Elvin Hayes

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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.

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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.

Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.

Elvin Hayes Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

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,
Playoffs Rankings

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,
Regular Season Rankings

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,
Playoffs Rankings

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.