Mark Eaton vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose 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 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Mark Eaton had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Derrick Rose had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Derrick Rose	15	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1982-83	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Derrick Rose	81	37.0	16.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	1.5	7.1	14.9	.475	0.2	0.9	.222	2.4	3.1	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	7	44.7	19.7	1.7	4.6	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	5.0	3.6	8.4	17.1	.492	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 2
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1983-84	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Derrick Rose	78	36.8	20.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.8	1.2	8.6	17.6	.489	0.2	0.8	.267	3.3	4.3	.766

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
Derrick Rose	5	42.4	26.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.6	11.4	25.0	.456	0.4	1.2	.333	3.6	4.4	.818


Season 3
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1984-85	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Derrick Rose	81	37.4	25.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	1.7	8.8	19.7	.445	1.6	4.8	.332	5.9	6.9	.858

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
Derrick Rose	16	40.6	27.1	1.3	3.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	9.3	23.5	.396	1.6	6.3	.248	6.9	8.4	.828


Season 4
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Derrick Rose	39	35.3	21.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.3	7.7	17.8	.435	1.4	4.4	.312	5.0	6.1	.812

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
Derrick Rose	1	37.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	23.0	.391	3.0	6.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000

Note: Derrick Rose didn't play in 2012-13.


Season 5
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1986-87	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did 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
Derrick Rose	10	31.1	15.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	4.3	0.5	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	16.4	.354	1.6	4.7	.340	2.7	3.2	.844

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
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Derrick Rose	51	30.0	17.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.9	0.7	0.3	3.2	1.2	6.6	16.4	.405	1.5	5.3	.280	3.0	3.7	.813

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
Derrick Rose	12	37.8	20.3	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.5	1.2	0.5	3.2	1.8	7.8	19.6	.396	1.9	5.5	.348	2.9	3.3	.897


Season 7
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did 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
Derrick Rose	66	31.8	16.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	4.7	0.7	0.2	2.7	1.3	6.8	15.9	.427	0.7	2.3	.293	2.2	2.7	.793

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
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did 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	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
Derrick Rose	64	32.5	18.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.4	0.7	0.3	2.3	1.3	7.2	15.3	.471	0.2	0.9	.217	3.5	4.0	.874

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
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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	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
Derrick Rose	25	16.8	8.4	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.4	0.6	3.2	7.4	.435	0.3	1.2	.233	1.6	1.8	.870

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
Derrick Rose	5	23.8	14.2	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.8	5.8	11.4	.509	1.4	2.0	.700	1.2	1.4	.857


Season 10
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Did 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	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
Derrick Rose	51	27.3	18.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.3	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.1	7.1	14.8	.482	1.1	2.9	.370	2.7	3.1	.856

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
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did 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	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
Derrick Rose	50	26.0	18.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	1.0	7.4	15.1	.490	0.9	2.9	.306	2.4	2.8	.871

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
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	50	25.6	14.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	1.0	0.4	1.6	1.1	5.7	12.2	.470	1.0	2.6	.388	2.2	2.5	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	5	35.0	19.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.0	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.0	8.0	16.8	.476	1.6	3.4	.471	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 13
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	26	24.5	12.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	0.6	4.7	10.5	.445	1.4	3.5	.402	1.2	1.2	.968

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	27	12.5	5.6	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	5.9	.384	0.7	2.3	.302	0.4	0.4	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Mark Eaton	Derrick Rose
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	24	16.6	8.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.9	3.2	6.9	.461	0.6	1.7	.366	1.0	1.1	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mark Eaton vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15