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Brandon Bass vs. E.J. Liddell: Career comparison

hussEyquationEarly career · results to date
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.

#1338Career Impact Rank to datePeak-weighted regular-season rank—
+1.4Peak box impact so farEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better—
-0.7Average box impact to dateEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better—
#76Best league finish—
+352 ptsLeadsPoints above replacementCumulative regular-season value-15 pts
758LeadsGames46

Career Impact Rank to date 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 calculatedBrandon Bass132.180 · No. 1,338E.J. LiddellUnavailable

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.

Brandon Bass

132.180 composite · No. 1,338 all-time

Brandon Bass's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 762015–16Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1232014–15Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1252016–17Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate108.00050%54.000
Best 5No. 762015–16Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1232014–15Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1252016–17Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1862013–14Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1892011–12Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate139.80030%41.940
Best 10No. 762015–16Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1232014–15Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1252016–17Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1862013–14Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1892011–12Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2052008–09Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2052010–11Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2232007–08Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2352009–10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2452012–13Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate181.20020%36.240

54.000 + 41.940 + 36.240= 132.180

E.J. Liddell

Career Composite unavailable

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

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: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Career Impact Rank to datePeak-weighted regular-season rank#1338Unavailable
Best 3 average finishAverage league place · lower is better108.0Unavailable
Best 5 average finishAverage league place · lower is better139.8Unavailable
Best 10 average finishAverage league place · lower is better181.2Unavailable
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Impact: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Points-above-replacement rankAll-time rank in estimated regular-season points above replacement#946Better result for this metric.#3109
Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better+1.4Unavailable
Best 3 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better+0.7Unavailable
Best 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better+0.1Unavailable
Best 10 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-0.7Unavailable
Points above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better+352 ptsBetter result for this metric.-15 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: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Games75846
Minutes16,410425

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: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
True shooting percentage55.8%59.2%Better result for this metric.
True shootingAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile57.0%Unavailable
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Shooting: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Field-goal percentage49.9%Better result for this metric.47.7%
Three-point percentage20.7%31.3%Better result for this metric.
Free-throw percentage83.2%83.3%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: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Assist rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile6.2%Unavailable
Assists per game0.8Better result for this metric.0.6
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Passing: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Turnover rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile10.8%Unavailable

Rebounding

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

Rebounding: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Rebound rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile12.0%Unavailable
Rebounds per game4.5Better 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: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Steal rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile1.0%Unavailable
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Defense: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Block rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile2.3%Unavailable

Scoring

Points per game describe scoring volume, not overall impact.

Scoring: Brandon Bass and E.J. Liddell
MetricBrandon BassE.J. Liddell
Points per game8.7Better result for this metric.3.7

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.

Career to date. At least one player is active. Every total below stops after the latest completed season in this data; nothing is projected.

Ranking result

Regular Season Impact

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

Brandon BassMetricE.J. Liddell
#1338Career Impact Rank to datePeak-weighted regular-season rankNot available
+1.4Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
+0.1Best 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
+352 ptsLeadsPoints above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-15 pts

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

Context

Team Success

Brandon Bass leads every available measure below.

Brandon BassMetricE.J. Liddell
502LeadsListed-team regular-season wins108
51.9%LeadsListed-team winning percentage43.9%
5Leads50-win team seasons0
060-win team seasons0
8LeadsPlayoff team seasons1

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

Brandon Bass leads every available measure below.

Brandon BassMetricE.J. Liddell
8LeadsPlayoff appearances1
59LeadsPlayoff games1
34LeadsTeam playoff wins0
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.

Brandon BassMetricE.J. Liddell
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. Active-career totals are results to date through the latest completed season in the source.

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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Career to date. Active careers stop at the latest completed season; no future seasons are projected.

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.