Elgin Baylor F

Born: Sep 16, 1934 (Passed away Mar 22, 2021, aged 86)

Birthplace/Hometown: Washington, District of Columbia

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-5 (196cm)     Weight: 225 (102kg)

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Draft Entry: 1956 NBA Draft, 1958 NBA Draft

Drafted: Round 14, Pick 2, Minneapolis Lakers (1956);
Round 1, Pick 1, Minneapolis Lakers (1958)

Pre-Draft Team: Seattle (Trans)

High School: Spingarn High School [Washington, District of Columbia]

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Elgin Baylor Player Profile

NBA Career

14 Years Of Service - NBA's Top 50, NBA's Top 75, Hall of Fame Player, NBA Champion, 10x All-NBA 1st, ROY, 11x All-Star, #22 retired by LAL

NBA Regular Season Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1958-59 ☆ MIN 70 - 40.8 24.89 8.64 21.17 .408 - - - 7.60 9.79 .777 - - 15.00 4.10 - - - 3.86
1959-60 ☆ MIN 70 - 41.0 29.63 10.79 25.44 .424 - - - 8.06 11.00 .732 - - 16.43 3.47 - - - 3.34
1960-61 ☆ LAL 73 - 42.9 34.77 12.75 29.67 .430 - - - 9.26 11.82 .783 - - 19.82 5.08 - - - 3.82
1961-62 ☆ LAL 48 - 44.4 38.25 14.17 33.08 .428 - - - 9.92 13.15 .754 - - 18.58 4.62 - - - 3.23
1962-63 ☆ LAL 80 - 42.1 33.99 12.86 28.41 .453 - - - 8.26 9.88 .837 - - 14.32 4.83 - - - 2.83
1963-64 ☆ LAL 78 - 40.6 25.42 9.69 22.79 .425 - - - 6.04 7.51 .804 - - 12.00 4.45 - - - 3.01
1964-65 ☆ LAL 74 - 41.3 27.15 10.31 25.72 .401 - - - 6.53 8.24 .792 - - 12.84 3.78 - - - 3.18
1965-66 LAL 65 - 30.4 16.60 6.38 15.91 .401 - - - 3.83 5.18 .739 - - 9.55 3.45 - - - 2.42
1966-67 ☆ LAL 70 - 38.7 26.60 10.16 23.69 .429 - - - 6.29 7.73 .813 - - 12.83 3.07 - - - 3.01
1967-68 ☆ LAL 77 - 39.3 26.00 9.83 22.19 .443 - - - 6.34 8.06 .786 - - 12.22 4.61 - - - 3.01
1968-69 ☆ LAL 76 - 40.3 24.75 9.61 21.47 .447 - - - 5.54 7.46 .743 - - 10.59 5.37 - - - 2.68
1969-70 ☆ LAL 54 - 41.0 24.04 9.46 19.46 .486 - - - 5.11 6.61 .773 - - 10.35 5.41 - - - 2.44
1970-71 LAL 2 - 28.5 10.00 4.00 9.50 .421 - - - 2.00 3.00 .667 - - 5.50 1.00 - - - 3.00
1971-72 LAL 9 - 26.6 11.78 4.67 10.78 .433 - - - 2.44 3.00 .815 - - 6.33 2.00 - - - 2.22
CAREER   846 - 40.0 27.36 10.28 23.84 .431 - - - 6.81 8.74 .780 - - 13.55 4.31 - - - 3.07

☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1958-59 ☆ MIN 70 - 2,855 1,742 605 1,482 .408 - - - 532 685 .777 - - 1,050 287 - - - 270
1959-60 ☆ MIN 70 - 2,873 2,074 755 1,781 .424 - - - 564 770 .732 - - 1,150 243 - - - 234
1960-61 ☆ LAL 73 - 3,133 2,538 931 2,166 .430 - - - 676 863 .783 - - 1,447 371 - - - 279
1961-62 ☆ LAL 48 - 2,129 1,836 680 1,588 .428 - - - 476 631 .754 - - 892 222 - - - 155
1962-63 ☆ LAL 80 - 3,370 2,719 1,029 2,273 .453 - - - 661 790 .837 - - 1,146 386 - - - 226
1963-64 ☆ LAL 78 - 3,164 1,983 756 1,778 .425 - - - 471 586 .804 - - 936 347 - - - 235
1964-65 ☆ LAL 74 - 3,056 2,009 763 1,903 .401 - - - 483 610 .792 - - 950 280 - - - 235
1965-66 LAL 65 - 1,975 1,079 415 1,034 .401 - - - 249 337 .739 - - 621 224 - - - 157
1966-67 ☆ LAL 70 - 2,706 1,862 711 1,658 .429 - - - 440 541 .813 - - 898 215 - - - 211
1967-68 ☆ LAL 77 - 3,029 2,002 757 1,709 .443 - - - 488 621 .786 - - 941 355 - - - 232
1968-69 ☆ LAL 76 - 3,064 1,881 730 1,632 .447 - - - 421 567 .743 - - 805 408 - - - 204
1969-70 ☆ LAL 54 - 2,213 1,298 511 1,051 .486 - - - 276 357 .773 - - 559 292 - - - 132
1970-71 LAL 2 - 57 20 8 19 .421 - - - 4 6 .667 - - 11 2 - - - 6
1971-72 LAL 9 - 239 106 42 97 .433 - - - 22 27 .815 - - 57 18 - - - 20
CAREER   846 - 33,863 23,149 8,693 20,171 .431 - - - 5,763 7,391 .780 - - 11,463 3,650 - - - 2,596

☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1958-59 ☆ MIN 70 - 0 0 2 0 0 0 .321 - - 0.46 33 37 .471 7.00 2.80 9.80
1959-60 ☆ MIN 70 - 0 0 9 0 0 0 .328 - - 0.43 23 47 .329 7.40 4.10 11.50
1960-61 ☆ LAL 73 - 0 0 21 0 0 0 .383 - - 0.40 34 39 .466 9.10 5.70 14.80
1961-62 ☆ LAL 48 - 0 0 16 0 0 0 .254 - - 0.40 37 11 .771 4.90 3.00 7.90
1962-63 ☆ LAL 80 - 0 0 23 0 0 0 .404 - - 0.35 53 27 .663 9.30 5.10 14.40
1963-64 ☆ LAL 78 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .337 - - 0.33 40 38 .513 4.70 2.50 7.20
1964-65 ☆ LAL 74 - 0 0 4 0 0 0 .313 - - 0.32 48 26 .649 2.50 2.40 4.90
1965-66 LAL 65 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .178 - - 0.33 38 27 .585 0.50 2.00 2.60
1966-67 ☆ LAL 70 - 0 0 4 0 0 0 .245 - - 0.33 32 38 .457 3.50 2.70 6.20
1967-68 ☆ LAL 77 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 .291 - - 0.36 49 28 .636 4.90 3.20 8.00
1968-69 ☆ LAL 76 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .318 - - 0.35 50 26 .658 5.10 3.40 8.50
1969-70 ☆ LAL 54 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 .219 - - 0.34 29 25 .537 4.50 3.30 7.80
1970-71 LAL 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .003 - - 0.32 1 1 .500 - - -
1971-72 LAL 9 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .015 - - 0.28 6 3 .667 0.10 0.40 0.50
CAREER   846 - 0 0 88 0 0 0 .252 - - 0.37 473 373 .559 63.50 40.60 104.10

☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1958-59 ☆ MIN 70 - .488 .408 - - - - - - - - 118.49 - 1.18 - - 23.52
1959-60 ☆ MIN 70 - .489 .424 - - - - - - - - 115.64 - 1.16 - - 24.34
1960-61 ☆ LAL 73 - .498 .430 - - - - - - - - 121.31 - 1.17 - - 27.27
1961-62 ☆ LAL 48 - .492 .428 - - - - - - - - 118.26 - 1.16 - - 26.82
1962-63 ☆ LAL 80 - .519 .453 - - - - - - - - 128.94 - 1.20 - - 26.47
1963-64 ☆ LAL 78 - .487 .425 - - - - - - - - 122.90 - 1.12 - - 22.05
1964-65 ☆ LAL 74 - .463 .401 - - - 14.96 - - - - 119.27 - 1.06 - - 21.11
1965-66 LAL 65 - .456 .401 - - - 15.66 - - - - 114.02 - 1.04 - - 17.41
1966-67 ☆ LAL 70 - .491 .429 - - - 11.27 - - - - 124.21 - 1.12 - - 20.42
1967-68 ☆ LAL 77 - .505 .443 - - - 16.42 - - - - 122.88 - 1.17 - - 21.43
1968-69 ☆ LAL 76 - .500 .447 - - - 20.19 - - - - 118.98 - 1.15 - - 21.06
1969-70 ☆ LAL 54 - .537 .486 - - - 19.01 - - - - 125.93 - 1.24 - - 20.59
1970-71 LAL 2 - .462 .421 - - - 4.35 - - - - 108.77 - 1.05 - - 8.98
1971-72 LAL 9 - .487 .433 - - - 9.22 - - - - 124.78 - 1.09 - - 13.64
CAREER   846 - .494 .431 - - - 15.79 - - - - 121.07 - 1.15 - - 26.50

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Transactions

Apr 30, 1956 - The Minneapolis Lakers selected Elgin Baylor in Round 14 with Pick 2 in the 1956 NBA Draft.
Apr 22, 1958 - The Minneapolis Lakers selected Elgin Baylor in Round 1 with Pick 1 in the 1958 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1958 - Elgin Baylor signed a multi-year contract with the Minneapolis Lakers.
Jul 1, 1972 - Elgin Baylor, previously with the Los Angeles Lakers, became a free agent.
Mar 22, 2021 - Elgin Baylor passed away. He was 86 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Top 50 Greatest Player
Top 75 Greatest Player
NBA Champion - 1972
All-NBA First Team - 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969
Wilt Chamberlain Rookie Of The Year - 1959

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA Playoff Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1958-59 MIN 13 - 42.8 25.46 9.38 23.31 .403 - - - 6.69 8.69 .770 - - 12.00 3.31 - - - 4.00
1959-60 MIN 9 - 45.3 33.44 12.33 26.00 .474 - - - 8.78 10.44 .840 - - 14.11 3.44 - - - 4.22
1960-61 LAL 12 - 45.0 38.08 14.17 30.17 .470 - - - 9.75 11.83 .824 - - 15.25 4.58 - - - 3.67
1961-62 LAL 13 - 43.9 38.62 14.31 32.69 .438 - - - 10.00 12.92 .774 - - 17.69 3.62 - - - 3.46
1962-63 LAL 13 - 43.2 32.62 12.31 27.85 .442 - - - 8.00 9.69 .825 - - 13.62 4.46 - - - 3.69
1963-64 LAL 5 - 44.2 24.20 9.00 23.80 .378 - - - 6.20 8.00 .775 - - 11.60 5.60 - - - 3.40
1964-65 LAL 1 - 5.0 0.00 0.00 2.00 .000 - - - 0.00 0.00 .000 - - 0.00 1.00 - - - 0.00
1965-66 LAL 14 - 41.9 26.79 10.36 23.43 .442 - - - 6.07 7.50 .810 - - 14.07 3.71 - - - 2.71
1966-67 LAL 3 - 40.3 23.67 9.33 25.33 .368 - - - 5.00 6.67 .750 - - 13.00 3.00 - - - 2.00
1967-68 LAL 15 - 42.2 28.53 11.73 25.07 .468 - - - 5.07 7.47 .679 - - 14.53 4.00 - - - 2.73
1968-69 LAL 18 - 35.6 15.39 5.94 15.44 .385 - - - 3.50 5.56 .630 - - 9.22 4.11 - - - 3.11
1969-70 LAL 18 - 37.1 18.67 7.67 16.44 .466 - - - 3.33 4.50 .741 - - 9.61 4.61 - - - 2.78
CAREER   134 - 41.1 27.04 10.36 23.59 .439 - - - 6.32 8.22 .769 - - 12.87 4.04 - - - 3.25

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NBA Playoff Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1958-59 MIN 13 - 556 331 122 303 .403 - - - 87 113 .770 - - 156 43 - - - 52
1959-60 MIN 9 - 408 301 111 234 .474 - - - 79 94 .840 - - 127 31 - - - 38
1960-61 LAL 12 - 540 457 170 362 .470 - - - 117 142 .824 - - 183 55 - - - 44
1961-62 LAL 13 - 571 502 186 425 .438 - - - 130 168 .774 - - 230 47 - - - 45
1962-63 LAL 13 - 562 424 160 362 .442 - - - 104 126 .825 - - 177 58 - - - 48
1963-64 LAL 5 - 221 121 45 119 .378 - - - 31 40 .775 - - 58 28 - - - 17
1964-65 LAL 1 - 5 0 0 2 .000 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 0 1 - - - 0
1965-66 LAL 14 - 586 375 145 328 .442 - - - 85 105 .810 - - 197 52 - - - 38
1966-67 LAL 3 - 121 71 28 76 .368 - - - 15 20 .750 - - 39 9 - - - 6
1967-68 LAL 15 - 633 428 176 376 .468 - - - 76 112 .679 - - 218 60 - - - 41
1968-69 LAL 18 - 640 277 107 278 .385 - - - 63 100 .630 - - 166 74 - - - 56
1969-70 LAL 18 - 667 336 138 296 .466 - - - 60 81 .741 - - 173 83 - - - 50
CAREER   134 - 5,510 3,623 1,388 3,161 .439 - - - 847 1,101 .769 - - 1,724 541 - - - 435

NBA Playoff Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1958-59 MIN 13 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 - - 0.37 6 7 .462 0.80 0.40 1.20
1959-60 MIN 9 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 .402 - - 0.40 5 4 .556 2.00 0.20 2.20
1960-61 LAL 12 - 0 0 5 0 0 0 .428 - - 0.39 6 6 .500 2.50 0.30 2.80
1961-62 LAL 13 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 .424 - - 0.40 7 6 .538 1.80 0.30 2.10
1962-63 LAL 13 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .407 - - 0.35 6 7 .462 1.20 0.50 1.70
1963-64 LAL 5 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .403 - - 0.34 2 3 .400 0.10 -0.20 -0.10
1964-65 LAL 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .002 - - 0.00 1 0 1.000 - - -
1965-66 LAL 14 - 0 0 2 0 0 0 .311 - - 0.32 7 7 .500 0.80 0.50 1.30
1966-67 LAL 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 - - 0.26 0 3 .000 -0.10 - -0.10
1967-68 LAL 15 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .354 - - 0.30 10 5 .667 1.10 0.80 1.90
1968-69 LAL 18 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 - - 0.36 11 7 .611 -0.20 1.10 0.90
1969-70 LAL 18 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 - - 0.27 11 7 .611 0.90 0.60 1.50
CAREER   134 - 0 0 14 0 0 0 .270 - - 0.35 72 62 .537 10.90 4.50 15.40

NBA Playoff Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1958-59 MIN 13 - .469 .403 - - - 12.94 - - - - 117.26 - 1.09 - - 17.50
1959-60 MIN 9 - .547 .474 - - - 14.18 - - - - 131.48 - 1.29 - - 21.35
1960-61 LAL 12 - .538 .470 - - - 17.25 - - - - 129.36 - 1.26 - - 23.82
1961-62 LAL 13 - .503 .438 - - - 15.00 - - - - 121.15 - 1.18 - - 23.26
1962-63 LAL 13 - .508 .442 - - - 17.97 - - - - 126.74 - 1.17 - - 21.06
1963-64 LAL 5 - .443 .378 - - - 23.01 - - - - 115.32 - 1.02 - - 15.76
1964-65 LAL 1 - .000 .000 - - - 22.86 - - - - 0.00 - 0.00 - - -6.74
1965-66 LAL 14 - .501 .442 - - - 12.91 - - - - 125.16 - 1.14 - - 21.27
1966-67 LAL 3 - .419 .368 - - - 11.43 - - - - 111.84 - 0.93 - - 15.41
1967-68 LAL 15 - .503 .468 - - - 14.80 - - - - 114.67 - 1.14 - - 22.10
1968-69 LAL 18 - .430 .385 - - - 17.60 - - - - 101.49 - 1.00 - - 14.05
1969-70 LAL 18 - .507 .466 - - - 17.50 - - - - 120.70 - 1.14 - - 17.15
CAREER   134 - .497 .439 - - - 16.09 - - - - 120.84 - 1.15 - - 23.01

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NBA All-Star Weekend Competitions

Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection - 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Western All-Star Coaches Selection - 1960
Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP - 1959

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA All-Star Game Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1959 West 1 - 32 24 10 20 .500 - - - 4 5 .800 - - 11 1 - - - 3
1960 West 1 - 28 25 10 18 .556 - - - 5 7 .714 - - 13 3 - - - 4
1961 West 1 - 27 15 3 11 .273 - - - 9 10 .900 - - 10 4 - - - 5
1962 West 1 - 37 32 10 23 .435 - - - 12 14 .857 - - 9 4 - - - 2
1963 West 1 - 36 17 4 15 .267 - - - 9 13 .692 - - 14 7 - - - 0
1964 West 1 - 29 15 5 15 .333 - - - 5 11 .455 - - 8 5 - - - 1
1965 West 1 - 27 18 5 13 .385 - - - 8 8 1.000 - - 7 0 - - - 4
1967 West 1 - 20 20 8 14 .571 - - - 4 4 1.000 - - 5 5 - - - 2
1968 West 1 - 27 22 8 13 .615 - - - 6 7 .857 - - 6 1 - - - 5
1969 West 1 - 32 21 5 13 .385 - - - 11 12 .917 - - 9 5 - - - 2
1970 West 1 - 26 9 2 9 .222 - - - 5 7 .714 - - 7 3 - - - 3
TOTAL   11 - 321 218 70 164 .427 - - - 78 98 .796 - - 99 38 - - - 31
AVERAGES   11 - 29.2 19.82 6.36 14.91 .427 - - - 7.09 8.91 .796 - - 9.00 3.45 - - - 2.82

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NCAA Career

College: Seattle (1958)

NCAA Season Stats - Per Game

Season School Class GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1954-55 College of Idaho Fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1955-56 N/A Trans - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1956-57 Seattle So - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1957-58 Seattle Jr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NCAA Awards & Honors

Helms Foundation Player of the Year - 1958
Consensus All-American First Team - 1958
Consensus All-American Second Team - 1957
NABC All-American First Team - 1958
NABC All-American Second Team - 1957
AP All-American First Team - 1958
AP All-American Second Team - 1957
USBWA All-American First Team - 1957, 1958
UPI All-American First Team - 1958
UPI All-American Second Team - 1957
NEA All-American First Team - 1958
NEA All-American Second Team - 1957
International News Service All-American First Team - 1957, 1958
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player - 1958
NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP) - 1958


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What is the age of Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor is 89 years old.

What is the height of Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor is 6-5 (196cm) tall.

What is the weight of Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor is 225 lbs (102kg).

What is the birthday of Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor was born on Sep 16, 1934.

What position does Elgin Baylor play?

Elgin Baylor plays the F position.

What was the pre-draft team of Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor was drafted out of Seattle.

What high school did Elgin Baylor attend?

Elgin Baylor attended Spingarn High School in Washington, District of Columbia.

What nationality is Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor has a United States nationality.

Where was Elgin Baylor born?

Elgin Baylor was born in Washington, District of Columbia.

How many NBA seasons has Elgin Baylor played?

Elgin Baylor played 14 seasons in the NBA.

What are the career averages of Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor had career averages 27.4 points, 13.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists in 846 games.

What are the career totals of Elgin Baylor?

Elgin Baylor had career totals of 23,149 points, 11,463 rebounds, 3,650 assists, 0 blocks, 0 steals in 846 games.

How many teams has Elgin Baylor been on?

Elgin Baylor played for 2 NBA teams in his career - Los Angeles Lakers, Minneapolis Lakers.

When was Elgin Baylor drafted?

Elgin Baylor was drafted in the 14th round (#91 overall) of the 1956 NBA Draft by the Minneapolis Lakers.

What is Elgin Baylor's career high in points?

Elgin Baylor averaged a career high 38.3 points per game in 1961-1962.

What is Elgin Baylor's career high in rebounds?

Elgin Baylor averaged a career high 19.8 rebounds per game in 1960-1961.

What is Elgin Baylor's career high in assists?

Elgin Baylor averaged a career high 5.4 assists per game in 1969-1970.

What is the career PER of Elgin Baylor's?

Elgin Baylor had a career PER of 26.5.

Is Elgin Baylor in the Hall of Fame?

Yes, Elgin Baylor was inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1977.

How many championships has Elgin Baylor won?

Elgin Baylor has won 1 NBA championships.

How many times did Elgin Baylor win All-NBA First Team?

Elgin Baylor won All-NBA 1st 10 times.

How many times did Elgin Baylor win Wilt Chamberlain Rookie Of The Year?

Elgin Baylor won ROY 1 time.

How many All-Star teams has Elgin Baylor been on?

Elgin Baylor is a 11x All-Star.

Is Elgin Baylor's jersey retired?

Elgin Baylor's #22 jersey was retired by the Los Angeles Lakers.