Henry Bibby vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Henry Bibby, 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.

Henry Bibby played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Henry Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, 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 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
	Henry Bibby	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1972-73	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
Henry Bibby	55	8.6	4.2	-	-	1.5	1.2	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	3.7	.380	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.849
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		%
Henry Bibby	6	7.2	3.3	-	-	0.3	0.5	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	3.0	.444	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.500
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
	Henry Bibby	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1974-75	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Henry Bibby	75	18.7	9.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.4	0.7	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	8.3	.436	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.725
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		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Henry Bibby	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1975-76	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Henry Bibby	79	22.4	9.3	0.7	1.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.0	-	2.1	3.4	7.9	.428	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.797
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		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Henry Bibby	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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		%
Henry Bibby	81	32.6	10.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	1.3	0.1	-	2.5	3.7	8.7	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.784
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		%
Henry Bibby	19	36.4	11.1	1.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	1.3	0.1	-	3.1	4.4	10.4	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.763
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
	Henry Bibby	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Henry Bibby	82	30.7	9.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.5	8.0	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.781
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		%
Henry Bibby	10	28.9	8.6	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.8	1.2	0.0	2.2	2.5	3.3	8.2	.402	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	.909
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
	Henry Bibby	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1978-79	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Henry Bibby	82	31.0	12.2	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.5	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.4	4.5	10.6	.423	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.794
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		%
Henry Bibby	9	25.7	8.0	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.7	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.9	2.9	7.4	.388	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
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