Jack Haley vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Jack Haley, 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.

Jack Haley played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Jack Haley had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
	Jack Haley	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jack Haley	51	5.7	2.2	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.1	0.7	1.5	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.783
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		%
Jack Haley	5	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.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
	Jack Haley	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Jack Haley	78	15.1	5.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.6	2.1	4.4	.469	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.619
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		%
Jack Haley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jack Haley	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jack Haley	49	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.5	0.6	1.7	.369	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.483
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		%
Jack Haley	2	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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

Note: Jack Haley didn't play in 1992-93.

Season 5
	Jack Haley	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jack Haley	28	3.4	2.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.7	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.810
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		%
Jack Haley	3	3.7	4.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833
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
	Jack Haley	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Jack Haley	31	3.8	2.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.0	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.656
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		%
Jack Haley	4	3.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.8	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
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
	Jack Haley	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Jack Haley	1	7.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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		%
Jack Haley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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