Donovan Mitchell

6'2"215 lb

Born 1996-09-07 (Age: 24)Pre-NBA: Louisville

2017Rd 1Pk 13DEN

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2026-27	-	-	-	-
2025-26	27.9	5.7	4.5	61.3%
2024-25	24.0	5.0	4.5	57.5%
2023-24	26.6	6.1	5.1	59.5%
2022-23	28.3	4.4	4.3	61.4%

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2026-27 · CLE

Drafted 13th in 2017 by the Nuggets, likely swapped for Tyler Lydon on draft night. First logged with the Jazz on Jul 5, 2017. How they got him

2020-21 percentile ranking

17-1825-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	CLE	70	27.9	5.7	4.5	33.5	0.7	3.8	2.8	2.3
2024-25	CLE	71	24.0	5.0	4.5	31.4	0.8	3.7	2.1	2.0
2023-24	CLE	55	26.6	6.1	5.1	35.3	0.8	4.3	2.8	2.1
2022-23	CLE	68	28.3	4.4	4.3	35.8	0.9	3.3	2.6	2.5
2021-22	UTA	67	25.9	5.3	4.2	33.8	0.8	3.4	3.0	2.4
2020-21	UTA	53	26.4	5.2	4.4	33.4	0.9	3.5	2.8	2.2
2019-20	UTA	69	24.0	4.3	4.4	34.3	0.8	3.6	2.7	2.5
2018-19	UTA	77	23.8	4.2	4.1	33.7	0.8	3.3	2.8	2.7
2017-18	UTA	79	20.5	3.7	3.7	33.4	0.7	3.1	2.7	2.7

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Contract

$323.0M over 5 seasons through 2030-31 · $247.5M guaranteed

CLE payroll

Projected surplus

-$122.4M

80% range -$297.1M to +$69.7M

Estimated worth

$202.0M

Against $323.0M in salary

Among contracts

2nd percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Paid more than he's projected to be worth in every season. The loss grows as his salary rises.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $50.1M, worth about $49.2M (likely $14.8M to $82.8M)

Salary
Estimated worth
Likely range (80%)
Gain or loss

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$50.1M	$49.2M	$14.8M–$82.8M	-$896K	—
2027-28	$60.9M	$45.5M	$6.5M–$82.4M	-$15.5M	—
2028-29	$65.8M	$40.8M	$1.4M–$79.7M	-$25.0M	—
2029-30	$70.7M	$35.8M	$1.5M–$76.2M	-$34.8M	—
2030-31Player option	$75.5M	$30.7M	$1.6M–$71.5M	-$46.3M	Player option

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (27,081 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Option voided and extension signed July 8, 2026. 2027-28 is a player option. Signed 3-yr/$150M contract extension July 7, 2024.

How this works

Worth is what his projected DRBL wins would cost on the open market. We count wins above a minimum-salary player in the same minutes and price them at what teams paid per DRBL win from 2020-21 to 2025-26: 9.8% of the cap, about $16.2M in 2026-27.

Projections weight his last 3 seasons 3, 2 and 1, newest first, and pull toward what players at his salary usually produce, then adjust for age. Playing time comes from recent minutes, age and salary, since teams play the players they pay. A season lost to injury still pulls the playing time down.

Surplus is worth minus salary. A team can always bench a player, so worth never drops below the minimum salary. A player option leaves the team only the downside, because he walks when he could earn more. A team option or a non-guaranteed year leaves only the upside.

To test it, we refit the model three times, each with only the seasons through 2022-23, 2023-24 or 2024-25, valued what players were actually paid afterward, and compared with what they did. The typical miss the next season was 0.91 wins, against 1.09 for assuming a player repeats his last season. Three seasons out it was 1.18 wins, against 1.54. 12% of players beat the top of the range. Fewer than 2% fell below the bottom, since worth can't drop under the minimum salary.

Cap figures after 2026-27 assume 5.8% growth a year, the recent average. The percentile compares total surplus across the 406 current contracts we can estimate.

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Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Impact												Profile								Shooting														Defense								Hustle						Advanced
Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	DARKO	DARKO-O	DARKO-D	RAPTOR	O-RAPTOR	D-RAPTOR	WAR	WAR1	VORP	DRBL/100	DRBL-O	DRBL-D	MP	PTS	TRB	ORB	DRB	AST	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	eFG%	TS%	STL	BLK	STL%	BLK%	DRB%	DRtg	DBPM	DWS	Defl	Contest	ScrAst	Chrg	Loose	BoxOut	3PAr	FTr	USG%	TOV%	AST%	ORB%	TRB%	AST/TO	ORtg	NET	PER	OWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	BPM
2025-26	29	CLE	SG	70	70	4.73	4.77	-0.04	-	-	-	-	4.2	4.2	1.4	3.6	-0.5	33.5	27.9	4.5	0.7	3.8	5.7	2.8	2.3	9.7	20.0	48.3%	3.2	8.8	36.4%	6.5	11.2	57.7%	5.3	6.1	86.5%	56.3%	61.3%	1.5	0.3	2.1%	0.8%	12.4%	116.0	-0.2	2.4	2.9	3.0	0.2	-	0.6	0.3	43.9%	0.306	32.2%	11.1%	27.9%	2.4%	7.4%	2.04	121.0	5.0	22.9	5.8	8.2	0.169	5.2	5.1
2024-25	28	CLE	SG	71	71	4.71	3.80	0.91	-	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	0.9	2.3	-0.4	31.4	24.0	4.5	0.8	3.7	5.0	2.1	2.0	8.2	18.6	44.3%	3.3	8.9	36.8%	4.9	9.7	51.2%	4.2	5.1	82.3%	53.1%	57.5%	1.3	0.2	2.0%	0.7%	12.5%	113.0	-0.2	2.8	2.4	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	48.0%	0.274	30.9%	9.2%	23.9%	2.8%	7.8%	2.38	118.0	5.0	20.9	4.8	7.6	0.163	3.8	3.7
2023-24	27	CLE	SG	55	55	3.38	3.63	-0.25	-	-	-	-	2.1	3.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	35.3	26.6	5.1	0.8	4.3	6.1	2.8	2.1	9.1	19.8	46.2%	3.3	9.0	36.8%	5.8	10.8	53.9%	5.0	5.8	86.5%	54.5%	59.5%	1.8	0.5	2.6%	1.4%	13.4%	111.0	1.2	2.9	3.1	3.0	0.1	-	1.0	0.5	45.4%	0.292	31.4%	11.1%	28.3%	2.7%	8.1%	2.18	117.0	6.0	22.1	3.6	6.4	0.159	4.6	5.8
2022-23	26	CLE	SG	68	68	3.37	4.33	-0.96	-	-	-	-	6.1	5.0	2.0	4.1	0.4	35.8	28.3	4.3	0.9	3.3	4.4	2.6	2.5	10.0	20.6	48.4%	3.6	9.3	38.6%	6.4	11.3	56.6%	4.7	5.4	86.7%	57.2%	61.4%	1.5	0.4	2.0%	1.0%	10.9%	111.0	0.6	3.5	2.4	3.5	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.3	45.3%	0.262	32.1%	10.3%	21.4%	3.1%	7.0%	1.69	118.0	7.0	22.9	5.4	8.9	0.176	5.6	6.3
2021-22	25	UTA	SG	67	67	3.09	4.23	-1.13	2.00	4.72	-2.73	6.08	1.4	3.6	0.5	1.1	0.0	33.8	25.9	4.2	0.8	3.4	5.3	3.0	2.4	9.2	20.5	44.8%	3.5	9.8	35.5%	5.7	10.7	53.3%	4.0	4.7	85.3%	53.3%	57.2%	1.5	0.2	2.2%	0.5%	10.6%	111.0	-0.3	2.5	2.4	3.6	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.7	47.5%	0.227	32.9%	11.7%	27.7%	2.7%	6.8%	1.77	114.0	3.0	21.6	4.7	7.2	0.152	4.6	4.3
2020-21	24	UTA	PG	53	53	2.30	3.07	-0.77	3.84	5.71	-1.87	7.25	1.8	2.8	0.7	1.8	-0.1	33.4	26.4	4.4	0.9	3.5	5.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	20.6	43.8%	3.4	8.7	38.6%	5.6	11.9	47.6%	5.0	6.0	84.5%	52.0%	56.9%	1.0	0.3	1.4%	0.7%	10.6%	110.0	-0.2	2.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	42.3%	0.290	33.5%	10.7%	26.7%	3.1%	7.0%	1.86	115.0	5.0	21.3	3.9	6.2	0.167	4.6	4.3
2019-20	23	UTA	SG	69	69	2.22	1.93	0.29	1.42	3.32	-1.90	5.73	-	2.3	-	-	-	34.3	24.0	4.4	0.8	3.6	4.3	2.7	2.5	8.7	19.4	44.9%	2.5	6.9	36.6%	6.2	12.5	49.4%	4.0	4.7	86.3%	51.3%	55.8%	1.0	0.2	1.4%	0.5%	11.3%	111.0	-0.6	2.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.2%	0.240	30.8%	11.0%	21.6%	2.6%	7.1%	1.59	110.0	-1.0	18.8	3.2	5.4	0.110	2.4	1.9
2018-19	22	UTA	SG	77	77	1.82	2.02	-0.19	0.64	1.71	-1.07	4.81	-	2.2	-	-	-	33.7	23.8	4.1	0.8	3.3	4.2	2.8	2.7	8.6	19.9	43.2%	2.4	6.7	36.2%	6.2	13.2	46.8%	4.1	5.1	80.6%	49.3%	53.7%	1.4	0.4	2.0%	0.9%	10.5%	107.0	0.1	3.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.9%	0.259	31.6%	11.3%	21.2%	2.5%	6.6%	1.50	104.0	-3.0	17.2	1.3	5.0	0.092	1.2	1.3
2017-18	21	UTA	SG	79	71	-2.32	-0.83	-1.49	2.07	1.40	0.67	7.57	-	2.2	-	-	-	33.4	20.5	3.7	0.7	3.1	3.7	2.7	2.7	7.5	17.2	43.7%	2.4	7.0	34.0%	5.1	10.2	50.2%	3.0	3.8	80.5%	50.6%	54.1%	1.5	0.3	2.2%	0.9%	10.4%	105.0	0.3	3.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	40.4%	0.218	29.1%	12.6%	19.4%	2.3%	6.4%	1.37	103.0	-2.0	16.7	1.4	5.2	0.095	0.9	1.2

Donovan Mitchell

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