Donovan MitchellCleveland Cavaliers · #45
Donovan Mitchell is the franchise cornerstone of the Cleveland Cavaliers — a seven-time All-Star, All-NBA First Team guard, and one of the NBA's premier scorers. Drafted 13th in 2017 out of Louisville, he starred five seasons in Utah before a 2022 trade to Cleveland, where he scored a franchise-record 71 points and led the Cavs to the best record in the East. Nicknamed 'Spida,' he wears No. 45 to honor Michael Jordan's baseball number.
Donovan Mitchell — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Donovan Mitchell stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Donovan Mitchell — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Donovan Mitchell
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Donovan Mitchell career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 79 | 33.4 | 20.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | .437 | .340 |
| 2018-19 | 77 | 33.7 | 23.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | .432 | .362 |
| 2019-20 | 69 | 34.3 | 24.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | .449 | .366 |
| 2020-21 | 53 | 33.4 | 26.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | .438 | .386 |
| 2021-22 | 67 | 33.8 | 25.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 | .448 | .355 |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 35.8 | 28.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | .484 | .386 |
| 2023-24 | 55 | 35.3 | 26.6 | 5.1 | 6.1 | .462 | .368 |
| 2024-25 | 71 | 31.4 | 24.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | .443 | .368 |
| 2025-26 | 70 | 33.5 | 27.9 | 4.5 | 5.7 | .483 | .364 |
| Career | 609 | 33.8 | 25.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Cleveland Cavaliers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Donovan Mitchell
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
An explosive, clutch scorer and franchise cornerstone — the man who scored 71 in a Cavaliers uniform.
Turning pro
Drafted 13th overall, 2017 as a Guard.
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An explosive scorer who dropped 71 in a Cavs uniform — the franchise cornerstone who wears Jordan's baseball number.
Chapter
Raised around Mets clubhouses by his ex-minor-leaguer father, Mitchell starred at Louisville and was drafted 13th in 2017 (Denver, traded to Utah).
Chapter
He won the Slam Dunk Contest, set a rookie three-point record, and scored 57 in a bubble playoff game.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lbs
- College
- Louisville
- Experience
- 9th Season
- NBA debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 13th overall, 2017
- Born
- Elmsford, New York
- Age
- 30
- Jersey
- #45
Baseball shaped Mitchell's childhood: his father, Donovan Sr., played in the Mets' minor-league system and worked for the organization for over 20 years, and Mitchell grew up around big-league clubhouses — the reason he chose No. 45, Jordan's baseball number, and remains a passionate Mets fan. Of Panamanian and African-American descent, he got engaged to singer Coco Jones in 2025.
His reputation is built on scoring and resilience. He's one of the league's most reliable postseason performers — a 71-point regular-season eruption and multiple 50-point playoff games on his résumé — and his decision to sign long-term in Cleveland stabilized a franchise and made the Cavaliers a genuine Eastern Conference power.
An explosive, clutch high-volume scorer — a resilient playoff riser and franchise anchor.
Donovan Mitchell — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Donovan Mitchell, answered.
