Elgin Baylor

Baylor’s career started in Minnesota, but after two seasons his team headed west, settling in Los Angeles as the new-look L.A. Lakers. He played alongside Jerry West in a decade of dominance – establishing themselves as one of the most feared one-two punches in sports history. Baylor won the NBA Rookie of the Year award and led the Lakers to the Finals in his first season, the first of eight trips Baylor would make to the NBA Finals. He is often referred to as underrated, although you have to wonder how the fourth-leading per-game scorer in NBA history (27.73 ppg) could ever be underrated. If your last name isn’t Jordan, Chamberlain or Iverson, then you’re looking up the per-game scoring list at Elgin Baylor.