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Mark Jackson

Mark Jackson stats, teams and career impact

#229 all-timeCareer averages · 9.6 PPG · 3.8 RPG · 8.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Point guard
Final NBA team: Houston Rockets
Height / weight: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) · 192 lb (87 kg)
Born: April 1, 1965 (61 yrs old)
College: St. John's
NBA seasons: 17 seasons · 1987–88 to 2003–04

Career or season view

Career summaryMark Jackson was a point guard who played 17 NBA seasons, from 1987–88 through 2003–04.

Career PPG: 9.6
Career RPG: 3.8
Career APG: 8.0; #22 in 1991–92; #229 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Mark Jackson ranks #229 all time

Mark Jackson ranks #229 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #25.0. His full-career value ranks #124, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#22 in 1991–92

Best league finish

Sustained excellence17 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth17 seasons

1,296 games · Career Value Rank #124

NBA honorsAll-Star · ROYContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets
Greatest Nuggets →Greatest Rockets →Greatest Pacers →Greatest Clippers →Greatest Knicks →Greatest Raptors →Greatest Jazz →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 44.7%FG%
Three-point: 33.2%3P%
Free throw: 77.0%FT%

1,296 career games · 39,121 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Mark Jackson stats by season

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2003–04	2.5	1.7	2.8	-4.10	HOU	42	3	13.7	34.0%	17.1%	71.8%	#308	-22.2
2002–03	4.7	2.1	4.6	-1.84	UTA	82	0	17.9	39.8%	28.4%	76.3%	#216	4.5
2001–02	8.4	3.8	7.4	+1.09	NYK	82	82	28.9	43.9%	40.5%	79.1%	#74	136.5
2000–01	7.6	3.7	8.0	+1.01	NYK/TOR	83	82	31.2	41.9%	33.8%	78.5%	#71	145.4
1999–00	8.1	3.7	8.0	+2.17	IND	81	81	27.0	43.2%	40.3%	80.6%	#41	177.3
1998–99	7.6	3.8	7.9	+1.48	IND	49	49	28.2	41.9%	31.1%	82.3%	#68	86.5
1997–98	8.3	3.9	8.7	+1.64	IND	82	82	29.4	41.6%	31.4%	76.1%	#67	161.0
1996–97	9.9	4.8	11.4	+0.80	DEN/IND	82	82	37.2	42.6%	37.1%	78.9%	#91	162.6
1995–96	10.0	3.8	7.8	+1.04	IND	81	81	32.6	47.3%	43.0%	78.5%	#82	149.5
1994–95	7.6	3.7	7.5	+0.13	IND	82	67	29.3	42.2%	31.0%	77.8%	#119	95.8
1993–94	10.9	4.4	8.6	+0.61	LAC	79	79	34.3	45.2%	28.3%	79.1%	#83	147.1
1992–93	14.4	4.7	8.8	+2.39	LAC	82	81	38.0	48.6%	26.8%	80.3%	#34	282.6
1991–92	11.3	3.8	8.6	+3.08	NYK	81	81	30.4	49.1%	25.6%	77.0%	#22	242.1
1990–91	8.8	2.7	6.3	+2.61	NYK	72	21	22.2	49.2%	25.5%	73.1%	#28	145.4
1989–90	9.9	3.9	7.4	+0.34	NYK	82	69	29.6	43.7%	26.7%	72.7%	#94	116.0
1988–89	16.9	4.7	8.6	+2.61	NYK	72	72	34.4	46.7%	33.8%	69.8%	#25	248.2
1987–88	13.6	4.8	10.6	+2.15	NYK	82	80	39.6	43.2%	25.4%	77.4%	#32	278.7
Career	9.6	3.8	8.0	—	DEN/HOU/IND/LAC/NYK/TOR/UTA	1296	—	30.2	44.7%	33.2%	77.0%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

Film evidence

Mark Jackson highlights

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Passing compilation

Mark Jackson assist highlights

Mark Jackson's passing compilation adds visual context to the numbers on this page, especially his post-up playmaking, pace control and live-dribble passing. The vetted footage complements the season tables and impact model.

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#229

30.2 composite · lower is better

Best 5#240

28.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#124

2,557 total value

Career standing

How Mark Jackson ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score30.2

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 311.0
Qualified seasons: 17
All-time rank: #229

Strongest seasons

Every season

Mark Jackson advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage


2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	38	42	577	-4.10	7.3	#308	-22.2	13th	Standard
2002–03Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	37	82	1,467	-1.84	32.4	#216	4.5	33rd	Broad
2001–02Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	36	82	2,367	+1.09	77.4	#74	136.5	79th	Broad
2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	NYK/TOR	35	83	2,588	+1.01	78.6	#71	145.4	80th	Broad
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	IND	34	81	2,190	+2.17	87.5	#41	177.3	86th	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	IND	33	49	1,382	+1.48	75.7	#68	86.5	75th	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	IND	32	82	2,413	+1.64	79.2	#67	161.0	83rd	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	DEN/IND	31	82	3,054	+0.80	71.5	#91	162.6	82nd	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	IND	30	81	2,643	+1.04	75.1	#82	149.5	79th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	IND	29	82	2,402	+0.13	61.8	#119	95.8	72nd	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	LAC	28	79	2,711	+0.61	71.8	#83	147.1	80th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	LAC	27	82	3,117	+2.39	88.8	#34	282.6	93rd	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	26	81	2,461	+3.08	92.7	#22	242.1	90th	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	25	72	1,595	+2.61	90.7	#28	145.4	80th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	24	82	2,428	+0.34	67.6	#94	116.0	74th	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	23	72	2,477	+2.61	90.9	#25	248.2	90th	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	22	82	3,249	+2.15	87.6	#32	278.7	92nd	Broad

Career movement

Mark Jackson's career impact by season

Peak +3.08 in 1991–92 · 17 seasons · 39,121 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

Era-centered box impactMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Mark JacksonJrue Holiday

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Mark Jackson and Jrue Holiday era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Mark Jackson	Jrue Holiday
1	2.2	-0.7
2	2.6	1.3
3	0.3	1.4
4	2.6	2.1
5	3.1	0.9
6	2.4	2.7
7	0.6	2.6
8	0.1	2.5
9	1.0	1.9
10	0.8	3.0
11	1.6	1.8
12	1.5	3.1
13	2.2	2.6
14	1.0	2.9
15	1.1	0.7
16	-1.8	-0.0
17	-4.1	1.7

NBA season number

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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career similarity score

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career similarity score

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →