Tyler Herro vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Donovan Mitchell, who played 9. Tyler Herro 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
	Tyler Herro	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
difference:	+24	+6.0	+7.0	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+1.5	+0.9	+0.1	-1.1	-1.3	+2.6	+5.7	+.009	+0.3	+1.6	+.049	+1.4	+2.0	+.065
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		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
difference:	+10	+3.7	+8.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+1.1	+0.3	-0.9	-1.7	+3.6	+8.9	+.013		+1.2	+.062	+1.3	+1.3	+.037
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
	Tyler Herro	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
difference:	+3	+1.7	+3.3	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-1.1	+1.1	+2.4	+.002	+0.2	+0.2	+.033	+1.1	+1.4	+.005
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		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
difference:	+8	+12.3	+23.7	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+2.1	+0.4	+0.1	-2.3	-0.2	+7.0	+10.3	+.120	+3.6	+4.4	+.287	+6.2	+6.5	+.022
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
	Tyler Herro	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
difference:	+14	+1.5	+6.3	+0.5	+1.5	+1.0	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+1.7	+4.0	+.001	+0.4	+0.7	+.008	+2.5	+3.3	+.089
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		%
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+9	+15.6	+20.3	+0.3	+1.9	+2.2	+3.5	+1.1	+0.8	-1.8	-1.0	+5.5	+14.5	+.109	+3.0	+7.5	+.065	+6.3	+7.6
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
	Tyler Herro	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
difference:	+25	+0.3	+5.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+0.8	+0.8	+0.1	-0.8	-0.9	+1.5	+3.0	+.007	+0.4	+1.9	+.041	+1.7	+2.1	+.003
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		%
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900
difference:	+1	+1.2	+8.7	+1.0	+0.3	+0.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	-0.1	-0.3	+2.8	+6.6	+.013	+1.3	+0.6	+.141	+4.4	+5.0	+.019
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
	Tyler Herro	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyler Herro	77	35.4	23.9	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.1	8.5	17.9	.472	3.3	8.7	.375	3.7	4.2	.878
difference:	+9	+0.4	+4.4	+0.4	+1.4	+0.9	+1.1	+0.6	+0.2		-1.4	+1.5	+2.7	+.012	+0.3	+0.6	+.011	+1.0	+1.2	+.011
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		%
Tyler Herro	4	36.0	17.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	16.3	.415	2.3	7.3	.310	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+1	+5.4	+5.4	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+4.4	+1.5	+0.6	-1.5	-0.2	+2.2	+4.5	+.018	+0.3	+1.7	+.021	+0.6	+1.1	+.078
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
	Tyler Herro	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Tyler Herro	6	31.8	23.2	0.5	4.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.5	8.3	16.5	.505	2.5	6.2	.405	4.0	4.3	.923
difference:	+49	+3.5	+3.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+3.8	+0.8		-1.6	-0.6	+0.8	+3.3	+.043	+0.8	+2.8	+.037	+1.0	+1.5	+.058
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		%
Tyler Herro	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 Tyler Herro 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 Tyler Herro, Donovan Mitchell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Star Game