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NBA ComparatorThe best Los Angeles Lakers forwards since 1948-49

Elgin Baylor leads with 23,135 points in 846 games for the Los Angeles Lakers; James Worthy had 16,320.

Every forward with 82 or more regular-season games for the Los Angeles Lakers since 1948-49, ranked by points. The lines are each player's total game by game, the top 8 of each drawn. The franchise's games as the Minneapolis Lakers count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

assists · by game

75 forwards with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	assists
1	Elgin Baylor	1958-59 – 1971-72	846	23,135	—	—
2	James Worthy	1982-83 – 1993-94	926	16,320	4,708	2,793
3	LeBron James	2018-19 – 2025-26	479	12,402	3,680	3,808
4	Jamaal Wilkes	1977-78 – 1984-85	575	10,601	3,116	1,474
5	Vern Mikkelsen	1949-50 – 1958-59	700	10,076	—	—
6	Rudy LaRusso	1959-60 – 1966-67	582	8,248	—	—
7	A.C. Green	1985-86 – 1999-00	735	7,789	5,632	808
8	Anthony Davis	2019-20 – 2024-25	312	7,739	3,419	987
9	Pau Gasol	2007-08 – 2013-14	429	7,610	4,240	1,508
10	Lamar Odom	2004-05 – 2010-11	519	7,092	4,906	1,944
11	Happy Hairston	1969-70 – 1974-75	394	5,995	4,834^*	902^*
12	Jim Pollard	1948-49 – 1954-55	438	5,767	—	—
13	Rick Fox	1997-98 – 2003-04	486	4,207	1,784	1,399
14	Kyle Kuzma	2017-18 – 2020-21	276	4,206	1,555	526
15	Tom Hawkins	1959-60 – 1968-69	455	4,086	—	—
16	Jim McMillian	1970-71 – 1972-73	242	3,714	1,253^*	547^*
17	Leroy Ellis	1962-63 – 1972-73	402	3,249	—	—
18	Julius Randle	2014-15 – 2017-18	238	3,219	2,119	618
19	Metta World Peace	2009-10 – 2016-17	358	3,197	1,297	699
20	Cedric Ceballos	1994-95 – 1996-97	144	3,003	1,053	239
21	Keith Erickson	1968-69 – 1972-73	309	2,851	1,335^*	846^*
22	Cazzie Russell	1974-75 – 1976-77	197	2,847	591^*	443^*
23	Robert Horry	1996-97 – 2002-03	448	2,842	2,462	986
24	Kurt Rambis	1981-82 – 1994-95	569	2,816	3,134	482
25	Rui Hachimura	2022-23 – 2025-26	228	2,795	970	244
26	Dick Schnittker	1953-54 – 1957-58	335	2,730	—	—
27	Sam Perkins	1990-91 – 1992-93	185	2,697	1,473	377
28	Brandon Ingram	2016-17 – 2018-19	190	2,639	897	550
29	Don Ford	1975-76 – 1979-80	368	2,618	1,405	522
30	Mike McGee	1981-82 – 1985-86	302	2,465	597	277
31	Luke Walton	2003-04 – 2011-12	493	2,434	1,408	1,121
32	Adrian Dantley	1977-78 – 1978-79	116	2,128	746	326
33	Lou Hudson	1977-78 – 1978-79	160	1,891	335	334
34	Brian Cook	2003-04 – 2007-08	259	1,719	816	197
35	Orlando Woolridge	1988-89 – 1989-90	136	1,503	455	154
36	Slava Medvedenko	2000-01 – 2005-06	249	1,348	730	134
37	Kermit Washington	1973-74 – 1977-78	214	1,343	1,430	183^*
38	George Lynch	1993-94 – 1995-96	203	1,313	803	209
39	Bill Bridges	1972-73 – 1974-75	154	1,307	1,354^*	360^*
40	Connie Hawkins	1973-74 – 1974-75	114	1,255	720	490^*
41	Vladimir Radmanovic	2006-07 – 2008-09	166	1,177	512	227
42	Larry Nance Jr.	2015-16 – 2017-18	168	1,158	965	197
43	Mitch Kupchak	1981-82 – 1985-86	173	1,113	671	78
44	Arnie Ferrin	1948-49 – 1950-51	178	1,037	—	—
45	Trevor Ariza	2007-08 – 2021-22	130	981	518	208
46	Mark Landsberger	1979-80 – 1982-83	206	970	1,062	85
47	Ryan Kelly	2013-14 – 2015-16	147	956	486	207
48	Dalton Knecht	2024-25 – 2025-26	132	934	291	87
49	Tom Abernethy	1976-77 – 1977-78	143	932	554	199
50	Horace Grant	2000-01 – 2003-04	132	880	778	192
51	Kenny Carr	1977-78 – 1979-80	129	872	510	87
52	Lew Hitch	1951-52 – 1955-56	218	864	—	—
53	Matt Barnes	2010-11 – 2011-12	116	847	572	197
54	Larry Spriggs	1983-84 – 1985-86	156	838	369	212
55	Tony Jaros	1948-49 – 1950-51	174	824	—	—
56	Jim Holstein	1952-53 – 1954-55	199	789	—	—
57	Jarred Vanderbilt	2022-23 – 2025-26	156	772	785	203
58	Samaki Walker	2001-02 – 2002-03	136	756	849	128
59	Corie Blount	1995-96 – 1998-99	199	709	790	116
60	Corky Calhoun	1974-75 – 1975-76	133	693	578	159^*
61	Jake LaRavia	2025-26	82	674	326	145
62	Cornell Warner	1975-76 – 1976-77	95	645	791	117
63	Alexander Ellis	1958-59 – 1959-60	118	608	—	—
64	Bill Hewitt	1968-69 – 1969-70	95	605	423^*	—
65	Markieff Morris	2019-20 – 2024-25	83	525	326	98
66	Don Nelson	1963-64 – 1964-65	118	506	—	—
67	Wenyen Gabriel	2021-22 – 2022-23	87	499	368	48
68	Mark Madsen	2000-01 – 2002-03	183	478	473	106
69	Josh Powell	2008-09 – 2009-10	123	419	292	62
70	Howie Jolliff	1960-61 – 1962-63	136	408	—	—
71	Jim Brewer	1980-81 – 1981-82	149	387	543	97
72	Steve Hamilton	1958-59 – 1959-60	82	368	—	—
73	Howie Schultz	1951-52 – 1952-53	106	359	—	—
74	Bud Grant	1949-50 – 1950-51	88	249	—	—
75	Antonio Harvey	1993-94 – 1994-95	87	249	161	28

* The box score lacks the stat in some of his games here; the total is the games that have it. — The box score lacks the stat in more than a tenth of his games here. The box score has rebounds in nearly every game from 1969-70 and assists in nearly every game from 1975-76; the Method has the rest. A position is the NBA roster's, else ESPN's, one for the whole career.

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