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Elgin Baylor

Elgin Gay Baylor

Position: Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: September 16, 1934 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: Springarn in Washington, District of Columbia
College: Seattle University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1977

Drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1958 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1958-59 24 MNL NBA 70 2855 605 1482 .408 532 685 .777 1050 287 270 1742
1959-60 25 MNL NBA 70 2873 755 1781 .424 564 770 .732 1150 243 234 2074
1960-61 26 LAL NBA 73 3133 931 2166 .430 676 863 .783 1447 371 279 2538
1961-62 27 LAL NBA 48 2129 680 1588 .428 476 631 .754 892 222 155 1836
1962-63 28 LAL NBA 80 3370 1029 2273 .453 661 790 .837 1146 386 226 2719
1963-64 29 LAL NBA 78 3164 756 1778 .425 471 586 .804 936 347 235 1983
1964-65 30 LAL NBA 74 3056 763 1903 .401 483 610 .792 950 280 235 2009
1965-66 31 LAL NBA 65 1975 415 1034 .401 249 337 .739 621 224 157 1079
1966-67 32 LAL NBA 70 2706 711 1658 .429 440 541 .813 898 215 211 1862
1967-68 33 LAL NBA 77 3029 757 1709 .443 488 621 .786 941 355 232 2002
1968-69 34 LAL NBA 76 3064 730 1632 .447 421 567 .743 805 408 204 1881
1969-70 35 LAL NBA 54 2213 511 1051 .486 276 357 .773 559 292 132 1298
1970-71 36 LAL NBA 2 57 8 19 .421 4 6 .667 11 2 6 20
1971-72 37 LAL NBA 9 239 42 97 .433 22 27 .815 57 18 20 106
Career NBA 846 33863 8693 20171 .431 5763 7391 .780 11463 3650 2596 23149

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1958-59 24 MNL NBA 70 40.8 8.6 21.2 .408 7.6 9.8 .777 15.0 4.1 3.9 24.9
1959-60 25 MNL NBA 70 41.0 10.8 25.4 .424 8.1 11.0 .732 16.4 3.5 3.3 29.6
1960-61 26 LAL NBA 73 42.9 12.8 29.7 .430 9.3 11.8 .783 19.8 5.1 3.8 34.8
1961-62 27 LAL NBA 48 44.4 14.2 33.1 .428 9.9 13.1 .754 18.6 4.6 3.2 38.3
1962-63 28 LAL NBA 80 42.1 12.9 28.4 .453 8.3 9.9 .837 14.3 4.8 2.8 34.0
1963-64 29 LAL NBA 78 40.6 9.7 22.8 .425 6.0 7.5 .804 12.0 4.4 3.0 25.4
1964-65 30 LAL NBA 74 41.3 10.3 25.7 .401 6.5 8.2 .792 12.8 3.8 3.2 27.1
1965-66 31 LAL NBA 65 30.4 6.4 15.9 .401 3.8 5.2 .739 9.6 3.4 2.4 16.6
1966-67 32 LAL NBA 70 38.7 10.2 23.7 .429 6.3 7.7 .813 12.8 3.1 3.0 26.6
1967-68 33 LAL NBA 77 39.3 9.8 22.2 .443 6.3 8.1 .786 12.2 4.6 3.0 26.0
1968-69 34 LAL NBA 76 40.3 9.6 21.5 .447 5.5 7.5 .743 10.6 5.4 2.7 24.8
1969-70 35 LAL NBA 54 41.0 9.5 19.5 .486 5.1 6.6 .773 10.4 5.4 2.4 24.0
1970-71 36 LAL NBA 2 28.5 4.0 9.5 .421 2.0 3.0 .667 5.5 1.0 3.0 10.0
1971-72 37 LAL NBA 9 26.6 4.7 10.8 .433 2.4 3.0 .815 6.3 2.0 2.2 11.8
Career NBA 846 40.0 10.3 23.8 .431 6.8 8.7 .780 13.5 4.3 3.1 27.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1958-59 24 MNL NBA 70 2855 7.6 18.7 .408 6.7 8.6 .777 13.2 3.6 3.4 22.0
1959-60 25 MNL NBA 70 2873 9.5 22.3 .424 7.1 9.6 .732 14.4 3.0 2.9 26.0
1960-61 26 LAL NBA 73 3133 10.7 24.9 .430 7.8 9.9 .783 16.6 4.3 3.2 29.2
1961-62 27 LAL NBA 48 2129 11.5 26.9 .428 8.0 10.7 .754 15.1 3.8 2.6 31.0
1962-63 28 LAL NBA 80 3370 11.0 24.3 .453 7.1 8.4 .837 12.2 4.1 2.4 29.0
1963-64 29 LAL NBA 78 3164 8.6 20.2 .425 5.4 6.7 .804 10.6 3.9 2.7 22.6
1964-65 30 LAL NBA 74 3056 9.0 22.4 .401 5.7 7.2 .792 11.2 3.3 2.8 23.7
1965-66 31 LAL NBA 65 1975 7.6 18.8 .401 4.5 6.1 .739 11.3 4.1 2.9 19.7
1966-67 32 LAL NBA 70 2706 9.5 22.1 .429 5.9 7.2 .813 11.9 2.9 2.8 24.8
1967-68 33 LAL NBA 77 3029 9.0 20.3 .443 5.8 7.4 .786 11.2 4.2 2.8 23.8
1968-69 34 LAL NBA 76 3064 8.6 19.2 .447 4.9 6.7 .743 9.5 4.8 2.4 22.1
1969-70 35 LAL NBA 54 2213 8.3 17.1 .486 4.5 5.8 .773 9.1 4.8 2.1 21.1
1970-71 36 LAL NBA 2 57 5.1 12.0 .421 2.5 3.8 .667 6.9 1.3 3.8 12.6
1971-72 37 LAL NBA 9 239 6.3 14.6 .433 3.3 4.1 .815 8.6 2.7 3.0 16.0
Career NBA 846 33863 9.2 21.4 .431 6.1 7.9 .780 12.2 3.9 2.8 24.6

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1958-59 24 MNL NBA 70 2855 23.6 .488 .408 7.0 2.8 9.8
1959-60 25 MNL NBA 70 2873 25.2 .489 .424 7.4 4.1 11.5
1960-61 26 LAL NBA 73 3133 28.2 .498 .430 9.1 5.7 14.8
1961-62 27 LAL NBA 48 2129 26.5 .492 .428 4.9 3.0 7.9
1962-63 28 LAL NBA 80 3370 26.6 .519 .453 9.3 5.1 14.4
1963-64 29 LAL NBA 78 3164 21.1 .487 .425 4.7 2.5 7.2
1964-65 30 LAL NBA 74 3056 20.5 .463 .401 15.0 2.5 2.4 4.9
1965-66 31 LAL NBA 65 1975 16.9 .456 .401 15.7 0.5 2.0 2.6
1966-67 32 LAL NBA 70 2706 20.2 .491 .429 11.3 3.5 2.7 6.2
1967-68 33 LAL NBA 77 3029 21.0 .505 .443 16.4 4.9 3.2 8.0
1968-69 34 LAL NBA 76 3064 20.7 .500 .447 20.2 5.1 3.4 8.5
1969-70 35 LAL NBA 54 2213 20.8 .537 .486 19.0 4.5 3.3 7.8
1970-71 36 LAL NBA 2 57 9.0 .462 .421 8.6 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
1971-72 37 LAL NBA 9 239 13.6 .487 .433 10.6 9.2 0.1 0.4 0.5
Career NBA 846 33863 22.7 .494 .431 10.2 16.1 63.6 40.5 104.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1958-59 24 MNL NBA 13 556 122 303 87 113 156 43 52 331 .403 .770 42.8 25.5 12.0 3.3
1959-60 25 MNL NBA 9 408 111 234 79 94 127 31 38 301 .474 .840 45.3 33.4 14.1 3.4
1960-61 26 LAL NBA 12 540 170 352 117 142 183 55 44 457 .483 .824 45.0 38.1 15.3 4.6
1961-62 27 LAL NBA 13 571 186 425 130 168 230 47 45 502 .438 .774 43.9 38.6 17.7 3.6
1962-63 28 LAL NBA 13 562 160 362 104 126 177 58 48 424 .442 .825 43.2 32.6 13.6 4.5
1963-64 29 LAL NBA 5 221 45 119 31 40 58 28 17 121 .378 .775 44.2 24.2 11.6 5.6
1964-65 30 LAL NBA 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 5.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
1965-66 31 LAL NBA 14 586 145 328 85 105 197 52 38 375 .442 .810 41.9 26.8 14.1 3.7
1966-67 32 LAL NBA 3 121 28 76 15 20 39 9 6 71 .368 .750 40.3 23.7 13.0 3.0
1967-68 33 LAL NBA 15 633 176 376 76 112 218 60 41 428 .468 .679 42.2 28.5 14.5 4.0
1968-69 34 LAL NBA 18 640 107 278 63 100 166 74 56 277 .385 .630 35.6 15.4 9.2 4.1
1969-70 35 LAL NBA 18 667 138 296 60 81 173 83 50 336 .466 .741 37.1 18.7 9.6 4.6
Career NBA 134 5510 1388 3151 847 1101 1724 541 435 3623 .440 .769 41.1 27.0 12.9 4.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1958-59 24 MNL NBA 13 556 19.3 .469 .403 12.9 0.8 0.4 1.2
1959-60 25 MNL NBA 9 408 26.1 .547 .474 14.2 2.0 0.2 2.2
1960-61 26 LAL NBA 12 540 28.6 .551 .483 17.4 2.7 0.3 3.0
1961-62 27 LAL NBA 13 571 27.3 .503 .438 15.0 1.8 0.3 2.1
1962-63 28 LAL NBA 13 562 25.1 .508 .442 18.0 1.2 0.5 1.7
1963-64 29 LAL NBA 5 221 18.4 .443 .378 23.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
1964-65 30 LAL NBA 1 5 -6.2 .000 .000 22.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
1965-66 31 LAL NBA 14 586 21.0 .501 .442 12.9 0.8 0.5 1.3
1966-67 32 LAL NBA 3 121 16.2 .419 .368 11.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1967-68 33 LAL NBA 15 633 23.0 .503 .468 14.8 1.1 0.8 1.9
1968-69 34 LAL NBA 18 640 14.9 .430 .385 17.6 -0.2 1.1 0.9
1969-70 35 LAL NBA 18 667 17.4 .507 .466 17.5 0.9 0.6 1.5
Career NBA 134 5510 21.9 .498 .440 15.9 10.9 4.7 15.6

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1958-59 24 MNL NBA 1 1 32 10 20 .500 4 5 .800 11 1 3 24
1959-60 25 MNL NBA 1 1 28 10 18 .556 5 7 .714 13 3 4 25
1960-61 26 LAL NBA 1 1 27 3 11 .273 9 10 .900 10 4 5 15
1961-62 27 LAL NBA 1 1 37 10 23 .435 12 14 .857 9 4 2 32
1962-63 28 LAL NBA 1 1 36 4 15 .267 9 13 .692 14 7 0 17
1963-64 29 LAL NBA 1 1 29 5 15 .333 5 11 .455 8 5 1 15
1964-65 30 LAL NBA 1 1 27 5 13 .385 8 8 1.000 7 0 4 18
1966-67 32 LAL NBA 1 1 20 8 14 .571 4 4 1.000 5 5 2 20
1967-68 33 LAL NBA 1 1 27 8 13 .615 6 7 .857 6 1 5 22
1968-69 34 LAL NBA 1 1 32 5 13 .385 11 12 .917 9 5 2 21
1969-70 35 LAL NBA 1 1 26 2 9 .222 5 7 .714 7 3 3 9
Career NBA 11 11 321 70 164 .427 78 98 .796 99 38 31 218

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1955-56 21 SEATTLE 25 271 555 201 251 508 743 .488 .801 29.7 20.3
1956-57 22 SEATTLE 29 353 697 237 308 559 943 .506 .769 32.5 19.3
Career 80 956 1903 588 791 1559 2500 .502 .743 31.3 19.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games

1959 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
1964 NBA
1965 NBA
1967 NBA
1968 NBA
1969 NBA
1970 NBA

Awards

1957-58 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
1958-59 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1958-59 NBA Rookie of the Year

Honors

1956-57 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1957-58 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1958-59 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1959-60 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1960-61 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1961-62 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1962-63 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1963-64 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1964-65 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1966-67 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1967-68 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1968-69 NBA All-NBA (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1958-59 NBA 0.215 (3)
1959-60 NBA 0.107 (5)
1960-61 NBA 0.309 (3)
1961-62 NBA 0.193 (4)
1962-63 NBA 0.465 (2)
1963-64 NBA 0.006 (6)
1967-68 NBA 0.191 (3)
1968-69 NBA 0.173 (5)
Career 1.659 (22)

Games

1962-63 NBA 80 (1)

Minutes Played

1958-59 NBA 2855 (3)
1959-60 NBA 2873 (6)
1960-61 NBA 3133 (4)
1962-63 NBA 3370 (4)
1963-64 NBA 3164 (7)
1964-65 NBA 3056 (7)
1967-68 NBA 3029 (10)
Career NBA 33863 (66)
Career 33863 (72)

Field Goals

1958-59 NBA 605 (5)
1959-60 NBA 755 (3)
1960-61 NBA 931 (2)
1962-63 NBA 1029 (2)
1963-64 NBA 756 (5)
1964-65 NBA 763 (5)
1966-67 NBA 711 (4)
1967-68 NBA 757 (4)
1968-69 NBA 730 (6)
Career NBA 8693 (17)
Career 8693 (22)

Field Goal Attempts

1958-59 NBA 1482 (3)
1959-60 NBA 1781 (3)
1960-61 NBA 2166 (2)
1961-62 NBA 1588 (9)
1962-63 NBA 2273 (2)
1963-64 NBA 1778 (2)
1964-65 NBA 1903 (2)
1966-67 NBA 1658 (3)
1967-68 NBA 1709 (2)
1968-69 NBA 1632 (8)
Career NBA 20171 (10)
Career 20171 (15)

Free Throws

1958-59 NBA 532 (3)
1959-60 NBA 564 (3)
1960-61 NBA 676 (2)
1961-62 NBA 476 (8)
1962-63 NBA 661 (2)
1963-64 NBA 471 (6)
1964-65 NBA 483 (5)
1966-67 NBA 440 (6)
1967-68 NBA 488 (5)
Career NBA 5763 (17)
Career 5763 (20)

Free Throw Attempts

1958-59 NBA 685 (3)
1959-60 NBA 770 (2)
1960-61 NBA 863 (2)
1961-62 NBA 631 (7)
1962-63 NBA 790 (4)
1963-64 NBA 586 (6)
1964-65 NBA 610 (6)
1966-67 NBA 541 (9)
1967-68 NBA 621 (7)
Career NBA 7391 (19)
Career 7391 (22)

Free Throw Pct

1962-63 NBA .837 (3)
1963-64 NBA .804 (8)
1966-67 NBA .813 (10)

Total Rebounds

1958-59 NBA 1050 (3)
1959-60 NBA 1150 (4)
1960-61 NBA 1447 (4)
1961-62 NBA 892 (10)
1962-63 NBA 1146 (5)
1963-64 NBA 936 (9)
1964-65 NBA 950 (10)
Career NBA 11463 (24)
Career 11463 (25)

Assists

1958-59 NBA 287 (8)
1960-61 NBA 371 (9)
1962-63 NBA 386 (5)
1964-65 NBA 280 (9)

Personal Fouls

1958-59 NBA 270 (10)

Points

1958-59 NBA 1742 (4)
1959-60 NBA 2074 (3)
1960-61 NBA 2538 (2)
1961-62 NBA 1836 (8)
1962-63 NBA 2719 (2)
1963-64 NBA 1983 (6)
1964-65 NBA 2009 (5)
1966-67 NBA 1862 (5)
1967-68 NBA 2002 (2)
1968-69 NBA 1881 (8)
Career NBA 23149 (21)
Career 23149 (26)

Minutes Per Game

1958-59 NBA 40.8 (2)
1959-60 NBA 41.0 (4)
1960-61 NBA 42.9 (4)
1962-63 NBA 42.1 (4)
1963-64 NBA 40.6 (7)
1964-65 NBA 41.3 (6)
1966-67 NBA 38.7 (9)
1967-68 NBA 39.3 (6)
Career NBA 40.0 (6)
Career 40.0 (6)

Points Per Game

1958-59 NBA 24.9 (4)
1959-60 NBA 29.6 (3)
1960-61 NBA 34.8 (2)
1962-63 NBA 34.0 (2)
1963-64 NBA 25.4 (6)
1964-65 NBA 27.1 (4)
1966-67 NBA 26.6 (4)
1967-68 NBA 26.0 (3)
1968-69 NBA 24.8 (4)
Career NBA 27.4 (4)
Career 27.4 (4)

Rebounds Per Game

1958-59 NBA 15.0 (3)
1959-60 NBA 16.4 (4)
1960-61 NBA 19.8 (4)
1962-63 NBA 14.3 (5)
1963-64 NBA 12.0 (9)
1964-65 NBA 12.8 (9)
1966-67 NBA 12.8 (9)
1967-68 NBA 12.2 (9)
Career NBA 13.5 (9)
Career 13.5 (10)

Assists Per Game

1958-59 NBA 4.1 (9)
1960-61 NBA 5.1 (8)
1962-63 NBA 4.8 (6)
1964-65 NBA 3.8 (8)
1967-68 NBA 4.6 (10)
1968-69 NBA 5.4 (10)

Player Efficiency Rating

1958-59 NBA 23.6 (2)
1959-60 NBA 25.2 (2)
1960-61 NBA 28.2 (1)
1961-62 NBA 26.5 (2)
1962-63 NBA 26.6 (2)
1963-64 NBA 21.1 (6)
1964-65 NBA 20.5 (7)
1966-67 NBA 20.2 (5)
1967-68 NBA 21.0 (3)
1968-69 NBA 20.7 (5)
1969-70 NBA 20.8 (7)
Career NBA 22.7 (23)
Career 22.7 (24)

Assist Pct

1967-68 NBA 16.4 (10)

Offensive Win Shares

1958-59 NBA 7.0 (5)
1959-60 NBA 7.4 (6)
1960-61 NBA 9.1 (5)
1962-63 NBA 9.3 (5)
Career NBA 63.6 (55)
Career 63.6 (59)

Defensive Win Shares

1959-60 NBA 4.1 (7)
1960-61 NBA 5.7 (5)
1962-63 NBA 5.1 (3)
Career NBA 40.5 (74)
Career 40.5 (81)

Win Shares

1958-59 NBA 9.8 (6)
1959-60 NBA 11.5 (5)
1960-61 NBA 14.8 (3)
1962-63 NBA 14.4 (3)
Career NBA 104.2 (55)
Career 104.2 (59)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 1.000 (14)
     

Transactions

April 22, 1958: Drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1958 NBA Draft.

November 5, 1971: Retired from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Links

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