Elgin Baylor vs. Jaime Jaquez Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaime Jaquez Jr. 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.

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.

Elgin Baylor played 14 years in the NBA, 12 more than Jaime Jaquez Jr., who played 2. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Jaime Jaquez Jr. had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Elgin Baylor 14 12 1958-59 to 1971-72
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2 2 2023-24 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Elgin Baylor Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 1958-592023-24
Team Minneapolis LakersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement Rookie of the Year-
-Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Achievement All-Star Game-
Achievement All-Star Game MVP-
Playoffs Lakers Lost NBA FinalsHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+5+12.6+13.0+11.2+1.5-1.7+4.1+11.9+.081+5.7+7.5+.034
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 75 28.2 11.9 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.6 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 4.5 9.3 .489 0.9 2.7 .322 1.9 2.3 .811
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+9+12.0+12.7+8.7+0.3-2.5+4.1+10.3+.001+5.2+6.9+.087
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 4 30.8 12.8 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.0 0.8 0.5 1.8 1.5 5.3 13.0 .404 0.8 3.3 .231 1.5 1.8 .857

Season 2
Elgin Baylor Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 1959-602024-25
Team Minneapolis LakersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Div FinalsHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4+20.3+21.0+12.0+1.0-2.1+7.6+18.4+.037+6.5+8.8+.022
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 66 20.7 8.6 1.3 3.1 4.4 2.5 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.2 3.2 7.0 .461 0.6 1.8 .311 1.6 2.2 .754
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+6+39.0+32.1+12.8+3.1-3.9+12.0+24.0+.307+8.1+9.7+.160
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 3 6.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 .167 0.0 0.7 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000

Additional Years

* Elgin Baylor played 12 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1961 to 1972—Elgin Baylor played in 10 Playoffs.

In those 12 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Elgin Baylor got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 8 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 9 All-Star Game
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