Elgin Baylor vs. Jeff Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Green and Elgin Baylor, 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

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.

Elgin Baylor played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jeff Green, who played 16. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Jeff Green had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Elgin Baylor	14	12	1958-59 to 1971-72
Jeff Green	16	10	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1958-59	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777
Jeff Green	80	28.2	10.5	1.3	3.5	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	9.4	.427	0.3	1.0	.276	2.2	3.0	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	42.8	25.5	-	-	12.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	9.4	23.3	.403	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1959-60	2008-09
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732
Jeff Green	78	36.8	16.5	1.5	5.1	6.7	2.0	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.1	13.7	.446	1.2	3.2	.389	3.1	3.9	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	9	45.3	33.4	-	-	14.1	3.4	-	-	-	4.2	12.3	26.0	.474	-	-	-	8.8	10.4	.840
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1960-61	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Thunder 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		%
Elgin Baylor	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
Jeff Green	82	37.1	15.1	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.6	1.3	0.9	1.6	2.7	5.9	13.0	.453	1.3	3.8	.333	2.0	2.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	12	45.0	38.1	-	-	15.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	14.2	30.2	.470	-	-	-	9.8	11.8	.824
Jeff Green	6	37.3	11.8	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	11.7	.329	1.3	4.5	.296	2.8	3.3	.850


Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1961-62	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Elgin Baylor	48	44.4	38.3	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.2	14.2	33.1	.428	-	-	-	9.9	13.1	.754
Jeff Green	75	32.4	13.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.9	10.9	.449	0.9	2.8	.303	2.6	3.3	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	43.9	38.6	-	-	17.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	14.3	32.7	.438	-	-	-	10.0	12.9	.774
Jeff Green	9	19.2	7.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.2	2.6	5.9	.434	0.8	1.8	.438	1.4	2.0	.722

Note: Jeff Green didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1962-63	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Elgin Baylor	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837
Jeff Green	81	27.8	12.8	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.2	4.6	10.0	.467	0.9	2.2	.385	2.6	3.3	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	43.2	32.6	-	-	13.6	4.5	-	-	-	3.7	12.3	27.8	.442	-	-	-	8.0	9.7	.825
Jeff Green	6	43.0	20.3	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.3	0.3	0.7	3.2	3.7	6.2	14.2	.435	1.7	3.7	.455	6.3	7.5	.844


Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1963-64	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	78	40.6	25.4	-	-	12.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.7	22.8	.425	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.804
Jeff Green	82	34.2	16.9	0.7	4.0	4.6	1.7	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.9	14.3	.412	1.6	4.8	.341	3.5	4.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	5	44.2	24.2	-	-	11.6	5.6	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	23.8	.378	-	-	-	6.2	8.0	.775
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1964-65	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Elgin Baylor	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
Jeff Green	78	31.5	15.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	5.3	12.4	.430	1.2	3.7	.332	3.1	3.7	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	1.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeff Green	11	27.1	8.9	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.6	3.3	9.8	.333	0.4	1.6	.222	2.0	2.4	.846


Season 8
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1965-66	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Elgin Baylor	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739
Jeff Green	80	28.2	11.7	0.9	3.2	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.1	4.4	10.3	.430	0.8	2.7	.315	2.1	2.8	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	14	41.9	26.8	-	-	14.1	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	10.4	23.4	.442	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.810
Jeff Green	6	26.5	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.5	7.7	.457	0.7	1.7	.400	2.5	4.2	.600


Season 9
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1966-67	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	38.7	26.6	-	-	12.8	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.2	23.7	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.7	.813
Jeff Green	69	22.2	9.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	3.2	8.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.275	2.1	2.4	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	3	40.3	23.7	-	-	13.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	25.3	.368	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1967-68	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	77	39.3	26.0	-	-	12.2	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	9.8	22.2	.443	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.786
Jeff Green	78	23.4	10.8	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.9	3.8	7.9	.477	0.7	2.2	.312	2.6	3.0	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	15	42.2	28.5	-	-	14.5	4.0	-	-	-	2.7	11.7	25.1	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.679
Jeff Green	22	23.8	7.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.6	6.5	.408	1.0	3.2	.300	1.5	2.1	.717


Season 11
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1968-69	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	76	40.3	24.8	-	-	10.6	5.4	-	-	-	2.7	9.6	21.5	.447	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.743
Jeff Green	77	27.2	12.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.1	4.2	8.9	.475	1.4	4.2	.347	2.4	2.7	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	35.6	15.4	-	-	9.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.9	15.4	.385	-	-	-	3.5	5.6	.630
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1969-70	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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		%
Elgin Baylor	54	41.0	24.0	-	-	10.4	5.4	-	-	-	2.4	9.5	19.5	.486	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.773
Jeff Green	48	20.0	9.4	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.3	7.2	.462	1.3	3.8	.339	1.5	1.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	37.1	18.7	-	-	9.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	16.4	.466	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.741
Jeff Green	12	28.4	11.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.3	4.3	8.6	.495	1.9	4.5	.426	1.2	1.4	.824


Season 13
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1970-71	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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		%
Elgin Baylor	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Jeff Green	68	27.0	11.0	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.492	1.5	3.7	.412	1.8	2.4	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	6	24.7	8.2	0.7	2.2	2.8	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.7	5.5	.485	1.7	3.0	.556	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 14
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	1971-72	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Elgin Baylor	9	26.6	11.8	-	-	6.3	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	4.7	10.8	.433	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.815
Jeff Green	75	24.7	10.3	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.0	3.7	7.1	.524	0.7	2.2	.315	2.2	2.6	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	5	22.6	3.8	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.2	3.4	.353	0.6	1.6	.375	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 15
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	56	19.5	7.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.9	.288	1.6	2.1	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	20	17.2	4.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.2	1.4	3.1	.452	0.5	1.4	.321	0.9	1.0	.895


Season 16
	Elgin Baylor	Jeff Green
Season	-	2023-24
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		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	78	16.8	6.5	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.7	.456	0.7	2.1	.331	1.6	1.9	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elgin Baylor vs. Jeff Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Green and Elgin Baylor, 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