Elvin Hayes vs. Malik Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Rose 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, 3 more than Malik Rose, who played 13. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Malik Rose had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Malik Rose	13	8	1996-97 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1968-69	1996-97
Team	San Diego Rockets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	Hornets 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	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
Malik Rose	54	9.7	3.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.1	1.1	2.4	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.613

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
Malik Rose	2	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1969-70	1997-98
Team	San Diego Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
Malik Rose	53	8.1	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.1	2.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.333	0.7	1.2	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	5	3.4	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	San Diego Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	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	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672
Malik Rose	47	12.9	6.0	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.0	4.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.1	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	17	11.5	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.1	0.8	2.2	.368	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.692


Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1971-72	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
Malik Rose	74	18.1	6.7	1.8	2.7	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.3	3.1	2.4	5.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.7	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	4	20.8	5.3	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.0	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.556


Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1972-73	2000-01
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
Malik Rose	57	21.4	7.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.8	6.5	.435	0.1	0.3	.176	2.0	2.8	.713

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
Malik Rose	13	16.6	4.9	1.2	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.9	1.8	4.2	.418	0.1	0.2	.333	1.3	1.5	.850


Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1973-74	2001-02
Team	Capital Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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	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
Malik Rose	82	21.0	9.4	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.5	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.1	.083	2.3	3.1	.720

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
Malik Rose	10	29.2	12.9	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.6	9.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.740


Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1974-75	2002-03
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Malik Rose	79	24.5	10.4	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.0	.459	0.0	0.1	.400	3.1	3.9	.791

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
Malik Rose	24	23.3	9.3	2.0	3.7	5.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	3.0	3.1	7.5	.419	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.9	.766


Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1975-76	2003-04
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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	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
Malik Rose	67	18.7	7.9	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.7	2.4	2.6	6.0	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.4	.813

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
Malik Rose	7	8.1	1.4	1.7	0.7	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.9	0.6	2.3	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1976-77	2004-05
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks
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
Malik Rose	76	19.4	7.0	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.7	2.6	5.8	.449	0.0	0.1	.100	1.8	2.4	.737

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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1977-78	2005-06
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Malik Rose	72	15.5	4.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.0	1.5	3.9	.374	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.5	1.9	.781

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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1978-79	2006-07
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
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
Malik Rose	65	12.5	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.8	1.1	2.9	.398	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.8	.808

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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1979-80	2007-08
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Malik Rose	49	10.1	3.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.3	3.7	.367	0.0	0.1	.286	0.8	1.0	.725

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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1980-81	2008-09
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
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	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
Malik Rose	38	12.4	3.4	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.9	1.2	3.4	.344	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.3	.784

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


Season 14
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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	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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Elvin Hayes	Malik Rose
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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Elvin Hayes vs. Malik Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Rose 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