Doug Collins vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Doug Collins, 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.

Doug Collins played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Doug Collins had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, 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
	Doug Collins	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1973-74	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Doug Collins	25	17.4	8.0	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.5	0.1	-	2.6	2.9	7.8	.371	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.764
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		%
Doug Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Collins	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Doug Collins	77	38.9	20.8	1.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	8.0	15.5	.513	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	.836
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		%
Doug Collins	3	39.0	19.3	4.3	2.7	7.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	-	3.0	7.7	17.7	.434	-	-	-	4.0	4.7	.857
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
	Doug Collins	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Doug Collins	58	35.1	18.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	4.7	1.2	0.3	-	3.0	7.3	14.2	.518	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.840
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		%
Doug Collins	19	39.9	22.4	1.6	2.6	4.2	3.9	1.5	0.2	-	3.0	9.3	16.7	.557	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.740
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
	Doug Collins	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Doug Collins	79	35.1	19.7	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.1	1.6	0.3	3.2	2.9	8.1	15.5	.526	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.812
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		%
Doug Collins	10	34.2	20.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.9	8.2	16.5	.497	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.816
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
	Doug Collins	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1978-79	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Doug Collins	47	33.9	19.5	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.1	1.1	0.4	2.8	3.0	7.6	15.3	.499	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.814
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		%
Doug Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Collins	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Collins	36	26.8	13.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.1	5.3	11.4	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	3.4	.911
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		%
Doug Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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