Elvin Hayes vs. Luc Mbah a Moute Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luc Mbah a Moute 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, 4 more than Luc Mbah a Moute, who played 12. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Luc Mbah a Moute had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1968-69	2008-09
Team	San Diego Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	82	25.8	7.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.2	2.5	2.8	6.0	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.729
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1969-70	2009-10
Team	San Diego Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	73	25.6	6.2	2.3	3.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.1	.480	0.1	0.2	.353	1.3	1.8	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Mbah a Moute	7	25.4	9.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.1	3.7	7.1	.520	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	2.9	.600

Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1970-71	2010-11
Team	San Diego Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	79	26.5	6.7	2.1	3.2	5.3	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.5	5.4	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.4	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1971-72	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	43	23.5	7.7	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	2.4	.641
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1972-73	2012-13
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	58	22.9	6.7	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	6.5	.401	0.2	0.6	.351	1.2	2.2	.571
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	4	34.0	8.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	2.5	5.8	.435	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.5	.722

Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1973-74	2013-14
Team	Capital Bullets	Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	64	15.7	3.5	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.4	3.0	.451	0.1	0.3	.235	0.7	1.0	.687
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1974-75	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	67	28.6	9.9	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.6	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.6	3.7	9.5	.395	0.9	3.0	.307	1.4	2.4	.589
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1975-76	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	75	17.0	3.1	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.3	2.8	.454	0.2	0.5	.325	0.4	0.8	.526
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	5	15.6	1.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.8	0.8	1.2	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1976-77	2016-17
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	80	22.3	6.1	0.6	1.6	2.1	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.4	4.7	.505	0.5	1.4	.391	0.7	1.1	.678
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	7	32.0	7.6	1.4	3.4	4.9	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.4	6.1	.395	0.7	2.3	.313	2.0	2.9	.700

Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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	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
Luc Mbah a Moute	61	25.6	7.5	0.4	2.7	3.0	0.9	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.7	5.7	.481	1.0	2.8	.364	1.1	1.6	.684
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	9	16.6	2.8	0.3	2.1	2.4	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	1.0	4.0	.250	0.3	1.7	.200	0.4	0.8	.571

Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First 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	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
Luc Mbah a Moute	4	15.3	5.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	4.5	.444	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	1.3	.400
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	Houston Rockets
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	3	8.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	0.3	0.7	.500
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-