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Elvin HayesvsDikembe Mutombo

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

PF/C · VAL group C

Elvin Hayes

1969–1984 · 16 seasons

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Dikembe Mutombo

1992–2009 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Elvin Hayes and Dikembe Mutombo: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Elvin Hayes	Stat	Dikembe Mutombo
16	Seasons	18
54.4	Career VAL	84.2
9.1 (1977)	Peak-season VAL	9.3 (2000)
Inducted 1990	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2015
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	2

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Elvin Hayes and Dikembe Mutombo have
Elvin Hayes	Stat	Dikembe Mutombo
Career
1,303	Games	1,194

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, Points / game, Rebounds / game, Assists / game, FG %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Dikembe Mutombo's career line covers 2002–2009 only (the table behind it does not cover 10 early-career seasons).
3P % — only Elvin Hayes has a career line.

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Elvin Hayes	Dikembe Mutombo
23	4.7	—
24	4.7	—
25	3.6	4.2
26	4.2	5.7
27	2.4	8.6
28	2.3	7.9
29	6.8	5.7
30	4.6	8
31	9.1	7.9
32	2	3.8
33	4.2	9.3
34	1.8	4.4
35	0	6.8
36	1.7	0.4
37	2.3	1.1
38	0	3.2
39	—	1.6
40	—	3.9
41	—	1.7

Age	Elvin Hayes	Dikembe Mutombo
23	4.7	—
24	4.7	—
25	3.6	4.2
26	4.2	5.7
27	2.4	8.6
28	2.3	7.9
29	6.8	5.7
30	4.6	8
31	9.1	7.9
32	2	3.8
33	4.2	9.3
34	1.8	4.4
35	0	6.8
36	1.7	0.4
37	2.3	1.1
38	0	3.2
39	—	1.6
40	—	3.9
41	—	1.7

Age	Elvin Hayes	Dikembe Mutombo
23	4.7	—
24	4.7	—
25	3.6	4.2
26	4.2	5.7
27	2.4	8.6
28	2.3	7.9
29	6.8	5.7
30	4.6	8
31	9.1	7.9
32	2	3.8
33	4.2	9.3
34	1.8	4.4
35	0	6.8
36	1.7	0.4
37	2.3	1.1
38	0	3.2
39	—	1.6
40	—	3.9
41	—	1.7

Age	Elvin Hayes	Dikembe Mutombo
23	4.7	—
24	4.7	—
25	3.6	4.2
26	4.2	5.7
27	2.4	8.6
28	2.3	7.9
29	6.8	5.7
30	4.6	8
31	9.1	7.9
32	2	3.8
33	4.2	9.3
34	1.8	4.4
35	0	6.8
36	1.7	0.4
37	2.3	1.1
38	0	3.2
39	—	1.6
40	—	3.9
41	—	1.7