Last Updated on June 27, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

Here is the 1996–97 Utah Jazz roster and player statistics:

Roster

NO PLAYER NAME POS HT WT DATE OF BIRTH COLLEGE
00 Greg Ostertag C 7-2 280 March 6, 1973 Kansas
3 Bryon Russell SF 6-7 225 December 31, 1970 Cal State Long Beach
10 Howard Eisley PG 6-2 177 December 4, 1972 Boston College
12 John Stockton PG 6-1 170 March 26, 1962 Gonzaga
14 Jeff Hornacek SG 6-4 190 May 3, 1963 Iowa State
15 Jamie Watson SF 6-7 190 February 23, 1972 South Carolina
22 Brooks Thompson PG 6-4 193 July 19, 1970 Texas A&M, Oklahoma State
30 Ruben Nembhard SG 6-3 208 February 20, 1972 Weber State
31 Adam Keefe C 6-9 230 February 22, 1970 Stanford
32 Karl Malone PF 6-9 250 July 24, 1963 Louisiana Tech
34 Chris Morris SF 6-8 210 January 20, 1966 Auburn
40 Shandon Anderson SG 6-6 208 December 31, 1973 Georgia
43 Stephen Howard SF 6-9 225 July 15, 1970 DePaul
44 Greg Foster C 6-11 240 October 3, 1968 UCLA, Texas-El Paso
55 Antoine Carr PF 6-9 225 July 23, 1961 Wichita State

Regular Season Per Game

Player Pos Age GP GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Karl Malone PF 33 82 82 36.6 27.4 9.9 4.5 1.4 0.6 2.8 19.2 10.5 .550 0.2 0.0 .000 8.4 6.4 .755
Jeff Hornacek SG 33 82 82 31.6 14.5 2.9 4.4 1.5 0.3 1.6 10.4 5.0 .482 2.4 0.9 .369 4.0 3.6 .899
John Stockton PG 34 82 82 35.3 14.4 2.8 10.5 2.0 0.2 3.0 9.3 5.1 .548 2.2 0.9 .422 4.0 3.4 .846
Bryon Russell SF 26 81 81 31.2 10.8 4.1 1.5 1.6 0.3 1.2 7.7 3.7 .479 3.3 1.3 .409 3.0 2.1 .701
Antoine Carr PF 35 82 0 17.8 7.4 2.4 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.9 6.4 3.1 .483 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.2 .780
Greg Ostertag C 23 77 70 23.6 7.3 7.3 0.4 0.3 2.0 1.0 5.3 2.7 .515 0.1 0.0 .000 2.7 1.8 .678
Shandon Anderson SG 23 65 0 16.4 5.9 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.1 4.9 2.3 .462 0.7 0.4 .511 1.5 1.0 .687
Howard Eisley PG 24 82 0 13.2 4.5 1.0 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.3 3.8 1.7 .451 0.9 0.2 .278 1.1 0.9 .787
Chris Morris SF 31 73 1 13.4 4.3 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 4.1 1.7 .408 1.5 0.4 .274 0.7 0.5 .722
Greg Foster C 28 79 12 11.6 3.5 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7 3.1 1.4 .453 0.0 0.0 .667 0.8 0.7 .831
Adam Keefe C 26 62 0 14.8 3.8 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 2.6 1.3 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 1.1 .689
Stephen Howard SF 26 42 0 8.3 3.6 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 2.3 1.3 .573 0.0 0.0   1.6 1.0 .597
Jamie Watson SF 24 13 0 9.9 2.5 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.7 1.9 0.8 .440 0.2 0.1 .333 0.9 0.8 .833
Ruben Nembhard SG 24 8 0 11.8 4.0 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.0 0.4 3.6 1.5 .414 0.5 0.0 .000 1.3 1.0 .800
Brooks Thompson PG 26 2 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0  
Team Totals     82 82 241.8 103.1 40.2 26.8 9.1 5.1 15.4 75.8 38.2 .504 11.0 4.1 .370 29.5 22.7 .769

Playoff Per Game

Player Pos Age GP GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Karl Malone PF 33 20 20 40.8 26.0 11.4 2.9 1.4 0.8 2.7 21.5 9.4 .435 0.1 0.1 .500 10.0 7.2 .720
John Stockton PG 34 20 20 37.0 16.1 3.9 9.6 1.7 0.3 3.1 10.9 5.7 .521 2.5 1.0 .380 4.5 3.9 .856
Jeff Hornacek SG 33 20 20 35.2 14.6 4.5 3.7 1.1 0.2 1.8 10.4 4.5 .433 2.7 1.0 .358 5.3 4.6 .876
Bryon Russell SF 26 20 20 37.9 12.3 4.6 1.4 1.1 0.3 1.0 9.7 4.5 .461 5.1 1.8 .356 2.2 1.6 .721
Howard Eisley PG 24 20 0 10.9 5.6 0.9 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.9 3.8 1.9 .500 1.0 0.5 .474 1.4 1.4 .964
Antoine Carr PF 35 20 0 14.0 4.9 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.9 4.2 2.0 .482 0.0 0.0   1.2 0.9 .750
Greg Ostertag C 23 20 20 23.0 4.7 6.9 0.3 0.5 2.4 0.9 4.2 1.7 .410 0.0 0.0   1.8 1.3 .743
Greg Foster C 28 20 0 15.5 4.2 2.8 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 3.6 1.4 .389 0.4 0.1 .250 1.5 1.3 .867
Shandon Anderson SG 23 18 0 16.4 4.6 2.7 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.7 3.7 1.6 .439 0.7 0.3 .417 1.6 1.1 .714
Chris Morris SF 31 20 0 8.8 2.9 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 2.5 1.0 .400 1.3 0.4 .320 0.8 0.5 .600
Stephen Howard SF 26 5 0 2.6 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.6 .500 0.0 0.0   0.8 0.6 .750
Adam Keefe C 26 8 0 7.4 1.0 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.3 .333 0.0 0.0   0.8 0.5 .667
Team Totals     20 20 241.3 96.1 41.8 21.8 7.4 4.9 13.3 74.5 33.7 .452 13.5 5.0 .367 30.4 23.9 .785

Regular Season Per 36 Mins

Player Pos Age GP GS MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Karl Malone PF 33 82 82 2998 27.0 9.7 4.4 1.4 0.6 2.8 18.9 10.4 .550 0.2 0.0 .000 8.3 6.3 .755
Jeff Hornacek SG 33 82 82 2592 16.5 3.3 5.0 1.7 0.4 1.9 11.9 5.7 .482 2.7 1.0 .369 4.5 4.1 .899
Stephen Howard SF 26 42 0 349 15.5 7.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 2.1 9.9 5.7 .573 0.0 0.0   6.9 4.1 .597
Antoine Carr PF 35 82 0 1460 14.9 4.8 1.8 0.6 1.6 1.8 12.9 6.2 .483 0.1 0.0 .000 3.1 2.4 .780
John Stockton PG 34 82 82 2896 14.7 2.8 10.7 2.1 0.2 3.1 9.4 5.2 .548 2.2 0.9 .422 4.0 3.4 .846
Shandon Anderson SG 23 65 0 1066 13.0 6.0 1.7 0.9 0.3 2.5 10.7 5.0 .462 1.6 0.8 .511 3.3 2.3 .687
Bryon Russell SF 26 81 81 2525 12.4 4.7 1.8 1.8 0.4 1.3 8.8 4.2 .479 3.8 1.5 .409 3.5 2.4 .701
Ruben Nembhard SG 24 8 0 94 12.3 3.1 4.6 2.3 0.0 1.1 11.1 4.6 .414 1.5 0.0 .000 3.8 3.1 .800
Howard Eisley PG 24 82 0 1083 12.2 2.8 6.6 1.5 0.3 3.7 10.2 4.6 .451 2.4 0.7 .278 3.0 2.3 .787
Chris Morris SF 31 73 1 977 11.6 6.0 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.7 11.0 4.5 .408 4.2 1.1 .274 2.0 1.4 .722
Greg Ostertag C 23 77 70 1818 11.1 11.2 0.5 0.5 3.0 1.5 8.1 4.2 .515 0.1 0.0 .000 4.1 2.8 .678
Greg Foster C 28 79 12 920 10.9 7.3 1.2 0.4 0.8 2.1 9.6 4.3 .453 0.1 0.1 .667 2.5 2.1 .831
Adam Keefe C 26 62 0 915 9.2 8.5 1.3 1.2 0.5 1.8 6.3 3.2 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 2.8 .689
Jamie Watson SF 24 13 0 129 9.2 5.0 2.8 3.1 0.6 2.5 7.0 3.1 .440 0.8 0.3 .333 3.3 2.8 .833
Brooks Thompson PG 26 2 0 8 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0  

Playoff Per 36 Mins

Player Pos Age GP GS MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Stephen Howard SF 26 5 0 13 24.9 2.8 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 16.6 8.3 .500 0.0 0.0   11.1 8.3 .750
Karl Malone PF 33 20 20 816 22.9 10.1 2.5 1.2 0.7 2.4 19.0 8.2 .435 0.1 0.0 .500 8.8 6.4 .720
Howard Eisley PG 24 20 0 217 18.6 3.0 6.6 0.5 0.0 2.8 12.6 6.3 .500 3.2 1.5 .474 4.6 4.5 .964
John Stockton PG 34 20 20 739 15.7 3.8 9.3 1.6 0.2 3.0 10.6 5.5 .521 2.4 0.9 .380 4.4 3.8 .856
Jeff Hornacek SG 33 20 20 704 14.9 4.6 3.7 1.1 0.2 1.8 10.6 4.6 .433 2.7 1.0 .358 5.4 4.7 .876
Antoine Carr PF 35 20 0 280 12.6 5.1 1.3 0.8 1.2 2.3 10.7 5.1 .482 0.0 0.0   3.1 2.3 .750
Chris Morris SF 31 20 0 175 11.7 6.6 1.0 1.6 0.6 1.2 10.3 4.1 .400 5.1 1.6 .320 3.1 1.9 .600
Bryon Russell SF 26 20 20 758 11.6 4.4 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.9 9.2 4.2 .461 4.8 1.7 .356 2.0 1.5 .721
Shandon Anderson SG 23 18 0 296 10.1 5.8 1.6 1.3 0.1 1.6 8.0 3.5 .439 1.5 0.6 .417 3.4 2.4 .714
Greg Foster C 28 20 0 309 9.8 6.5 1.3 0.5 0.8 1.3 8.4 3.3 .389 0.9 0.2 .250 3.5 3.0 .867
Greg Ostertag C 23 20 20 459 7.4 10.7 0.5 0.8 3.7 1.4 6.5 2.7 .410 0.0 0.0   2.7 2.0 .743
Adam Keefe C 26 8 0 59 4.9 9.8 1.2 1.2 0.6 1.2 3.7 1.2 .333 0.0 0.0   3.7 2.4 .667

Regular Season Totals

Player Pos Age GP GS MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Karl Malone PF 33 82 82 2998 2249 809 368 113 48 233 1571 864 .550 13 0 .000 690 521 .755
Jeff Hornacek SG 33 82 82 2592 1191 241 361 124 26 134 856 413 .482 195 72 .369 326 293 .899
John Stockton PG 34 82 82 2896 1183 228 860 166 15 248 759 416 .548 180 76 .422 325 275 .846
Bryon Russell SF 26 81 81 2525 873 331 123 129 27 94 620 297 .479 264 108 .409 244 171 .701
Antoine Carr PF 35 82 0 1460 603 195 74 24 63 75 522 252 .483 3 0 .000 127 99 .780
Greg Ostertag C 23 77 70 1818 559 565 27 24 152 74 408 210 .515 4 0 .000 205 139 .678
Shandon Anderson SG 23 65 0 1066 386 179 49 27 8 73 318 147 .462 47 24 .511 99 68 .687
Howard Eisley PG 24 82 0 1083 368 84 198 44 10 110 308 139 .451 72 20 .278 89 70 .787
Chris Morris SF 31 73 1 977 314 162 43 29 24 45 299 122 .408 113 31 .274 54 39 .722
Greg Foster C 28 79 12 920 278 187 31 10 20 54 245 111 .453 3 2 .667 65 54 .831
Adam Keefe C 26 62 0 915 235 216 32 30 13 45 160 82 .513 1 0 .000 103 71 .689
Stephen Howard SF 26 42 0 349 150 76 10 11 10 20 96 55 .573 0 0   67 40 .597
Jamie Watson SF 24 13 0 129 33 18 10 11 2 9 25 11 .440 3 1 .333 12 10 .833
Ruben Nembhard SG 24 8 0 94 32 8 12 6 0 3 29 12 .414 4 0 .000 10 8 .800
Brooks Thompson PG 26 2 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0   0 0  
Team Totals     82 82 19830 8454 3299 2199 748 418 1218 6217 3131 .504 902 334 .370 2416 1858 .769

Playoff Totals

Player Pos Age GP GS MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Karl Malone PF 33 20 20 816 519 228 57 27 15 54 430 187 .435 2 1 .500 200 144 .720
John Stockton PG 34 20 20 739 322 78 191 33 5 62 217 113 .521 50 19 .380 90 77 .856
Jeff Hornacek SG 33 20 20 704 291 89 73 21 4 36 208 90 .433 53 19 .358 105 92 .876
Bryon Russell SF 26 20 20 758 245 92 27 21 6 20 193 89 .461 101 36 .356 43 31 .721
Karl Malone PF 35 20 0 280 98 40 10 6 9 18 83 40 .482 0 0   24 18 .750
Greg Ostertag C 23 20 20 459 94 137 6 10 47 18 83 34 .410 0 0   35 26 .743
Greg Foster C 28 20 0 309 84 56 11 4 7 11 72 28 .389 8 2 .250 30 26 .867
Shandon Anderson SG 23 18 0 296 83 48 13 11 1 13 66 29 .439 12 5 .417 28 20 .714
Chris Morris SF 31 20 0 175 57 32 5 8 3 6 50 20 .400 25 8 .320 15 9 .600
Howard Eisley PG 24 20 0 217 112 18 40 3 0 17 76 38 .500 19 9 .474 28 27 .964
Stephen Howard SF 26 5 0 13 9 1 0 1 0 0 6 3 .500 0 0   4 3 .750
Adam Keefe C 26 8 0 59 8 16 2 2 1 2 6 2 .333 0 0   6 4 .667
Team Totals     20 20 4825 1922 835 435 147 98 257 1490 673 .452 270 99 .367 608 477 .785