Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 9. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+32	+20.8	+14.8	+0.5	+1.5	+1.9	+1.8	+1.1	+0.1	-1.6	-1.5	+5.4	+11.5	+.069	+1.4	+4.2	+.006	+2.5	+3.0	+.129
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	65	22.6	10.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.9	10.5	.372	1.6	5.2	.311	1.2	1.7	.743
difference:	+4	+11.7	+13.4	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3	-0.9	+4.8	+8.9	+.077	+0.9	+1.7	+.055	+2.8	+3.0	+.120
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+6	+32.7	+31.3	+0.9	+3.1	+4.0	+3.9		+0.3	-4.1	-1.6	+9.9	+20.4	+.471	+4.7	+9.1		+6.9	+7.3	+.052
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	59	15.0	6.2	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.2	5.0	.444	1.0	2.7	.384	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+6	+18.4	+20.2	+0.6	+2.0	+2.7	+3.4	+0.5	+0.1	-1.9	-0.7	+6.8	+15.6	+.006	+2.4	+6.0	+.002	+4.3	+5.0	+.178
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	5	29.6	8.4	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.0	7.0	.429	2.0	5.0	.400	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:	+5	+5.0	+23.9	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+4.1	+0.5		-2.0	-0.2	+7.5	+16.5	+.018	+3.0	+6.5	+.035	+5.9	+7.0	+.162
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	23.4	8.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.6	.439	1.6	4.1	.391	0.6	0.8	.800
difference:	+15	+10.4	+17.9	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+2.8	+0.7	+0.3	-2.1	-0.7	+6.3	+13.9	+.009	+1.9	+5.7	+.036	+3.4	+3.9	+.053
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	16	23.6	7.3	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.6	7.0	.366	1.5	5.1	.296	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+10	+14.6	+18.2	+0.7	+1.9	+2.5	+3.4	+0.1	+0.1	-1.8	-0.8	+6.2	+15.2	+.032	+0.2	+2.9	+.088	+5.6	+6.4	+.119
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	25.3	9.4	0.7	2.6	3.2	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	3.3	7.5	.438	1.7	4.5	.381	1.1	1.4	.780
difference:	+14	+10.5	+18.9	+0.2	+0.7	+1.1	+1.7	+0.9		-1.4	-0.8	+6.7	+13.1	+.046	+1.9	+4.8	+.005	+3.6	+4.0	+.087
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	15	20.7	8.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	0.4	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	7.5	.389	1.5	4.2	.349	1.0	1.1	.882
difference:	+10	+20.7	+14.9	+0.1	+3.1	+3.2	+4.9	+1.6	+0.3	-2.3	-1.2	+6.1	+13.3	+.044	+1.1	+4.8	+.060	+1.6	+2.5	+.160
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	30	32.6	20.2	0.8	2.8	3.5	3.3	0.9	0.7	2.2	2.2	6.9	15.4	.451	2.8	7.4	.374	3.5	4.1	.855
difference:	+25	+2.7	+6.4		+1.5	+1.6	+2.8	+0.9	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+2.2	+4.4	+.011	+0.5	+1.6	+.006	+1.5	+1.7	+.010
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	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

Additional Years
* Donovan Mitchell played 2 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 9, from 2025 to 2026—Donovan Mitchell played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Star Game