Elgin Baylor vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe 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, 1 more than Kiki Vandeweghe, who played 13. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Kiki Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Elgin Baylor	14	12	1958-59 to 1971-72
Kiki Vandeweghe	13	12	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1958-59	1980-81
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777
Kiki Vandeweghe	51	27.0	11.5	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	4.5	10.5	.426	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.1	.818

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1959-60	1981-82
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	33.8	21.5	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.6	8.6	15.4	.560	0.0	0.2	.077	4.2	4.9	.857

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	36.3	22.7	1.3	4.7	6.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.3	8.3	14.3	.581	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	6.0	1.000


Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1960-61	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	35.5	26.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	2.4	10.3	18.7	.547	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	6.8	.875

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	39.6	26.8	0.8	5.8	6.5	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	10.9	20.0	.544	0.0	0.5	.000	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1961-62	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Kiki Vandeweghe	78	35.1	29.4	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.4	11.5	20.6	.558	0.1	0.4	.367	6.3	7.4	.852

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	5	36.0	25.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	4.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.8	9.8	19.2	.510	0.4	1.0	.400	5.4	5.6	.964


Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1962-63	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837
Kiki Vandeweghe	72	34.8	22.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.6	8.6	16.1	.534	0.2	0.5	.333	5.1	5.7	.896

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	34.6	22.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.6	9.4	17.6	.538	0.1	0.8	.143	3.4	3.7	.939


Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1963-64	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	35.3	24.8	1.2	1.6	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.0	9.1	16.9	.540	0.0	0.1	.125	6.6	7.6	.869

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	37.3	28.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	3.0	10.0	17.3	.580	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	8.0	1.000


Season 7
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1964-65	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	38.3	26.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.8	1.7	10.2	19.6	.523	0.5	1.0	.481	5.9	6.7	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	1.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	43.5	24.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.8	0.3	0.3	2.8	2.5	9.5	17.8	.535	0.3	1.0	.250	5.5	6.5	.846


Season 8
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1965-66	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739
Kiki Vandeweghe	37	28.1	20.2	1.0	2.0	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.8	7.6	15.1	.508	0.6	1.6	.379	4.3	4.9	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	14	41.9	26.8	-	-	14.1	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	10.4	23.4	.442	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.810
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	18.0	7.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	10.0	.275	0.0	1.3	.000	2.3	2.3	1.000


Season 9
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1966-67	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	38.7	26.6	-	-	12.8	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.2	23.7	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.7	.813
Kiki Vandeweghe	45	20.8	11.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.7	4.4	9.5	.469	0.4	1.1	.396	1.8	2.0	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	3	40.3	23.7	-	-	13.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	25.3	.368	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	17.7	8.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.1	2.8	5.4	.510	0.3	0.9	.375	2.2	2.3	.952


Season 10
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1967-68	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	77	39.3	26.0	-	-	12.2	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	9.8	22.2	.443	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.786
Kiki Vandeweghe	22	25.6	11.7	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.6	10.5	.442	0.5	0.9	.526	2.0	2.2	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	15	42.2	28.5	-	-	14.5	4.0	-	-	-	2.7	11.7	25.1	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.679
Kiki Vandeweghe	10	23.6	7.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.1	7.4	.419	0.6	1.3	.462	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 11
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1968-69	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	76	40.3	24.8	-	-	10.6	5.4	-	-	-	2.7	9.6	21.5	.447	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.743
Kiki Vandeweghe	75	32.3	16.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.6	6.1	12.4	.494	0.7	1.9	.362	3.5	3.8	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	35.6	15.4	-	-	9.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.9	15.4	.385	-	-	-	3.5	5.6	.630
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	33.0	17.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	4.0	2.7	4.3	10.7	.406	1.0	1.7	.600	7.3	8.3	.880


Season 12
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1969-70	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	54	41.0	24.0	-	-	10.4	5.4	-	-	-	2.4	9.5	19.5	.486	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.773
Kiki Vandeweghe	67	14.3	7.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.7	.491	0.4	1.0	.394	1.0	1.2	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	37.1	18.7	-	-	9.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	16.4	.466	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.741
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	9.4	4.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.0	.542	0.5	0.6	.800	0.8	0.9	.857


Season 13
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1970-71	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Kiki Vandeweghe	41	12.0	6.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.2	5.0	.453	0.3	0.9	.324	1.4	1.6	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	1	9.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Elgin Baylor	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1971-72	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Elgin Baylor	9	26.6	11.8	-	-	6.3	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	4.7	10.8	.433	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.815
Kiki Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Elgin Baylor vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe 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.

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