Donovan Mitchell Passes Mehmet Okur On Jazz All-Time Three-Pointers Made List
Feb 28, 2020, 9:30 PM
Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz smiles on the bench after the Jazz made a basket against the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center on January 22, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – In the fourth quarter of the Utah Jazz game against the Washington Wizards, Donovan Mitchell moved up the franchise’s all-time list for most three-pointers made.
Mitchell moved past former Jazzman Mehmet Okur for sixth all-time. The young Jazz star dribbled up the floor and stopped at the top of the three-point line and fired the deep shot to give him his fourth three-pointer of the game and the 518th make of his career.
Now, Mitchell trails Darrell Griffith who has 530 triples, Bryon Russell’s 540, Gordon Hayward’s 689, Joe Ingles’ 781 and John Stockton’s 845 threes made.
1. John Stockton – 845
2. Joe Ingles – 781
3. Gordon Hayward – 689
4. Bryon Russell – 540
5. Darrell Griffith – 530
👉6. DONOVAN MITCHELL – 518👈
7. Mehmet Okur – 517
8. Deron Williams – 511Donovan Mitchell passes Mehmet Okur on the @utahjazz All-Time Three Pointers Made list! pic.twitter.com/7zkycO4xhT
— SLC Dunk (@slcdunk) February 29, 2020
Joe Ingles is 64 threes away from tying legend John Stockton for the franchise lead. In three seasons with the Jazz, Mitchell has shot 34 percent from deep as a rookie, 36.2 percent last season and 36.3 this season.
Mitchell connected on 187 threes in his first season, 188 last year and 144 this season to this point.
