Tony Allen vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 8. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
	Tony Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
difference:	+2	+17.0	+14.1	+0.4	+1.3	+0.8	+2.9	+0.5		-1.7	-0.7	+5.1	+12.2	+.038	+2.2	+6.6	+.047	+1.5	+1.8	+.068
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		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
difference:	+4	+25.0	+21.7	+0.2	+4.0	+4.2	+3.9	+1.1	+0.1	-2.2	-0.8	+8.2	+19.5	+.024	+2.3	+7.3		+3.1	+2.9	+.478
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
	Tony Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Tony Allen	33	24.4	11.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.0	7.8	.514	0.2	1.0	.242	3.2	4.1	.784
difference:	+36	+9.9	+12.5	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+2.6	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+4.7	+11.6	+.065	+2.3	+5.9	+.124	+0.8	+0.6	+.079
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		%
Tony Allen	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

Season 4
	Tony Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+22	+15.1	+19.8	+0.4	+1.7	+2.2	+3.7	+0.2		-1.3		+6.7	+15.4	+.004	+3.2	+7.9	+.070	+3.2	+3.6	+.083
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		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
difference:	+5	+30.3	+31.0	+0.2	+3.8	+4.0	+5.3	+1.0	+0.2	-2.7	-1.7	+9.9	+22.4	+.116	+5.0	+11.4	+.435	+6.2	+7.3	+.429
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
	Tony Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Tony Allen	46	19.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	6.2	.482	0.1	0.6	.222	1.7	2.4	.725
difference:	+21	+14.5	+18.1	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+3.9	+0.3	+0.3	-1.3	-0.3	+6.2	+14.3	+.034	+3.4	+9.2	+.133	+2.3	+2.3	+.128
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		%
Tony Allen	10	6.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
difference:	+4	+32.2	+24.6	+0.9	+2.5	+3.4	+5.4	+0.5	+0.5	-2.6	-1.9	+8.4	+21.4	+.102	+1.7	+8.0		+6.1	+6.9	+.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
	Tony Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
difference:	+14	+19.3	+22.2	+0.1	+1.6	+1.6	+3.1	+0.4		-1.4	-0.5	+7.6	+15.9	+.026	+3.6	+9.2	+.386	+3.4	+3.2	+.262
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		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
difference:	+19	+25.1	+18.1	+0.1	+3.2	+3.3	+6.5	+1.0		-2.8	-0.4	+7.0	+16.7	+.047	+2.6	+8.8	+.289	+1.4	+2.1	+.056
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
	Tony Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+17	+14.5	+17.7	+0.2	+2.6	+2.4	+4.7		+0.1	-1.6	-0.1	+5.6	+13.0	+.048	+3.2	+8.7	+.194	+3.1	+3.3	+.112
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		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
difference:	+3	+11.3	+20.8	+0.6	+3.0	+2.5	+3.2	+0.6	+0.1	-1.0	-0.4	+7.4	+14.7	+.050	+2.8	+7.7	+.211	+3.2	+3.3	+.156
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
	Tony Allen	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+13	+5.1	+14.2	+0.9	+1.4	+0.5	+3.6	+0.5	+0.4	-0.5	-0.4	+4.6	+10.9	+.026	+3.2	+8.5	+.060	+1.8	+2.1	+.023
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		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
difference:	+2	+7.7	+22.7	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+3.2	+0.6	+0.7	-0.5	-1.0	+7.0	+15.2	+.043	+3.1	+8.6	+.333	+5.6	+7.5	+.036
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

Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 6 seasons more than Donovan Mitchell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2013 to 2018—Tony Allen played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Donovan Mitchell, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team