Mark Eaton vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic 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, 2 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 13. Mark Eaton had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Nikola Vucevic had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Nikola Vucevic	13	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1982-83	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Nikola Vucevic	51	15.9	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.6	5.7	.450	0.1	0.2	.375	0.4	0.7	.529

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 2
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1983-84	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Nikola Vucevic	77	33.2	13.1	3.5	8.4	11.9	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.683

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
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1984-85	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Nikola Vucevic	57	31.8	14.2	3.2	7.7	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.766

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
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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	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
Nikola Vucevic	74	34.2	19.3	3.2	7.7	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	2.2	2.9	.752

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
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
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
Nikola Vucevic	65	31.3	18.2	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	2.3	.753

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
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Nikola Vucevic	75	28.8	14.6	2.3	8.0	10.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.4	13.7	.468	0.3	1.0	.307	1.4	2.1	.669

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
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
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
Nikola Vucevic	57	29.5	16.5	1.8	7.4	9.2	3.4	1.0	1.1	1.9	2.5	7.0	14.7	.475	1.1	3.6	.314	1.4	1.6	.819

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
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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	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
Nikola Vucevic	80	31.4	20.8	2.8	9.2	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	8.8	16.9	.518	1.1	2.9	.364	2.2	2.8	.789

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
Nikola Vucevic	5	29.4	11.2	1.8	6.2	8.0	3.0	0.4	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.2	11.6	.362	0.6	2.6	.231	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 9
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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	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
Nikola Vucevic	62	32.2	19.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.6	0.9	0.8	1.4	2.2	8.0	16.7	.477	1.6	4.7	.339	2.1	2.7	.784

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
Nikola Vucevic	5	37.0	28.0	1.8	9.2	11.0	4.0	0.8	0.6	2.6	2.6	11.2	22.2	.505	3.6	8.8	.409	2.0	2.2	.909


Season 10
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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
Nikola Vucevic	70	33.5	23.4	2.1	9.6	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.0	9.5	19.9	.477	2.5	6.3	.400	1.9	2.2	.840

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
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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	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
Nikola Vucevic	73	33.1	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.5	15.8	.473	1.4	4.5	.314	1.3	1.7	.760

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
Nikola Vucevic	5	36.2	19.4	2.8	9.6	12.4	3.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	8.4	.310	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 12
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	82	33.5	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.2	7.3	14.0	.520	1.5	4.2	.349	1.6	1.9	.835

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


Season 13
	Mark Eaton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	76	34.3	18.0	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.5	7.7	15.9	.484	1.2	4.1	.294	1.4	1.7	.822

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

Mark Eaton vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic 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