Mark Eaton C

Height: 7-4 (224cm)

Weight: 275 lbs (125kg)

Born: Jan 24, 1957 (Passed away May 29, 2021, aged 64)

Hometown: Westminster, California

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: Round 5, Pick 19, Phoenix Suns (1979);
Round 4, Pick 3, Utah Jazz (1982)

Pre-Draft Team: UCLA (Fr)

High School: Westminster High School (Westminster, California)

2x DPOY, 3x All-NBA Defensive 1st, All-Star, #53 retired by UTH

Mark Eaton Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	BLK
5/8/1993	SuperSonics	4	6	1	3
5/6/1993	SuperSonics	8	7	0	2
5/4/1993	SuperSonics	2	9	1	0
5/2/1993	SuperSonics	8	8	0	4
4/30/1993	SuperSonics	0	3	0	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

12 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1982-83	25	UTH	81	18.9	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	3.4	1.7	.414	.000	.656
1983-84	26	UTH	82	26.1	5.6	7.3	1.4	0.3	4.3	1.2	.466	.000	.593
1984-85	27	UTH	82	34.3	9.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	5.6	2.5	.449	.000	.712
1985-86	28	UTH	80	31.8	8.4	8.4	1.3	0.4	4.6	1.9	.470	.000	.604
1986-87	29	UTH	79	31.7	7.7	8.8	1.3	0.5	4.1	1.8	.400	.000	.657
1987-88	30	UTH	82	33.3	7.0	8.7	0.7	0.5	3.7	1.6	.418	.000	.623
1988-89 ☆	31	UTH	82	35.5	6.2	10.3	1.0	0.5	3.8	1.7	.462	.000	.660
1989-90	32	UTH	82	27.8	4.8	7.3	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.9	.527	.000	.669
1990-91	33	UTH	80	32.3	5.1	8.3	0.6	0.5	2.4	1.2	.579	.000	.634
1991-92	34	UTH	81	25.0	3.3	6.1	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.7	.446	.000	.598
1992-93	35	UTH	64	17.3	2.8	4.1	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.7	.546	.000	.700
CAREER			875	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0	0.4	3.5	1.5	.458	.000	.649

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1982-83	25	UTH	81	32	18.9	4.3	1.8	4.4	.414	.000	0.7	1.1	.656	1.1	4.6	5.7	1.4	0.3	3.4	1.7	3.2
1983-84	26	UTH	82	78	26.1	5.6	2.4	5.1	.466	.000	0.9	1.5	.593	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.4	0.3	4.3	1.2	3.7
1984-85	27	UTH	82	82	34.3	9.7	3.7	8.2	.449	.000	2.3	3.3	.712	2.5	8.8	11.3	1.5	0.4	5.6	2.5	3.8
1985-86	28	UTH	80	80	31.8	8.4	3.5	7.4	.470	.000	1.5	2.5	.604	2.1	6.3	8.4	1.3	0.4	4.6	1.9	3.5
1986-87	29	UTH	79	79	31.7	7.7	3.0	7.4	.400	.000	1.8	2.7	.657	2.7	6.2	8.8	1.3	0.5	4.1	1.8	3.5
1987-88	30	UTH	82	82	33.3	7.0	2.8	6.6	.418	.000	1.5	2.3	.623	2.8	5.9	8.7	0.7	0.5	3.7	1.6	3.9
1988-89 ☆	31	UTH	82	82	35.5	6.2	2.3	5.0	.462	.000	1.6	2.4	.660	2.8	7.5	10.3	1.0	0.5	3.8	1.7	3.5
1989-90	32	UTH	82	82	27.8	4.8	1.9	3.7	.527	.000	1.0	1.4	.669	2.1	5.2	7.3	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.9	2.9
1990-91	33	UTH	80	80	32.3	5.1	2.1	3.6	.579	.000	0.9	1.4	.634	2.3	6.1	8.3	0.6	0.5	2.4	1.2	3.7
1991-92	34	UTH	81	81	25.0	3.3	1.3	3.0	.446	.000	0.6	1.1	.598	1.9	4.2	6.1	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.7	3.0
1992-93	35	UTH	64	57	17.3	2.8	1.1	2.0	.546	.000	0.5	0.8	.700	1.1	3.0	4.1	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.7	2.2
CAREER			875	815	28.8	6.0	2.4	5.2	.458	.000	1.2	1.9	.649	2.1	5.8	7.9	1.0	0.4	3.5	1.5	3.4

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1982-83	25	UTH	81	32	1,528	351	146	353	.414	1	.000	59	90	.656	86	376	462	112	24	275	140	257
1983-84	26	UTH	82	78	2,139	461	194	416	.466	1	.000	73	123	.593	148	447	595	113	25	351	98	303
1984-85	27	UTH	82	82	2,813	794	302	673	.449	0	.000	190	267	.712	207	720	927	124	36	456	206	312
1985-86	28	UTH	80	80	2,542	676	277	589	.470	0	.000	122	202	.604	172	503	675	101	34	369	156	282
1986-87	29	UTH	79	79	2,505	608	234	585	.400	0	.000	140	213	.657	211	486	697	105	43	321	142	273
1987-88	30	UTH	82	82	2,731	571	226	541	.418	0	.000	119	191	.623	230	487	717	55	41	304	131	320
1988-89 ☆	31	UTH	82	82	2,914	508	188	407	.462	0	.000	132	200	.660	227	616	843	83	40	315	142	290
1989-90	32	UTH	82	82	2,281	395	158	300	.527	0	.000	79	118	.669	171	430	601	39	33	201	75	238
1990-91	33	UTH	80	80	2,580	409	169	292	.579	0	.000	71	112	.634	182	485	667	51	39	188	99	298
1991-92	34	UTH	81	81	2,023	266	107	240	.446	0	.000	52	87	.598	150	341	491	40	36	205	60	239
1992-93	35	UTH	64	57	1,104	177	71	130	.546	0	.000	35	50	.700	73	191	264	17	18	79	43	143
CAREER			875	815	25,160	5,216	2,072	4,526	.458	2	.000	1,072	1,653	.649	1,857	5,082	6,939	840	369	3,064	1,292	2,955

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1982-83	25	UTH	81	32	.447	.414	5.9	24.4	15.4	9.2	26.3	0.7	9.2	13.6	106.9	-4.1	1.0	80.9	97.5	11.0
1983-84	26	UTH	82	78	.490	.466	7.7	20.8	14.6	6.4	17.2	0.5	8.5	10.6	106.0	-1.0	1.1	100.5	102.6	12.8
1984-85	27	UTH	82	82	.502	.449	7.8	25.8	17.0	5.7	20.7	0.6	8.7	14.1	116.0	-4.3	1.2	93.9	96.4	13.7
1985-86	28	UTH	80	80	.499	.470	7.5	21.1	14.4	5.2	18.7	0.6	8.1	13.3	107.4	-3.4	1.1	94.6	100.4	12.2
1986-87	29	UTH	79	79	.448	.400	8.7	20.4	14.5	5.3	17.3	0.8	7.4	13.0	105.7	-2.8	1.0	92.4	100.1	11.1
1987-88	30	UTH	82	82	.457	.418	9.5	18.3	14.1	2.5	17.3	0.7	6.4	11.4	104.1	-3.4	1.1	93.6	101.3	9.5
1988-89 ☆	31	UTH	82	82	.513	.462	9.4	21.8	16.0	3.8	22.3	0.7	6.5	9.3	112.2	-3.1	1.2	99.3	98.7	10.7
1989-90	32	UTH	82	82	.561	.527	9.4	20.8	15.4	2.2	17.6	0.7	5.5	8.2	119.6	-2.2	1.3	111.2	103.3	10.5
1990-91	33	UTH	80	80	.599	.579	8.9	20.8	15.2	2.6	22.5	0.8	4.5	7.6	121.3	-2.6	1.4	108.8	103.2	9.5
1991-92	34	UTH	81	81	.478	.446	8.8	18.2	13.7	2.5	17.7	0.9	6.2	7.2	104.4	-1.7	1.1	103.4	103.4	9.0
1992-93	35	UTH	64	57	.582	.546	7.8	19.3	13.7	2.0	22.1	0.8	4.6	7.7	124.6	-2.9	1.4	106.7	106.7	8.8
CAREER			875	815	.496	.458	8.4	21.2	15.0	4.3	19.7	0.7	7.0	10.8	110.6	-2.9	1.2	97.0	101.0	10.9

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	20 Reb	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1982-83	25	UTH	81	32	6	0	0	.073	0.8	0.2	0.3	30	51	.370	-2.1	2.9	0.8
1983-84	26	UTH	82	78	5	0	0	.085	1.2	0.3	0.3	45	37	.549	0.2	3.5	3.7
1984-85	27	UTH	82	82	37	0	2	.122	0.6	0.2	0.4	41	41	.500	-1.3	6.7	5.4
1985-86	28	UTH	80	80	18	0	0	.112	0.6	0.2	0.3	41	39	.513	-0.9	4.8	3.9
1986-87	29	UTH	79	79	15	1	1	.101	0.7	0.3	0.4	42	37	.532	-1.5	5.1	3.6
1987-88	30	UTH	82	82	9	0	1	.081	0.4	0.3	0.4	47	35	.573	-1.2	5.1	4.0
1988-89 ☆	31	UTH	82	82	12	0	2	.085	0.6	0.3	0.5	51	31	.622	-	6.3	6.3
1989-90	32	UTH	82	82	5	0	0	.059	0.5	0.4	0.4	55	27	.671	1.3	3.8	5.2
1990-91	33	UTH	80	80	4	0	0	.070	0.5	0.4	0.4	53	27	.663	1.2	4.3	5.4
1991-92	34	UTH	81	81	1	0	0	.044	0.7	0.6	0.4	55	26	.679	0.3	3.4	3.7
1992-93	35	UTH	64	57	0	0	0	.034	0.4	0.4	0.4	34	30	.531	0.4	1.4	1.8
CAREER			875	815	112	1	6	.080	0.7	0.3	0.4	494	381	.565	-3.6	47.3	43.7

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1983-84	26	UTH	11	23.1	4.5	6.9	0.8	0.5	3.1	1.5	.512	.000	.471
1984-85	27	UTH	5	31.6	5.8	9.0	1.0	0.8	5.8	2.4	.353	.000	.714
1985-86	28	UTH	4	39.3	14.5	9.0	2.5	0.2	4.5	1.0	.491	.000	.667
1986-87	29	UTH	5	38.6	10.8	11.0	0.6	0.2	4.2	0.8	.463	.000	.640
1987-88	30	UTH	11	41.9	7.7	9.4	1.2	1.1	3.1	1.3	.477	.000	.639
1988-89	31	UTH	3	33.0	8.3	11.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.3	.471	.000	.818
1989-90	32	UTH	5	25.6	3.8	6.0	0.0	0.6	2.8	0.8	.529	.000	.200
1990-91	33	UTH	9	28.3	4.3	6.2	0.6	0.1	1.4	0.8	.516	.000	.583
1991-92	34	UTH	16	30.0	4.6	5.6	0.2	0.4	2.2	0.7	.565	.000	.778
1992-93	35	UTH	5	23.4	4.4	6.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	0.4	.526	.000	.500
CAREER			74	31.1	6.1	7.5	0.7	0.5	2.8	1.1	.489	.000	.639

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1983-84	26	UTH	11	0	23.1	4.5	1.9	3.7	.512	.000	0.7	1.5	.471	1.7	5.2	6.9	0.8	0.5	3.1	1.5	3.0
1984-85	27	UTH	5	5	31.6	5.8	2.4	6.8	.353	.000	1.0	1.4	.714	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.0	0.8	5.8	2.4	3.8
1985-86	28	UTH	4	4	39.3	14.5	7.0	14.2	.491	.000	0.5	0.8	.667	3.2	5.8	9.0	2.5	0.2	4.5	1.0	3.0
1986-87	29	UTH	5	5	38.6	10.8	3.8	8.2	.463	.000	3.2	5.0	.640	3.2	7.8	11.0	0.6	0.2	4.2	0.8	3.6
1987-88	30	UTH	11	11	41.9	7.7	2.8	5.9	.477	.000	2.1	3.3	.639	2.5	6.8	9.4	1.2	1.1	3.1	1.3	4.4
1988-89	31	UTH	3	3	33.0	8.3	2.7	5.7	.471	.000	3.0	3.7	.818	3.7	7.3	11.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.0
1989-90	32	UTH	5	5	25.6	3.8	1.8	3.4	.529	.000	0.2	1.0	.200	1.6	4.4	6.0	0.0	0.6	2.8	0.8	3.4
1990-91	33	UTH	9	9	28.3	4.3	1.8	3.4	.516	.000	0.8	1.3	.583	1.9	4.3	6.2	0.6	0.1	1.4	0.8	4.6
1991-92	34	UTH	16	16	30.0	4.6	1.6	2.9	.565	.000	1.3	1.7	.778	1.9	3.8	5.6	0.2	0.4	2.2	0.7	2.9
1992-93	35	UTH	5	5	23.4	4.4	2.0	3.8	.526	.000	0.4	0.8	.500	3.2	3.4	6.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	0.4	1.8
CAREER			74	63	31.1	6.1	2.4	5.0	.489	.000	1.3	2.0	.639	2.3	5.2	7.5	0.7	0.5	2.8	1.1	3.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1983-84	26	UTH	11	0	254	50	21	41	.512	.000	8	17	.471	19	57	76	9	5	34	16	33
1984-85	27	UTH	5	5	158	29	12	34	.353	.000	5	7	.714	11	34	45	5	4	29	12	19
1985-86	28	UTH	4	4	157	58	28	57	.491	.000	2	3	.667	13	23	36	10	1	18	4	12
1986-87	29	UTH	5	5	193	54	19	41	.463	.000	16	25	.640	16	39	55	3	1	21	4	18
1987-88	30	UTH	11	11	461	85	31	65	.477	.000	23	36	.639	28	75	103	13	12	34	14	48
1988-89	31	UTH	3	3	99	25	8	17	.471	.000	9	11	.818	11	22	33	1	1	2	7	6
1989-90	32	UTH	5	5	128	19	9	17	.529	.000	1	5	.200	8	22	30	0	3	14	4	17
1990-91	33	UTH	9	9	255	39	16	31	.516	.000	7	12	.583	17	39	56	5	1	13	7	41
1991-92	34	UTH	16	16	480	73	26	46	.565	.000	21	27	.778	30	60	90	4	7	36	11	47
1992-93	35	UTH	5	5	117	22	10	19	.526	.000	2	4	.500	16	17	33	2	0	9	2	9
CAREER			74	63	2,302	454	180	368	.489	.000	94	147	.639	169	388	557	52	35	210	81	250

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1983-84	26	UTH	11	0	.516	.512	8.6	24.3	16.6	4.6	24.8	0.9	7.4	10.5	98.3	-4.0	1.2	93.8	103.6	12.0
1984-85	27	UTH	5	5	.391	.353	7.0	20.0	13.8	4.2	24.4	1.1	9.4	12.3	106.7	-5.3	0.9	75.2	99.1	10.0
1985-86	28	UTH	4	4	.497	.491	8.4	16.9	12.4	8.8	6.4	0.3	7.1	17.3	115.8	1.9	1.0	111.0	110.7	17.5
1986-87	29	UTH	5	5	.519	.463	9.7	23.7	16.6	2.3	7.1	0.3	6.6	12.3	110.3	-1.1	1.3	116.4	104.4	14.9
1987-88	30	UTH	11	11	.526	.477	7.5	17.5	12.9	3.9	14.8	1.3	4.3	9.1	111.6	-1.2	1.3	107.5	105.7	10.5
1988-89	31	UTH	3	3	.572	.471	11.0	23.7	17.1	1.4	24.3	0.5	1.2	11.6	128.9	-6.5	1.5	104.9	114.0	11.4
1989-90	32	UTH	5	5	.495	.529	6.7	20.9	13.4	-	17.2	1.2	7.6	7.8	72.9	-3.2	1.1	94.0	105.0	9.3
1990-91	33	UTH	9	9	.537	.516	8.1	16.6	12.6	2.7	16.2	0.2	3.3	7.5	109.9	-1.5	1.3	109.0	108.1	6.9
1991-92	34	UTH	16	16	.631	.565	8.0	15.3	11.7	1.2	16.0	0.8	5.1	6.6	134.3	-1.9	1.6	124.7	112.6	10.0
1992-93	35	UTH	5	5	.530	.526	15.7	16.8	16.2	2.7	8.8	-	5.1	9.2	102.6	-0.6	1.2	122.4	106.8	14.4
CAREER			74	63	.525	.489	8.5	18.6	13.6	3.1	15.8	0.8	5.6	9.6	112.9	-2.1	1.2	106.4	107.0	11.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1983-84	26	UTH	11	0	1	.066	0.6	0.3	0.4	5	6	.455	-0.1	0.4	0.3
1984-85	27	UTH	5	5	1	.043	0.4	0.3	0.2	3	2	.600	-0.3	0.4	0.1
1985-86	28	UTH	4	4	2	.220	2.5	0.2	0.1	1	3	.250	0.1	0.2	0.3
1986-87	29	UTH	5	5	2	.117	0.8	0.2	0.6	2	3	.400	0.2	0.4	0.6
1987-88	30	UTH	11	11	1	.104	0.9	0.9	0.6	6	5	.545	0.2	0.8	1.0
1988-89	31	UTH	3	3	1	.078	0.1	0.1	0.6	0	3	.000	-	0.1	0.1
1989-90	32	UTH	5	5	0	.045	0.0	0.8	0.3	2	3	.400	-	0.2	0.2
1990-91	33	UTH	9	9	0	.061	0.7	0.1	0.4	4	5	.444	0.1	0.4	0.5
1991-92	34	UTH	16	16	0	.051	0.4	0.6	0.6	9	7	.563	0.4	0.5	0.9
1992-93	35	UTH	5	5	0	.071	1.0	0.0	0.2	2	3	.400	0.2	0.2	0.3
CAREER			74	63	8	.076	0.6	0.4	0.4	34	40	.459	0.8	3.5	4.2

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 25, 1979	The Phoenix Suns selected Mark Eaton in Round 5 with Pick 19 in the 1979 NBA Draft.
Jun 29, 1982	The Utah Jazz selected Mark Eaton in Round 4 with Pick 3 in the 1982 NBA Draft.
Aug 26, 1982	Mark Eaton signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz.
Jul 1, 1985	Mark Eaton, previously with the Utah Jazz, became a free agent.
Sep 27, 1985	Mark Eaton signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz.
Jul 1, 1989	Mark Eaton, previously with the Utah Jazz, became a free agent.
Sep 15, 1989	Mark Eaton signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz.
Jun 28, 1994	Mark Eaton retired from professional basketball.
Jul 1, 1994	Mark Eaton, previously with the Utah Jazz, became a free agent.
Sep 29, 1995	The Utah Jazz renounced their free-agent exception rights to Mark Eaton.
May 29, 2021	Mark Eaton passed away. He was 64 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
2x Defensive Player of the Year	1985, 1989
3x All-NBA Defensive First Team	1985, 1986, 1989
2x All-NBA Defensive Second Team	1987, 1988
1x All-Star	1989
1x Western All-Star Coaches Selection	1989

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1989	31	West	1	9.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	.000	.000	.000
CAREER			1	9.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	.000	.000	.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1989	31	West	1	0	9	0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	5	5	0	0	2	0	1
CAREER			1	0	9	0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	5	5	0	0	2	0	1

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
6.0	7.9	1.0	0.4	3.5

FG%	3P%	FT%
45.8%	.0%	64.9%