Elgin Baylor

Seasons 1958-59–1971-72 · 14 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1934

★ Hall of Fame★ Rookie of the Year11× All-Star10× All-NBA

Player info

27.4 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 4.3 APG · 846 games · .431 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1958-59	MNL	24	70	40.8	.408	—	.777	15.0	4.1	—	—	24.9	23.6	.488
1959-60	MNL	25	70	41.0	.424	—	.732	16.4	3.5	—	—	29.6	25.2	.489
1960-61	LAL	26	73	42.9	.430	—	.783	19.8	5.1	—	—	34.8	28.2	.498
1961-62	LAL	27	48	44.4	.428	—	.754	18.6	4.6	—	—	38.3	26.8	.492
1962-63	LAL	28	80	42.1	.453	—	.837	14.3	4.8	—	—	34.0	26.6	.519
1963-64	LAL	29	78	40.6	.425	—	.804	12.0	4.4	—	—	25.4	21.1	.487
1964-65	LAL	30	74	41.3	.401	—	.792	12.8	3.8	—	—	27.1	20.5	.463
1965-66	LAL	31	65	30.4	.401	—	.739	9.6	3.4	—	—	16.6	16.9	.456
1966-67	LAL	32	70	38.7	.429	—	.813	12.8	3.1	—	—	26.6	20.2	.491
1967-68	LAL	33	77	39.3	.443	—	.786	12.2	4.6	—	—	26.0	21.0	.505
1968-69	LAL	34	76	40.3	.447	—	.743	10.6	5.4	—	—	24.8	20.7	.500
1969-70	LAL	35	54	41.0	.486	—	.773	10.4	5.4	—	—	24.0	20.8	.537
1970-71	LAL	36	2	28.5	.421	—	.667	5.5	1.0	—	—	10.0	9.0	.462
1971-72	LAL	37	9	26.6	.433	—	.815	6.3	2.0	—	—	11.8	13.6	.487

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1958-59	MNL	70	—	2,855	605	1,482	.408	—	—	532	685	1050	287	—	—	—	1,742
1959-60	MNL	70	—	2,873	755	1,781	.424	—	—	564	770	1150	243	—	—	—	2,074
1960-61	LAL	73	—	3,133	931	2,166	.430	—	—	676	863	1447	371	—	—	—	2,538
1961-62	LAL	48	—	2,129	680	1,588	.428	—	—	476	631	892	222	—	—	—	1,836
1962-63	LAL	80	—	3,370	1,029	2,273	.453	—	—	661	790	1146	386	—	—	—	2,719
1963-64	LAL	78	—	3,164	756	1,778	.425	—	—	471	586	936	347	—	—	—	1,983
1964-65	LAL	74	—	3,056	763	1,903	.401	—	—	483	610	950	280	—	—	—	2,009
1965-66	LAL	65	—	1,975	415	1,034	.401	—	—	249	337	621	224	—	—	—	1,079
1966-67	LAL	70	—	2,706	711	1,658	.429	—	—	440	541	898	215	—	—	—	1,862
1967-68	LAL	77	—	3,029	757	1,709	.443	—	—	488	621	941	355	—	—	—	2,002
1968-69	LAL	76	—	3,064	730	1,632	.447	—	—	421	567	805	408	—	—	—	1,881
1969-70	LAL	54	—	2,213	511	1,051	.486	—	—	276	357	559	292	—	—	—	1,298
1970-71	LAL	2	—	57	8	19	.421	—	—	4	6	11	2	—	—	—	20
1971-72	LAL	9	—	239	42	97	.433	—	—	22	27	57	18	—	—	—	106
Career		846	—	—	8,693	20,171	.431	0	0	5763	7391	11463	3650	0	0	0	23,149

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1958-59	MNL	70	40.8	7.6	18.7	.408	—	—	6.7	8.6	13.2	3.6	—	—	—	22.0
1959-60	MNL	70	41.0	9.5	22.3	.424	—	—	7.1	9.6	14.4	3.0	—	—	—	26.0
1960-61	LAL	73	42.9	10.7	24.9	.430	—	—	7.8	9.9	16.6	4.3	—	—	—	29.2
1961-62	LAL	48	44.4	11.5	26.9	.428	—	—	8.0	10.7	15.1	3.8	—	—	—	31.0
1962-63	LAL	80	42.1	11.0	24.3	.453	—	—	7.1	8.4	12.2	4.1	—	—	—	29.0
1963-64	LAL	78	40.6	8.6	20.2	.425	—	—	5.4	6.7	10.6	3.9	—	—	—	22.6
1964-65	LAL	74	41.3	9.0	22.4	.401	—	—	5.7	7.2	11.2	3.3	—	—	—	23.7
1965-66	LAL	65	30.4	7.6	18.8	.401	—	—	4.5	6.1	11.3	4.1	—	—	—	19.7
1966-67	LAL	70	38.7	9.5	22.1	.429	—	—	5.9	7.2	11.9	2.9	—	—	—	24.8
1967-68	LAL	77	39.3	9.0	20.3	.443	—	—	5.8	7.4	11.2	4.2	—	—	—	23.8
1968-69	LAL	76	40.3	8.6	19.2	.447	—	—	4.9	6.7	9.5	4.8	—	—	—	22.1
1969-70	LAL	54	41.0	8.3	17.1	.486	—	—	4.5	5.8	9.1	4.8	—	—	—	21.1
1970-71	LAL	2	28.5	5.1	12.0	.421	—	—	2.5	3.8	6.9	1.3	—	—	—	12.6
1971-72	LAL	9	26.6	6.3	14.6	.433	—	—	3.3	4.1	8.6	2.7	—	—	—	16.0

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1958-59	MNL	70	2,855	23.6	.488	—	7.0	2.8	9.8	.165	—	—	—	—
1959-60	MNL	70	2,873	25.2	.489	—	7.4	4.1	11.5	.192	—	—	—	—
1960-61	LAL	73	3,133	28.2	.498	—	9.1	5.7	14.8	.227	—	—	—	—
1961-62	LAL	48	2,129	26.8	.492	—	4.9	3.0	7.9	.179	—	—	—	—
1962-63	LAL	80	3,370	26.6	.519	—	9.3	5.1	14.4	.205	—	—	—	—
1963-64	LAL	78	3,164	21.1	.487	—	4.7	2.5	7.2	.109	—	—	—	—
1964-65	LAL	74	3,056	20.5	.463	—	2.5	2.4	4.9	.078	—	—	—	—
1965-66	LAL	65	1,975	16.9	.456	—	0.5	2.0	2.6	.062	—	—	—	—
1966-67	LAL	70	2,706	20.2	.491	—	3.5	2.7	6.2	.109	—	—	—	—
1967-68	LAL	77	3,029	21.0	.505	—	4.9	3.2	8.0	.127	—	—	—	—
1968-69	LAL	76	3,064	20.7	.500	—	5.1	3.4	8.5	.133	—	—	—	—
1969-70	LAL	54	2,213	20.8	.537	—	4.5	3.3	7.8	.168	—	—	—	—
1970-71	LAL	2	57	9.0	.462	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	.032	—	—	—	—
1971-72	LAL	9	239	13.6	.487	—	0.1	0.4	0.5	.097	—	—	—	—
Career		846	—	—	—	—	—	—	104.1	—	—	—	—	+0.0

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1958-59	13	19.5	25.5	10.5	0.8	.403	—	.469
1959-60	9	11.2	33.4	10.6	0.0	.594	—	.659
1960-61	12	31.2	38.1	13.6	2.2	.556	—	.620
1961-62	13	24.7	38.6	17.7	2.6	.438	—	.503
1962-63	13	43.2	32.6	13.6	4.5	.442	—	.507
1963-64	5	44.2	24.2	11.6	5.6	.378	—	.443
1964-65	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.000	—	0.000
1965-66	14	41.9	26.8	14.1	3.7	.442	—	.501
1966-67	3	0.0	23.7	13.0	3.0	.368	—	.419
1967-68	15	22.5	28.5	14.5	4.0	.468	—	.503
1968-69	18	35.6	15.4	9.2	4.1	.385	—	.431
1969-70	18	37.1	18.7	9.6	4.6	.466	—	.507
Career	134	30.4	27.0	12.3	3.2	.454	—	.511

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	423	27.5	13.2	3.8	300–123
Away	423	27.2	11.2	2.2	173–250
In wins	473	28.3	12.5	3.5	473–0
In losses	373	26.1	11.8	2.3	0–373

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	111	26.7	13.5	2.9	56–55
BOS Boston Celtics	92	25.4	13.1	3.1	34–58
CHI Chicago Bulls	28	25.6	8.0	3.1	16–12
DET Detroit Pistons	110	29.0	10.7	1.6	73–37
GSW Golden State Warriors	100	27.6	14.1	4.2	53–47
HOU Houston Rockets	19	24.6	10.8	4.6	17–2
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	11	24.3	9.0	3.9	8–3
NYK New York Knicks	91	26.3	11.4	2.6	57–34
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	50	26.4	12.6	3.9	21–29
PHX Phoenix Suns	12	27.7	10.8	7.2	7–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Elgin Baylor plays SF for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Elgin Baylor has averaged 27.4 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 4.3 APG over 14 seasons (1958-59–1971-72).

Elgin Baylor is 6-5 (225 lb).

Elgin Baylor was drafted in 1956, round 14, pick 91.