Darrell Armstrong vs. Elgin Baylor Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elgin Baylor and Darrell Armstrong, 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.

Darrell Armstrong and Elgin Baylor both played 14 years in the NBA. Darrell Armstrong had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Elgin Baylor had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
Darrell Armstrong	14	8	1994-95 to 2007-08
Elgin Baylor	14	12	1958-59 to 1971-72

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	1994-95	1958-59
Team	Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	3	2.7	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.7	.375	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
Elgin Baylor	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777

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


Season 2
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	1995-96	1959-60
Team	Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	13	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	.500	0.5	0.9	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000
Elgin Baylor	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732

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


Season 3
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	1996-97	1960-61
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	67	15.1	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7	2.0	5.1	.383	0.8	2.7	.304	1.4	1.6	.868
Elgin Baylor	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	5	28.8	11.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.4	1.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	4.0	8.4	.476	1.2	3.6	.333	2.2	2.6	.846
Elgin Baylor	12	45.0	38.1	-	-	15.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	14.2	30.2	.470	-	-	-	9.8	11.8	.824


Season 4
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	1997-98	1961-62
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	48	25.8	9.2	1.4	2.0	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.1	2.3	2.0	3.3	7.9	.411	0.5	1.4	.368	2.2	2.6	.854
Elgin Baylor	48	44.4	38.3	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.2	14.2	33.1	.428	-	-	-	9.9	13.1	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elgin Baylor	13	43.9	38.6	-	-	17.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	14.3	32.7	.438	-	-	-	10.0	12.9	.774


Season 5
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	1998-99	1962-63
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	30.0	13.8	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.7	2.2	0.1	3.2	1.8	4.6	10.4	.441	1.4	3.8	.365	3.2	3.6	.904
Elgin Baylor	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	40.8	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	6.3	2.3	0.0	6.3	4.0	4.3	11.5	.370	2.3	6.0	.375	4.0	4.0	1.000
Elgin Baylor	13	43.2	32.6	-	-	13.6	4.5	-	-	-	3.7	12.3	27.8	.442	-	-	-	8.0	9.7	.825


Season 6
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	1999-00	1963-64
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	31.6	16.2	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.1	2.1	0.1	3.0	1.7	5.9	13.6	.433	1.7	4.9	.340	2.7	3.0	.911
Elgin Baylor	78	40.6	25.4	-	-	12.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.7	22.8	.425	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.804

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


Season 7
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2000-01	1964-65
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	75	36.9	15.9	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.0	1.8	0.2	2.7	2.1	5.5	13.4	.412	1.9	5.4	.355	2.9	3.3	.884
Elgin Baylor	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	41.5	13.3	1.3	4.3	5.5	4.8	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.5	4.3	11.3	.378	1.8	4.8	.368	3.0	3.3	.923
Elgin Baylor	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	1.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2001-02	1965-66
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	33.3	12.4	1.0	2.9	3.9	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	4.2	10.1	.419	1.7	4.9	.349	2.2	2.5	.888
Elgin Baylor	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	39.5	15.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.0	1.8	3.5	5.0	10.5	.476	1.0	4.3	.235	4.3	5.3	.810
Elgin Baylor	14	41.9	26.8	-	-	14.1	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	10.4	23.4	.442	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.810


Season 9
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2002-03	1966-67
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	28.7	9.4	1.1	2.5	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.2	2.0	2.0	3.2	7.8	.409	1.0	2.8	.336	2.0	2.3	.878
Elgin Baylor	70	38.7	26.6	-	-	12.8	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.2	23.7	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.7	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	32.1	9.4	1.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.9	0.0	2.4	3.1	2.9	6.3	.455	0.9	2.6	.333	2.9	3.1	.909
Elgin Baylor	3	40.3	23.7	-	-	13.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	25.3	.368	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750


Season 10
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	79	28.4	10.6	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.9	1.7	0.2	2.0	1.9	3.7	9.3	.395	1.7	5.4	.315	1.6	1.8	.854
Elgin Baylor	77	39.3	26.0	-	-	12.2	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	9.8	22.2	.443	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	21.4	3.4	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.9	1.4	1.1	4.9	.235	0.7	3.6	.200	0.4	0.4	1.000
Elgin Baylor	15	42.2	28.5	-	-	14.5	4.0	-	-	-	2.7	11.7	25.1	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.679


Season 11
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	66	15.0	4.0	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	4.2	.321	0.4	1.7	.252	0.9	1.0	.853
Elgin Baylor	76	40.3	24.8	-	-	10.6	5.4	-	-	-	2.7	9.6	21.5	.447	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	9	6.9	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.9	1.8	.500	0.2	0.9	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Elgin Baylor	18	35.6	15.4	-	-	9.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.9	15.4	.385	-	-	-	3.5	5.6	.630


Season 12
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2005-06	1969-70
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	62	10.0	2.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.7	2.1	.336	0.2	0.8	.229	0.5	0.7	.786
Elgin Baylor	54	41.0	24.0	-	-	10.4	5.4	-	-	-	2.4	9.5	19.5	.486	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	11	4.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	.200	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
Elgin Baylor	18	37.1	18.7	-	-	9.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	16.4	.466	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.741


Season 13
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	81	15.7	5.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	2.4	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.9	4.7	.414	0.9	2.6	.336	0.9	1.1	.785
Elgin Baylor	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

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


Season 14
	Darrell Armstrong	Elgin Baylor
Season	2007-08	1971-72
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	11.0	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.2	.364	0.5	1.4	.333	0.4	0.6	.667
Elgin Baylor	9	26.6	11.8	-	-	6.3	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	4.7	10.8	.433	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.815

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

Darrell Armstrong vs. Elgin Baylor Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elgin Baylor and Darrell Armstrong, 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