Elvin Hayes vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry and Elvin Hayes, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Elvin Hayes played 16 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1968-69	1999-00
Team	San Diego Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	6	46.3	25.8	-	-	13.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	10.0	19.0	.526	-	-	-	5.8	8.8	.660
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1969-70	2000-01
Team	San Diego Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
Jason Terry	82	37.7	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.9	2.5	7.3	16.7	.436	1.5	3.8	.395	3.7	4.4	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1970-71	2001-02
Team	San Diego Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672
Jason Terry	78	38.0	19.3	0.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.7	15.6	.430	2.2	5.7	.387	3.6	4.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1971-72	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
Jason Terry	81	38.0	17.2	0.5	3.0	3.4	7.4	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	2.0	5.3	.371	3.2	3.6	.887
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1972-73	2003-04
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
Jason Terry	81	37.3	16.8	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.4	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.4	6.2	14.8	.417	1.8	5.2	.347	2.7	3.2	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	5	45.6	25.8	-	-	11.4	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	21.0	.505	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.697
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1973-74	2004-05
Team	Capital Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	81	44.5	21.4	4.4	13.7	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	-	3.1	8.5	20.1	.423	-	-	-	4.4	6.1	.721
Jason Terry	80	30.0	12.4	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.7	9.3	.501	1.3	3.1	.420	1.8	2.2	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	46.1	25.9	4.4	11.4	15.9	3.0	0.7	2.1	-	3.3	10.9	20.4	.531	-	-	-	4.1	5.9	.707
Jason Terry	13	38.5	17.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.6	1.3	0.5	2.3	2.2	6.2	12.3	.506	2.1	4.2	.491	2.9	3.3	.884

Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1974-75	2005-06
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.3	23.0	2.7	9.5	12.2	2.5	1.9	2.3	-	2.9	9.0	20.3	.443	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.766
Jason Terry	80	35.0	17.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.5	6.5	13.7	.470	2.1	5.2	.411	2.1	2.6	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	17	44.2	25.5	2.7	8.2	10.9	2.2	1.5	2.3	-	4.1	10.2	21.9	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.677
Jason Terry	22	38.4	18.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.0	2.0	2.5	7.4	16.8	.442	1.4	4.6	.307	2.7	3.2	.831

Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1975-76	2006-07
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	80	37.2	19.8	2.6	8.4	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	-	3.7	8.1	17.3	.470	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	.628
Jason Terry	81	35.1	16.7	0.5	2.3	2.9	5.2	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.3	13.1	.484	2.0	4.6	.438	2.0	2.5	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	43.6	20.0	2.3	10.3	12.6	1.4	0.7	4.0	-	3.4	7.7	17.4	.443	-	-	-	4.6	7.9	.582
Jason Terry	6	38.2	17.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.0	6.5	15.3	.424	1.5	5.3	.281	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1976-77	2007-08
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	41.0	23.7	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	-	3.8	9.3	18.5	.501	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.687
Jason Terry	82	31.5	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.7	12.3	.467	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	9	45.0	21.0	3.2	10.3	13.6	1.9	1.1	2.4	-	4.3	8.2	19.2	.428	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.695
Jason Terry	5	36.0	15.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	4.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.0	5.2	12.0	.433	2.8	6.4	.438	2.6	3.0	.867

Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1977-78	2008-09
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	81	40.1	19.7	4.1	9.1	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	2.8	3.9	7.9	17.4	.451	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	.634
Jason Terry	74	33.7	19.6	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	7.3	15.8	.463	2.3	6.2	.366	2.7	3.0	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	21	41.3	21.8	4.9	8.4	13.3	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	4.1	9.0	18.3	.491	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.594
Jason Terry	10	32.5	14.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.9	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.9	12.6	.389	2.2	5.9	.373	2.3	3.0	.767

Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1978-79	2009-10
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	37.9	21.8	3.8	8.3	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	3.8	8.8	18.0	.487	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.654
Jason Terry	77	33.0	16.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	1.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.8	4.8	.365	3.0	3.5	.866
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	19	41.4	22.5	4.9	9.1	14.0	2.0	0.9	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.9	20.8	.429	-	-	-	4.6	6.8	.669
Jason Terry	6	29.0	12.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.0	2.7	4.3	11.5	.377	2.0	5.0	.400	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	Jason Terry
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	81	39.3	23.0	3.3	7.7	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	2.7	3.8	9.4	20.7	.454	0.0	0.2	.231	4.1	5.9	.699
Jason Terry	82	31.3	15.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	6.0	13.3	.451	1.5	4.3	.362	2.2	2.6	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	2	46.0	20.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	8.0	20.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Jason Terry	21	32.6	17.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	2.1	6.1	12.8	.478	2.0	4.5	.442	3.3	4.0	.843