Brad Daugherty vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Brad Daugherty, 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.

Brad Daugherty played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Brad Daugherty had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brad Daugherty	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	80	33.7	15.7	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.8	0.6	0.8	3.1	3.1	6.1	11.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.0	.696
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		%
Brad Daugherty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brad Daugherty	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	79	37.4	18.7	1.9	6.5	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.7	3.4	3.0	7.0	13.7	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.7	.716
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		%
Brad Daugherty	5	40.8	15.8	2.0	7.2	9.2	3.2	0.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	5.8	12.6	.460	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	6.2	.677
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
	Brad Daugherty	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	78	36.2	18.9	2.1	7.1	9.2	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.9	2.2	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	0.0	.333	4.9	6.7	.737
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		%
Brad Daugherty	5	33.4	11.0	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.4	1.2	1.0	1.2	3.6	3.4	9.4	.362	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	7.0	.600
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
	Brad Daugherty	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	41	35.1	16.8	1.9	7.2	9.1	3.2	0.7	0.5	2.7	2.6	6.0	12.4	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	4.9	7.0	.704
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		%
Brad Daugherty	5	37.2	22.8	0.8	8.8	9.6	4.0	0.4	0.8	2.6	2.4	8.2	14.0	.586	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	9.2	.696
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
	Brad Daugherty	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	76	38.8	21.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.8	2.5	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.6	.751
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		%
Brad Daugherty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brad Daugherty	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	73	36.2	21.5	2.6	7.8	10.4	3.6	0.9	1.1	2.5	2.6	7.9	13.8	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.3	.777
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		%
Brad Daugherty	17	40.4	21.5	2.2	8.1	10.2	3.4	0.6	1.0	2.2	2.8	7.3	13.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	8.5	.814
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
	Brad Daugherty	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	71	37.9	20.2	2.3	7.9	10.2	4.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	2.5	7.3	12.8	.571	0.0	0.0	.500	5.5	6.9	.795
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		%
Brad Daugherty	9	39.6	18.7	2.9	8.8	11.7	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.9	2.8	7.1	12.8	.557	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.6	.800
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