Kawhi Leonard vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Kawhi Leonard, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Kawhi Leonard played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 9. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
Kawhi Leonard	14	12	2011-12 to 2025-26
Donovan Mitchell	9	8	2017-18 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
difference:	+15	+9.4	+12.6	+0.9	+0.4	+1.4	+2.6	+0.2	+0.1	-2.0	-1.3	+4.4	+10.9	+.056	+1.8	+5.3	+.036	+1.9	+2.4	+.032
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
difference:	+3	+10.3	+15.8	+0.5	+0.5		+3.6	+0.3		-2.0	-1.6	+6.1	+15.7	+.080	+1.0	+4.4	+.137	+2.6	+2.8	+.094
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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825
difference:	+19	+2.5	+11.9	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+2.6	+0.3	+0.2	-1.7	-1.0	+4.1	+10.8	+.062	+1.3	+3.7	+.012	+2.3	+2.9	+.019
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633
difference:	+16	+1.7	+7.9	+1.0	+3.1	+4.0	+2.2	+0.2	+0.3	-3.1	-1.1	+1.7	+12.4	+.224	+1.1	+5.8	+.134	+3.3	+4.3	+.094
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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
difference:	+3	+5.2	+11.2	+0.4	+1.5	+1.8	+2.3	+0.7	+0.6	-1.5	-0.6	+3.6	+9.6	+.073	+1.5	+4.1	+.013	+2.5	+2.8	+.061
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
difference:	+16	+5.7	+22.0	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+3.2	+0.7	+0.3	-2.8	-1.3	+6.6	+12.0	+.019	+3.4	+5.9	+.097	+5.6	+5.2	+.212
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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
difference:	+11	+1.6	+9.9	+0.4	+2.4	+2.8	+2.7	+1.3	+0.5	-1.3	-0.2	+2.8	+7.8	+.041	+2.4	+5.7	+.037	+1.8	+2.1	+.043
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771
difference:	+3	+1.1	+12.0	+1.6	+1.7	+3.2	+2.9		+0.4	-0.7	-0.6	+3.1	+7.9	+.030	+3.4	+7.8	+.012	+2.4	+2.6	+.058
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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874
difference:	+5	+0.7	+4.7	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+2.7	+0.3	+0.8	-1.5	-0.6	+1.5	+5.4	+.058	+1.7	+5.8	+.088	+0.1	+0.1	+.021
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824
difference:	+4	+4.3	+3.0	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+2.9	+1.9	+0.9	-1.1	-0.2	+0.5	+5.6	+.102		+4.1	+.228	+2.0	+1.9	+.057
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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880
difference:	+6	+2.4	+2.8	+0.2	+1.4	+1.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.3	-0.5	-0.9	+1.4	+2.9	+.001	+1.6	+4.1	+.006	+1.6	+1.8	+.013
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931
difference:	+7	+5.6	+4.5	+1.0	+1.8	+2.8	+2.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.6	-1.0	+0.2	+4.0	+.092	+0.5	+4.4	+.166	+5.3	+4.9	+.209
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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816
difference:	+46	+12.0	+10.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+3.8	+0.2	+0.5	-1.0	-1.1	+3.3	+7.5	+.006	+2.1	+5.1	+.054	+1.6	+1.6	+.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		%
Kawhi Leonard	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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854
difference:	+11	+2.6	+2.6	+0.5	+2.3	+2.8	+1.7	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+1.1	+0.2	+.053	+1.4	+3.9	+.003	+1.9	+2.0	+.031
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884
difference:	+15	+7.1	+0.9	+1.1	+3.4	+4.4		+0.2	+0.4	-1.2	-0.3	+0.5	+0.9	+.047	+0.8	+3.3	+.046	+0.7	+0.9	+.142
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
	Kawhi Leonard	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2019-20	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886
difference:	+42	+1.7	+3.2	+0.1	+2.1	+2.3	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.8	-0.4	+1.0	+0.4	+.037	+1.7	+4.6	+.005	+0.3		+.064
Donovan Mitchell	15	34.1	30.3	0.8	4.0	4.8	5.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	2.4	10.3	20.3	.507	3.9	10.3	.383	5.9	7.1	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862
Donovan Mitchell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 5 seasons more than Donovan Mitchell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2021 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Donovan Mitchell, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game

Kawhi Leonard vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Kawhi Leonard, 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