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Donovan Mitchell
Cavaliers · G · 30
Donovan Mitchell
vs
2025-26
Karl-Anthony Towns
Knicks · C-F · 30
Karl-Anthony Towns
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Donovan Mitchell vs Karl-Anthony Towns

9-8categories
Mitchell · Towns
Donovan Mitchell
Mitchell
Cavaliers
2025-26
Towns
Knicks
Karl-Anthony Towns
70
Games
availability
75
33.5
Minutes
per game
31.0
27.9
Points
per game
20.1
4.5
Rebounds
per game
11.9
5.7
Assists
per game
3.0
1.8
Steals + blocks
per game
1.4
2.8
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.5
48.3%
Field goal %
50.1%
36.4%
Three-point %
8.8 vs 4.1 attempts
36.8%
86.5%
Free throw %
85.8%
61.3%
True shooting
TS%
61.9%
31.1%
Usage
USG%
25.1%
26.6%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
14.2%
6.5%
Rebound %
of available
19.2%
+7.2
Net rating
on court
+7.0
15.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
15.4%
+5.3
Plus-minus
per game
+5.0
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Donovan Mitchell scored more in 2025-26, 7.8 points a game apart (27.9 vs 20.1), on Mitchell's heavier usage (31.1% vs 25.1%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (61.3% vs 61.9%).

Playmaking goes to Mitchell (5.7 vs 3.0 assists), the glass to Towns (11.9 vs 4.5 rebounds).

With Mitchell on the floor his team outscored opponents by +7.2 per 100 possessions, against +7.0 for Towns; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Mitchell $50.1M through 2030-31, Towns $57.1M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Mitchell
2025-26
Towns
45-25
Record when playing
49-26
28.7
Points at home
20.4
27.0
Points on the road
19.8
29.6
Points in wins
20.1
24.8
Points in losses
20.0
48
Season high
40
34
30-point games
7
5
Double-doubles
56

Last games & contracts

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Mitchell · last 5
Tue, Oct 13 at ORL15 pts · 2 reb · 8 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs ORL11 pts · 5 reb · 6 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs BOS11 pts · 0 reb · 3 ast
Mon, May 25 vs NYK31 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Sat, May 23 vs NYK23 pts · 1 reb · 4 ast
Towns · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 vs PHI19 pts · 12 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 15 vs TOR13 pts · 15 reb · 9 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs MIN11 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs WAS8 pts · 7 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at PHI5 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Mitchell · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28player option$60.9M
2028-29$65.8M
2029-30$70.7M
2030-31$75.5M
Towns · contract
2026-27$57.1M
2027-28player option$61.0M

More comparisons

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Mitchell vs
Tyrese Maxey · Jaylen Brown · Anthony Edwards · Stephen Curry
Towns vs
Bam Adebayo · Alperen Sengun · Jalen Duren · Evan Mobley
Mitchell vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane
Towns vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Desmond Bane

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).