Elvin Hayes vs. Red Rocha Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Red Rocha 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 Red Rocha, who played 9. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Red Rocha had his rookie season in 1947-48. 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 |
Red Rocha |
9 |
7 |
1947-48 to 1956-57 |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
48 |
- |
12.7 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
4.4 |
4.8 |
15.4 |
.314 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
4.4 |
.690 |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
7 |
- |
11.4 |
- |
- |
- |
0.9 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
4.1 |
16.9 |
.246 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
4.3 |
.733 |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
58 |
- |
10.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
3.8 |
9.9 |
.389 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
3.6 |
.768 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Red Rocha |
2 |
- |
18.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
8.0 |
18.0 |
.444 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
2.5 |
.800 |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
65 |
- |
11.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
4.2 |
10.4 |
.405 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
4.8 |
.703 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Season 4 |
|
Elvin Hayes |
Red Rocha |
Season |
1971-72 | 1950-51 |
Team |
Houston Rockets | Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
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 |
Red Rocha |
64 |
- |
13.1 |
- |
- |
8.0 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
4.6 |
13.2 |
.352 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
4.7 |
.809 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
66 |
38.5 |
12.9 |
- |
- |
8.3 |
1.9 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
4.5 |
11.3 |
.401 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
5.0 |
.770 |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
7 |
39.4 |
17.0 |
- |
- |
6.9 |
1.4 |
- |
- |
- |
5.1 |
5.9 |
13.6 |
.432 |
- |
- |
- |
5.3 |
7.3 |
.725 |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
69 |
35.6 |
11.2 |
- |
- |
7.4 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
3.9 |
10.0 |
.388 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
4.5 |
.755 |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
2 |
53.5 |
15.5 |
- |
- |
8.5 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
5.5 |
5.0 |
13.0 |
.385 |
- |
- |
- |
5.5 |
7.0 |
.786 |
Note: Red Rocha didn't play in 1953-54.
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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 |
Red Rocha |
72 |
34.3 |
11.3 |
- |
- |
6.8 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
4.1 |
11.1 |
.368 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
3.9 |
.782 |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
11 |
33.7 |
12.4 |
- |
- |
6.7 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
4.1 |
4.2 |
10.0 |
.418 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
5.3 |
.759 |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
72 |
26.2 |
10.0 |
- |
- |
5.8 |
1.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
3.5 |
9.6 |
.361 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
3.9 |
.783 |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
8 |
23.6 |
8.5 |
- |
- |
6.5 |
1.9 |
- |
- |
- |
4.6 |
2.9 |
8.5 |
.338 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
3.3 |
.846 |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
72 |
16.0 |
5.3 |
- |
- |
3.8 |
1.1 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
1.9 |
5.4 |
.349 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.757 |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
2 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
3.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
.000 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
3.0 |
.667 |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Red Rocha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |