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Armoni Brooks vs. Ish Wainright: Career comparison

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Regular-season verdict

Armoni Brooks ranks higher in career impact

Impact comparison

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Higher is better. Career ranks and average league finishes work the other way: lower is better.

#2873LeadsCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2949
-0.9LeadsPeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-1.1
-1.8Average box impact to dateEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-1.1Leads
#219LeadsBest league finish#220
-13 ptsPoints above replacementCumulative regular-season value-5 ptsLeads
84Games116Leads

Career Impact Rank places Armoni Brooks #2873 and Ish Wainright #2949. It combines league finishes across each player's best three, five, and ten regular seasons, giving the most weight to the best three. Ish Wainright had more total career value.

Regular season only. Impact figures are estimates; small gaps are not exact. Playoffs, awards and titles do not determine the verdict.

Short-career comparisonhusseyquation.com/compare/armoni-brooks/ish-wainright/career
Career Impact RankSee exactly how both rankings are calculatedArmoni Brooks329.160 · No. 2,873Ish Wainright340.533 · No. 2,949

Only the three league-finish windows below determine Career Impact Rank. Career Value and peak impact are separate measures; neither adds points to this calculation. Lower composite scores rank higher.

Armoni Brooks

329.160 composite · No. 2,873 all-time

Armoni Brooks's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 2192020–21No. 3392021–221 open slot × No. 378312.00050%156.000
Best 5No. 2192020–21No. 3392021–223 open slots × No. 378338.40030%101.520
Best 10No. 2192020–21No. 3392021–228 open slots × No. 378358.20020%71.640

156.000 + 101.520 + 71.640= 329.160

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 378, this player's stored replacement finish.

Ish Wainright

340.533 composite · No. 2,949 all-time

Ish Wainright's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 2202022–232 open slots × No. 380326.66750%163.333
Best 5No. 2202022–234 open slots × No. 380348.00030%104.400
Best 10No. 2202022–239 open slots × No. 380364.00020%72.800

163.333 + 104.400 + 72.800= 340.533

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 380, this player's stored replacement finish.

Averages, contributions, and totals are displayed to three decimal places. The ranking calculation keeps full source precision. Read the full method →

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Full comparison · Career comparison

Understand the numbers

Start with impact, then compare playing time and skills. Team results add context. These are not categories to tally into a winner.

1 · Ranking evidence

Impact: who ranks higher, and why?

Career Impact Rank compares entire regular-season careers across NBA history. It combines average league places across the best three, five, and ten seasons, weighted 50%, 30%, and 20%. A lower rank or average place is better.

Impact: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2873Better result for this metric.#2949
Best 3 average finishAverage league place · lower is better312.0Better result for this metric.326.7
Best 5 average finishAverage league place · lower is better338.4Better result for this metric.348.0
Best 10 average finishAverage league place · lower is better358.2Better result for this metric.364.0
Show more stats: Impact
Impact: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Points-above-replacement rankAll-time rank in estimated regular-season points above replacement#2999#2388Better result for this metric.
Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-0.9Better result for this metric.-1.1
Best 3 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterUnavailableUnavailable
Best 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterUnavailableUnavailable
Best 10 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterUnavailableUnavailable
Points above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-13 pts-5 ptsBetter result for this metric.
Seasons ranked No. 100
Top-five impact seasons00
Top-ten impact seasons00

2 · Playing time and responsibility

How much did each player take on?

Read games and minutes alongside impact. Offensive usage is the share of team plays a player ends with a shot, free throws, or a turnover while on court. More usage is not automatically better.

Playing time and workload: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Games84116
Minutes1,4681,336

3 · Individual skills

Where does each player have an advantage?

These are each player's averages across up to ten best seasons. Career Impact Rank gives the Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights, giving the most weight to the highest peak. The model accounts for position, role, pace, playing time, and team results. Green marks the better result for a metric, including lower turnover rates. Workload and shot-selection measures stay neutral. These rows are not votes toward the ranking.

Shooting

True shooting includes two-pointers, three-pointers, and free throws.

Shooting: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
True shooting percentage51.0%51.0%
True shootingAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile52.4%Better result for this metric.52.2%
Show more stats: Shooting
Shooting: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Field-goal percentage36.2%37.2%Better result for this metric.
Three-point percentage33.1%Better result for this metric.32.9%
Free-throw percentage74.3%77.8%Better result for this metric.

Passing

Assist rate is the share of teammates’ made shots assisted while the player is on court. Read turnovers alongside offensive workload; lower turnover rate is generally better.

Passing: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Assist rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile9.6%Better result for this metric.7.4%
Assists per game1.2Better result for this metric.0.6
Show more stats: Passing
Passing: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Turnover rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile9.2%8.4%Better result for this metric.

Rebounding

Rebound rate is the share of available rebounds collected while on court.

Rebounding: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Rebound rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile6.8%8.4%Better result for this metric.
Rebounds per game2.3Better result for this metric.1.8

Defense

Steals and blocks describe only part of defense. They do not capture every stop, rotation, or matchup.

Defense: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Steal rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile1.4%2.0%Better result for this metric.
Show more stats: Defense
Defense: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Block rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile1.1%2.2%Better result for this metric.

Scoring

Points per game describe scoring volume, not overall impact.

Scoring: Armoni Brooks and Ish Wainright
MetricArmoni BrooksIsh Wainright
Points per game6.6Better result for this metric.3.3

4 · Team context, not ranking inputs

What happened with and without them?

A verified with/without comparison is unavailable for this scope. We do not substitute another season’s observations.

Four separate questions

Impact, winning, playoffs, and awards

These are different ways to understand a career. Only Regular Season Impact determines the hussEyquation verdict. The other three sections add basketball context without adding points or changing the rank.

Ranking result

Regular Season Impact

Armoni Brooks ranks higher in career impact.

Armoni BrooksMetricIsh Wainright
#2873LeadsCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2949
-0.9LeadsPeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-1.1
Not availableBest 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
-13 ptsPoints above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-5 ptsLeads

This is the ranking result. It uses regular-season impact only. Team records, playoffs, and awards do not change it.

Context

Team Success

Ish Wainright leads every available measure below.

Armoni BrooksMetricIsh Wainright
117Listed-team regular-season wins179Leads
36.8%Listed-team winning percentage54.6%Leads
050-win team seasons1Leads
060-win team seasons1Leads
1Playoff team seasons3Leads

Context only. Not included in Career Impact Rank. Final records for every listed team-season. A traded season can include more than one team.

Context

Playoff Résumé

Ish Wainright leads every available measure below.

Armoni BrooksMetricIsh Wainright
1Playoff appearances2Leads
4Playoff games13Leads
2Team playoff wins13Leads
0Finals appearances0
0Championships0

Context only. Not included in Career Impact Rank. Team playoff results count only seasons when the player appeared in a playoff game.

Context

Awards

No recorded measure separates these careers.

Armoni BrooksMetricIsh Wainright
Not availableAll-StarNot available
Not availableMVPNot available
Not availableAll-NBANot available
Not availableAll-DefenseNot available
Not availableDPOYNot available
Not availableRookie of the YearNot available

Context only. Not included in Career Impact Rank. Major regular-season honors are recognition, not inputs to the impact ranking.

How each context field is counted
Listed-team regular-season wins
The sum of each listed team's final wins in every season the player represented that team.
Listed-team winning percentage
Those team wins divided by those teams' total regular-season games.
50- and 60-win team seasons
Listed team-seasons that finished with at least 50 or 60 wins. Shortened seasons are not projected to 82 games.
Team seasons reaching playoffs
Listed team-seasons in which that team qualified for the playoffs.
Playoff appearances and games
Postseasons and games in which the player appeared.
Team playoff wins
Team wins from those postseasons. They describe team results, not individual credit.
Finals appearances and championships
Seasons when the player appeared in the playoffs for the finalist or champion.
Awards
Recorded NBA selections and major regular-season honors. A zero means the source records none; Not available means the source field is missing.

Source and scope Basketball Reference, NBA seasons 1950–51 through 2025–26, accessed 2026-10-09.

Career Shape Explorer

How the careers developed

Follow every regular season by NBA experience or age. This view describes the path; it does not create another verdict.

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Armoni BrooksIsh WainrightPeak season

Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average

S1
S2
S3

Striped bars mark seasons with fewer than 40 games. A dashed mark means that player had no season at the aligned point.

S means NBA season number; A means player age. Peak labels identify each player's accepted best season. Hover or focus any pair for season detail, or open Season timeline for the complete evidence ledger.