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Bob Wiesenhahn vs. Sly Williams: Career comparison

hussEyquationShort-career comparison
Regular-season verdict

There is not enough comparable regular-season data to name a leader

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.

—Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#876
—Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better+2.5
—Average box impact to dateEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-0.3
—Best league finish#25
-39 ptsPoints above replacementCumulative regular-season value+335 ptsLeads
60Games305Leads

Career Impact Rank is unavailable for at least one player in this scope. hussEyquation does not substitute a different measure or declare a winner.

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

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Career Impact RankSee exactly how both rankings are calculatedBob WiesenhahnUnavailableSly Williams84.213 · No. 876

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.

Bob Wiesenhahn

Career Composite unavailable

An official score cannot be shown because the stored rank or required source inputs are unavailable.

Sly Williams

84.213 composite · No. 876 all-time

Sly Williams's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 251981–82Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 401982–83Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 421980–81Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate35.66750%17.833
Best 5No. 251981–82Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 401982–83Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 421980–81Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1731984–85Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2311979–80Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate102.20030%30.660
Best 10No. 251981–82Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 401982–83Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 421980–81Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1731984–85Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2311979–80Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate5 open slots × No. 255178.60020%35.720

17.833 + 30.660 + 35.720= 84.213

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 255, 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: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rankUnavailable#876
Best 3 average finishAverage league place · lower is betterUnavailable35.7
Best 5 average finishAverage league place · lower is betterUnavailable102.2
Best 10 average finishAverage league place · lower is betterUnavailable178.6
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Impact: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Points-above-replacement rankAll-time rank in estimated regular-season points above replacement#3957#964Better result for this metric.
Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterUnavailable+2.5
Best 3 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterUnavailable+2.1
Best 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterUnavailable-0.3
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-39 pts+335 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: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Games60305
Minutes3266,617

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: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
True shooting percentage34.2%52.1%Better result for this metric.
True shootingAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profileUnavailable51.4%
Show more stats: Shooting
Shooting: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Field-goal percentage31.7%47.8%Better result for this metric.
Three-point percentageUnavailable16.2%
Free-throw percentage56.7%69.2%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: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Assist rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profileUnavailable13.5%
Assists per game0.42.0Better result for this metric.
Show more stats: Passing
Passing: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Turnover rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profileUnavailable14.5%

Rebounding

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

Rebounding: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Rebound rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profileUnavailable11.1%
Rebounds per game1.94.2Better result for this metric.

Defense

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

Defense: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Steal rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profileUnavailable2.2%
Show more stats: Defense
Defense: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Block rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profileUnavailable0.5%

Scoring

Points per game describe scoring volume, not overall impact.

Scoring: Bob Wiesenhahn and Sly Williams
MetricBob WiesenhahnSly Williams
Points per game2.010.9Better result for this metric.

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

There is not enough comparable regular-season data to name a leader.

Bob WiesenhahnMetricSly Williams
Not availableCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#876
Not availablePeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better+2.5
Not availableBest 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-0.3
-39 ptsPoints above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better+335 ptsLeads

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.

Bob WiesenhahnMetricSly Williams
43Listed-team regular-season wins307Leads
53.8%LeadsListed-team winning percentage53.5%
050-win team seasons2Leads
060-win team seasons1Leads
1Playoff team seasons4Leads

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

Sly Williams leads every available measure below.

Bob WiesenhahnMetricSly Williams
1Playoff appearances2Leads
2Playoff games7Leads
1Team playoff wins2Leads
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.

Bob WiesenhahnMetricSly Williams
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

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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.