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Brian Davis vs. Joe McNamee: 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#1048
—Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-3.8
—Average box impact to dateEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-4.2
—Best league finish#91
-23 ptsLeadsPoints above replacementCumulative regular-season value-60 pts
68Games118Leads

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 calculatedBrian DavisUnavailableJoe McNamee99.280 · No. 1,048

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.

Brian Davis

Career Composite unavailable

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

Joe McNamee

99.280 composite · No. 1,048 all-time

Joe McNamee's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 911951–52Reconstructed historical estimateIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1031950–51Reconstructed historical estimate1 open slot × No. 101.598.50050%49.250
Best 5No. 911951–52Reconstructed historical estimateIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1031950–51Reconstructed historical estimate3 open slots × No. 101.599.70030%29.910
Best 10No. 911951–52Reconstructed historical estimateIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1031950–51Reconstructed historical estimate8 open slots × No. 101.5100.60020%20.120

49.250 + 29.910 + 20.120= 99.280

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 101.5, 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: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rankUnavailable#1048
Best 3 average finishAverage league place · lower is betterUnavailable98.5
Best 5 average finishAverage league place · lower is betterUnavailable99.7
Best 10 average finishAverage league place · lower is betterUnavailable100.6
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Impact: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
Points-above-replacement rankAll-time rank in estimated regular-season points above replacement#3504Better result for this metric.#4256
Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterUnavailable-3.8
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-23 ptsBetter result for this metric.-60 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: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
Games68118
Minutes3741,371

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. Statistics that were not recorded in earlier eras are left out. 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: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
True shooting percentage42.0%Better result for this metric.33.6%
Show more stats: Shooting
Shooting: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
Field-goal percentage31.7%Better result for this metric.29.8%
Three-point percentage33.3%Unavailable
Free-throw percentage73.5%Better result for this metric.62.0%

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: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
Assists per game0.30.5Better result for this metric.

Rebounding

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

Rebounding: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
Rebounds per game0.82.0Better result for this metric.

Scoring

Points per game describe scoring volume, not overall impact.

Scoring: Brian Davis and Joe McNamee
MetricBrian DavisJoe McNamee
Points per game1.92.4Better 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.

Brian DavisMetricJoe McNamee
Not availableCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#1048
Not availablePeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-3.8
Not availableBest 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
-23 ptsLeadsPoints above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-60 pts

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

Context

Team Success

Joe McNamee leads every available measure below.

Brian DavisMetricJoe McNamee
20Listed-team regular-season wins102Leads
24.4%Listed-team winning percentage51.0%Leads
050-win team seasons0
060-win team seasons0
0Playoff team seasons2Leads

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.

Brian DavisMetricJoe McNamee
Not availablePlayoff appearances1
Not availablePlayoff games13
Not availableTeam playoff wins9
Not availableFinals appearances1
Not availableChampionships1

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.

Brian DavisMetricJoe McNamee
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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Brian DavisJoe McNameePeak seasonHistorical source qualification

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

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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.