Glen Davis vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Glen Davis, 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.

Glen Davis played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Glen Davis had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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
	Glen Davis	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Glen Davis	69	13.6	4.5	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.6	3.2	.484	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
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		%
Glen Davis	17	8.1	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.0	.412	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.1	.611
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
	Glen Davis	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Glen Davis	54	17.3	6.3	1.9	1.9	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.4	2.3	5.2	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.696
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		%
Glen Davis	24	20.1	7.3	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.3	2.5	5.2	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.722
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
	Glen Davis	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Glen Davis	78	29.5	11.7	1.3	4.2	5.4	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.1	3.0	4.6	10.3	.448	0.0	0.2	.133	2.5	3.4	.736
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		%
Glen Davis	9	21.2	4.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	2.0	5.1	.391	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.2	.727
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
	Glen Davis	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Glen Davis	61	23.4	9.3	1.8	3.7	5.4	0.8	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.7	3.7	8.8	.421	0.0	0.2	.143	1.9	2.7	.683
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		%
Glen Davis	5	38.0	19.0	4.6	4.6	9.2	0.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.0	7.8	17.8	.438	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.4	.773
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
	Glen Davis	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Glen Davis	34	31.3	15.1	1.6	5.6	7.2	2.1	0.9	0.6	1.9	2.6	6.3	14.1	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.718
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		%
Glen Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Glen Davis	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Glen Davis	68	24.4	9.4	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.3	4.0	8.7	.457	0.1	0.2	.364	1.4	2.0	.693
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		%
Glen Davis	13	12.2	3.8	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.8	1.9	3.2	.610	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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