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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elvin Hayes and P.J. Brown, 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.

P.J. Brown played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Elvin Hayes, who played 16. P.J. Brown had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Elvin Hayes had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
P.J. Brown	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08
Elvin Hayes	16	10	1968-69 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	1993-94	1968-69
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Div 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		%
P.J. Brown	79	24.7	5.7	2.4	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.1	5.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	1.9	.757
Elvin Hayes	82	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	4	14.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Elvin Hayes	6	46.3	25.8	-	-	13.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	10.0	19.0	.526	-	-	-	5.8	8.8	.660


Season 2
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	1994-95	1969-70
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
P.J. Brown	80	30.8	8.1	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.3	3.2	7.1	.446	0.1	0.3	.167	1.7	2.6	.671
Elvin Hayes	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	1995-96	1970-71
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
P.J. Brown	81	36.3	11.3	2.7	4.3	6.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	9.9	.444	0.0	0.2	.200	2.5	3.3	.770
Elvin Hayes	82	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	1996-97	1971-72
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	32.4	9.5	3.0	5.4	8.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	3.5	3.8	8.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.732
Elvin Hayes	82	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	15	29.9	8.1	3.2	5.4	8.6	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.7	2.8	6.9	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.5	.717
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	1997-98	1972-73
Team	Miami Heat	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East 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		%
P.J. Brown	74	31.9	9.6	3.2	5.4	8.6	1.4	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.6	3.8	8.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.766
Elvin Hayes	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	5	38.0	9.2	3.0	5.8	8.8	0.8	1.4	0.6	1.2	4.4	3.8	7.4	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	4.4	.364
Elvin Hayes	5	45.6	25.8	-	-	11.4	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	21.0	.505	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.697


Season 6
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	1998-99	1973-74
Team	Miami Heat	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East 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		%
P.J. Brown	50	32.2	11.4	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	9.5	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.774
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	5	29.0	10.2	2.8	3.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.0	.900
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


Season 7
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	1999-00	1974-75
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	28.8	9.6	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	4.0	8.4	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.755
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	30.9	7.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	4.2	3.5	8.2	.427	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.833
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


Season 8
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2000-01	1975-76
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	35.1	8.5	3.2	6.1	9.3	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.4	3.3	3.1	7.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.6	.852
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	38.5	8.0	4.1	5.9	10.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	2.8	6.7	.418	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.828
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


Season 9
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2001-02	1976-77
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	32.0	8.4	3.4	6.4	9.8	1.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	2.8	3.1	6.6	.474	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.5	.858
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	9	36.8	10.2	3.2	6.3	9.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	4.1	3.6	8.3	.427	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.1	.757
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


Season 10
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2002-03	1977-78
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
P.J. Brown	78	33.4	10.7	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.6	4.1	7.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.0	.836
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	6	32.2	10.2	3.3	4.3	7.7	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.8	3.7	3.5	7.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.2	.760
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


Season 11
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2003-04	1978-79
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	34.4	10.5	3.0	5.7	8.6	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.3	2.5	4.2	8.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.3	.854
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	7	36.4	8.9	4.1	5.6	9.7	2.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	2.3	3.7	10.1	.366	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.909
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


Season 12
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2004-05	1979-80
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
P.J. Brown	82	34.4	10.8	3.2	5.7	9.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.8	4.1	9.2	.446	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.864
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2005-06	1980-81
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Washington Bullets
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		%
P.J. Brown	75	31.7	9.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.8	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.827
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2006-07	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
P.J. Brown	72	20.2	6.1	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.8	.407	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.787
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	22.8	8.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	2.9	3.3	6.7	.493	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.739
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


Season 15
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
Season	2007-08	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
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		%
P.J. Brown	18	11.6	2.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.3	.341	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.688
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	25	13.6	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.0	2.2	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.840
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	P.J. Brown	Elvin Hayes
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		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elvin Hayes and P.J. Brown, 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

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