Ron Anderson vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Ron Anderson, 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.

Ron Anderson played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Ron Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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
	Ron Anderson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1984-85	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Ron Anderson	36	14.4	5.8	1.1	1.4	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.3	5.4	.431	0.0	0.1	.500	1.1	1.4	.820
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		%
Ron Anderson	2	4.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Ron Anderson	63	11.4	5.8	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.0	2.2	4.7	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.787
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		%
Ron Anderson	4	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Ron Anderson	74	14.8	7.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.3	2.9	5.9	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.9	.766
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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1988-89	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Ron Anderson	82	31.9	16.2	2.0	2.9	5.0	1.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.0	6.9	14.0	.491	0.0	0.1	.182	2.4	2.8	.856
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		%
Ron Anderson	3	36.3	20.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	3.3	9.7	17.0	.569	0.0	0.3	.000	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
	Ron Anderson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ron Anderson	78	26.8	11.9	1.0	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.8	4.9	10.8	.451	0.0	0.3	.143	2.1	2.5	.838
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		%
Ron Anderson	10	25.6	11.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	2.2	4.0	9.3	.430	0.3	0.5	.600	2.9	3.0	.967
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
	Ron Anderson	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Ron Anderson	82	28.5	14.6	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.2	12.9	.485	0.1	0.5	.209	2.0	2.4	.833
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		%
Ron Anderson	8	27.9	11.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.4	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.0	4.4	11.0	.398	0.1	0.6	.200	2.1	2.4	.895
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