Mark Eaton vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland 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, 6 more than Darius Garland, who played 5. Mark Eaton had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Darius Garland had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Darius Garland	5	2	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875

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


Season 2
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Darius Garland	54	33.1	17.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.1	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.0	6.7	14.9	.451	1.9	4.9	.395	2.1	2.4	.848

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
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
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863

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
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840


Season 5
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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	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
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834

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
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810


Season 6
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
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	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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Eaton	Darius Garland
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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mark Eaton vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland 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