Elgin Baylor vs. Kirk Hinrich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kirk Hinrich 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 Kirk Hinrich, who played 13. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Kirk Hinrich had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Kirk Hinrich	13	11	2003-04 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1958-59	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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
Kirk Hinrich	76	35.6	12.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	6.8	1.3	0.3	2.7	3.6	4.2	10.8	.386	1.9	4.9	.390	1.8	2.2	.804

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
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1959-60	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Bulls 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	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732
Kirk Hinrich	77	36.4	15.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	6.4	1.6	0.3	2.3	3.2	5.8	14.6	.397	1.9	5.3	.355	2.2	2.8	.792

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
Kirk Hinrich	6	35.8	21.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	5.8	2.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	7.5	16.7	.450	2.8	5.5	.515	3.3	4.8	.690


Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1960-61	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Bulls 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	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
Kirk Hinrich	81	36.5	15.9	0.4	3.2	3.6	6.3	1.2	0.3	2.3	3.1	5.6	13.3	.418	1.6	4.2	.370	3.2	3.9	.815

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
Kirk Hinrich	6	39.0	20.5	0.0	3.3	3.3	7.7	1.3	0.3	4.0	3.7	6.5	15.7	.415	1.5	4.3	.346	6.0	7.0	.857


Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1961-62	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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	48	44.4	38.3	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.2	14.2	33.1	.428	-	-	-	9.9	13.1	.754
Kirk Hinrich	80	35.5	16.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	13.3	.448	1.8	4.2	.415	3.0	3.6	.835

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
Kirk Hinrich	10	36.2	12.1	0.4	3.8	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.4	11.7	.376	1.3	4.3	.302	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1962-63	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837
Kirk Hinrich	75	31.7	11.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	6.0	1.2	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.4	10.6	.414	1.1	3.2	.350	1.6	1.9	.831

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
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1963-64	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Bulls 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	78	40.6	25.4	-	-	12.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.7	22.8	.425	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.804
Kirk Hinrich	51	26.3	9.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.4	1.7	2.5	3.6	8.2	.437	1.4	3.3	.408	1.3	1.7	.791

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
Kirk Hinrich	7	30.0	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.1	2.6	4.1	8.9	.468	1.9	4.3	.433	2.4	3.6	.680


Season 7
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1964-65	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
Kirk Hinrich	74	33.5	10.9	0.3	3.2	3.5	4.5	1.1	0.3	1.5	2.8	4.2	10.2	.409	1.4	3.8	.371	1.1	1.5	.752

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	-
Kirk Hinrich	5	39.2	12.4	0.2	4.2	4.4	4.0	1.4	0.0	0.4	2.8	4.4	10.4	.423	1.6	3.2	.500	2.0	2.8	.714


Season 8
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1965-66	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739
Kirk Hinrich	72	30.0	10.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.0	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.6	3.9	8.7	.446	1.0	2.6	.399	1.5	1.8	.841

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
Kirk Hinrich	6	28.8	10.2	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	3.5	4.3	8.7	.500	1.3	3.2	.421	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 9
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1966-67	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Hawks 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	70	38.7	26.6	-	-	12.8	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.2	23.7	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.7	.813
Kirk Hinrich	48	25.8	6.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.8	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.1	.414	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.7	.781

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
Kirk Hinrich	6	23.5	5.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	5.0	.433	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 10
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1967-68	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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
Kirk Hinrich	60	29.4	7.7	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	1.7	3.2	2.7	7.0	.377	1.2	3.0	.390	1.2	1.6	.714

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
Kirk Hinrich	4	40.5	11.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	5.8	2.0	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.0	9.3	.432	1.0	2.8	.364	2.3	3.5	.643


Season 11
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1968-69	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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
Kirk Hinrich	73	29.0	9.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	8.5	.393	1.2	3.3	.351	1.3	1.7	.760

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
Kirk Hinrich	5	33.4	11.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.4	4.6	11.2	.411	1.4	3.8	.368	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 12
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1969-70	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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
Kirk Hinrich	66	24.4	5.7	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.2	2.2	5.8	.373	0.9	2.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.700

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
Kirk Hinrich	10	12.6	2.6	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.9	1.9	.474	0.6	1.0	.600	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 13
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
Season	1970-71	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Kirk Hinrich	46	13.7	3.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.8	.380	0.5	1.3	.387	0.3	0.3	.938

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kirk Hinrich	6	4.5	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	.286	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Elgin Baylor	Kirk Hinrich
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
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Elgin Baylor vs. Kirk Hinrich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kirk Hinrich 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