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Mark Eaton

Mark E. Eaton

Position: Center ▪ Height: 7-4 ▪ Weight: 275 lbs.
Born: January 24, 1957 in Westminster, California
High School: Westminster in Westminster, California
College: University of California, Los Angeles
Draft: Utah Jazz, 4th round (3rd pick, 72nd overall), 1982 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1982

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Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 6:43AM
All-Time Rank: #275. MARK EATON… #275. Hedo Turkoglu… #277. Darryl Dawkins… 

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 26 UTA NBA 81 32 1528 146 353 .414 0 1 .000 59 90 .656 86 376 462 112 24 275 140 257 351
1983-84 27 UTA NBA 82 78 2139 194 416 .466 0 1 .000 73 123 .593 148 447 595 113 25 351 98 303 461
1984-85 28 UTA NBA 82 82 2813 302 673 .449 0 0 190 267 .712 207 720 927 124 36 456 206 312 794
1985-86 29 UTA NBA 80 80 2551 277 589 .470 0 0 122 202 .604 172 503 675 101 33 369 157 282 676
1986-87 30 UTA NBA 79 79 2505 234 585 .400 0 0 140 213 .657 211 486 697 105 43 321 142 273 608
1987-88 31 UTA NBA 82 82 2731 226 541 .418 0 0 119 191 .623 230 487 717 55 41 304 131 320 571
1988-89 32 UTA NBA 82 82 2914 188 407 .462 0 0 132 200 .660 227 616 843 83 40 315 142 290 508
1989-90 33 UTA NBA 82 82 2281 158 300 .527 0 0 79 118 .669 171 430 601 39 33 201 75 238 395
1990-91 34 UTA NBA 80 80 2580 169 292 .579 0 0 71 112 .634 182 485 667 51 39 188 99 298 409
1991-92 35 UTA NBA 81 81 2023 107 240 .446 0 0 52 87 .598 150 341 491 40 36 205 60 239 266
1992-93 36 UTA NBA 64 57 1104 71 130 .546 0 0 35 50 .700 73 191 264 17 18 79 43 143 177
Career NBA 875 815 25169 2072 4526 .458 0 2 .000 1072 1653 .649 1857 5082 6939 840 368 3064 1293 2955 5216

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 26 UTA NBA 81 32 18.9 1.8 4.4 .414 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .656 1.1 4.6 5.7 1.4 0.3 3.4 1.7 3.2 4.3
1983-84 27 UTA NBA 82 78 26.1 2.4 5.1 .466 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .593 1.8 5.5 7.3 1.4 0.3 4.3 1.2 3.7 5.6
1984-85 28 UTA NBA 82 82 34.3 3.7 8.2 .449 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.3 .712 2.5 8.8 11.3 1.5 0.4 5.6 2.5 3.8 9.7
1985-86 29 UTA NBA 80 80 31.9 3.5 7.4 .470 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 .604 2.2 6.3 8.4 1.3 0.4 4.6 2.0 3.5 8.5
1986-87 30 UTA NBA 79 79 31.7 3.0 7.4 .400 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .657 2.7 6.2 8.8 1.3 0.5 4.1 1.8 3.5 7.7
1987-88 31 UTA NBA 82 82 33.3 2.8 6.6 .418 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 .623 2.8 5.9 8.7 0.7 0.5 3.7 1.6 3.9 7.0
1988-89 32 UTA NBA 82 82 35.5 2.3 5.0 .462 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.4 .660 2.8 7.5 10.3 1.0 0.5 3.8 1.7 3.5 6.2
1989-90 33 UTA NBA 82 82 27.8 1.9 3.7 .527 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.4 .669 2.1 5.2 7.3 0.5 0.4 2.5 0.9 2.9 4.8
1990-91 34 UTA NBA 80 80 32.3 2.1 3.7 .579 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .634 2.3 6.1 8.3 0.6 0.5 2.4 1.2 3.7 5.1
1991-92 35 UTA NBA 81 81 25.0 1.3 3.0 .446 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 .598 1.9 4.2 6.1 0.5 0.4 2.5 0.7 3.0 3.3
1992-93 36 UTA NBA 64 57 17.3 1.1 2.0 .546 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .700 1.1 3.0 4.1 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.7 2.2 2.8
Career NBA 875 815 28.8 2.4 5.2 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .649 2.1 5.8 7.9 1.0 0.4 3.5 1.5 3.4 6.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 26 UTA NBA 81 32 1528 3.4 8.3 .414 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .656 2.0 8.9 10.9 2.6 0.6 6.5 3.3 6.1 8.3
1983-84 27 UTA NBA 82 78 2139 3.3 7.0 .466 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.1 .593 2.5 7.5 10.0 1.9 0.4 5.9 1.6 5.1 7.8
1984-85 28 UTA NBA 82 82 2813 3.9 8.6 .449 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.4 .712 2.6 9.2 11.9 1.6 0.5 5.8 2.6 4.0 10.2
1985-86 29 UTA NBA 80 80 2551 3.9 8.3 .470 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.9 .604 2.4 7.1 9.5 1.4 0.5 5.2 2.2 4.0 9.5
1986-87 30 UTA NBA 79 79 2505 3.4 8.4 .400 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.1 .657 3.0 7.0 10.0 1.5 0.6 4.6 2.0 3.9 8.7
1987-88 31 UTA NBA 82 82 2731 3.0 7.1 .418 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.5 .623 3.0 6.4 9.5 0.7 0.5 4.0 1.7 4.2 7.5
1988-89 32 UTA NBA 82 82 2914 2.3 5.0 .462 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.5 .660 2.8 7.6 10.4 1.0 0.5 3.9 1.8 3.6 6.3
1989-90 33 UTA NBA 82 82 2281 2.5 4.7 .527 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.9 .669 2.7 6.8 9.5 0.6 0.5 3.2 1.2 3.8 6.2
1990-91 34 UTA NBA 80 80 2580 2.4 4.1 .579 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .634 2.5 6.8 9.3 0.7 0.5 2.6 1.4 4.2 5.7
1991-92 35 UTA NBA 81 81 2023 1.9 4.3 .446 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.5 .598 2.7 6.1 8.7 0.7 0.6 3.6 1.1 4.3 4.7
1992-93 36 UTA NBA 64 57 1104 2.3 4.2 .546 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .700 2.4 6.2 8.6 0.6 0.6 2.6 1.4 4.7 5.8
Career NBA 875 815 25169 3.0 6.5 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.4 .649 2.7 7.3 9.9 1.2 0.5 4.4 1.8 4.2 7.5

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1982-83 26 UTA NBA 81 1528 11.0 .447 .414 5.9 24.4 15.4 9.2 0.7 9.2 26.3 13.6 81 98 -2.1 2.9 0.8 .026
1983-84 27 UTA NBA 82 2139 12.3 .490 .466 7.7 20.8 14.6 6.4 0.5 8.5 17.2 10.6 100 102 0.2 3.5 3.7 .084
1984-85 28 UTA NBA 82 2813 13.6 .502 .449 7.8 25.8 17.0 5.7 0.6 8.7 20.7 14.1 94 97 -1.3 6.7 5.4 .093
1985-86 29 UTA NBA 80 2551 12.2 .499 .470 7.5 21.2 14.4 5.2 0.6 8.1 18.8 13.2 94 100 -0.9 4.8 4.0 .075
1986-87 30 UTA NBA 79 2505 11.1 .448 .400 8.7 20.4 14.5 5.3 0.8 7.4 17.3 13.0 92 100 -1.5 5.0 3.6 .068
1987-88 31 UTA NBA 82 2731 9.5 .457 .418 9.5 18.3 14.1 2.5 0.7 6.4 17.3 11.3 94 101 -1.1 5.2 4.1 .072
1988-89 32 UTA NBA 82 2914 10.6 .513 .462 9.4 21.8 16.1 3.8 0.7 6.5 22.3 9.2 99 98 0.0 6.5 6.6 .108
1989-90 33 UTA NBA 82 2281 10.6 .561 .527 9.4 20.8 15.4 2.2 0.7 5.5 17.6 8.2 111 102 1.4 3.9 5.3 .112
1990-91 34 UTA NBA 80 2580 9.5 .599 .579 8.9 20.8 15.2 2.6 0.8 4.5 22.5 7.6 109 103 1.2 4.3 5.5 .103
1991-92 35 UTA NBA 81 2023 9.1 .478 .446 8.8 18.2 13.7 2.5 0.9 6.2 17.7 7.2 103 102 0.4 3.5 3.8 .091
1992-93 36 UTA NBA 64 1104 8.7 .582 .546 7.8 19.1 13.6 2.0 0.8 4.6 22.1 7.6 107 105 0.4 1.5 1.9 .082
Career NBA 875 25169 10.9 .496 .458 8.4 21.1 15.0 4.3 0.7 6.9 19.8 10.7 97 100 -3.2 48.0 44.8 .085

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1983-84 27 UTA NBA 11 254 21 41 0 0 8 17 19 76 9 5 34 16 33 50 .512 .471 23.1 4.5 6.9 0.8
1984-85 28 UTA NBA 5 158 12 34 0 0 5 7 11 45 5 4 29 12 19 29 .353 .714 31.6 5.8 9.0 1.0
1985-86 29 UTA NBA 4 157 28 57 0 0 2 3 13 36 10 1 18 4 12 58 .491 .667 39.3 14.5 9.0 2.5
1986-87 30 UTA NBA 5 193 19 41 0 0 16 25 16 55 3 1 21 4 18 54 .463 .640 38.6 10.8 11.0 0.6
1987-88 31 UTA NBA 11 461 31 65 0 0 23 36 28 103 13 12 34 14 48 85 .477 .639 41.9 7.7 9.4 1.2
1988-89 32 UTA NBA 3 99 8 17 0 0 9 11 11 33 1 1 2 7 6 25 .471 .818 33.0 8.3 11.0 0.3
1989-90 33 UTA NBA 5 128 9 17 0 0 1 5 8 30 0 3 14 4 17 19 .529 .200 25.6 3.8 6.0 0.0
1990-91 34 UTA NBA 9 255 16 31 0 0 7 12 17 56 5 1 13 7 41 39 .516 .583 28.3 4.3 6.2 0.6
1991-92 35 UTA NBA 16 473 26 46 0 0 21 27 30 90 4 7 36 11 47 73 .565 .778 29.6 4.6 5.6 0.3
1992-93 36 UTA NBA 5 117 10 19 0 0 2 4 16 33 2 0 9 2 9 22 .526 .500 23.4 4.4 6.6 0.4
Career NBA 74 2295 180 368 0 0 94 147 169 557 52 35 210 81 250 454 .489 .639 31.0 6.1 7.5 0.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1983-84 27 UTA NBA 11 254 11.5 .516 .512 8.6 24.3 16.6 4.6 0.9 7.4 24.8 10.5 94 103 -0.1 0.4 0.3 .059
1984-85 28 UTA NBA 5 158 9.6 .391 .353 7.0 20.0 13.8 4.2 1.1 9.4 24.4 12.3 75 100 -0.3 0.4 0.1 .016
1985-86 29 UTA NBA 4 157 16.6 .497 .491 8.4 16.9 12.4 8.8 0.3 7.1 6.4 17.3 111 112 0.1 0.1 0.3 .088
1986-87 30 UTA NBA 5 193 13.9 .519 .463 9.7 23.7 16.6 2.3 0.3 6.6 7.1 12.3 116 104 0.2 0.4 0.6 .140
1987-88 31 UTA NBA 11 461 10.1 .526 .477 7.5 17.5 12.9 3.9 1.3 4.3 14.8 9.0 107 105 0.2 0.8 0.9 .095
1988-89 32 UTA NBA 3 99 10.8 .572 .471 11.0 23.7 17.1 1.4 0.5 1.2 24.3 11.5 105 114 0.0 0.1 0.1 .041
1989-90 33 UTA NBA 5 128 9.1 .495 .529 6.7 20.9 13.4 0.0 1.2 7.6 17.2 7.8 94 105 0.0 0.2 0.2 .058
1990-91 34 UTA NBA 9 255 6.5 .537 .516 8.1 16.6 12.6 2.7 0.2 3.3 16.2 7.5 109 107 0.1 0.4 0.5 .086
1991-92 35 UTA NBA 16 473 9.7 .631 .565 8.2 15.5 11.9 1.2 0.8 5.2 16.0 6.6 125 112 0.4 0.5 0.9 .091
1992-93 36 UTA NBA 5 117 13.6 .530 .526 15.9 16.6 16.2 2.7 0.0 5.1 8.8 9.2 122 107 0.2 0.1 0.3 .124
Career NBA 74 2295 10.7 .525 .489 8.6 18.8 13.8 3.1 0.8 5.6 15.8 9.6 106 107 0.7 3.3 4.0 .084

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1988-89 32 UTA NBA 1 0 9:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 0
Career NBA 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Mark Eaton 6.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6 1.9 0.8
Theo Ratliff 92.9 6.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 2.3 2.0 0.0
Rick Mahorn 90.2 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.4 3.6 2.5 1.8 1.3
Brendan Haywood 86.9 6.8 6.7 5.2 5.0 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.9 0.2
Olden Polynice 85.6 6.7 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.5 3.3 2.6 2.5 1.6 1.5 1.5
Elden Campbell 85.2 8.3 7.0 6.4 5.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.6 1.1
Jim Fox 85.0 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 4.6 3.9 3.4 2.4 2.2 0.6
Rasho Nesterovic 85.0 7.2 5.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.2 1.5 0.0
Jim Chones 85.0 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8 4.7 3.5 3.3 2.6 1.4
Darryl Dawkins 84.2 7.9 6.4 6.3 5.7 4.6 4.4 4.0 2.9 2.1 2.1 0.1
Ervin Johnson 83.9 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.7
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Mark Eaton 6.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6 1.9 0.8
Theo Ratliff 90.7 6.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 2.3 2.0 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0
Brendan Haywood 86.9 6.8 6.7 5.2 5.0 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.9 0.2
Rasho Nesterovic 86.2 7.2 5.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.2 1.5 0.8 0.0
Rick Mahorn 85.1 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.4 3.6 2.5 2.3 1.8 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0
Jim Chones 85.0 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8 4.7 3.5 3.3 2.6 1.4
Jim Fox 85.0 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 4.6 3.9 3.4 2.4 2.2 0.6
Darryl Dawkins 83.8 7.9 6.4 6.3 5.7 4.6 4.4 4.0 2.9 2.1 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.2
Olden Polynice 83.8 6.7 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.5 3.3 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.5 -0.1
Ervin Johnson 83.3 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.0
Erick Dampier 82.6 8.9 6.4 6.1 6.0 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.7 1.9 1.5 0.9 0.3 -0.1 -0.5

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1980-81 24 UCLA 19 155 17 37 5 17 49 39 .459 .294 8.2 2.1 2.6
1981-82 25 UCLA 11 41 5 12 4 5 22 14 .417 .800 3.7 1.3 2.0
Career 30 196 22 49 9 22 71 53 .449 .409 6.5 1.8 2.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1989 NBA
Awards
1984-85 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
1988-89 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Honors
1984-85 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1985-86 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1986-87 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1987-88 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1988-89 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1984-85 NBA 0.005 (16)
1988-89 NBA 0.004 (13)
Career 0.009 (166)
Games
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
1989-90 NBA 82 (1)
Offensive Rebounds
Career NBA 1857 (98)
Defensive Rebounds
1984-85 NBA 720 (1)
1988-89 NBA 616 (4)
Career NBA 5082 (56)
Career 5082 (62)
Total Rebounds
1984-85 NBA 927 (5)
1988-89 NBA 843 (7)
Career NBA 6939 (97)
Blocks
1982-83 NBA 275 (2)
1983-84 NBA 351 (1)
1984-85 NBA 456 (1)
1985-86 NBA 369 (2)
1986-87 NBA 321 (1)
1987-88 NBA 304 (1)
1988-89 NBA 315 (2)
1989-90 NBA 201 (5)
1990-91 NBA 188 (6)
1991-92 NBA 205 (7)
Career NBA 3064 (4)
Career 3064 (5)
Personal Fouls
1984-85 NBA 312 (5)
1987-88 NBA 320 (4)
1990-91 NBA 298 (7)
Career NBA 2955 (71)
Career 2955 (81)
Rebounds Per Game
1984-85 NBA 11.3 (5)
1988-89 NBA 10.3 (7)
Blocks Per Game
1982-83 NBA 3.4 (3)
1983-84 NBA 4.3 (1)
1984-85 NBA 5.6 (1)
1985-86 NBA 4.6 (2)
1986-87 NBA 4.1 (1)
1987-88 NBA 3.7 (1)
1988-89 NBA 3.8 (2)
1989-90 NBA 2.5 (6)
1990-91 NBA 2.4 (7)
1991-92 NBA 2.5 (9)
Career NBA 3.5 (1)
Career 3.5 (1)
Defensive Rebound Pct
1984-85 NBA 25.8 (4)
Career NBA 21.1 (68)
Career 21.1 (77)
Total Rebound Pct
1984-85 NBA 17.0 (10)
Career NBA 15.0 (77)
Career 15.0 (86)
Block Pct
1982-83 NBA 9.2 (1)
1983-84 NBA 8.5 (1)
1984-85 NBA 8.7 (1)
1985-86 NBA 8.1 (2)
1986-87 NBA 7.4 (2)
1987-88 NBA 6.4 (3)
1988-89 NBA 6.5 (2)
1989-90 NBA 5.5 (6)
1991-92 NBA 6.2 (4)
Career NBA 6.9 (5)
Career 6.9 (5)
Defensive Rating
1982-83 NBA 97.8 (10)
1984-85 NBA 96.5 (1)
1985-86 NBA 100.0 (5)
1986-87 NBA 100.2 (2)
1987-88 NBA 100.7 (2)
1988-89 NBA 97.7 (2)
1989-90 NBA 102.4 (9)
1991-92 NBA 102.5 (10)
Career NBA 100.4 (54)
Career 100.4 (59)
Defensive Win Shares
1984-85 NBA 6.7 (1)
1985-86 NBA 4.8 (4)
1986-87 NBA 5.0 (3)
1987-88 NBA 5.2 (4)
1988-89 NBA 6.5 (3)
Career NBA 48.0 (45)
Career 48.0 (48)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (872)
NBA Elo Player Rating
275th (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 6:43AM
 

Transactions

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 5th round (107th pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

June 29, 1982: Drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 4th round (72nd pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.

September 28, 1994: Retired from the Utah Jazz.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Utah Jazz NBA $445,000
1987-88 Utah Jazz NBA $625,000
1988-89 Utah Jazz NBA $675,000
1990-91 Utah Jazz NBA $2,000,000
1991-92 Utah Jazz NBA $1,333,000
1992-93 Utah Jazz NBA $1,333,000
1993-94 Utah Jazz NBA $1,333,000
Career (may be incomplete) $7,744,000

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