Elvin Hayes

Seasons 1968-69–1983-84 · 16 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1945

★ Hall of Fame12× All-Star6× All-NBA2× All-Defense

Player info

21.0 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 1.8 APG · 1303 games · .452 FG% · .147 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1968-69	SDR	23	82	45.1	.447	—	.626	17.1	1.4	—	—	28.4	18.9	.483
1969-70	SDR	24	82	44.7	.452	—	.688	16.9	2.0	—	—	27.5	18.3	.492
1970-71	SDR	25	82	44.3	.428	—	.672	16.6	2.3	—	—	28.7	19.4	.468
1971-72	HOU	26	82	42.2	.434	—	.649	14.6	3.3	—	—	25.2	19.4	.471
1972-73	BAL	27	81	41.3	.444	—	.671	14.5	1.6	—	—	21.2	17.5	.477
1973-74	CAP	28	81	44.5	.423	—	.721	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	21.4	18.2	.470
1974-75	WSB	29	82	42.3	.443	—	.766	12.2	2.5	1.9	2.3	23.0	19.0	.496
1975-76	WSB	30	80	37.2	.470	—	.628	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	19.8	18.4	.501
1976-77	WSB	31	82	41.0	.501	—	.687	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	23.7	19.8	.544
1977-78	WSB	32	81	40.1	.451	—	.634	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	19.7	17.1	.489
1978-79	WSB	33	82	37.9	.487	—	.654	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	21.8	19.1	.523
1979-80	WSB	34	81	39.3	.454	.231	.699	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	23.0	17.2	.492
1980-81	WSB	35	81	36.2	.451	0.000	.617	9.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	17.8	14.9	.483
1981-82	HOU	36	82	37.0	.472	0.000	.664	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	16.1	14.4	.513
1982-83	HOU	37	81	28.4	.476	.500	.683	7.6	2.0	0.6	1.0	12.9	14.7	.515
1983-84	HOU	38	81	12.3	.406	0.000	.652	3.2	0.9	0.2	0.3	5.0	10.3	.450

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1968-69	SDR	82	—	3,695	930	2,082	.447	—	—	467	746	1406	113	—	—	—	2,327
1969-70	SDR	82	—	3,665	914	2,020	.452	—	—	428	622	1386	162	—	—	—	2,256
1970-71	SDR	82	—	3,633	948	2,215	.428	—	—	454	676	1362	186	—	—	—	2,350
1971-72	HOU	82	—	3,461	832	1,918	.434	—	—	399	615	1197	270	—	—	—	2,063
1972-73	BAL	81	—	3,347	713	1,607	.444	—	—	291	434	1177	127	—	—	—	1,717
1973-74	CAP	81	—	3,602	689	1,627	.423	—	—	357	495	1463	163	86	240	—	1,735
1974-75	WSB	82	—	3,465	739	1,668	.443	—	—	409	534	1004	206	158	187	—	1,887
1975-76	WSB	80	—	2,975	649	1,381	.470	—	—	287	457	878	121	104	202	—	1,585
1976-77	WSB	82	—	3,364	760	1,516	.501	—	—	422	614	1029	158	87	220	—	1,942
1977-78	WSB	81	—	3,246	636	1,409	.451	—	—	326	514	1075	149	96	159	229	1,598
1978-79	WSB	82	—	3,105	720	1,477	.487	—	—	349	534	994	143	75	190	235	1,789
1979-80	WSB	81	—	3,183	761	1,677	.454	3	13	334	478	896	129	62	189	215	1,859
1980-81	WSB	81	—	2,931	584	1,296	.451	0	10	271	439	789	98	68	171	189	1,439
1981-82	HOU	82	82	3,032	519	1,100	.472	0	5	280	422	747	144	62	104	208	1,318
1982-83	HOU	81	43	2,302	424	890	.476	2	4	196	287	616	158	50	81	200	1,046
1983-84	HOU	81	4	994	158	389	.406	0	2	86	132	260	71	16	28	82	402
Career		1303	—	—	10,976	24,272	.452	5	34	5356	7999	16279	2398	864	1771	1358	27,313

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1968-69	SDR	82	45.1	9.1	20.3	.447	—	—	4.5	7.3	13.7	1.1	—	—	—	22.7
1969-70	SDR	82	44.7	9.0	19.8	.452	—	—	4.2	6.1	13.6	1.6	—	—	—	22.2
1970-71	SDR	82	44.3	9.4	21.9	.428	—	—	4.5	6.7	13.5	1.8	—	—	—	23.3
1971-72	HOU	82	42.2	8.7	20.0	.434	—	—	4.2	6.4	12.5	2.8	—	—	—	21.5
1972-73	BAL	81	41.3	7.7	17.3	.444	—	—	3.1	4.7	12.7	1.4	—	—	—	18.5
1973-74	CAP	81	44.5	6.9	16.3	.423	—	—	3.6	4.9	14.6	1.6	0.9	2.4	—	17.3
1974-75	WSB	82	42.3	7.7	17.3	.443	—	—	4.2	5.5	10.4	2.1	1.6	1.9	—	19.6
1975-76	WSB	80	37.2	7.9	16.7	.470	—	—	3.5	5.5	10.6	1.5	1.3	2.4	—	19.2
1976-77	WSB	82	41.0	8.1	16.2	.501	—	—	4.5	6.6	11.0	1.7	0.9	2.4	—	20.8
1977-78	WSB	81	40.1	7.1	15.6	.451	—	—	3.6	5.7	11.9	1.7	1.1	1.8	2.5	17.7
1978-79	WSB	82	37.9	8.3	17.1	.487	—	—	4.0	6.2	11.5	1.7	0.9	2.2	2.7	20.7
1979-80	WSB	81	39.3	8.6	19.0	.454	0.0	0.1	3.8	5.4	10.1	1.5	0.7	2.1	2.4	21.0
1980-81	WSB	81	36.2	7.2	15.9	.451	0.0	0.1	3.3	5.4	9.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.3	17.7
1981-82	HOU	82	37.0	6.2	13.1	.472	0.0	0.1	3.3	5.0	8.9	1.7	0.7	1.2	2.5	15.6
1982-83	HOU	81	28.4	6.6	13.9	.476	0.0	0.1	3.1	4.5	9.6	2.5	0.8	1.3	3.1	16.4
1983-84	HOU	81	12.3	5.7	14.1	.406	0.0	0.1	3.1	4.8	9.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	3.0	14.6

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
1968-69	SDR	82	3,695	18.9	.483	—	3.6	6.0	9.6	.124	—	—	—	—
1969-70	SDR	82	3,665	18.3	.492	—	2.3	6.2	8.5	.111	—	—	—	—
1970-71	SDR	82	3,633	19.4	.468	—	0.7	7.1	7.8	.102	—	—	—	—
1971-72	HOU	82	3,461	19.4	.471	—	0.8	6.5	7.3	.101	—	—	—	—
1972-73	BAL	81	3,347	17.5	.477	—	1.7	5.8	7.6	.109	—	—	—	—
1973-74	CAP	81	3,602	18.2	.470	—	2.6	8.1	10.6	.142	+0.7	+1.1	+1.7	+3.4
1974-75	WSB	82	3,465	19.0	.496	—	4.3	8.2	12.5	.173	+1.6	+1.7	+3.3	+4.6
1975-76	WSB	80	2,975	18.4	.501	—	2.2	5.9	8.1	.131	+0.4	+1.0	+1.3	+2.5
1976-77	WSB	82	3,364	19.8	.544	—	6.6	5.5	12.1	.173	+2.1	+0.8	+2.8	+4.1
1977-78	WSB	81	3,246	17.1	.489	21.6	3.5	4.8	8.3	.123	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	+2.1
1978-79	WSB	82	3,105	19.1	.523	23.9	4.5	4.9	9.4	.146	+1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+2.5
1979-80	WSB	81	3,183	17.2	.492	26.1	2.1	4.2	6.2	.094	-0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+1.2
1980-81	WSB	81	2,931	14.9	.483	23.0	0.1	4.9	5.1	.083	-1.6	+0.6	-1.1	+0.7
1981-82	HOU	82	3,032	14.4	.513	20.2	2.3	2.9	5.1	.081	-0.6	-0.7	-1.4	+0.5
1982-83	HOU	81	2,302	14.7	.515	21.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	.050	-0.7	-0.7	-1.4	+0.4
1983-84	HOU	81	994	10.3	.450	21.0	-0.8	1.0	0.2	.010	-3.3	-1.0	-4.4	-0.6
Career		1303	—	—	—	—	—	—	120.8	—	—	—	—	+21.4

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	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1968-69	6	22.7	25.8	13.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	.526	—	.564
1972-73	5	45.6	25.8	11.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	.505	—	.540
1973-74	7	46.1	25.9	15.9	3.0	0.0	0.0	.531	—	.562
1974-75	17	44.2	25.5	10.9	2.2	0.5	0.8	.468	—	.507
1975-76	7	43.6	20.0	12.6	1.4	0.7	3.6	.443	—	.479
1976-77	9	45.0	21.0	13.6	1.9	0.3	0.9	.428	—	.475
1977-78	21	41.3	21.8	13.3	2.0	1.5	2.4	.491	—	.515
1978-79	19	41.4	22.5	14.0	2.0	0.8	2.7	.429	—	.471
1979-80	2	46.0	20.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	.390	—	.441
1981-82	3	41.3	14.0	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	.340	—	.371
Career	96	41.9	22.9	13.0	1.9	0.7	1.7	.464	—	.501

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	658	21.3	12.6	1.8	419–239
Away	645	20.7	12.1	1.7	235–410
In wins	654	22.5	13.2	1.9	654–0
In losses	649	19.4	11.6	1.6	0–649

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	81	22.0	13.0	1.6	47–34
BOS Boston Celtics	73	23.2	12.4	1.5	31–42
BKN Brooklyn Nets	29	17.0	10.1	1.6	15–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	65	21.7	12.9	1.4	29–36
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	66	21.3	12.0	2.3	42–24
DAL Dallas Mavericks	20	13.6	5.8	1.4	9–11
DEN Denver Nuggets	33	16.6	9.2	1.7	13–20
DET Detroit Pistons	70	21.8	12.6	1.6	38–32
GSW Golden State Warriors	72	19.7	13.6	2.2	38–34
HOU Houston Rockets	48	19.2	11.4	2.0	30–18
IND Indiana Pacers	30	20.0	11.2	2.0	17–13
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	22	15.8	8.4	1.1	14–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	72	21.1	13.8	1.9	23–49
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	63	22.0	13.0	2.0	23–40
NYK New York Knicks	72	22.2	14.0	1.8	29–43
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	72	21.5	13.0	1.6	33–39
PHX Phoenix Suns	71	21.5	12.0	1.4	36–35
POR Portland Trail Blazers	55	19.6	11.8	1.9	30–25
SAC Sacramento Kings	49	19.9	11.5	2.1	23–26
SAS San Antonio Spurs	37	17.8	10.6	1.9	16–21
UTA Utah Jazz	47	18.3	9.8	1.7	30–17

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Elvin Hayes plays PF for the Houston Rockets.

Elvin Hayes has averaged 21.0 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 1.8 APG over 16 seasons (1968-69–1983-84).

Elvin Hayes is 6-9 (235 lb).

Elvin Hayes was drafted in 1968, round 1, pick 1.