Elgin Baylor vs. Derrick McKey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick McKey and Elgin Baylor, 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.

Elgin Baylor played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Derrick McKey, who played 15. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Derrick McKey had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Elgin Baylor	14	12	1958-59 to 1971-72
Derrick McKey	15	13	1987-88 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1958-59	1987-88
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777
Derrick McKey	82	20.8	8.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.1	6.3	.491	0.1	0.4	.367	2.1	2.7	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	42.8	25.5	-	-	12.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	9.4	23.3	.403	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Derrick McKey	5	21.8	12.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.8	7.6	.632	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	3.4	.588


Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1959-60	1988-89
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732
Derrick McKey	82	34.2	15.9	2.0	3.6	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	11.8	.502	0.4	1.1	.337	3.7	4.6	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	9	45.3	33.4	-	-	14.1	3.4	-	-	-	4.2	12.3	26.0	.474	-	-	-	8.8	10.4	.840
Derrick McKey	8	35.8	13.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	2.9	4.1	5.5	11.1	.494	0.1	1.1	.111	2.1	2.6	.810


Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1960-61	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Elgin Baylor	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
Derrick McKey	80	34.4	15.7	2.1	4.0	6.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	5.9	11.9	.493	0.0	0.3	.130	3.9	5.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	12	45.0	38.1	-	-	15.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	14.2	30.2	.470	-	-	-	9.8	11.8	.824
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1961-62	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Elgin Baylor	48	44.4	38.3	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.2	14.2	33.1	.428	-	-	-	9.9	13.1	.754
Derrick McKey	73	34.3	15.3	2.4	3.4	5.8	2.3	1.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.211	3.2	3.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	43.9	38.6	-	-	17.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	14.3	32.7	.438	-	-	-	10.0	12.9	.774
Derrick McKey	4	28.5	9.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.3	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.8	.545


Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1962-63	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Elgin Baylor	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837
Derrick McKey	52	33.8	14.9	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.3	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.7	5.5	11.6	.472	0.4	1.0	.380	3.6	4.3	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	43.2	32.6	-	-	13.6	4.5	-	-	-	3.7	12.3	27.8	.442	-	-	-	8.0	9.7	.825
Derrick McKey	9	35.0	16.3	1.9	3.0	4.9	2.7	0.8	1.3	2.4	4.1	5.8	11.0	.525	0.6	1.8	.313	4.2	5.0	.844


Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1963-64	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	78	40.6	25.4	-	-	12.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.7	22.8	.425	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.804
Derrick McKey	77	31.7	13.4	1.6	2.7	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	5.0	10.1	.496	0.5	1.5	.357	2.9	3.9	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	5	44.2	24.2	-	-	11.6	5.6	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	23.8	.378	-	-	-	6.2	8.0	.775
Derrick McKey	19	34.1	11.3	2.7	2.5	5.2	3.7	0.6	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	8.3	.525	0.1	0.3	.400	2.4	3.6	.667


Season 7
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1964-65	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
Derrick McKey	76	34.4	12.0	1.7	3.6	5.3	4.3	1.5	0.6	3.0	3.3	4.7	9.3	.500	0.1	0.4	.290	2.5	3.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	1.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick McKey	16	36.7	9.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.5	3.7	3.6	8.9	.408	0.5	1.5	.333	1.9	2.9	.660


Season 8
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1965-66	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739
Derrick McKey	81	34.6	13.3	1.5	3.3	4.9	3.4	1.5	0.6	2.1	3.2	5.1	10.3	.493	0.4	1.1	.360	2.7	3.7	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	14	41.9	26.8	-	-	14.1	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	10.4	23.4	.442	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.810
Derrick McKey	17	34.8	12.8	1.7	3.1	4.8	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.1	3.8	4.5	10.2	.437	0.6	2.1	.314	3.2	3.6	.871


Season 9
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1966-67	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Pacers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	38.7	26.6	-	-	12.8	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.2	23.7	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.7	.813
Derrick McKey	75	32.5	11.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.5	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.486	0.2	0.9	.250	2.3	2.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	3	40.3	23.7	-	-	13.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	25.3	.368	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750
Derrick McKey	5	36.0	12.8	1.6	5.0	6.6	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.8	4.0	4.8	11.4	.421	1.0	2.4	.417	2.2	2.6	.846


Season 10
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1967-68	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elgin Baylor	77	39.3	26.0	-	-	12.2	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	9.8	22.2	.443	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.786
Derrick McKey	50	29.0	8.0	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.8	3.0	7.6	.391	0.3	1.2	.259	1.8	2.5	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	15	42.2	28.5	-	-	14.5	4.0	-	-	-	2.7	11.7	25.1	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.679
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1968-69	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	76	40.3	24.8	-	-	10.6	5.4	-	-	-	2.7	9.6	21.5	.447	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.743
Derrick McKey	57	23.1	6.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.6	5.7	.459	0.1	0.3	.235	1.0	1.4	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	35.6	15.4	-	-	9.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.9	15.4	.385	-	-	-	3.5	5.6	.630
Derrick McKey	15	18.9	4.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	3.3	1.5	4.6	.333	0.2	0.7	.300	1.2	1.5	.783


Season 12
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1969-70	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Elgin Baylor	54	41.0	24.0	-	-	10.4	5.4	-	-	-	2.4	9.5	19.5	.486	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.773
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	4.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	4.0	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	18	37.1	18.7	-	-	9.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	16.4	.466	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.741
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	3.6	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.1	1.2	3.1	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.0	.654


Season 13
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1970-71	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Derrick McKey	32	19.8	4.3	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.4	.398	0.3	0.7	.435	1.3	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	23	15.3	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.0	0.7	1.4	.469	0.0	0.3	.167	0.7	0.9	.800


Season 14
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	1971-72	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	9	26.6	11.8	-	-	6.3	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	4.7	10.8	.433	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.815
Derrick McKey	66	15.0	2.2	0.7	1.9	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.1	0.9	2.1	.441	0.1	0.3	.200	0.3	0.4	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	4	8.8	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.8	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 15
	Elgin Baylor	Derrick McKey
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	41	19.1	2.9	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.5	2.2	1.3	3.0	.426	0.1	0.3	.417	0.2	0.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	4	10.0	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Elgin Baylor vs. Derrick McKey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick McKey and Elgin Baylor, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15