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Ashraf Amaya vs. Junior Burrough: Career comparison

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Regular-season verdict

Ashraf Amaya 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.

#2724LeadsCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2845
-2.8LeadsPeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-6.8
-2.8LeadsAverage box impact to dateEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-6.8
#251LeadsBest league finish#322
-34 ptsLeadsPoints above replacementCumulative regular-season value-48 pts
85LeadsGames61

Career Impact Rank places Ashraf Amaya #2724 and Junior Burrough #2845. It combines league finishes across each player's best three, five, and ten regular seasons, giving the most weight to the best three.

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/ashraf-amaya/junior-burrough/career
Career Impact RankSee exactly how both rankings are calculatedAshraf Amaya308.253 · No. 2,724Junior Burrough325.767 · No. 2,845

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.

Ashraf Amaya

308.253 composite · No. 2,724 all-time

Ashraf Amaya's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 2511995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate2 open slots × No. 327301.66750%150.833
Best 5No. 2511995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate4 open slots × No. 327311.80030%93.540
Best 10No. 2511995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate9 open slots × No. 327319.40020%63.880

150.833 + 93.540 + 63.880= 308.253

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 327, this player's stored replacement finish.

Junior Burrough

325.767 composite · No. 2,845 all-time

Junior Burrough's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 3221995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate2 open slots × No. 327325.33350%162.667
Best 5No. 3221995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate4 open slots × No. 327326.00030%97.800
Best 10No. 3221995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate9 open slots × No. 327326.50020%65.300

162.667 + 97.800 + 65.300= 325.767

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 327, 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: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2724Better result for this metric.#2845
Best 3 average finishAverage league place · lower is better301.7Better result for this metric.325.3
Best 5 average finishAverage league place · lower is better311.8Better result for this metric.326.0
Best 10 average finishAverage league place · lower is better319.4Better result for this metric.326.5
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Impact: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Points-above-replacement rankAll-time rank in estimated regular-season points above replacement#3839Better result for this metric.#4097
Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-2.8Better result for this metric.-6.8
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-34 ptsBetter result for this metric.-48 pts
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: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Games8561
Minutes1,248495

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: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
True shooting percentage51.2%Better result for this metric.44.8%
True shootingAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile53.4%Better result for this metric.44.8%
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Shooting: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Field-goal percentage45.5%Better result for this metric.37.6%
Three-point percentage50.0%Unavailable
Free-throw percentage63.3%65.6%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: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Assist rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile5.1%Better result for this metric.4.6%
Assists per game0.4Better result for this metric.0.2
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Passing: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Turnover rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile15.2%Better result for this metric.15.9%

Rebounding

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

Rebounding: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Rebound rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile16.1%Better result for this metric.12.3%
Rebounds per game4.2Better 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: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Steal rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile1.1%1.5%Better result for this metric.
Show more stats: Defense
Defense: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Block rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile0.7%1.4%Better result for this metric.

Scoring

Points per game describe scoring volume, not overall impact.

Scoring: Ashraf Amaya and Junior Burrough
MetricAshraf AmayaJunior Burrough
Points per game4.5Better result for this metric.3.1

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

Ashraf Amaya ranks higher in career impact.

Ashraf AmayaMetricJunior Burrough
#2724LeadsCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2845
-2.8LeadsPeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-6.8
Not availableBest 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
-34 ptsLeadsPoints above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-48 pts

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

Context

Team Success

The advantages are split across the available measures.

Ashraf AmayaMetricJunior Burrough
59LeadsListed-team regular-season wins33
36.0%Listed-team winning percentage40.2%Leads
050-win team seasons0
060-win team seasons0
1LeadsPlayoff team seasons0

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

No recorded measure separates these careers.

Ashraf AmayaMetricJunior Burrough
Not availablePlayoff appearancesNot available
Not availablePlayoff gamesNot available
Not availableTeam playoff winsNot available
Not availableFinals appearancesNot available
Not availableChampionshipsNot available

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.

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

S1
S2

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.