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This work proposes a data-driven approach, G-MAP123, using discrete data directly for nonlinear elastic materials to solve boundary value problems, avoiding analytic-function based constitutive models. G-MAP123 is formulated in the current configuration in which the Cauchy stress and the left Cauchy–Green strain are adopted as the stress–strain measures of the data. Data generated under both uniaxial tension and equibiaxial tension experiments is used. A data search employing stress triaxiality as the index is here proposed for the stress update. Furthermore, including additional data from other loading paths is also rendered possible. Comparison with reference analytic-function based models such as Arruda–Boyce, Yeoh, Mooney–Rivlin and Van der Waals is carried out. Results show that the predictions from G-MAP123 are in agreement with all those of the reference models. Moreover, the classic …