Elvin Hayes vs. Jeff Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Malone 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 more than Jeff Malone, who played 13. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Jeff Malone had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Elvin Hayes	16	10	1968-69 to 1983-84
Jeff Malone	13	8	1983-84 to 1995-96

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1968-69	1983-84
Team	San Diego Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	Bullets Lost East 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	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
Jeff Malone	81	24.4	12.1	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	5.0	11.3	.444	0.3	0.9	.324	1.8	2.1	.826

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
Jeff Malone	4	17.8	6.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.0	6.5	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1969-70	1984-85
Team	San Diego Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
Jeff Malone	76	34.4	18.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	8.0	16.0	.499	0.2	0.9	.208	2.8	3.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	4	31.5	16.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	3.5	6.8	14.0	.482	0.3	0.8	.333	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	San Diego Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672
Jeff Malone	80	37.4	22.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.3	9.2	19.0	.483	0.0	0.2	.176	4.0	4.6	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	5	39.4	22.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.4	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.6	8.4	20.6	.408	0.0	0.4	.000	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
Jeff Malone	80	34.5	22.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.2	2.3	1.9	8.6	18.9	.457	0.1	0.3	.154	4.7	5.3	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	3	35.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	2.7	5.7	15.3	.370	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.7	1.000


Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East 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	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
Jeff Malone	80	33.2	20.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	8.1	17.0	.476	0.1	0.3	.417	4.2	4.8	.882

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
Jeff Malone	5	39.8	25.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.2	1.0	1.0	2.8	3.2	10.0	19.4	.515	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	7.4	.757


Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	Capital Bullets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	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	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
Jeff Malone	76	31.8	21.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	2.9	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.0	8.9	18.6	.480	0.0	0.3	.053	3.9	4.5	.871

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
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1974-75	1989-90
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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	42.3	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
Jeff Malone	75	34.2	24.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.5	10.4	21.2	.491	0.0	0.1	.167	3.4	3.9	.877

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
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1975-76	1990-91
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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	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
Jeff Malone	69	35.7	18.6	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.9	7.6	15.0	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.3	3.7	.917

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
Jeff Malone	9	39.0	20.7	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.4	7.9	16.0	.493	0.0	0.2	.000	4.9	5.3	.917


Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 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	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
Jeff Malone	81	36.1	20.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.6	8.5	16.7	.511	0.0	0.1	.083	3.2	3.5	.898

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
Jeff Malone	16	38.1	20.7	0.8	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	8.4	17.2	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	3.9	4.5	.861


Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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	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
Jeff Malone	79	32.4	18.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	1.5	7.5	15.3	.494	0.0	0.1	.333	3.0	3.5	.852

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
Jeff Malone	5	30.0	13.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	5.8	13.0	.446	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1978-79	1993-94
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Jeff Malone	77	33.2	16.4	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.6	6.8	14.0	.486	0.1	0.2	.583	2.7	3.2	.830

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
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1979-80	1994-95
Team	Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Jeff Malone	19	34.7	18.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.8	7.6	14.9	.507	0.6	1.5	.393	2.7	3.1	.864

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
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1980-81	1995-96
Team	Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
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	81	36.2	17.8	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.3	3.7	7.2	16.0	.451	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.4	.617
Jeff Malone	32	15.9	5.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.8	2.4	6.0	.394	0.2	0.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.906

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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	37.0	16.1	3.3	5.9	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.5	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	5.1	.664
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	3	41.3	14.0	2.3	7.7	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	2.0	4.0	5.7	16.7	.340	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.0	.533
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	28.4	12.9	2.5	5.1	7.6	2.0	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.2	11.0	.476	0.0	0.0	.500	2.4	3.5	.683
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Elvin Hayes	Jeff Malone
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	12.3	5.0	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.8	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.652
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elvin Hayes vs. Jeff Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Malone 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16