Michael Cooper vs. Mark Eaton Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Michael Cooper played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Mark Eaton, who played 11. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Mark Eaton had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1979-80	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861
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

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1980-81	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714
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

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1981-82	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735
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

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1982-83	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829
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

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1983-84	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806
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

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1984-85	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.7	8.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.4	7.2	.465	0.4	1.5	.285	1.4	1.6	.865
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	19	26.4	10.4	0.6	3.4	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.7	6.6	.563	0.4	1.4	.308	2.5	2.7	.923
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

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1985-86	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.3	7.4	.452	0.8	2.0	.387	1.8	2.1	.865
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	30.1	9.7	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	8.2	.470	1.4	2.9	.463	0.6	0.8	.818
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

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1986-87	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.5	10.5	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	3.9	9.0	.438	1.1	2.8	.385	1.5	1.8	.851
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	18	29.0	13.0	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	4.3	8.8	.484	1.9	3.9	.486	2.6	3.0	.852
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

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Mark Eaton
Season	1987-88	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Cooper	61	29.4	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	7.9	.392	0.9	2.9	.320	1.6	1.9	.858
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	24	24.5	6.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.3	5.5	.412	1.0	2.6	.403	0.8	1.1	.741
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