Elgin Baylor vs. Gerald Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gerald Wilkins 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 more than Gerald Wilkins, who played 13. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Gerald Wilkins had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Gerald Wilkins	13	8	1985-86 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1958-59	1985-86
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777
Gerald Wilkins	81	25.0	12.5	1.1	1.4	2.6	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.9	5.4	11.5	.468	0.1	0.3	.280	1.6	2.9	.557

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
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1959-60	1986-87
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
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	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732
Gerald Wilkins	80	34.5	19.1	1.5	2.2	3.7	4.4	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.1	7.9	16.3	.486	0.3	0.9	.351	2.9	4.2	.701

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
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1960-61	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Knicks 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	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
Gerald Wilkins	81	33.4	17.4	1.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.3	7.3	16.3	.446	0.5	1.6	.302	2.4	3.0	.786

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
Gerald Wilkins	4	37.3	20.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.8	3.0	8.3	17.3	.478	0.5	1.0	.500	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 4
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1961-62	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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		%
Elgin Baylor	48	44.4	38.3	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.2	14.2	33.1	.428	-	-	-	9.9	13.1	.754
Gerald Wilkins	81	29.8	14.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	3.4	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.0	5.7	12.7	.451	0.6	2.1	.297	2.3	3.0	.756

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
Gerald Wilkins	9	32.2	16.1	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.0	7.0	14.6	.481	0.1	1.1	.100	2.0	2.6	.783


Season 5
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1962-63	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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		%
Elgin Baylor	80	42.1	34.0	-	-	14.3	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	12.9	28.4	.453	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.837
Gerald Wilkins	82	31.8	14.5	1.6	2.9	4.5	4.0	1.2	0.3	2.4	2.3	5.8	12.6	.457	0.5	1.5	.312	2.5	3.2	.803

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
Gerald Wilkins	10	31.9	14.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.1	1.8	2.3	6.3	13.7	.460	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.2	.818


Season 6
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1963-64	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Knicks 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	78	40.6	25.4	-	-	12.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.7	22.8	.425	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.804
Gerald Wilkins	68	31.8	13.8	1.1	1.9	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	5.6	11.8	.473	0.1	0.6	.209	2.5	3.0	.820

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
Gerald Wilkins	3	26.0	10.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.7	1.7	0.3	2.7	3.7	4.7	12.7	.368	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 7
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1964-65	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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		%
Elgin Baylor	74	41.3	27.1	-	-	12.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.2	10.3	25.7	.401	-	-	-	6.5	8.2	.792
Gerald Wilkins	82	28.6	12.4	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.4	5.3	11.8	.447	0.5	1.3	.352	1.4	1.9	.730

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	-
Gerald Wilkins	12	28.7	8.9	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.8	9.1	.413	0.1	1.1	.077	1.3	1.9	.696


Season 8
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1965-66	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Elgin Baylor	65	30.4	16.6	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.4	15.9	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.739
Gerald Wilkins	80	26.0	11.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.3	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.9	4.5	10.0	.453	0.2	0.7	.276	1.9	2.3	.840

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
Gerald Wilkins	9	26.2	10.3	0.7	1.1	1.8	2.7	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.8	4.2	9.7	.437	0.4	1.3	.333	1.4	1.9	.765


Season 9
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1966-67	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Cavaliers 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
Gerald Wilkins	82	33.8	14.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.1	1.3	0.5	1.6	2.3	5.4	11.9	.457	1.0	2.6	.396	2.4	3.0	.776

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
Gerald Wilkins	3	42.0	20.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	15.0	.444	2.3	5.3	.438	4.7	5.3	.875

Note: Gerald Wilkins didn't play in 1994-95.


Season 10
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1967-68	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Vancouver Grizzlies
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
Gerald Wilkins	28	26.4	6.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.0	2.8	7.3	.376	0.5	2.3	.219	0.7	0.8	.870

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
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1968-69	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Magic 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	76	40.3	24.8	-	-	10.6	5.4	-	-	-	2.7	9.6	21.5	.447	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.743
Gerald Wilkins	80	27.5	10.6	0.7	1.4	2.2	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.0	9.5	.426	0.8	2.5	.325	1.7	2.4	.716

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
Gerald Wilkins	5	28.6	9.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.2	9.0	.356	0.6	1.8	.333	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 12
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1969-70	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
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	54	41.0	24.0	-	-	10.4	5.4	-	-	-	2.4	9.5	19.5	.486	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.773
Gerald Wilkins	72	17.4	5.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	2.0	6.0	.325	0.4	1.5	.266	1.0	1.4	.704

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
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
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		%
Elgin Baylor	2	28.5	10.0	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Gerald Wilkins	3	9.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Elgin Baylor	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1971-72	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Elgin Baylor	9	26.6	11.8	-	-	6.3	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	4.7	10.8	.433	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.815
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elgin Baylor vs. Gerald Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gerald Wilkins 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