Elgin Baylor - NBA Highlights

NBA Highlights

  • NBA Rookie of the Year (1959)
  • All-NBA First Team 10 times (1959–65, 67-69)
  • Eleven-time NBA All-Star (1959–65, 1967–70)
  • NBA All-Star Game Co-MVP (1959)
  • Holds NBA Finals single-game record for most points (61) on April 14, 1962 against the Boston Celtics
  • Scored 71 points (8th highest in history) against the New York Knicks (Nov. 15, 1960)
  • No. 4 all-time with 87 regular season 40-point games
  • Scored 23,149 points in only 846 games (27.4 points per game, fourth best all-time) and averaged 30 points or more three times (1961–63)
  • Retired as NBA's third all-time leading scorer
  • Retired as fifth leading scorer in All-Star Game history (19.8 points per game)
  • Ranked sixth in NBA Finals all-time scoring (26.4 in 44 games)
  • Ranked seventh in NBA playoffs all-time scoring (27.0 in 134 games)
  • NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980)
  • NBA 50th Anniversary Teams (1996)
  • NBA Executive of the Year (2006)

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