Elgin Baylor vs. Jalen Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Green 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, 10 more than Jalen Green, who played 4. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Jalen Green had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jalen Green
Season	1958-59	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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:	+3	+8.9	+7.6			+11.6	+1.5				-2.4	+2.5	+7.0	+.018				+4.8	+6.3	+.020
Jalen Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
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
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Jalen Green
Season	1959-60	2022-23
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+6.8	+7.5			+12.7	+0.2				-1.6	+3.4	+7.5	+.008				+3.3	+4.9	+.054
Jalen Green	76	34.2	22.1	0.6	3.2	3.7	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.7	7.4	17.9	.416	2.5	7.3	.338	4.8	6.1	.786
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
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Jalen Green
Season	1960-61	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+11.2	+15.2			+14.6	+1.6				-2.4	+5.9	+13.5	+.007				+5.8	+7.5	+.021
Jalen Green	82	31.7	19.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.4	6.9	16.2	.423	2.5	7.4	.332	3.5	4.3	.804
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
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Jalen Green
Season	1961-62	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West 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:	+34	+11.5	+17.3			+14.0	+1.2				-1.7	+6.8	+15.6	+.005				+6.6	+9.0	+.059
Jalen Green	82	32.9	21.0	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.5	1.5	7.4	17.5	.423	2.9	8.1	.354	3.3	4.1	.813
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:	+6	+12.6	+25.3			+12.3	+0.7				-2.6	+9.7	+20.4	+.066				+7.7	+9.5	+.107
Jalen Green	7	31.3	13.3	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	4.6	12.3	.372	1.9	6.3	.295	2.3	3.4	.667

Additional Years
* Elgin Baylor played 10 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1963 to 1972—Elgin Baylor played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Green, Elgin Baylor got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 All-NBA First Team 7 All-Star Game