Jaime Jaquez Jr. vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Jaime Jaquez Jr., 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.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. played 3 years in the NBA, 6 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 9. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	75	28.2	11.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	4.5	9.3	.489	0.9	2.7	.322	1.9	2.3	.811
difference:	+4	+5.2	+8.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	+1.1	+0.5		-1.2	-0.5	+3.0	+7.9	+.052	+1.5	+4.3	+.018	+1.1	+1.5	+.006
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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	4	30.8	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.3	13.0	.404	0.8	3.3	.231	1.5	1.8	.857
difference:	+7	+6.6	+11.6	+0.3	+2.3	+2.6	+1.2	+0.7	+0.1	-1.1	-1.7	+4.0	+9.1	+.016	+1.5	+4.0	+.082	+2.0	+2.1	+.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 3
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	16	30.2	16.4	1.4	5.3	6.8	5.4	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	12.7	.512	0.4	1.8	.207	3.0	3.8	.787
difference:	+53	+4.1	+7.6	+0.6	+1.7	+2.4	+1.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+2.2	+6.7	+.063	+2.1	+5.1	+.159	+1.0	+0.9	+.076
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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Donovan Mitchell played 6 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 9, from 2021 to 2026—Donovan Mitchell played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game