Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Elvin Hayes and Kurt Nimphius

This is the detail of NBA games in which Elvin Hayes and Kurt Nimphius played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 17 times in NBA games. Kurt Nimphius has a 11-6 winning record over Elvin Hayes. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Elvin Hayes:
1968-69 to 1983-84
Kurt Nimphius:
1981-82 to 1989-90
17 Games played
17 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Elvin Hayes
6
6
0
Kurt Nimphius
11
11
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Elvin Hayes 11.6 4.8 1.2 0.50.8
Kurt Nimphius 4.6 4.1 1.50.41.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Elvin Hayes 27 14 4 23
Kurt Nimphius 11 8 3 43
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Elvin Hayes 14

games
8

games
5

games
5

games
5

games
Kurt Nimphius 3

games
5

games
10

games
3

games
9

games
Both had same stat 0

games
4

games
2

games
9

games
3

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 12, 1981
1. Rockets 101   Elvin Hayes 11 6 0 0 0 2 21 5-11 .455 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 97   Kurt Nimphius 4 1 1 0 0 2 14 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 18, 1981
2. Rockets 112   Elvin Hayes 14 5 1 2 2 5 5 31 5-7 .714 0- .000 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 93   Kurt Nimphius 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 18 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 27, 1982
3. Rockets 105   Elvin Hayes 23 7 1 1 3 7 3 49 10-17 .588 0-0 - 3-5 .600
OT Mavericks 108   Kurt Nimphius 3 1 0 1 1 1 5 19 1-4 .250 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 30, 1982
4. Rockets 99   Elvin Hayes 27 14 2 2 1 3 3 48 9-19 .474 0-0 - 9-11 .818
Mavericks 95   Kurt Nimphius 4 5 3 0 0 0 3 19 1-2 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Apr. 11, 1982
5. Rockets 97   Elvin Hayes 15 9 4 0 1 1 2 40 5-12 .417 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Mavericks 109   Kurt Nimphius 5 6 1 0 2 0 5 09 2-3 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 1982
6. Rockets 103   Elvin Hayes 11 4 1 0 2 4 5 32 3-13 .231 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Mavericks 113   Kurt Nimphius 2 4 2 0 1 0 2 21 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 03, 1982
7. Rockets 101   Elvin Hayes 14 5 4 1 1 1 3 30 6-14 .429 0-0 - 2-7 .286
Mavericks 102   Kurt Nimphius 0 5 2 0 2 3 4 21 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 29, 1983
8. Rockets 113   Elvin Hayes 11 5 1 0 2 1 2 23 4-8 .500 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 119   Kurt Nimphius 8 5 1 0 3 0 5 19 4-6 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 01, 1983
9. Rockets 115   Elvin Hayes 16 4 3 0 0 5 3 27 6-8 .750 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Mavericks 123   Kurt Nimphius 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 15 1-4 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 15, 1983
10. Rockets 110   Elvin Hayes 11 5 2 0 0 5 4 26 4-7 .571 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mavericks 123   Kurt Nimphius 8 8 1 0 3 0 4 24 4-5 .800 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 06, 1983
11. Rockets 101   Elvin Hayes 8 9 1 0 0 1 0 26 3-7 .429 0-0 - 2-6 .333
Mavericks 99   Kurt Nimphius 3 5 3 0 2 1 3 23 1-5 .200 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 1983
12. Rockets 100   Elvin Hayes 12 4 0 0 0 2 4 13 4-8 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 98   Kurt Nimphius 3 3 1 0 1 1 3 15 0-5 .000 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Nov. 30, 1983
13. Rockets 102   Elvin Hayes 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 05 0-2 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 113   Kurt Nimphius 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 17 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 03, 1984
14. Rockets 117   Elvin Hayes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 119   Kurt Nimphius 6 7 1 1 0 4 5 24 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 02, 1984
15. Rockets 123   Elvin Hayes 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 08 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 107   Kurt Nimphius 10 5 2 4 1 3 2 36 2-6 .333 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Feb. 22, 1984
16. Rockets 106   Elvin Hayes 13 3 0 1 1 1 2 17 4-8 .500 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Mavericks 112   Kurt Nimphius 7 5 1 0 0 0 4 15 3-4 .750 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Mar. 23, 1984
17. Rockets 104   Elvin Hayes 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 07 2-4 .500 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Mavericks 116   Kurt Nimphius 11 3 3 0 3 2 4 31 5-11 .455 0-0 - 1-2 .500