Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings
Explore how Elvin Hayes statistics rank in NBA history. See his all-time rankings in the key categories for both total numbers and per game averages across his entire NBA career, including regular season and playoffs performance.
In his 16 seasons playing in the NBA—from 1969 to 1984—Elvin Hayes placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in most statistical categories, even reaching the top 10 in some of them.
Here you can take a look at a summary of how he ranks in NBA history in the main categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Then you can explore in detail all his stats and their rankings.
Elvin Hayes Career Stats Rankings Summary | ||||
NBA Career |
Totals Stats | Per Game Stats | ||
Season | Playoffs | Season | Playoffs | |
Points | 13th | 57th | 54th | 49th |
Rebounds | 4th | 36th | 14th | 11th |
Assists | +300th | 288th | +300th | +300th |
Steals | 267th | 122nd | +300th | 209th |
Blocks | 26th | 21st | 24th | 4th |
* Steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds started to be recorded in the 1973-74 season. The 3-point shot was implemented in the 1979-80 season. Some years on this player's career don't have data for these stats.
Rankings on this page: |
Season Totals - Playoffs Totals / |
Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.
Elvin Hayes Career Totals, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
13th | in points (27,313 pts) |
4th | in rebounds (16,279 trb) |
+300th | in assists (2,398 ast) |
267th | in steals (864 stl) |
26th | in blocks (1,771 blk) |
37th | in offensive rebounds (2,778 orb) |
31st | in defensive rebounds (6,973 drb) |
9th | in field goals made (10,976 fgm) |
6th | in field goals attempted (24,272 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made (5 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted (34 3pa) |
34th | in free throws made (5,356 ftm) |
23rd | in free throws attempted (7,999 fta) |
Games and Years: | |
23rd | in games played (1,303 games) |
87th | in seasons (16 years) |
Triple-Doubles: | |
160th | in triple-doubles (3 games) |
Rankings by Points Scored: | |
30th | in 40+ point games (37 games) |
49th | in 50+ point games (2 games) |
- | in 60+ point games (0 games) |
Elvin Hayes Career Totals, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
57th | in points (2,194 pts) |
36th | in rebounds (1,244 trb) |
288th | in assists (185 ast) |
122nd | in steals (97 stl) |
21st | in blocks (222 blk) |
30th | in offensive rebounds (336 orb) |
39th | in defensive rebounds (768 drb) |
49th | in field goals made (883 fgm) |
51st | in field goals attempted (1,901 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made (0 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted (0 3pa) |
71st | in free throws made (428 ftm) |
53rd | in free throws attempted (656 fta) |
Games and Years: | |
183rd | in games played (96 games) |
154th | in Playoffs (10 years) |
Triple-Doubles: | |
+300th | in triple-doubles (0 games) |
Rankings by Points Scored: | |
55th | in 40+ point games (2 games) |
- | in 50+ point games (0 games) |
Elvin Hayes Career Per Game Data, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
54th | in points per game (21.0 pts) |
14th | in rebounds per game (12.5 trb) |
+300th | in assists per game (1.8 ast) |
+300th | in steals per game (1.0 stl) |
24th | in blocks per game (2.0 blk) |
26th | in offensive rebounds per game (3.1 orb) |
19th | in defensive rebounds per game (7.8 drb) |
37th | in field goals made per game (8.4 fgm) |
23rd | in field goals attempted per game (18.6 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.1 3pa) |
116th | in free throws made per game (4.1 ftm) |
69th | in free throws attempted per game (6.1 fta) |
Elvin Hayes Career Per Game Data, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
49th | in points per game (22.9 pts) |
11th | in rebounds per game (13.0 trb) |
+300th | in assists per game (1.9 ast) |
209th | in steals per game (1.1 stl) |
4th | in blocks per game (2.6 blk) |
7th | in offensive rebounds per game (4.0 orb) |
6th | in defensive rebounds per game (9.0 drb) |
27th | in field goals made per game (9.2 fgm) |
30th | in field goals attempted per game (19.8 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.0 3pa) |
112nd | in free throws made per game (4.5 ftm) |
61st | in free throws attempted per game (6.8 fta) |
Note: the per game rankings on this page respect the minimums usually applied by the NBA for all-time leaders, 400 games for regular season stats unless the player reached these thresholds before: 10,000 points; 4,000 rebounds; 2,000 assists; 625 steals; 500 blocks; 250 3-pointers made. Also 3 minimum games for the Playoffs are applied.