Mark Eaton vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams 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.

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, 9 more than Jalen Williams, who played 2. Mark Eaton had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Eaton	Jalen Williams
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mark Eaton	Jalen Williams
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder TBD

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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
Jalen Williams	71	31.3	19.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.5	7.5	14.0	.540	1.5	3.4	.427	2.5	3.1	.814
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
Jalen Williams	9	37.8	18.3	1.2	5.3	6.6	5.1	1.7	0.4	2.1	2.2	7.4	16.0	.465	1.3	3.8	.353	2.1	2.7	.792

Season 3
	Mark Eaton	Jalen Williams
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	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	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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Mark Eaton	Jalen Williams
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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	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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Mark Eaton	Jalen Williams
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
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	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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Mark Eaton	Jalen Williams
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Mark Eaton	Jalen Williams
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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-