Elvin Hayes vs. Fred Scolari Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Scolari and Elvin Hayes, 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.

Elvin Hayes played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Fred Scolari, who played 9. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Fred Scolari had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1968-69	1946-47
Team	San Diego Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	Capitols Lost Semifinals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
Fred Scolari	58	-	12.6	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.0	17.1	.294	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	6	46.3	25.8	-	-	13.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	10.0	19.0	.526	-	-	-	5.8	8.8	.660
Fred Scolari	6	-	11.8	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	15.8	.232	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1969-70	1947-48
Team	San Diego Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
Fred Scolari	47	-	12.5	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	16.6	.294	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1970-71	1948-49
Team	San Diego Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672
Fred Scolari	48	-	11.2	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	13.2	.310	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	9	-	9.1	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.0	11.1	.270	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.700

Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1971-72	1949-50
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost East Div 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.0	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	13.8	.343	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	2	-	18.5	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	13.5	.481	-	-	-	5.5	5.5	1.000

Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1972-73	1950-51
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.4	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	2.8	4.6	14.0	.327	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	5	45.6	25.8	-	-	11.4	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	21.0	.505	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.697
Fred Scolari	7	-	12.6	-	-	5.9	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.3	.355	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.815

Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1973-74	1951-52
Team	Capital Bullets	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	44.5	21.4	4.4	13.7	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	-	3.1	8.5	20.1	.423	-	-	-	4.4	6.1	.721
Fred Scolari	64	35.0	14.6	-	-	3.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	13.5	.334	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	46.1	25.9	4.4	11.4	15.9	3.0	0.7	2.1	-	3.3	10.9	20.4	.531	-	-	-	4.1	5.9	.707
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1974-75	1952-53
Team	Washington Bullets	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.3	23.0	2.7	9.5	12.2	2.5	1.9	2.3	-	2.9	9.0	20.3	.443	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.766
Fred Scolari	62	34.2	13.4	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	13.0	.342	-	-	-	4.5	5.3	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	17	44.2	25.5	2.7	8.2	10.9	2.2	1.5	2.3	-	4.1	10.2	21.9	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.677
Fred Scolari	8	33.5	13.4	-	-	3.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	11.3	.322	-	-	-	6.1	7.6	.803

Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1975-76	1953-54
Team	Washington Bullets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	80	37.2	19.8	2.6	8.4	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	-	3.7	8.1	17.3	.470	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	.628
Fred Scolari	64	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.7	.324	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	43.6	20.0	2.3	10.3	12.6	1.4	0.7	4.0	-	3.4	7.7	17.4	.443	-	-	-	4.6	7.9	.582
Fred Scolari	4	15.0	3.0	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	6.0	.250	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1976-77	1954-55
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	41.0	23.7	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	-	3.8	9.3	18.5	.501	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.687
Fred Scolari	59	10.5	3.2	-	-	1.3	1.6	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	4.2	.305	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	9	45.0	21.0	3.2	10.3	13.6	1.9	1.1	2.4	-	4.3	8.2	19.2	.428	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.695
Fred Scolari	5	5.8	2.4	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.4	0.8	3.0	.267	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800

Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	81	40.1	19.7	4.1	9.1	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	2.8	3.9	7.9	17.4	.451	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	.634
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	21	41.3	21.8	4.9	8.4	13.3	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	4.1	9.0	18.3	.491	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.594
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1978-79	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	82	37.9	21.8	3.8	8.3	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	3.8	8.8	18.0	.487	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.654
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	19	41.4	22.5	4.9	9.1	14.0	2.0	0.9	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.9	20.8	.429	-	-	-	4.6	6.8	.669
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	Fred Scolari
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	39.3	23.0	3.3	7.7	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	2.7	3.8	9.4	20.7	.454	0.0	0.2	.231	4.1	5.9	.699
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	2	46.0	20.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	8.0	20.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-