Kyle Macy vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Kyle Macy, 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.

Kyle Macy and Donovan Mitchell both played 7 years in the NBA. Kyle Macy had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
	Kyle Macy	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kyle Macy	82	17.9	8.1	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.3	6.5	.511	0.1	0.6	.235	1.3	1.5	.899
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		%
Kyle Macy	7	14.6	7.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.1	2.7	5.1	.528	0.6	1.1	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Kyle Macy	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kyle Macy	82	22.4	9.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.6	4.0	7.7	.517	0.3	0.9	.303	1.6	1.8	.872
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		%
Kyle Macy	3	24.0	11.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	5.0	11.7	.429	0.0	1.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.714
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
	Kyle Macy	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Kyle Macy	82	29.3	10.1	0.6	1.7	2.3	4.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.2	4.4	8.7	.501	0.3	0.9	.329	1.2	1.4	.833
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		%
Kyle Macy	17	36.5	10.4	0.8	2.4	3.2	5.8	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.5	4.5	9.2	.490	0.6	1.3	.455	0.7	0.9	.750
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
	Kyle Macy	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kyle Macy	65	31.0	11.0	0.5	2.2	2.8	5.8	1.3	0.0	1.7	2.0	4.3	9.0	.485	0.4	1.3	.271	2.0	2.2	.907
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		%
Kyle Macy	3	28.3	10.3	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.7	4.3	8.7	.500	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.7	.800
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
	Kyle Macy	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyle Macy	82	29.6	8.6	0.5	1.7	2.2	5.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.5	3.5	7.2	.483	0.7	1.7	.411	0.9	1.1	.811
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		%
Kyle Macy	3	29.0	4.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	3.0	1.7	4.7	.357	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Kyle Macy	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyle Macy	76	16.4	4.9	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.2	4.5	.481	0.2	0.6	.304	0.4	0.5	.829
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		%
Kyle Macy	4	12.3	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.8	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000
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