Elvin Hayes vs. Ruben Wolkowyski Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ruben Wolkowyski 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, 14 more than Ruben Wolkowyski, who played 2. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Ruben Wolkowyski had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
2 |
0 |
2000-01 to 2002-03 |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
34 |
9.0 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
.316 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
.735 |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Ruben Wolkowyski didn't play in 2001-02.
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
7 |
3.4 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.250 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Elvin Hayes |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ruben Wolkowyski |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |