+4.3	+.164
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


Season 3
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Harrison Barnes	82	28.3	10.1	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.9	8.0	.482	1.1	2.6	.405	1.3	1.8	.720
difference:	+13	+6.0	+13.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+2.9	+0.3		-1.8	-0.7	+4.8	+11.4	+.033	+1.4	+4.3	+.039	+2.7	+2.9	+.143
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		%
Harrison Barnes	21	32.4	10.6	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.1	4.2	9.5	.440	1.0	3.0	.355	1.2	1.6	.735
difference:	+14	+5.3	+25.7	+1.2	+1.0	+0.2	+3.4	+0.2	+0.2	-3.1	-0.5	+7.7	+12.9	+.089	+3.7	+6.1	+.161	+6.7	+6.7	+.213
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
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Harrison Barnes	66	30.9	11.7	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.5	9.6	.466	1.2	3.2	.383	1.5	2.0	.761
difference:	+13	+2.5	+14.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+3.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.9	-0.1	+4.5	+11.0	+.028	+2.2	+5.5	+.003	+3.5	+4.0	+.084
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		%
Harrison Barnes	24	31.0	9.0	1.1	3.5	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.9	3.4	8.9	.385	1.1	3.2	.342	1.1	1.4	.765
difference:	+14	+3.6	+23.3	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	+4.2	+0.4		-2.0	-0.1	+7.1	+14.6	+.062	+3.9	+8.3	+.093	+5.2	+6.2	+.064
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
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Harrison Barnes	79	35.5	19.2	1.2	3.8	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	7.6	16.2	.468	1.0	2.8	.351	3.1	3.6	.861
difference:	+12	+1.7	+6.7	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+3.8	+0.7		-1.7	-0.8	+1.6	+4.3	+.020	+2.5	+7.0	+.004	+0.9	+1.1	+.008
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		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	34.2	18.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.2	7.0	15.7	.445	1.5	4.3	.357	3.4	4.1	.827
difference:	+9	+1.6	+9.4	+0.1	+1.8	+1.8	+2.4	+0.9	+0.2	-1.1	-1.3	+3.0	+4.9	+.039	+2.1	+5.0	+.029	+1.3	+1.3	+.040
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		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	32.9	16.4	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.6	13.3	.420	2.3	5.7	.395	3.0	3.6	.824
difference:	+22	+2.4	+10.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+4.6	+1.2	+0.3	-1.5	-0.5	+3.5	+6.5	+.042	+1.0	+3.3	+.027	+2.0	+2.2	+.041
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		%
Harrison Barnes	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


Season 8
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	72	34.5	14.5	1.1	3.9	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.3	5.1	11.0	.460	1.4	3.7	.381	3.0	3.7	.801
difference:	+1	+3.1	+9.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+2.8	+0.7		-0.9	-0.7	+3.1	+7.6	+.017	+1.9	+5.2	+.013	+1.2	+1.4	+.022
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Harrison Barnes	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	58	36.2	16.1	1.1	5.5	6.6	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.3	5.5	11.1	.497	1.7	4.4	.391	3.4	4.1	.830
difference:	+38	+1.9	+14.5	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+2.0	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-1.1	+5.1	+9.8	+.011	+2.4	+6.0		+2.0	+2.4	+.001
Donovan Mitchell	20	34.3	30.6	0.9	4.1	5.0	5.5	1.4	0.3	3.4	2.4	10.6	20.9	.508	4.1	10.4	.391	5.4	6.5	.829

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Donovan Mitchell played in the postseason in their season 9

Additional Years

* Harrison Barnes played 5 seasons more than Donovan Mitchell in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2022 to 2026—Harrison Barnes played in one postseason.

Harrison Barnes vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Harrison Barnes, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years