Mark Eaton vs. De'Aaron Fox Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Aaron Fox and Mark Eaton, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Mark Eaton played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than De'Aaron Fox, who played 7. Mark Eaton had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while De'Aaron Fox had his rookie season in 2017-18. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Mark Eaton 11 10 1982-83 to 1992-93
De'Aaron Fox 7 1 2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1982-832017-18
Team Utah JazzSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 81 18.9 4.3 1.1 4.6 5.7 1.4 0.3 3.4 1.7 3.2 1.8 4.4 .414 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .656
De'Aaron Fox 73 27.8 11.6 0.5 2.3 2.8 4.4 1.0 0.3 2.4 2.2 4.5 10.9 .412 0.6 2.1 .307 1.9 2.7 .723
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton ------- --- ----------
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1983-842018-19
Team Utah JazzSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement Blocks Leader-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 82 26.1 5.6 1.8 5.5 7.3 1.4 0.3 4.3 1.2 3.7 2.4 5.1 .466 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .593
De'Aaron Fox 81 31.4 17.3 0.5 3.2 3.8 7.3 1.6 0.6 2.8 2.5 6.2 13.6 .458 1.1 2.9 .371 3.7 5.1 .727
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 11 23.1 4.5 1.7 5.2 6.9 0.8 0.5 3.1 1.5 3.0 1.9 3.7 .512 0.0 0.0 - 0.7 1.5 .471
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1984-852019-20
Team Utah JazzSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement Defensive Player of the Year-
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 82 34.3 9.7 2.5 8.8 11.3 1.5 0.4 5.6 2.5 3.8 3.7 8.2 .449 0.0 0.0 - 2.3 3.3 .712
De'Aaron Fox 51 32.0 21.1 0.7 3.2 3.8 6.8 1.5 0.5 3.1 2.8 7.7 16.0 .480 1.1 3.6 .292 4.7 6.7 .705
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 5 31.6 5.8 2.2 6.8 9.0 1.0 0.8 5.8 2.4 3.8 2.4 6.8 .353 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.4 .714
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 4

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1985-862020-21
Team Utah JazzSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 80 31.9 8.5 2.2 6.3 8.4 1.3 0.4 4.6 2.0 3.5 3.5 7.4 .470 0.0 0.0 - 1.5 2.5 .604
De'Aaron Fox 58 35.1 25.2 0.6 2.9 3.5 7.2 1.5 0.5 3.0 2.9 9.1 19.1 .477 1.8 5.5 .322 5.2 7.2 .719
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 4 39.3 14.5 3.3 5.8 9.0 2.5 0.3 4.5 1.0 3.0 7.0 14.3 .491 0.0 0.0 - 0.5 0.8 .667
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1986-872021-22
Team Utah JazzSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 79 31.7 7.7 2.7 6.2 8.8 1.3 0.5 4.1 1.8 3.5 3.0 7.4 .400 0.0 0.0 - 1.8 2.7 .657
De'Aaron Fox 59 35.3 23.2 0.4 3.5 3.9 5.6 1.2 0.4 2.8 2.9 8.7 18.5 .473 1.3 4.2 .297 4.4 5.9 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 5 38.6 10.8 3.2 7.8 11.0 0.6 0.2 4.2 0.8 3.6 3.8 8.2 .463 0.0 0.0 - 3.2 5.0 .640
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1987-882022-23
Team Utah JazzSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
-Achievement Clutch Player of the Year
Achievement Blocks Leader-
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisKings Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 82 33.3 7.0 2.8 5.9 8.7 0.7 0.5 3.7 1.6 3.9 2.8 6.6 .418 0.0 0.0 - 1.5 2.3 .623
De'Aaron Fox 73 33.4 25.0 0.5 3.6 4.2 6.1 1.1 0.3 2.5 2.4 9.3 18.2 .512 1.6 5.0 .324 4.7 6.0 .780
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 11 41.9 7.7 2.5 6.8 9.4 1.2 1.1 3.1 1.3 4.4 2.8 5.9 .477 0.0 0.0 - 2.1 3.3 .639
De'Aaron Fox 7 38.6 27.4 1.7 3.7 5.4 7.7 2.1 0.6 4.0 3.3 10.0 23.6 .424 3.0 9.0 .333 4.4 5.9 .756

Season 7

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1988-892023-24
Team Utah JazzSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement Defensive Player of the Year-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 82 35.5 6.2 2.8 7.5 10.3 1.0 0.5 3.8 1.7 3.5 2.3 5.0 .462 0.0 0.0 - 1.6 2.4 .660
De'Aaron Fox 74 35.9 26.6 0.9 3.7 4.6 5.6 2.0 0.4 2.6 2.6 9.7 20.9 .465 2.9 7.8 .369 4.2 5.7 .738
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 3 33.0 8.3 3.7 7.3 11.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.3 2.0 2.7 5.7 .471 0.0 0.0 - 3.0 3.7 .818
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1989-90-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 82 27.8 4.8 2.1 5.2 7.3 0.5 0.4 2.5 0.9 2.9 1.9 3.7 .527 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.4 .669
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 5 25.6 3.8 1.6 4.4 6.0 0.0 0.6 2.8 0.8 3.4 1.8 3.4 .529 0.0 0.0 - 0.2 1.0 .200
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1990-91-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 80 32.3 5.1 2.3 6.1 8.3 0.6 0.5 2.4 1.2 3.7 2.1 3.7 .579 0.0 0.0 - 0.9 1.4 .634
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 9 28.3 4.3 1.9 4.3 6.2 0.6 0.1 1.4 0.8 4.6 1.8 3.4 .516 0.0 0.0 - 0.8 1.3 .583
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 10

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1991-92-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf Finals-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 81 25.0 3.3 1.9 4.2 6.1 0.5 0.4 2.5 0.7 3.0 1.3 3.0 .446 0.0 0.0 - 0.6 1.1 .598
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 16 29.6 4.6 1.9 3.8 5.6 0.3 0.4 2.3 0.7 2.9 1.6 2.9 .565 0.0 0.0 - 1.3 1.7 .778
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Mark Eaton De'Aaron Fox
Season 1992-93-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 64 17.3 2.8 1.1 3.0 4.1 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.7 2.2 1.1 2.0 .546 0.0 0.0 - 0.5 0.8 .700
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mark Eaton 5 23.4 4.4 3.2 3.4 6.6 0.4 0.0 1.8 0.4 1.8 2.0 3.8 .526 0.0 0.0 - 0.4 0.8 .500
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------