OG Anunoby vs. Elgin Baylor Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elgin Baylor and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Elgin Baylor, who played 14. OG Anunoby had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Elgin Baylor had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
	OG Anunoby	Elgin Baylor
Season	2017-18	1958-59
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+4	+20.8	+19.0			+12.5	+3.4				-2.1	+6.4	+16.5	+.063				+7.1	+9.0	+.148
Elgin Baylor	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
difference:	+3	+19.0	+17.6			+9.9	+2.6				-1.7	+6.5	+18.1	+.155				+5.9	+7.6	+.043
Elgin Baylor	13	42.8	25.5	-	-	12.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	9.4	23.3	.403	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770

Season 2
	OG Anunoby	Elgin Baylor
Season	2018-19	1959-60
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+3	+20.8	+22.6			+13.5	+2.8				-1.2	+8.1	+19.4	+.029				+7.6	+10.1	+.151
Elgin Baylor	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elgin Baylor	9	45.3	33.4	-	-	14.1	3.4	-	-	-	4.2	12.3	26.0	.474	-	-	-	8.8	10.4	.840

Season 3
	OG Anunoby	Elgin Baylor
Season	2019-20	1960-61
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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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		%
OG Anunoby	69	29.9	10.6	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.1	2.4	4.1	8.2	.505	1.3	3.3	.390	1.0	1.5	.706
difference:	+4	+13.0	+24.2			+14.5	+3.5				-1.4	+8.7	+21.5	+.075				+8.3	+10.3	+.077
Elgin Baylor	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	11	35.7	10.5	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.5	3.6	8.0	.455	1.5	3.7	.415	1.6	2.5	.643
difference:	+1	+9.3	+27.6			+8.4	+3.4				-1.2	+10.6	+22.2	+.015				+8.2	+9.3	+.181
Elgin Baylor	12	45.0	38.1	-	-	15.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	14.2	30.2	.470	-	-	-	9.8	11.8	.824

Season 4
	OG Anunoby	Elgin Baylor
Season	2020-21	1961-62
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
OG Anunoby	43	33.3	15.9	1.3	4.3	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.7	5.8	12.1	.480	2.4	6.1	.398	1.9	2.4	.784
difference:	+5	+11.1	+22.4			+13.1	+2.4				-0.5	+8.4	+21.0	+.052				+8.0	+10.7	+.030
Elgin Baylor	48	44.4	38.3	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.2	14.2	33.1	.428	-	-	-	9.9	13.1	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elgin Baylor	13	43.9	38.6	-	-	17.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	14.3	32.7	.438	-	-	-	10.0	12.9	.774

Season 5
	OG Anunoby	Elgin Baylor
Season	2021-22	1962-63
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
OG Anunoby	48	36.0	17.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.6	1.5	0.5	1.7	2.7	6.4	14.5	.443	2.4	6.6	.363	1.9	2.5	.754
difference:	+32	+6.1	+16.9			+8.8	+2.2				-0.1	+6.5	+13.9	+.010				+6.4	+7.4	+.083
Elgin Baylor	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	6	36.2	17.3	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	1.0	0.2	1.7	3.0	6.5	13.7	.476	2.3	6.8	.341	2.0	2.7	.750
difference:	+7	+7.0	+15.3			+9.6	+2.0				-0.7	+5.8	+14.1	+.034				+6.0	+7.0	+.075
Elgin Baylor	13	43.2	32.6	-	-	13.6	4.5	-	-	-	3.7	12.3	27.8	.442	-	-	-	8.0	9.7	.825

Season 6
	OG Anunoby	Elgin Baylor
Season	2022-23	1963-64
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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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		%
OG Anunoby	67	35.6	16.8	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	2.0	3.0	6.3	13.2	.476	2.1	5.5	.387	2.1	2.5	.838
difference:	+11	+5.0	+8.6			+7.0	+2.4					+3.4	+9.6	+.051				+3.9	+5.0	+.034
Elgin Baylor	78	40.6	25.4	-	-	12.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.7	22.8	.425	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elgin Baylor	5	44.2	24.2	-	-	11.6	5.6	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	23.8	.378	-	-	-	6.2	8.0	.775

Season 7
	OG Anunoby	Elgin Baylor
Season	2023-24	1964-65
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	50	34.0	14.7	0.9	3.2	4.2	2.1	1.4	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.6	11.5	.489	2.0	5.3	.382	1.3	1.8	.753
difference:	+24	+7.3	+12.4			+8.6	+1.7				-0.8	+4.7	+14.2	+.088				+5.2	+6.4	+.039
Elgin Baylor	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	9	36.0	15.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.7	6.2	12.3	.505	1.8	4.3	.410	0.9	1.4	.615
difference:	+8	+31.0	+15.1			+6.0	+0.1				-1.7	+6.2	+10.3	+.505				+0.9	+1.4
Elgin Baylor	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	1.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Elgin Baylor played 6 seasons more than OG Anunoby in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1967 to 1972—Elgin Baylor played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over OG Anunoby, Elgin Baylor got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game