Elvin Hayes vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington 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, 10 more than P.J. Washington, who played 6. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while P.J. Washington had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Elvin Hayes	P.J. Washington
Season	1968-69	2019-20
Team	San Diego Rockets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
difference:	+24	+14.8	+16.2			+11.7	+0.7				-0.5	+6.7	+15.2	+.008				+4.2	+6.8	+.021
P.J. Washington	58	30.3	12.2	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.7	4.6	10.2	.455	1.5	4.0	.374	1.5	2.3	.647
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	P.J. Washington
Season	1969-70	2020-21
Team	San Diego Rockets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
difference:	+18	+14.2	+14.6			+10.4	+0.5				-0.6	+6.4	+13.9	+.012				+3.5	+5.3	+.057
P.J. Washington	64	30.5	12.9	1.5	5.1	6.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	10.7	.440	1.8	4.5	.386	1.7	2.3	.745
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elvin Hayes nor P.J. Washington played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	P.J. Washington
Season	1970-71	2021-22
Team	San Diego Rockets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672
difference:	+17	+17.1	+18.4			+11.4					-0.4	+7.8	+18.8	+.042				+4.6	+7.0	+.044
P.J. Washington	65	27.2	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.3	3.8	8.2	.470	1.7	4.6	.365	0.9	1.2	.716
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elvin Hayes nor P.J. Washington played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	P.J. Washington
Season	1971-72	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
difference:	+9	+9.6	+9.5			+9.7	+0.9				-0.2	+4.2	+10.0	+.010				+3.2	+5.1	+.081
P.J. Washington	73	32.6	15.7	1.0	3.9	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	5.9	13.4	.444	2.0	5.9	.348	1.7	2.4	.730
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elvin Hayes nor P.J. Washington played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	P.J. Washington
Season	1972-73	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
difference:	+8	+10.9	+8.3			+8.9	+0.3				-0.6	+4.0	+8.7	+.008				+2.2	+3.4	+.012
P.J. Washington	73	30.4	12.9	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.8	11.1	.436	1.8	5.7	.320	1.4	2.0	.683
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
difference:	+17	+9.9	+12.8			+4.8	+0.4				-0.2	+6.1	+10.4	+.078				+2.8	+4.1	+.012
P.J. Washington	22	35.7	13.0	1.5	5.1	6.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	10.6	.427	2.1	6.1	.348	1.8	2.5	.709

Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	P.J. Washington
Season	1973-74	2024-25
Team	Capital Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+24	+12.3	+6.7	+3.0	+7.4	+10.3	+0.3		+1.9		-0.8	+3.2	+8.4	+.030				+1.9	+2.6	+.001
P.J. Washington	57	32.2	14.7	1.4	6.3	7.8	2.3	1.1	1.1	2.1	2.3	5.3	11.7	.453	1.6	4.2	.381	2.5	3.5	.722
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Elvin Hayes played 10 seasons more than P.J. Washington in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 1975 to 1984—Elvin Hayes played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over P.J. Washington, Elvin Hayes got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 All-Star Game