Elgin Baylor vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier 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:
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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 Walt Frazier, who played 13. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Walt Frazier had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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
Walt Frazier	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1958-59	1967-68
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
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	Knicks Lost East Div Semis

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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:	+4	+19.3	+15.9			+10.8					-1.2	+5.1	+13.5	+.043				+5.5	+6.6	+.122
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655

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
difference:	+9	+13.0	+16.0			+6.5	+3.0				-1.0	+6.4	+15.0	+.039				+3.2	+4.2	+.008
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778


Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1959-60	1968-69
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Knicks Lost East Div 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	+4.1	+12.1			+10.2	+4.4				-0.2	+4.2	+12.2	+.081				+3.8	+5.3	+.014
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746

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:	+1	+3.8	+12.2			+6.7	+5.7				-1.2	+3.4	+8.3	+.029				+5.4	+4.7	+.244
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596


Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1960-61	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+3.4	+13.9			+13.8	+3.1				-1.2	+5.0	+14.7	+.088				+4.0	+4.7	+.035
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748

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:	+7	+1.1	+22.1			+7.5	+3.6				-0.9	+8.0	+17.2	+.008				+6.2	+7.1	+.060
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764


Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1961-62	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+32	+1.2	+16.6			+11.8	+2.1				-0.2	+6.1	+16.6	+.066				+4.5	+6.1	+.025
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779

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:	+1	+2.1	+16.0			+11.9	+0.9				-0.3	+5.3	+15.7	+.091				+5.4	+6.6	+.041
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733


Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1962-63	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+3	+1.5	+10.8			+7.6	+1.0				-0.4	+4.2	+11.4	+.059				+2.5	+2.7	+.029
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808

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
difference:	+3	+0.8	+8.3			+6.6	+1.6				-0.7	+3.0	+10.5	+.094				+2.2	+1.9	+.089
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736


Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1963-64	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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:		+0.2	+4.3			+4.7	+1.5				-0.6	+1.0	+5.0	+.065				+2.3	+3.0	+.013
Walt Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817

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
difference:	+12	+0.8	+2.3			+4.3	+0.6				-0.3	+0.2	+6.6	+.136				+1.9	+2.5	+.002
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777


Season 7
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1964-65	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th 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	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
difference:	+6	+0.4	+6.6			+6.1	+3.1				-0.5	+1.9	+7.8	+.071				+2.8	+3.8	+.046
Walt Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838

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	-
difference:	+11	+35.9	+22.5			+7.9	+3.0				-3.4	+9.4	+16.8	+.502				+3.7	+4.1
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898


Season 8
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1965-66	1974-75
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th 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	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739
difference:	+13	+10.7	+4.9			+3.6	+2.7				-0.2	+2.2	+1.9	+.082				+0.4	+0.1	+.089
Walt Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828

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
difference:	+11	+0.6	+3.1			+7.4	+3.3				-1.4	+0.7	+8.1	+.188				+1.8	+2.2	+.003
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 9
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1966-67	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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9th 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	38.7	26.6	-	-	12.8	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.2	23.7	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.7	.813
difference:	+11	+2.4	+7.5			+6.0	+2.8				-0.2	+2.2	+7.3	+.056				+3.1	+3.9	+.010
Walt Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823

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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1967-68	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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10th 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	77	39.3	26.0	-	-	12.2	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	9.8	22.2	.443	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.786
difference:	+1	+3.9	+8.6			+8.3	+0.7				-0.4	+2.8	+7.9	+.046				+2.9	+3.7	+.015
Walt Frazier	76	35.4	17.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.3	1.7	0.1	-	2.6	7.0	14.3	.489	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.771

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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1968-69	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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11th 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	76	40.3	24.8	-	-	10.6	5.4	-	-	-	2.7	9.6	21.5	.447	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.743
difference:	+25	+7.7	+8.6			+6.5	+1.3				-0.3	+3.0	+7.5	+.024				+2.5	+4.0	+.107
Walt Frazier	51	32.6	16.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	14.0	.471	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.850

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	5.4	.649
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1969-70	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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12th 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	54	41.0	24.0	-	-	10.4	5.4	-	-	-	2.4	9.5	19.5	.486	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.773
difference:	+42	+17.7	+13.2			+8.7	+2.7				-0.6	+5.0	+9.3	+.043				+3.3	+4.3	+.005
Walt Frazier	12	23.3	10.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.5	10.2	.443	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778

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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Elgin Baylor	Walt Frazier
Season	1970-71	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th 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	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
difference:	+1	+19.5	+6.7			+4.5	+1.7				-2.3	+2.7	+5.8	+.057				+1.3	+2.3	+.333
Walt Frazier	3	9.0	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	3.7	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elgin Baylor nor Walt Frazier played in the postseason in their season 13

Additional Years

* Elgin Baylor played 1 season more than Walt Frazier in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 1972—Elgin Baylor didn't play in the postseason.

Elgin Baylor vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years