Elvin Hayes vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma 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.

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.

Elvin Hayes played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jack Sikma, who played 14. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Jack Sikma had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Elvin Hayes	16	10	1968-69 to 1983-84
Jack Sikma	14	11	1977-78 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1968-69	1977-78
Team	San Diego Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	Supersonics 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	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
Jack Sikma	82	27.3	10.7	2.4	5.9	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.2	9.2	.455	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.777

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
Jack Sikma	22	31.9	13.7	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.6	4.6	5.2	11.2	.466	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780


Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1969-70	1978-79
Team	San Diego Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
Jack Sikma	82	36.1	15.6	2.8	9.5	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.6	5.8	12.6	.460	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	17	38.5	14.9	2.3	9.4	11.7	2.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	4.1	6.0	13.2	.455	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.787


Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1970-71	1979-80
Team	San Diego Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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
Jack Sikma	82	34.1	14.3	2.4	8.7	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	5.7	12.1	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	15	35.6	11.7	2.0	6.4	8.4	3.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.3	10.9	.399	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.852


Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1971-72	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	18.7	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.5	3.4	7.3	16.0	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.0	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1972-73	1981-82
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
Jack Sikma	82	37.2	19.6	2.7	9.9	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.3	7.1	14.8	.479	0.0	0.2	.154	5.5	6.4	.855

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
Jack Sikma	8	39.4	20.5	2.6	9.5	12.1	3.0	1.1	1.0	2.0	4.3	7.1	16.0	.445	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	7.3	.862


Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1973-74	1982-83
Team	Capital Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
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
Jack Sikma	75	34.2	18.2	2.8	8.6	11.4	3.1	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.5	13.9	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	6.4	.837

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
Jack Sikma	2	37.5	15.0	3.0	10.0	13.0	5.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	15.5	.355	0.0	0.5	.000	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1974-75	1983-84
Team	Washington Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
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
Jack Sikma	82	36.5	19.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	4.0	1.2	1.1	2.9	3.7	7.0	14.1	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	5.9	.856

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
Jack Sikma	5	38.6	22.0	2.2	8.0	10.2	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.8	4.4	9.8	19.6	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1975-76	1984-85
Team	Washington Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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	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
Jack Sikma	68	35.3	18.5	2.4	8.2	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	6.8	13.9	.489	0.0	0.1	.200	4.9	5.8	.852

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
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1976-77	1985-86
Team	Washington Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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	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
Jack Sikma	80	34.9	17.1	1.8	7.5	9.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	2.7	3.7	6.4	13.8	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.1	.864

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
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1977-78	1986-87
Team	Washington Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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		%
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
Jack Sikma	82	30.9	12.7	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.5	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.8	10.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.8	.847

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
Jack Sikma	12	35.5	16.2	2.8	8.1	10.8	1.9	1.3	0.8	1.5	4.7	6.1	12.5	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.1	.980


Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1978-79	1987-88
Team	Washington Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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	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
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	16.5	2.4	6.3	8.6	3.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	3.9	4.2	.922

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
Jack Sikma	5	38.0	19.0	4.8	7.6	12.4	2.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.6	7.0	15.2	.461	0.0	0.6	.000	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1979-80	1988-89
Team	Washington Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
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
Jack Sikma	80	32.3	13.4	1.8	6.0	7.8	3.6	1.1	0.8	1.8	3.8	4.5	10.4	.431	1.0	2.7	.380	3.3	3.7	.905

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
Jack Sikma	9	33.4	11.7	1.0	4.6	5.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	4.6	4.1	10.4	.394	0.9	3.1	.286	2.6	3.1	.821


Season 13
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1980-81	1989-90
Team	Washington Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	36.2	17.8	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.3	3.7	7.2	16.0	.451	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.4	.617
Jack Sikma	71	31.7	13.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.0	3.4	4.8	11.6	.416	1.0	2.8	.342	3.2	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	4	29.3	5.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.8	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.8	1.5	5.8	.261	0.5	1.8	.286	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 14
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1981-82	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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	82	37.0	16.1	3.3	5.9	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.5	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	5.1	.664
Jack Sikma	77	25.2	10.4	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.8	3.8	9.0	.427	0.6	1.8	.341	2.2	2.6	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	3	41.3	14.0	2.3	7.7	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	2.0	4.0	5.7	16.7	.340	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.0	.533
Jack Sikma	3	17.0	4.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 15
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	28.4	12.9	2.5	5.1	7.6	2.0	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.2	11.0	.476	0.0	0.0	.500	2.4	3.5	.683
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Elvin Hayes	Jack Sikma
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	12.3	5.0	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.8	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.652
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elvin Hayes vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma 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.

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

Season 15

Season 16