NBA · 2025-26

Ajay Mitchell

Height: 6-4
Weight: 190 lb
College: California-Santa Barbara
Country: Belgium
Draft: 2024 · Rd 2, Pick 38
Seasons: 2024–2026

Injury status

Reported Jul 14

Day-To-DayCalf — Leg — StrainEst. return Oct 1

In an appearance on ESPN.com on Tuesday, Mitchell relayed that he is "close to being back to 100 [percent]" in his recovery from a right calf strain.

Mitchell was forced to miss the final four games of the Western Conference Finals against San Antonio after straining his right calf in Game 3. The 2024 second-rounder was a key piece to the Thunder's rotation and even started in seven of 11 playoff games. In his absence, Oklahoma City lost three of the next four WCF games, including Game 7 that sent San Antonio to the NBA Finals against New York. Mitchell has primarily come off the bench in his first two years in the NBA, but given his strong postseason play, it's possible that he supplants Luguentz Dort for a spot in the starting backcourt next to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for the 2026-27 campaign.

Season averages

2025-26

69GP

24GS

26.2MPG

13.9PPG

3.4RPG

3.7APG

1.3SPG

0.3BPG

1.4TOV

48.3%FG%

34.1%3P%

87.3%FT%

+9.4+/-

Game log

100 games · 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-
May 30	vsSAS	L103-111	DNP — injury
May 28	@SAS	L91-118	DNP — injury
May 26	vsSAS	W127-114	DNP — injury
May 24	@SAS	L82-103	DNP — injury
May 22	@SASGS	W123-108	17	2	5	1	0	0	3	1	1-5	0-1	0-0	-3
May 20	vsSAS	W122-113	28	10	0	2	4	1	3	0	4-8	0-2	2-2	+11
May 18	vsSAS	L115-122	34	4	4	5	2	0	0	5	2-5	0-1	0-0	+7
May 11	@LALGS	W115-110	33	28	3	4	4	0	1	2	12-19	1-4	3-3	+17
May 9	@LALGS	W131-108	30	24	4	10	3	0	0	3	10-17	2-4	2-3	+14
May 7	vsLALGS	W125-107	30	20	3	6	0	0	2	2	7-12	0-3	6-7	+18
May 5	vsLALGS	W108-90	28	18	2	4	0	0	1	1	7-16	1-5	3-3	+14
Apr 27	@PHXGS	W131-122	34	22	4	6	0	0	3	2	7-16	4-6	4-4	+27
Apr 25	@PHXGS	W121-109	32	15	6	2	0	0	1	1	5-20	1-5	4-4	+15
Apr 22	vsPHX	W120-107	29	14	5	5	2	0	1	2	5-12	1-5	3-4	+9
Apr 19	vsPHX	W119-84	22	9	5	2	2	0	0	1	3-7	3-4	0-0	+22
Apr 12	vsPHX	L103-135	DNP — injury
Apr 10	@DEN	L107-127	DNP — injury
Apr 8	@LAC	W128-110	24	7	1	3	1	0	0	1	3-6	0-1	1-2	+14
Apr 7	@LALGS	W123-87	21	9	3	3	1	0	0	1	3-9	1-3	2-2	+7
Apr 5	vsUTA	W146-111	19	7	1	7	1	0	2	1	3-9	1-4	0-0	+15
Apr 2	vsLAL	W139-96	16	10	3	1	0	0	0	3	4-7	2-4	0-0	+25
Mar 30	vsDETGS	W114-110	36	14	2	3	2	1	1	3	4-10	0-1	6-6	+5
Mar 29	vsNYK	W111-100	24	8	4	5	0	0	0	2	2-4	2-2	2-4	+4
Mar 27	vsCHI	W131-113	25	15	3	5	0	2	2	5	6-10	1-3	2-2	+14
Mar 25	@BOS	L109-119	25	8	3	2	0	1	1	4	4-9	0-3	0-0	+3
Mar 23	@PHI	W123-103	DNP — nwt league suspension
Mar 21	@WASGS	W132-111	15	14	1	3	1	0	1	0	6-10	2-2	0-0	-5
Mar 18	@BKNGS	W121-92	23	10	7	2	1	0	1	1	5-9	0-2	0-0	+17
Mar 17	@ORLGS	W113-108	28	16	2	3	0	0	2	2	5-12	1-3	5-5	-9
Mar 15	vsMINGS	W116-103	27	11	5	3	2	0	2	1	4-13	1-4	2-2	+1
Mar 12	vsBOSGS	W104-102	30	15	4	6	0	0	1	1	6-10	1-3	2-3	-1
Mar 9	vsDEN	W129-126	29	24	2	3	1	0	0	1	9-16	1-4	5-5	+11
Mar 7	vsGSW	W104-97	DNP — injury
Mar 4	@NYK	W103-100	DNP — injury
Mar 3	@CHI	W116-108	DNP — injury
Mar 1	@DAL	W100-87	DNP — injury
Feb 27	vsDEN	W127-121	DNP — injury
Feb 25	@DET	L116-124	DNP — injury
Feb 24	@TOR	W116-107	DNP — injury
Feb 22	vsCLE	W121-113	DNP — injury
Feb 20	vsBKN	W105-86	DNP — injury
Feb 13	vsVIN	L36-41	DNP
Feb 12	vsMIL	L93-110	DNP — injury
Feb 11	@PHX	W136-109	DNP — injury
Feb 9	@LAL	W119-110	DNP — injury
Feb 7	vsHOU	L106-112	DNP — injury
Feb 4	@SAS	L106-116	DNP — injury
Feb 3	vsORL	W128-92	DNP — injury
Feb 1	@DEN	W121-111	DNP — injury
Jan 29	@MIN	L111-123	DNP — injury
Jan 27	vsNOP	W104-95	DNP — injury
Jan 25	vsTOR	L101-103	DNP — injury
Jan 23	vsIND	L114-117	DNP — injury
Jan 21	@MILGS	W122-102	25	18	3	2	2	0	2	1	8-12	2-2	0-1	+13
Jan 19	@CLE	W136-104	25	5	2	9	1	0	3	3	2-5	0-1	1-2	+17
Jan 17	@MIA	L120-122	28	15	4	2	1	0	5	3	6-13	1-6	2-2	-4
Jan 15	@HOU	W111-91	23	17	5	3	1	1	1	0	7-10	3-4	0-0	+9
Jan 13	vsSAS	W119-98	30	11	6	4	1	0	3	4	4-8	0-2	3-3	+4
Jan 11	vsMIA	W124-112	27	16	4	1	0	0	1	1	8-15	0-3	0-0	+22
Jan 9	@MEMGS	W117-116	38	23	3	6	0	1	2	3	9-18	2-6	3-5	+15
Jan 7	vsUTA	W129-125	33	16	2	5	3	1	1	1	5-15	2-7	4-4	+7
Jan 5	vsCHA	L97-124	24	11	3	2	3	0	0	1	4-9	2-4	1-2	-5
Jan 4	@PHX	L105-108	27	13	2	3	0	0	0	2	4-9	1-3	4-4	+1
Jan 2	@GSW	W131-94	25	11	2	6	2	0	3	2	5-7	1-1	0-0	+21
Dec 31	vsPOR	W124-95	23	17	6	3	1	1	2	1	4-4	1-1	8-8	+16
Dec 29	vsATL	W140-129	23	10	1	4	2	2	0	4	3-8	0-3	4-4	-11
Dec 28	vsPHI	W129-104	20	13	1	3	2	0	0	4	5-9	2-4	1-2	+16
Dec 25	vsSAS	L102-117	DNP — concussion protocol
Dec 23	@SAS	L110-130	DNP — concussion protocol
Dec 22	vsMEM	W119-103	22	16	9	2	2	0	3	4	7-13	1-3	1-2	-1
Dec 19	@MIN	L107-112	23	14	2	2	0	0	0	5	5-10	0-2	4-4	-5
Dec 18	vsLAC	W122-101	29	16	7	5	2	0	1	3	7-15	1-3	1-1	+25
Dec 13	vsSAS	L109-111	24	9	6	4	2	0	1	0	2-4	1-1	4-4	+2
Dec 10	vsPHX	W138-89	19	9	2	4	1	2	1	0	3-5	1-2	2-2	+9
Dec 7	@UTAGS	W131-101	29	7	2	4	0	0	1	2	2-5	1-4	2-2	+32
Dec 5	vsDAL	W132-111	23	9	0	2	1	0	3	3	3-7	1-2	2-2	+4
Dec 2	@GSWGS	W124-112	32	10	4	3	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-3	0-0	+16
Nov 30	@POR	W123-115	29	17	5	5	1	0	1	4	5-9	1-3	6-6	+7
Nov 28	vsPHX	W123-119	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-2
Nov 26	vsMIN	W113-105	24	13	2	3	0	0	0	1	5-9	0-1	3-6	+15
Nov 23	vsPOR	W122-95	24	20	1	4	2	0	2	1	8-8	2-2	2-4	+24
Nov 21	@UTA	W144-112	25	12	4	4	2	1	2	3	4-10	2-3	2-2	+29
Nov 19	vsSAC	W113-99	29	13	3	6	2	1	4	1	4-10	0-3	5-5	+14
Nov 17	@NOP	W126-109	26	11	2	1	1	0	0	2	4-14	0-4	3-4	-18
Nov 15	@CHA	W109-96	31	14	6	4	1	1	3	2	6-15	1-4	1-1	-4
Nov 12	vsLALGS	W121-92	26	14	3	3	3	0	3	2	6-13	1-5	1-1	+18
Nov 11	vsGSWGS	W126-102	31	17	3	2	1	1	1	3	6-13	2-4	3-4	+6
Nov 9	@MEMGS	W114-100	32	21	6	4	3	0	0	2	8-15	2-3	3-4	+9
Nov 7	@SACGS	W132-101	31	18	5	10	3	1	2	1	5-12	2-2	6-6	+26
Nov 5	@PORGS	L119-121	31	21	4	3	1	0	5	3	7-11	0-1	7-7	-3
Nov 4	@LAC	W126-107	20	8	4	3	4	0	2	2	4-10	0-1	0-0	+31
Nov 2	vsNOP	W137-106	30	10	5	8	1	0	2	1	2-8	0-3	6-8	+19
Oct 30	vsWAS	W127-108	30	20	1	2	2	0	0	3	6-15	2-7	6-6	+9
Oct 28	vsSAC	W107-101	24	18	0	1	2	0	4	5	7-15	3-7	1-1	+7
Oct 27	@DAL	W101-94	27	17	7	1	1	0	2	3	7-14	0-4	3-3	-2
Oct 25	@ATL	W117-100	29	14	7	7	2	0	0	3	6-14	2-3	0-0	-1
Oct 23	@IND	W141-135	38	26	3	4	1	0	1	2	9-19	0-3	8-8	+12
Oct 21	vsHOU	W125-124	15	16	2	2	0	1	0	2	6-12	3-6	1-1	+2
Oct 17	vsDEN	W94-91	DNP
Oct 11	@INDGS	L101-116	15	16	1	3	2	1	2	1	6-8	0-1	4-5	-2