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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Elgin Baylor</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%81" title="Έλτζιν Μπέιλορ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Έλτζιν Μπέιλορ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1" title="الگین بیلور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الگین بیلور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%98%EC%A7%84_%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%BC%EB%9F%AC" title="엘진 베일러 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="엘진 베일러" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AC%D5%BB%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%80" title="Էլջին Բեյլոր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էլջին Բեյլոր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%92%27%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8" title="אלג'ין ביילור – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אלג'ין ביילור" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eld%C5%BEins_Beilors" title="Eldžins Beilors – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Eldžins Beilors" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1" title="الجين بايلور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الجين بايلور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Элжин Бэйлор – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Элжин Бэйлор" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC" title="エルジン・ベイラー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エルジン・ベイラー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80,_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Бэйлор, Элджин – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бэйлор, Элджин" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8E%D9%84%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%86%D8%B1" title="ئێلگین بایلۆر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئێلگین بایلۆر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Елџин Бејлор – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Елџин Бејлор" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Elgin Baylor" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor – 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Elgin_Baylor_Night_program-%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Elgin_Baylor_Night_program-%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Elgin_Baylor_Night_program-%28cropped%29.jpg/360px-Elgin_Baylor_Night_program-%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Elgin_Baylor_Night_program-%28cropped%29.jpg/480px-Elgin_Baylor_Night_program-%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1146" data-file-height="1142" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Baylor with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in 1969</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1934-09-16</span>)</span>September 16, 1934<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 22, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-03-22)</span> (aged 86)<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">225 lb (102 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phelps_Architecture,_Construction_and_Engineering_High_School" title="Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School">Phelps</a> (Washington, D.C.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spingarn_High_School" title="Spingarn High School">Spingarn</a> (Washington, D.C.)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho</a> (1954–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Redhawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Seattle Redhawks men's basketball">Seattle</a> (1956–1958)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_draft" title="1958 NBA draft">1958</a>: 1st round, <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">1st overall pick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1958–1971</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">Small forward</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">22</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Coaching career</th><td class="infobox-data">1974–1979</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As player:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_NBA_season" title="1958–59 NBA season">1958</a>–<a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As coach:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974</a>–<a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Jazz_(NBA_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Jazz (NBA team)">New Orleans Jazz</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">New Orleans Jazz (interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976</a>–<a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">New Orleans Jazz</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: 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title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">75th</a>)</li> <li>No. 22 <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers#Hall_of_Famers,_retired_and_honored_numbers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">retired by Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">NCAA final Four Most Outstanding Player</a> (<a href="/wiki/1958_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1958</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helms_Foundation_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year">Helms Foundation Player of the Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_NCAA_University_Division_men%27s_basketball_season" title="1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball season">1958</a>)</li> <li>Consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1958_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1958 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1958</a>)</li> <li>Consensus second-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1957_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1957 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1957</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season_rebounding_leaders" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leaders">NCAA rebounding leader</a> (1957)</li> <li>No. 22 <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Redhawks_men%27s_basketball#Retired_numbers" title="Seattle Redhawks men's basketball">retired by Seattle Redhawks</a></li></ul> <p><b>As executive:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Executive of the Year Award">NBA Executive of the Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2006</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">23,149 (27.4 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">11,463 (13.5 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">3,650 (4.3 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/76127">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357458#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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Fame</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elgin Gay Baylor</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">EL-jin</i></a>; September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">forward</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers</a>. Baylor was a gifted <a href="/wiki/Basketball#Shooting" title="Basketball">shooter</a>, a strong <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounder</a>, and an accomplished <a href="/wiki/Basketball#Passing" title="Basketball">passer</a>, who was best known for his trademark hanging <a href="/wiki/Jump_shot_(basketball)" title="Jump shot (basketball)">jump shot</a>. The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA">All-NBA</a> first team, Baylor is regarded as one of the game's all-time greatest players.<sup id="cite_ref-elginbio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elginbio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, Baylor was named as one of the <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50 Greatest Players in NBA History</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2021, Baylor was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA's 75th Anniversary Team</a>. Baylor is the leader for most career rebounds in Lakers franchise history with 11,463.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor spent 22 years as general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, having managed the team for the majority of the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Sterling" title="Donald Sterling">Donald Sterling</a> ownership period. He won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Executive of the Year Award">NBA Executive of the Year Award</a> in 2006. Two years later, the Clippers relieved him of his executive duties shortly before the 2008–09 season began.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974, he volunteered to play a mixed doubles exhibition tennis match with Tracy Austin against Lawrence McCutcheon and Lea Antonopolis in Clarement, California, for a sold-out crowd. </p><p>His popularity led to appearances on the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i> in 1968; <a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_5" title="The Jackson 5">the Jackson 5</a>'s first TV special in 1971; a <i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Rogers_in_the_25th_Century_(TV_series)" title="Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)">Buck Rogers in the 25th Century</a></i> episode "Olympiad"; and an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_White_Shadow_(TV_series)" title="The White Shadow (TV series)">The White Shadow</a></i> titled "If Your Number's Up, Get Down". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elgin "Rabbit" Baylor was born in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 1934,<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of Uzziel (Lewis) and John Wesley Baylor.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began playing basketball when he was 14.<sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he grew up near a D.C. city recreation center, African Americans were banned from using the facilities, and Baylor had limited access to basketball courts growing up.<sup id="cite_ref-WCP1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCP1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had two basketball-playing brothers, Sal and Kermit.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After stints at Southwest Boys Club and Brown Jr. High, Baylor was a three-time All-City player in high school.<sup id="cite_ref-Bayne1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bayne1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor played his first two years of high school basketball at <a href="/wiki/Phelps_Architecture,_Construction_and_Engineering_High_School" title="Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School">Phelps Vocational High School</a> in the 1951 and 1952 seasons. At the time, public schools in Washington, D.C., were segregated, so he only played against other black high school teams. There, Baylor set his first area scoring record of 44 points, versus Cardozo H.S.<sup id="cite_ref-Bayne1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bayne1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his two All-City years at Phelps, he averaged 18.5 and 27.6 points per season.<sup id="cite_ref-Bayne1_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bayne1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not perform well academically and dropped out of school (1952–53) to work in a furniture store and play basketball in the local recreational leagues.<sup id="cite_ref-Bayne1_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bayne1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor reappeared for the 1954 season as a senior playing for the recently opened all-black <a href="/wiki/Spingarn_High_School" title="Spingarn High School">Spingarn High School</a>. The 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m),<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 225 lb (102 kg)<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> senior was named first-team Washington All-Metropolitan, and was the first African-American player named to that team.<sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baylor also won the SSA's Livingstone Trophy as the area's best basketball player for 1954. He finished with a 36.1 average for his eight Interhigh Division II league games.<sup id="cite_ref-Bayne1_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bayne1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 3, 1954, in a game against his old Phelps team, Baylor scored 31 in the first half. Playing with four fouls the entire second half, Baylor scored 32 more points to establish a new <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">DC</a>-area record with 63 points. This broke the point record of 52 that Western's Jim Wexler had set the year before when he broke Baylor's previous record of 44. However, because Wexler was white and Baylor was black, Baylor's record did not receive the same press coverage from the media, including the <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i>, as Wexler's.<sup id="cite_ref-Bayne1_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bayne1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WCP1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCP1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elgin_Baylor_Seattle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Elgin_Baylor_Seattle.jpg/170px-Elgin_Baylor_Seattle.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Elgin_Baylor_Seattle.jpg/255px-Elgin_Baylor_Seattle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Elgin_Baylor_Seattle.jpg/340px-Elgin_Baylor_Seattle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="1025" /></a><figcaption>Baylor at Seattle</figcaption></figure> <p>Despite his success as a high school basketball player, no major college recruited Baylor because at the time, college scouts did not recruit at black high schools.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While some colleges were willing to accept Baylor, he did not qualify academically.<sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A friend of Baylor's who attended the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho</a> helped arrange a football scholarship for Baylor for the 1954–55 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baylor never played football for the school, however; instead, he was accepted to the college's basketball team without having to try out.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He outperformed the other players on the team that season, averaging over 31 points and 20 rebounds per game.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the season, the College of Idaho dismissed its head basketball coach and restricted the scholarships. A Seattle car dealer interested Baylor in <a href="/wiki/Seattle_University" title="Seattle University">Seattle University</a>, and Baylor sat out a year to play for Westside Ford, an <a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union" title="Amateur Athletic Union">Amateur Athletic Union</a> team in Seattle, while establishing eligibility at Seattle.<sup id="cite_ref-sportingnews287_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportingnews287-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a> drafted him in the 14th round of the <a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_draft" title="1956 NBA draft">1956 NBA draft</a>, but Baylor opted to stay in school instead.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_NCAA_University_Division_men%27s_basketball_season" title="1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball season">1956–57 season</a>, Baylor averaged 29.7 points per game and 20.3 rebounds per game for Seattle.<sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next season, Baylor averaged 32.5 points per game and led the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_University" title="Seattle University">Seattle University</a> Chieftains (now known as the Redhawks) to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA championship</a> game, Seattle's only trip to the <a href="/wiki/Final_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="Final Four">Final Four</a>, falling to the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">Kentucky Wildcats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his junior season, Baylor was drafted again by the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a>, with the No. 1 pick in the <a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_draft" title="1958 NBA draft">1958 NBA draft</a>, and this time he opted to leave school to join them for the <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_NBA_season" title="1958–59 NBA season">1958–59 NBA season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NBA1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over three collegiate seasons, one at <a href="/wiki/College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho</a> and two at <a href="/wiki/Seattle_University" title="Seattle University">Seattle</a>, Baylor averaged 31.3 points per game and 19.5 rebounds per game. He led the NCAA in rebounds during the 1956–57 season.<sup id="cite_ref-sportingnews289_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportingnews289-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minneapolis_/_Los_Angeles_Lakers_(1958–1971)"><span id="Minneapolis_.2F_Los_Angeles_Lakers_.281958.E2.80.931971.29"></span>Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers (1958–1971)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers (1958–1971)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rookie_of_the_Year_(1958–1959)"><span id="Rookie_of_the_Year_.281958.E2.80.931959.29"></span>Rookie of the Year (1958–1959)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rookie of the Year (1958–1959)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baylor,_Chambers_and_West.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Baylor%2C_Chambers_and_West.jpeg/220px-Baylor%2C_Chambers_and_West.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Baylor%2C_Chambers_and_West.jpeg/330px-Baylor%2C_Chambers_and_West.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Baylor%2C_Chambers_and_West.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="465" /></a><figcaption>Baylor standing next to teammates <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Chambers" title="Jerry Chambers">Jerry Chambers</a> (center) and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> (right), circa 1966</figcaption></figure> <p>The Minneapolis Lakers used the No. 1 overall pick in the 1958 NBA draft to select Baylor, then convinced him to skip his senior year at SU and instead join the pro ranks. The team had been unsuccessful since the retirement of its star center <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">George Mikan</a> in 1954. The year prior to Baylor's arrival, the team finished 19–53 – the worst record in the league – with a squad that was slow, bulky and aging. It had no permanent home arena to play in, was losing popularity, and in financial trouble. Owner <a href="/wiki/Bob_Short" title="Bob Short">Bob Short</a>, who was ready to sell the team, believed Baylor's star athletic talents and all-around game could save the franchise. Short told the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> in a 1971 interview: "If he had turned me down then, I would have been out of business. The club would have gone bankrupt."<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baylor signed with the Lakers for $20,000 per year (equivalent to $210,000 in 2023), a large sum in the NBA at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to basketball historian James Fisher, by virtue of his exceptional skills and his central role in the team's business plan, Baylor became the NBA's first <a href="/wiki/Franchise_player" title="Franchise player">franchise player</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor immediately exceeded expectations and ultimately saved the Lakers franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a rookie in 1958–59, Baylor finished fourth in the league in scoring (<a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_top_rookie_scoring_averages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association top rookie scoring averages">24.9 points per game</a>), third in rebounding (<a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_top_rookie_rebounding_averages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association top rookie rebounding averages">15.0 rebounds per game</a>), and eighth in assists (4.1 assists per game). He scored 55 points in a single game,<sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then the third-highest mark in league history behind <a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Joe Fulks</a>' 63 and Mikan's 61.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_obit_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_obit-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 16, 1959, Baylor refused to play in a road game in Charleston, West Virginia, after the hotel the team booked denied lodging to the team's three black players.<sup id="cite_ref-McCallum2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCallum2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a teammate tried to convince Baylor to play in the game, Baylor said, "I'm a human being, I'm not an animal put in a cage and let out for the show."<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">NBA Rookie of the Year Award</a> and led the Lakers to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a>, where they lost to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in the first four-game sweep in finals history,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> kicking off the greatest rivalry in NBA history.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Peak_years_(1959–1965)"><span id="Peak_years_.281959.E2.80.931965.29"></span>Peak years (1959–1965)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Peak years (1959–1965)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elgin_Baylor_Night_program.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Elgin_Baylor_Night_program.jpeg/220px-Elgin_Baylor_Night_program.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Elgin_Baylor_Night_program.jpeg/330px-Elgin_Baylor_Night_program.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Elgin_Baylor_Night_program.jpeg/440px-Elgin_Baylor_Night_program.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="2132" /></a><figcaption>The cover of the Los Angeles Lakers program for "Elgin Baylor Night" on March 21, 1969</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1960, the Lakers moved from Minnesota to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, drafted <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> to play point guard, and hired <a href="/wiki/Fred_Schaus" title="Fred Schaus">Fred Schaus</a> who was also the coach during West's college career. The duo of Baylor and West, joined in 1968 by center <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>, led the Lakers to success in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Division_(NBA)" title="Western Division (NBA)">Western Division</a> throughout the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McCallum2_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCallum2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_NBA_season" title="1960–61 NBA season">1960–61</a> to the <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_NBA_season" title="1962–63 NBA season">1962–63 seasons</a>, Baylor averaged 34.8, 38.3, and 34.0 points per game, respectively. On November 15 of the 1960–61 season, Baylor set an NBA scoring record when he scored 71 points in a victory against the New York Knicks, while also grabbing 25 rebounds. In doing so, Baylor became the first NBA player to score more than 70 points in a game, breaking his own NBA record of 64 points that he had set the previous November. Baylor held the record until 1962, when Chamberlain scored 100 points.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">United States Army Reservist</a>, was called to <a href="/wiki/Active_duty" title="Active duty">active duty</a> during the 1961–62 season, and being stationed at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lewis_(Washington)" title="Fort Lewis (Washington)">Fort Lewis</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, he could play for the Lakers only when on a weekend <a href="/wiki/Pass_(United_States_military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pass (United States military)">pass</a>. He was unable to practice with the team before or during the season, and had to fly coach across the country on weekends to join the team at whichever arena they were appearing. Despite playing only 48 games that season, he still managed to score over 1,800 points, averaging 38.3 points (the highest average in NBA history by any player other than Chamberlain), 18.6 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. Later that season, in a Game Five NBA Finals victory against the Boston Celtics, Baylor set the still-standing NBA record for points in an NBA Finals game with 61.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Basketball historian James Fisher described Baylor's performance that season as: "Not bad for a part-time job."<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baylor later said he "kind of enjoyed that season."<sup id="cite_ref-McCallum2_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCallum2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Knee_injury_and_later_seasons_(1965–1971)"><span id="Knee_injury_and_later_seasons_.281965.E2.80.931971.29"></span>Knee injury and later seasons (1965–1971)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Knee injury and later seasons (1965–1971)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baylor suffered a severe knee injury during the opening game of the 1965 Western Division playoffs, which required surgery and left him unable to play in the remainder of the playoffs. Although he scored more than 24 points in each of the next four seasons despite his injury, the limitations of knee surgery at the time and the lack of meaningful rehab left him with nagging knee problems, ultimately resulting in surgery on both knees, which impaired his playing ability for the rest of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McCallum2_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCallum2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor played just two games in <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71</a> before rupturing his Achilles tendon,<sup id="cite_ref-Schwartz_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schwartz-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and finally retired nine games into the subsequent <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72 season</a> because of his nagging injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baylor told the press that he could no longer play at the highest level of the sport<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and wanted to free up room on the Lakers' roster for other players.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 14 seasons as the Lakers' forward, Baylor helped lead the team to the NBA Finals eight times, but the team lost each time.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of his retirement at the beginning of the season, Baylor missed two historic achievements: the Lakers' first game afterwards began an NBA record 33-game win streak, after which they won the 1972 championship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1974, Baylor was hired to be an assistant coach and later the head coach for the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Jazz_(NBA_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Jazz (NBA team)">New Orleans Jazz</a>, but had a lackluster 86–135 record and was fired following the <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79 season</a>, shortly before the team moved to <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_career">Executive career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Executive career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, Baylor was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> as the team's <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)#Trend_towards_"presidents_of_baseball_operations"" title="General manager (baseball)">vice president of basketball operations</a>. He was selected as the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Executive of the Year Award">NBA Executive of the Year</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure, the Clippers managed only two winning seasons and amassed a win–loss record of 607–1153.<sup id="cite_ref-yahoo1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They made the playoffs only four times,<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won only one playoff series.<sup id="cite_ref-yahoo1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stayed in that capacity for 22 years until October 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009 Baylor filed an <a href="/wiki/Employment_discrimination" title="Employment discrimination">employment discrimination</a> lawsuit against the Clippers, team owner <a href="/wiki/Donald_Sterling" title="Donald Sterling">Donald Sterling</a>, team president Andy Roeser, and the NBA. He alleged that he was underpaid during his tenure with the team and then fired because of his age and race.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baylor later dropped the racial discrimination claims in the suit.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, a jury decided in the Clippers' favor on Baylor's remaining claims, finding Baylor's termination was based on the team's poor performance.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Baylor felt vindicated when Sterling was banned for life from the NBA in 2014 after recordings of him making racist comments were publicized by the press.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor died in a Los Angeles hospital of natural causes on March 22, 2021, aged 86.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_obit_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_obit-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is interred in the <a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills)" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)">Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills</a>. He was surrounded by his wife Elaine and their daughter Krystle; two children from a previous marriage, Alan and Alison; and a sister, Gladys.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_profile">Player profile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Player profile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baylor was known as an all-around player, excelling at defense, offense, rebounding, and passing. At 6'5", 225lbs, he was short for a forward even for the time period in which he played, but he had the strength to "muscle through" defenders, and the finesse and creativity to maneuver around them, including to rebound missed shots and score second chance points. </p><p>Baylor was known for his superior leaping abilities that allowed him to score by staying in the air longer than defenders; <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a> called him "the godfather of hang time."<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He invented "moves" to deceive defenders, involving changing hands or changing direction, even mid-air. </p><p>Baylor's offensive repertoire included a running bank shot and a left-handed hook shot, though he was right-handed. He had an on-court facial twitch that he used as a head fake. Baylor credited his success to a talent for jumping and the creativity to spontaneously react to the defense.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ronald_Reagan_Elgin_Baylor_letter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ronald_Reagan_Elgin_Baylor_letter.jpg/220px-Ronald_Reagan_Elgin_Baylor_letter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ronald_Reagan_Elgin_Baylor_letter.jpg/330px-Ronald_Reagan_Elgin_Baylor_letter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ronald_Reagan_Elgin_Baylor_letter.jpg/440px-Ronald_Reagan_Elgin_Baylor_letter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1131" data-file-height="1316" /></a><figcaption>A letter from California Governor <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> to Elgin Baylor</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the beginning of his NBA career, Baylor has been considered one of the best basketball players in the world, and his reputation as one of the greatest in history has endured. Before Baylor joined the NBA in 1958, the league's play was methodical but mechanical, dominated by set jump shots and running hook shots. Baylor introduced a creative and acrobatic playing style that would later be emulated by other NBA superstars such as <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a> wrote, "Along with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a>, Elgin turned a horizontal game into a vertical one."<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baylor's skill was esteemed by his contemporaries: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> wrote Baylor "was the first and original high flier"; <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Bill Sharman</a> said Baylor was "the greatest cornerman who ever played pro basketball"; <a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a> said, "Baylor as forward beats out <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a>, Julius Erving and everybody else".<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baylor was the last of the great undersized forwards in a league where many guards are now his size or bigger.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished his playing days with 23,149 points, 3,650 assists and 11,463 rebounds over 846 games. His signature running <a href="/wiki/Bank_shot_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank shot (basketball)">bank shot</a>, which he was able to release quickly and effectively over taller players, led him to numerous NBA scoring records, several of which still stand.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 71 points Baylor scored on November 15, 1960, was a record at the time; it was also a team record that would not be surpassed until <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> scored 81 points against the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> in January 2006. The 61 points he scored in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in 1962 is still an NBA Finals record.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA1_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over his career, he averaged 27.4 points and 4.3 assists per game. An underrated rebounder, Baylor averaged 13.5 rebounds per game during his career,<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a remarkable 19.8 rebounds per game during the 1960–61 season<sup id="cite_ref-BN_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BN-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—a season average exceeded by only five other players in NBA history, all of whom were 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) or taller.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 10-time All-NBA First Team selection and 11-time <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a>, Baylor was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_7-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_13-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named to the NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1980, the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. in 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/SLAM_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="SLAM Magazine">SLAM Magazine</a></i> ranked him number 11 among its Top 50 NBA players of all time. In 2022, to commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary <i><a href="/wiki/The_Athletic" title="The Athletic">The Athletic</a></i> ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Baylor as the 23rd greatest player in NBA history.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is often listed as the greatest NBA player never to win a championship, although the Lakers did give Baylor a championship ring for his contributions at the start of the 1971–72 season.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fifty-one years after Baylor left Seattle University, they named its basketball court in honor of him on November 19, 2009. The Redhawks now play on the Elgin Baylor Court in Seattle's <a href="/wiki/KeyArena" class="mw-redirect" title="KeyArena">KeyArena</a>. The Redhawks also host the annual Elgin Baylor Classic. In June 2017, The <a href="/wiki/College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho</a> had Baylor as one of the inaugural inductees into the school's Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first biography of Baylor was written by <a href="/wiki/Slam_(magazine)" title="Slam (magazine)"><i>Slam</i></a> Online contributor Bijan C. Bayne in 2015, and published by Rowman and Littlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 6, 2018, a statue of Baylor, designed by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Tillery" title="Gary Tillery">Gary Tillery</a> and Omri Amrany, was unveiled at the Staples Center prior to a Lakers game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: NBA career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Elgin Baylor regular season statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>GP </th> <th>MPG </th> <th>FG% </th> <th>FT% </th> <th>RPG </th> <th>APG </th> <th>PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_NBA_season" title="1958–59 NBA season">1958–59</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Minneapolis_Lakers_season" title="1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season">Minneapolis</a> </td> <td>70 </td> <td>40.8 </td> <td>.408 </td> <td>.777 </td> <td>15.0 </td> <td>4.1 </td> <td>24.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_NBA_season" title="1959–60 NBA season">1959–60</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Minneapolis_Lakers_season" title="1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers season">Minneapolis</a> </td> <td>70 </td> <td>41.0 </td> <td>.424 </td> <td>.732 </td> <td>16.4 </td> <td>3.5 </td> <td>29.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_NBA_season" title="1960–61 NBA season">1960–61</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>73 </td> <td>42.9 </td> <td>.430 </td> <td>.783 </td> <td><b>19.8</b> </td> <td>5.1 </td> <td>34.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NBA_season" title="1961–62 NBA season">1961–62</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>48 </td> <td><b>44.4</b> </td> <td>.428 </td> <td>.754 </td> <td>18.6 </td> <td>4.6 </td> <td><b>38.3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_NBA_season" title="1962–63 NBA season">1962–63</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>80</b>* </td> <td>42.1 </td> <td>.453 </td> <td><b>.837</b> </td> <td>14.3 </td> <td>4.8 </td> <td>34.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_NBA_season" title="1963–64 NBA season">1963–64</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>40.6 </td> <td>.425 </td> <td>.804 </td> <td>12.0 </td> <td>4.4 </td> <td>25.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_NBA_season" title="1964–65 NBA season">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>74 </td> <td>41.3 </td> <td>.401 </td> <td>.792 </td> <td>12.8 </td> <td>3.8 </td> <td>27.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_NBA_season" title="1965–66 NBA season">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1965–66 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>65 </td> <td>30.4 </td> <td>.401 </td> <td>.739 </td> <td>9.6 </td> <td>3.4 </td> <td>16.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_NBA_season" title="1966–67 NBA season">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>70 </td> <td>38.7 </td> <td>.429 </td> <td>.813 </td> <td>12.8 </td> <td>3.1 </td> <td>26.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NBA_season" title="1967–68 NBA season">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>39.3 </td> <td>.443 </td> <td>.786 </td> <td>12.2 </td> <td>4.6 </td> <td>26.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NBA_season" title="1968–69 NBA season">1968–69</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1968–69 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>76 </td> <td>40.3 </td> <td>.447 </td> <td>.743 </td> <td>10.6 </td> <td><b>5.4</b> </td> <td>24.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1969–70</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1969–70 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>54 </td> <td>41.0 </td> <td><b>.486</b> </td> <td>.773 </td> <td>10.4 </td> <td><b>5.4</b> </td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1970–71 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>28.5 </td> <td>.421 </td> <td>.667 </td> <td>5.5 </td> <td>1.0 </td> <td>10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>26.6 </td> <td>.433 </td> <td>.815 </td> <td>6.3 </td> <td>2.0 </td> <td>11.8 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">Career </td> <td>846 </td> <td>40.0 </td> <td>.431 </td> <td>.780 </td> <td>13.5 </td> <td>4.3 </td> <td>27.4 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">All-Star </td> <td>11 </td> <td>29.2 </td> <td>.427 </td> <td>.796 </td> <td>9.0 </td> <td>3.5 </td> <td>19.8 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-BR_player_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR_player-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Elgin Baylor playoffs statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>GP </th> <th>MPG </th> <th>FG% </th> <th>FT% </th> <th>RPG </th> <th>APG </th> <th>PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 NBA Playoffs">1959</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Minneapolis_Lakers_season" title="1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season">Minneapolis</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>42.8 </td> <td>.403 </td> <td>.770 </td> <td>12.0 </td> <td>3.3 </td> <td>25.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 NBA Playoffs">1960</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Minneapolis_Lakers_season" title="1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers season">Minneapolis</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td><b>45.3</b> </td> <td><b>.474</b> </td> <td><b>.840</b> </td> <td>14.1 </td> <td>3.4 </td> <td>33.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1961 NBA Playoffs">1961</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>45.0 </td> <td>.470 </td> <td>.824 </td> <td>15.3 </td> <td>4.6 </td> <td>38.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 NBA Playoffs">1962</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>43.9 </td> <td>.438 </td> <td>.774 </td> <td><b>17.7</b> </td> <td>3.6 </td> <td><b>38.6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 NBA Playoffs">1963</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>43.2 </td> <td>.442 </td> <td>.825 </td> <td>13.6 </td> <td>4.5 </td> <td>32.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 NBA Playoffs">1964</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>44.2 </td> <td>.378 </td> <td>.775 </td> <td>11.6 </td> <td><b>5.6</b> </td> <td>24.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1965 NBA Playoffs">1965</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>5.0 </td> <td>.000 </td> <td>– </td> <td>0.0 </td> <td>1.0 </td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 NBA Playoffs">1966</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1965–66 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>41.9 </td> <td>.442 </td> <td>.810 </td> <td>14.1 </td> <td>3.7 </td> <td>26.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NBA Playoffs">1967</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>40.3 </td> <td>.368 </td> <td>.750 </td> <td>13.0 </td> <td>3.0 </td> <td>23.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 NBA Playoffs">1968</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>42.2 </td> <td>.468 </td> <td>.679 </td> <td>14.5 </td> <td>4.0 </td> <td>28.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 NBA Playoffs">1969</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1968–69 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><b>18</b> </td> <td>35.6 </td> <td>.385 </td> <td>.630 </td> <td>9.2 </td> <td>4.1 </td> <td>15.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 NBA Playoffs">1970</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1969–70 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><b>18</b> </td> <td>37.1 </td> <td>.466 </td> <td>.741 </td> <td>9.6 </td> <td>4.6 </td> <td>18.7 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">Career </td> <td>134 </td> <td>41.1 </td> <td>.439 </td> <td>.769 </td> <td>12.9 </td> <td>4.0 </td> <td>27.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-BR_player_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR_player-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Regular season </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">G </td> <td>Games coached </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">W </td> <td>Games won </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">L </td> <td>Games lost </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">W–L % </td> <td>Win–loss % </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Playoffs </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PG </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px">Playoff games </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PW </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px">Playoff wins </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PL </td> <td>Playoff losses </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PW–L % </td> <td>Playoff win–loss % </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Elgin Baylor coaching record </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games">G</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Win–loss perecentage">W–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Finish </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games">PG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games won">PW</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games lost">PL</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games win–loss percentage">PW–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_New_Orleans_Jazz_season" title="1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season">New Orleans</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>.000</td> <td style="text-align:center;">(interim)</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td> <td style="text-align:center;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_New_Orleans_Jazz_season" title="1976–77 New Orleans Jazz season">New Orleans</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td>56</td> <td>21</td> <td>35</td> <td>.375</td> <td style="text-align:center;">5th in central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_New_Orleans_Jazz_season" title="1977–78 New Orleans Jazz season">New Orleans</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td style="text-align:center;">5th in central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_New_Orleans_Jazz_season" title="1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season">New Orleans</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>26</td> <td>56</td> <td>.317</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6th in central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td align="left"><b>Career</b> </td> <td></td> <td>221</td> <td>86</td> <td>135</td> <td>.389</td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-BR_coach_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR_coach-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elgin_Baylor&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA career scoring leaders">List of NBA career scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_rebounding_leaders" title="List of NBA career rebounding leaders">List of NBA career rebounding leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_free_throw_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA career free throw scoring leaders">List of NBA career free throw scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_triple-double_leaders" title="List of NBA career triple-double leaders">List of NBA career triple-double leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff scoring leaders">List of NBA career playoff scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_rebounding_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff rebounding leaders">List of NBA career playoff rebounding leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_free_throw_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff free throw scoring leaders">List of NBA career playoff free throw scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_triple-double_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff triple-double leaders">List of NBA career playoff triple-double leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_single-game_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA single-game scoring leaders">List of NBA single-game scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_single-game_playoff_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA single-game playoff scoring leaders">List of NBA single-game playoff scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_rookie_single-season_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA rookie single-season scoring leaders">List of NBA rookie single-season scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season_rebounding_leaders" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leaders">List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_career_rebounding_leaders" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career rebounding 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brant" title="Tim Brant">Tim Brant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Doucette" title="Eddie Doucette">Eddie Doucette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Kelly (sportscaster)">Jim Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a></li> <li><a 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title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Elgin Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Terry Dischinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_McGlocklin" title="Jon McGlocklin">Jon McGlocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Jeff Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ramsey" title="Cal Ramsey">Cal Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Cazzie Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Shackelford" title="Lynn Shackelford">Lynn Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Steele" title="Larry Steele">Larry Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlsie_Cantey" title="Charlsie Cantey">Charlsie Cantey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Chastain" title="Jane Chastain">Jane Chastain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irv_Cross" title="Irv Cross">Irv Cross</a></li> <li><a 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Finals">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1984 NBA All-Star Game">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons#1979.E2.80.931994:_The_Bad_Boys_era" title="Detroit Pistons">The Bad Boys</a>" <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Jordan_Rules" title="Jordan Rules">Jordan Rules</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals#Game_5" title="1976 NBA Finals">The Greatest Game Ever Played</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Shot" title="The Shot">The Shot</a>" </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Rivalries" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Cavaliers_rivalry" title="Bulls–Cavaliers rivalry">Bulls–Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Charlie_Slack" title="Charlie Slack">Slack</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Holup" title="Joe Holup">Holup</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baylor</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Boo_Ellis" title="Boo Ellis">Ellis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Wright" title="Leroy Wright">Wright</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Wright" title="Leroy Wright">Wright</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Silas</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pelkington" title="Bob Pelkington">Pelkington</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Toby_Kimball" title="Toby Kimball">Kimball</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ware_(basketball)" title="Jim Ware (basketball)">Ware</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cunningham" title="Dick Cunningham">Cunningham</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Neal_Walk" title="Neal Walk">Walk</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Kermit_Washington" title="Kermit Washington">Washington</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Kermit_Washington" title="Kermit Washington">Washington</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Barnes" title="Marvin Barnes">Barnes</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/John_Irving_(basketball)" title="John Irving (basketball)">Irving</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Pellom" title="Sam Pellom">Pellom</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Mosley_(basketball)" title="Glenn Mosley (basketball)">Mosley</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Williams_(basketball)" title="Ken Williams (basketball)">K. Williams</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Monti_Davis" title="Monti Davis">Davis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(basketball,_born_1958)" title="Larry Smith (basketball, born 1958)">Smith</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Watson" title="Darryl Watson">Watson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/LaSalle_Thompson" title="LaSalle Thompson">Thompson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Xavier_McDaniel" title="Xavier McDaniel">McDaniel</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Xavier_McDaniel" title="Xavier McDaniel">McDaniel</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Lane" title="Jerome Lane">Lane</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Miller_(basketball)" title="Kenny Miller (basketball)">Miller</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Gathers" title="Hank Gathers">Gathers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bonner" title="Anthony Bonner">Bonner</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Popeye_Jones" title="Popeye Jones">Jones</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Kidd" title="Warren Kidd">Kidd</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Lambert" title="Jerome Lambert">Lambert</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Kurt Thomas (basketball)">Thomas</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mann_(basketball)" title="Marcus Mann (basketball)">Mann</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Perryman" title="Ryan Perryman">Perryman</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Ian_McGinnis" title="Ian McGinnis">McGinnis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Darren_Phillip" title="Darren Phillip">Phillip</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Marcus" title="Chris Marcus">Marcus</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Bishop" title="Jeremy Bishop">Bishop</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Hunter" title="Brandon Hunter">Hunter</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Millsap" title="Paul Millsap">Millsap</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Millsap" title="Paul Millsap">Millsap</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Millsap" title="Paul Millsap">Millsap</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Rashad_Jones-Jennings" title="Rashad Jones-Jennings">Jones-Jennings</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Beasley" title="Michael Beasley">Beasley</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Artsiom_Parakhouski" title="Artsiom Parakhouski">Parakhouski</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Faried" title="Kenneth Faried">Faried</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/O._D._Anosike" title="O. D. Anosike">Anosike</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/O._D._Anosike" title="O. D. Anosike">Anosike</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Williams_(basketball)" title="Alan Williams (basketball)">A. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Williams_(basketball)" title="Alan Williams (basketball)">A. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Egidijus_Mockevi%C4%8Dius" title="Egidijus Mockevičius">Mockevičius</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Delgado" title="Ángel Delgado">Delgado</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Devontae_Cacok" title="Devontae Cacok">Cacok</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Nico_Carvacho" title="Nico Carvacho">Carvacho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Marfo" title="Kevin Marfo">Marfo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Fardaws_Aimaq" title="Fardaws Aimaq">Aimaq</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Tshiebwe" title="Oscar Tshiebwe">Tshiebwe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Tshiebwe" title="Oscar Tshiebwe">Tshiebwe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Freeman" title="Enrique 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<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1905: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1906: <a href="/wiki/George_Grebenstein" title="George Grebenstein">Grebenstein</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907: <a href="/wiki/Gilmore_Kinney" title="Gilmore Kinney">Kinney</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1908: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Keinath" title="Charles Keinath">Keinath</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1909: <a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1910: <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kiendl" title="Ted Kiendl">Kiendl</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Stangel" title="Otto Stangel">Stangel</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Calder" title="Eddie Calder">Calder</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1914: <a href="/wiki/Gil_Halstead" title="Gil Halstead">Halstead</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1915: <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Houghton" title="Ernest Houghton">Houghton</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916: <a href="/wiki/George_Levis" title="George Levis">Levis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1917: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Woods" title="Ray Woods">Woods</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1918: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Chandler" title="Bill Chandler">Chandler</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919: <a href="/wiki/Erling_Platou" title="Erling Platou">Platou</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/George_Williams_(basketball,_born_1899)" title="George Williams (basketball, born 1899)">Williams</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Carney" title="Chuck Carney">Carney</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_T._Black" title="Charlie T. Black">Black</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Mueller" title="Earl Mueller">Mueller</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cobb" title="Jack Cobb">Cobb</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Holt" title="Victor Holt">Holt</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930: <a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Carlton" title="Bart Carlton">Carlton</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Forest_Sale" title="Forest Sale">Sale</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Bennett" title="Wesley Bennett">Bennett</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Edwards" title="Leroy Edwards">Edwards</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/John_Moir_(basketball)" title="John Moir (basketball)">Moir</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Chet_Jaworski" title="Chet Jaworski">Jaworski</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/George_Glamack" title="George Glamack">Glamack</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/George_Glamack" title="George Glamack">Glamack</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Stutz" title="Stanley Stutz">Modzelewski</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/George_Senesky" title="George Senesky">Senesky</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Tucker" title="Gerald Tucker">Tucker</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lavelli" title="Tony Lavelli">Lavelli</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Groat" title="Dick Groat">Groat</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Lennie_Rosenbluth" title="Lennie Rosenbluth">Rosenbluth</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baylor</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hogue" title="Paul Hogue">Hogue</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Hazzard" title="Walt Hazzard">Hazzard</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Goodrich</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">C. 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Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. 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tournament Most Outstanding Player</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hull" title="Jimmy Hull">Hull</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Marv_Huffman" title="Marv Huffman">Huffmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/John_Kotz_(basketball)" title="John Kotz (basketball)">Kotz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Dallmar" title="Howie Dallmar">Dallmar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Sailors" title="Ken Sailors">Sailors</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Arnie_Ferrin" title="Arnie Ferrin">Ferrin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/George_Kaftan" title="George Kaftan">Kaftan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Groza" title="Alex Groza">Groza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Groza" title="Alex Groza">Groza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Irwin_Dambrot" title="Irwin Dambrot">Dambrot</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <i>Not awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/B._H._Born" title="B. H. Born">Born</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lear" title="Hal Lear">Lear</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hogue" title="Paul Hogue">Hogue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Hazzard" title="Walt Hazzard">Hazzard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Chambers" title="Jerry Chambers">Chambers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <i><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Porter</a></i> *</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Washington" title="Richard Washington">Washington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Benson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Lee" title="Butch Lee">Lee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Givens" title="Jack Givens">Givens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Griffith" title="Darrell Griffith">Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a 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<li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Ellington" title="Wayne Ellington">Ellington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Singler" title="Kyle Singler">Singler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Kemba_Walker" title="Kemba Walker">Walker</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Hancock" title="Luke Hancock">Hancock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Shabazz_Napier" title="Shabazz Napier">Napier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Tyus_Jones" title="Tyus Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Arcidiacono</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Berry_II" title="Joel Berry II">Berry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">DiVincenzo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Guy" title="Kyle Guy">Guy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <i>None</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Butler" title="Jared Butler">Butler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Ochai_Agbaji" title="Ochai Agbaji">Agbaji</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Adama_Sanogo" title="Adama Sanogo">Sanogo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Tristen_Newton" title="Tristen Newton">Newton</a></span></li></ul> <p>*<i>Ruled ineligible after tournament</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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title="Pete Brennan">Pete Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Dierking" title="Connie Dierking">Connie Dierking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gambee" title="Dave Gambee">Dave Gambee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Swain" title="Bennie Swain">Bennie Swain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Second round</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hamilton_(sportsman,_born_1934)" title="Steve Hamilton (sportsman, born 1934)">Steve Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Hatton" title="Vernon Hatton">Vernon Hatton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Cable" title="Barney Cable">Barney Cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Quigg" title="Joe Quigg">Joe Quigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Sharrar" title="Lloyd Sharrar">Lloyd Sharrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Hal Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hub_Reed" title="Hub Reed">Hub Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(basketball,_born_1934)" title="Jimmy Smith (basketball, born 1934)">Jimmy Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NBA_first_overall_draft_picks" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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title="Clifton McNeely">McNeely</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_BAA_draft" title="1948 BAA draft">1948</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Tonkovich" title="Andy Tonkovich">Tonkovich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_BAA_draft" title="1949 BAA draft">1949</a>: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Shannon" title="Howie Shannon">Shannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_NBA_draft" title="1950 NBA draft">1950</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Share" title="Chuck Share">Share</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_draft" title="1951 NBA draft">1951</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Melchiorre" title="Gene Melchiorre">Melchiorre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_draft" title="1952 NBA draft">1952</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Workman" title="Mark Workman">Workman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_draft" title="1953 NBA draft">1953</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Felix" title="Ray Felix">Felix</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_draft" title="1954 NBA draft">1954</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Selvy" title="Frank Selvy">Selvy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_draft" title="1955 NBA draft">1955</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Ricketts" title="Dick Ricketts">Ricketts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_draft" title="1956 NBA draft">1956</a>: <a href="/wiki/Si_Green" title="Si Green">Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_draft" title="1957 NBA draft">1957</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Hundley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_draft" title="1958 NBA draft">1958</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_draft" title="1959 NBA draft">1959</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boozer" title="Bob Boozer">Boozer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_draft" title="1960 NBA draft">1960</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_draft" title="1961 NBA draft">1961</a>: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_draft" title="1962 NBA draft">1962</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGill" title="Bill McGill">McGill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_draft" title="1963 NBA draft">1963</a>: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_draft" title="1964 NBA draft">1964</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jim_%22Bad_News%22_Barnes" title="Jim "Bad News" Barnes">Barnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_draft" title="1965 NBA draft">1965</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hetzel" title="Fred Hetzel">Hetzel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_draft" title="1966 NBA draft">1966</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_draft" title="1967 NBA draft">1967</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Walker_(basketball,_born_1944)" title="Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_draft" title="1968 NBA draft">1968</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_draft" title="1969 NBA draft">1969</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_draft" title="1970 NBA draft">1970</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_draft" title="1971 NBA draft">1971</a>: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_draft" title="1972 NBA draft">1972</a>: <a href="/wiki/LaRue_Martin" title="LaRue Martin">L. Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_draft" title="1973 NBA draft">1973</a>: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_draft" title="1974 NBA draft">1974</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_draft" title="1975 NBA draft">1975</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_draft" title="1976 NBA draft">1976</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Lucas_II" title="John Lucas II">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_draft" title="1977 NBA draft">1977</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Benson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_draft" title="1978 NBA draft">1978</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mychal_Thompson" title="Mychal Thompson">M. Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979</a>: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">E. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_draft" title="1980 NBA draft">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Barry_Carroll" title="Joe Barry Carroll">Carroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_draft" title="1981 NBA draft">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_draft" title="1982 NBA draft">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_draft" title="1983 NBA draft">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_draft" title="1985 NBA draft">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_draft" title="1986 NBA draft">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)" title="Brad Daugherty (basketball)">Daugherty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_draft" title="1987 NBA draft">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_draft" title="1988 NBA draft">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Manning" title="Danny Manning">Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_draft" title="1989 NBA draft">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pervis_Ellison" title="Pervis Ellison">Ellison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_draft" title="1990 NBA draft">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_draft" title="1991 NBA draft">1991</a>: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">L. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_draft" title="1992 NBA draft">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_draft" title="1993 NBA draft">1993</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_draft" title="1994 NBA draft">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_draft" title="1995 NBA draft">1995</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Smith_(basketball)" title="Joe Smith (basketball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_draft" title="1996 NBA draft">1996</a>: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_draft" title="1997 NBA draft">1997</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998</a>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Olowokandi" title="Michael Olowokandi">Olowokandi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_draft" title="1999 NBA draft">1999</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_draft" title="2000 NBA draft">2000</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">K. Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_draft" title="2001 NBA draft">2001</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kwame_Brown" title="Kwame Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">2002</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_draft" title="2003 NBA draft">2003</a>: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_draft" title="2004 NBA draft">2004</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_draft" title="2005 NBA draft">2005</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Bogut</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_draft" title="2006 NBA draft">2006</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Bargnani" title="Andrea Bargnani">Bargnani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_draft" title="2007 NBA draft">2007</a>: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Oden" title="Greg Oden">Oden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_draft" title="2008 NBA draft">2008</a>: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Rose" title="Derrick Rose">Rose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009</a>: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_draft" title="2010 NBA draft">2010</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Wall" title="John Wall">Wall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_draft" title="2011 NBA draft">2011</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Irving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_draft" title="2012 NBA draft">2012</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_draft" title="2013 NBA draft">2013</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bennett_(basketball)" title="Anthony Bennett (basketball)">Bennett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Wiggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_draft" title="2015 NBA draft">2015</a>: <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Towns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_draft" title="2016 NBA draft">2016</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017</a>: <a href="/wiki/Markelle_Fultz" title="Markelle Fultz">Fultz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a>: <a href="/wiki/Deandre_Ayton" title="Deandre Ayton">Ayton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_draft" title="2019 NBA draft">2019</a>: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Edwards_(basketball)" title="Anthony Edwards (basketball)">Edwards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cade_Cunningham" title="Cade Cunningham">Cunningham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Banchero" title="Paolo Banchero">Banchero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023</a>: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Wembanyama" title="Victor Wembanyama">Wembanyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_draft" title="2024 NBA draft">2024</a>: <a href="/wiki/Zaccharie_Risacher" title="Zaccharie Risacher">Risacher</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NBA_Rookies_of_the_Year" title="Template:NBA Rookies of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li 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class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Woody_Sauldsberry" title="Woody Sauldsberry">Sauldsberry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Dischinger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a> & <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Petrie" title="Geoff Petrie">Petrie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Ernie_DiGregorio" title="Ernie DiGregorio">DiGregorio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Alvan_Adams" title="Alvan Adams">Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ford_(basketball)" title="Phil Ford (basketball)">Ford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Griffith" title="Darrell Griffith">Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Buck_Williams" title="Buck Williams">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Cummings" title="Terry Cummings">Cummings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Person</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Damon_Stoudamire" title="Damon Stoudamire">Stoudamire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a> & <a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Francis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Miller_(basketball,_born_1980)" title="Mike Miller (basketball, born 1980)">Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Stoudemire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Emeka_Okafor" title="Emeka Okafor">Okafor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Roy" title="Brandon Roy">Roy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Rose" title="Derrick Rose">Rose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Tyreke_Evans" title="Tyreke Evans">Evans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Irving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carter-Williams" title="Michael Carter-Williams">Carter-Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Wiggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Towns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Brogdon" title="Malcolm Brogdon">Brogdon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Don%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Luka Dončić">Dončić</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Ja_Morant" title="Ja Morant">Morant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/LaMelo_Ball" title="LaMelo Ball">Ball</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Barnes" title="Scottie Barnes">Barnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Banchero" title="Paolo Banchero">Banchero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Wembanyama" title="Victor Wembanyama">Wembanyama</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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<li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baylor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(basketball)" title="Adrian Smith (basketball)">A. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Smith_(basketball)" title="Randy Smith (basketball)">R. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Chambers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rice" title="Glen Rice">Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <i><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout" title="1998–99 NBA lockout">No game played</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a> & <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Irving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Tatum" title="Jayson Tatum">Tatum</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NBA_Executive_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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<li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Donovan" title="Eddie Donovan">Donovan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Vertlieb" title="Dick Vertlieb">Vertlieb</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">J. Colangelo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Patterson_(basketball)" title="Ray Patterson (basketball)">Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Drossos" title="Angelo Drossos">Drossos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ferry" title="Bob Ferry">Ferry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">J. Colangelo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ferry" title="Bob Ferry">Ferry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Zollie_Volchok" title="Zollie Volchok">Volchok</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Layden" title="Frank Layden">Layden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Boryla" title="Vince Boryla">Boryla</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Stan_Kasten" title="Stan Kasten">Kasten</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Stan_Kasten" title="Stan Kasten">Kasten</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">Krause</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">J. Colangelo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bass" title="Bob Bass">Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Buckwalter" title="Bucky Buckwalter">Buckwalter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">J. Colangelo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Whitsitt" title="Bob Whitsitt">Whitsitt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">Krause</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bass" title="Bob Bass">Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Petrie" title="Geoff Petrie">Petrie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/John_Gabriel_(basketball)" title="John Gabriel (basketball)">Gabriel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Petrie" title="Geoff Petrie">Petrie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Thorn" title="Rod Thorn">Thorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Colangelo" title="Bryan Colangelo">B. 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Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barnett" title="Dick Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Beckman" title="John Beckman">Beckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Belov" title="Sergei Belov">Belov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Blazejowski" title="Carol Blazejowski">Blazejowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Borgmann" title="Bennie Borgmann">Borgmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Braun_(basketball)" title="Carl Braun (basketball)">Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brennan_(basketball)" title="Joseph Brennan (basketball)">Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Cervi" title="Al Cervi">Cervi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Clayton" title="Zack Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Cooper-Dyke" title="Cynthia Cooper-Dyke">Cooper-Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Davies" title="Bob Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Edwards" title="Teresa Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman_(basketball)" title="Marty Friedman (basketball)">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Ginóbili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Grentz" title="Theresa Grentz">Grentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Guerin" title="Richie Guerin">Guerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Hammon" title="Becky Hammon">Hammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marques_Haynes" title="Marques Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Holman" title="Nat Holman">Holman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Isaacs" title="John Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jeannette" title="Buddy Jeannette">Jeannette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Jenkins" title="Fats Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hort%C3%AAncia_Marcari" title="Hortência Marcari">Marcari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McDermott" title="Bobby McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">D. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">R. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Moncrief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Moore" title="Pearl Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roosma" title="John Roosma">Roosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Russell" title="Honey Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Fulks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laddie_Gale" title="Laddie Gale">Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Gates" title="Pop Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Howell" title="Bailey Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">L. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Meanwell" title="Walter Meanwell">Meanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Meyer" title="Ray Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miller" title="Ralph Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Moore" title="Billie Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mulkey" title="Kim Mulkey">Mulkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Nikoli%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Nikolić">Nikolić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Novosel" title="Mirko Novosel">Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute_Olson" title="Lute Olson">Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Pitino" title="Rick Pitino">Pitino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Redin" title="Harley Redin">Redin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Rubini" title="Cesare Rubini">Rubini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rupp" title="Adolph Rupp">Rupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Rush" title="Cathy Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Sachs" title="Lenny Sachs">Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Self" title="Bill Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Shelton" title="Everett Shelton">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Smith_(basketball_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Smith (basketball coach) (page does not exist)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Stanley" title="Marianne Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stevens_(basketball)" title="Barbara Stevens (basketball)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vivian_Stringer" title="C. Vivian Stringer">Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Summitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" title="Eddie Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Tarkanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(basketball,_born_1924)" title="Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Teague" title="Bertha Teague">Teague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)" title="John Thompson (basketball)">J. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Tomjanovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_VanDerveer" title="Tara VanDerveer">VanDerveer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wade_(basketball)" title="Margaret Wade (basketball)">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Watts" title="Stan Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Williams" title="Gary Williams">G. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(basketball_coach)" title="Roy Williams (basketball coach)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Woolpert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wootten" title="Morgan Wootten">Wootten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Yow" title="Kay Yow">Yow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Contributors" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Contributors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott" title="Senda Berenson Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Ackerman" title="Val Ackerman">Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">Attles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Barksdale" title="Don Barksdale">Barksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Baumann_(basketball)" title="Patrick Baumann (basketball)">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Bee" title="Clair Bee">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Biasone" title="Danny Biasone">Biasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon" title="Meadowlark Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Liston" title="Emil Liston">Liston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd" title="Earl Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Lobo" title="Rebecca Lobo">Lobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mokray" title="Bill Mokray">Mokray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Morgan_(basketball)" title="Ralph Morgan (basketball)">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Morgenweck" title="Pop Morgenweck">Morgenweck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">Naismith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._M._Newton" title="C. M. Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(basketball,_born_1888)" title="John O'Brien (basketball, born 1888)">J. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien" title="Larry O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Olsen" title="Harold Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff" title="Maurice Podoloff">Podoloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._Porter" title="H. V. 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href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1956–57 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1957–58 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1957–58 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1958–59 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1958–59 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1960 United States men's Olympic team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Texas_Western_Miners_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team">1965–66 Texas Western men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_women%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1976 United States women's Olympic basketball team">1976 United States women's Olympic team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1992 United States men's Olympic team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-American_Red_Heads" title="All-American Red Heads">All-American Red Heads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Germans" title="Buffalo Germans">Buffalo Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Team" title="The First Team">The First Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculata_University#Women's_basketball" title="Immaculata University">Immaculata College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Renaissance" title="New York Renaissance">New York Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_Celtics" title="Original Celtics">Original Celtics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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style="color:#000000">1946</span></b></li> <li>Played in <b>Detroit</b> (1946–1947) and <b>Minneapolis</b> (1947–1960)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">Los Angeles, California</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="History of the Los Angeles Lakers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_all-time_roster" title="Los Angeles Lakers all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_draft_history" title="Los Angeles Lakers draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_accomplishments_and_records" title="Los Angeles Lakers accomplishments and records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Lakers_head_coaches" title="List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Lakers_seasons" title="List of Los Angeles Lakers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season">Current season</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Arenas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Auditorium" title="Minneapolis Auditorium">Minneapolis Auditorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Armory" title="Minneapolis Armory">Minneapolis Armory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Sports_Arena" title="Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena">Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kia_Forum" title="Kia Forum">Kia Forum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena" title="Crypto.com Arena">Crypto.com Arena</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Ownership</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Buss" title="Jim Buss">Jim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Buss" title="Johnny Buss">Johnny Buss</a> (majority)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group" title="Anschutz Entertainment Group">Anschutz Entertainment Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Roski_Jr." title="Ed Roski Jr.">Ed Roski Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong" title="Patrick Soon-Shiong">Patrick Soon-Shiong</a> (minority)</dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie Buss</a></dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rob_Pelinka" title="Rob Pelinka">Rob Pelinka</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">G League affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Bay_Lakers" title="South Bay Lakers">South Bay Lakers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">16</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">MIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">NBA championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1949_BAA_Finals" title="1949 BAA Finals">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NBA_Finals" title="1950 NBA Finals">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_Finals" title="1952 NBA Finals">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_Finals" title="1953 NBA Finals">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_Finals" title="1954 NBA Finals">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Cup" title="NBA Cup"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">NBA Cup</span></a> championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_In-Season_Tournament" title="2023 NBA In-Season Tournament">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Detroit Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry" title="Lakers–Warriors rivalry">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Clippers_rivalry" title="Lakers–Clippers rivalry">Los Angeles Clippers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Suns_rivalry" title="Lakers–Suns rivalry">Phoenix Suns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Kings–Lakers rivalry">Sacramento Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Spurs_rivalry" title="Lakers–Spurs rivalry">San Antonio Spurs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Culture and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Lakers_broadcasters" title="List of Los Angeles Lakers broadcasters">Broadcasters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_radio_networks" title="Los Angeles Lakers radio networks">radio network</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kent_Cooke" title="Jack Kent Cooke">Jack Kent Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Shaq–Kobe feud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laker_Girls" title="Laker Girls">Laker Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laker_Band" title="Laker Band">Laker Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flea_(musician)" title="Flea (musician)">Flea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Tanter" title="Lawrence Tanter">Lawrence Tanter</a></li> <li><a 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