Elgin Baylor vs. Cameron Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Johnson 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.

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, 8 more than Cameron Johnson, who played 6. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Cameron Johnson had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Cameron Johnson
Season	1958-59	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+13	+18.8	+16.1			+11.7	+2.9				-2.4	+5.5	+14.1	+.027				+6.8	+8.8	+.030
Cameron Johnson	57	22.0	8.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.5	3.1	7.1	.435	1.9	4.8	.390	0.8	1.0	.807
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
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Cameron Johnson
Season	1959-60	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+10	+17.0	+20.0			+13.1	+2.1				-1.9	+7.4	+17.3	+.004				+7.3	+10.0	+.115
Cameron Johnson	60	24.0	9.6	0.6	2.8	3.3	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	3.4	8.1	.420	2.0	5.6	.349	0.8	1.0	.847
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
difference:	+12	+24.2	+25.2			+11.0	+2.6				-2.9	+9.7	+20.8	+.026				+7.4	+8.9	+.066
Cameron Johnson	21	21.1	8.2	0.8	2.4	3.1	0.8	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.3	2.6	5.2	.500	1.6	3.5	.446	1.4	1.5	.906

Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Cameron Johnson
Season	1960-61	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+7	+16.7	+22.3			+15.7	+3.6				-2.1	+8.6	+20.5	+.030				+7.8	+10.1	+.077
Cameron Johnson	66	26.2	12.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.7	4.2	9.2	.460	2.5	5.9	.425	1.5	1.7	.860
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
difference:	+1	+20.4	+27.3			+11.8	+3.1				-1.3	+10.7	+22.6	+.005				+7.8	+9.3	+.011
Cameron Johnson	13	24.6	10.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.4	3.5	7.6	.465	1.7	4.5	.373	2.0	2.5	.813

Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Cameron Johnson
Season	1961-62	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+6	+15.8	+22.8			+14.2	+2.7				-1.2	+8.9	+21.8	+.042				+7.5	+10.2	+.088
Cameron Johnson	42	28.6	15.5	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	5.3	11.3	.470	2.5	6.1	.404	2.4	2.9	.842
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
difference:	+9	+5.9	+20.1			+11.9	+0.8				-1.0	+7.3	+18.9	+.071				+8.5	+11.1	+.083
Cameron Johnson	4	38.0	18.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	7.0	13.8	.509	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.8	.857

Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Cameron Johnson
Season	1962-63	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+22	+14.5	+20.6			+10.0	+2.4				-1.0	+8.1	+17.7	+.007				+6.8	+8.0	+.048
Cameron Johnson	58	27.6	13.4	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	10.7	.446	2.4	6.1	.391	1.5	1.9	.789
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
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Cameron Johnson
Season	1963-64	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+21	+9.0	+6.6			+7.7	+1.0				-1.2	+3.5	+9.7	+.050				+2.5	+3.6	+.089
Cameron Johnson	57	31.6	18.8	0.9	3.4	4.3	3.4	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.8	6.2	13.1	.475	2.8	7.2	.390	3.5	3.9	.893
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
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Elgin Baylor played 8 seasons more than Cameron Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1965 to 1972—Elgin Baylor played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Cameron Johnson, Elgin Baylor got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 5 All-Star Game