Elgin Baylor vs. Yves Missi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yves Missi 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, 12 more than Yves Missi, who played 2. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Yves Missi had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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	Yves Missi
Season	1958-59	2024-25
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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	+14.0	+15.8			+6.8	+2.7				-1.9	+4.9	+14.5	+.139				+5.9	+7.0	+.154
Yves Missi	73	26.8	9.1	3.5	4.7	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.7	6.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.623
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
Yves Missi	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Yves Missi
Season	1959-60	2025-26
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+54	+20.6	+23.5			+10.6	+2.2				-1.3	+8.2	+20.6	+.129				+7.3	+9.5	+.190
Yves Missi	16	20.4	6.1	3.3	2.4	5.8	1.3	0.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.6	4.8	.553	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.542
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
Yves Missi	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Elgin Baylor played 12 seasons more than Yves Missi 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 Yves Missi, Elgin Baylor got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	8 All-NBA First Team 9 All-Star Game