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Clifford Rozier vs. Dontonio Wingfield: Career comparison

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Regular-season verdict

Clifford Rozier 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.

#2424LeadsCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2547
-0.8LeadsPeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-1.7
-2.9Average box impact to dateEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-2.4Leads
#162LeadsBest league finish#211
-82 ptsPoints above replacementCumulative regular-season value-24 ptsLeads
173LeadsGames114

Career Impact Rank places Clifford Rozier #2424 and Dontonio Wingfield #2547. It combines league finishes across each player's best three, five, and ten regular seasons, giving the most weight to the best three. Dontonio Wingfield 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/clifford-rozier/dontonio-wingfield/career
Career Impact RankSee exactly how both rankings are calculatedClifford Rozier263.240 · No. 2,424Dontonio Wingfield281.800 · No. 2,547

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.

Clifford Rozier

263.240 composite · No. 2,424 all-time

Clifford Rozier's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 1621996–97Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2811995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2891994–95Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate244.00050%122.000
Best 5No. 1621996–97Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2811995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2891994–95Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate2 open slots × No. 318273.60030%82.080
Best 10No. 1621996–97Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2811995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2891994–95Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate7 open slots × No. 318295.80020%59.160

122.000 + 82.080 + 59.160= 263.240

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 318, this player's stored replacement finish.

Dontonio Wingfield

281.800 composite · No. 2,547 all-time

Dontonio Wingfield's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 2111995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2691996–97Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate1 open slot × No. 322.5267.50050%133.750
Best 5No. 2111995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2691996–97Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate3 open slots × No. 322.5289.50030%86.850
Best 10No. 2111995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2691996–97Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate8 open slots × No. 322.5306.00020%61.200

133.750 + 86.850 + 61.200= 281.800

Open-season rule: every unfilled slot uses No. 322.5, 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: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2424Better result for this metric.#2547
Best 3 average finishAverage league place · lower is better244.0Better result for this metric.267.5
Best 5 average finishAverage league place · lower is better273.6Better result for this metric.289.5
Best 10 average finishAverage league place · lower is better295.8Better result for this metric.306.0
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Impact: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Points-above-replacement rankAll-time rank in estimated regular-season points above replacement#4416#3545Better result for this metric.
Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-0.8Better result for this metric.-1.7
Best 3 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-2.9Unavailable
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-82 pts-24 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: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Games173114
Minutes2,9841,146

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: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
True shooting percentage50.2%Better result for this metric.47.9%
True shootingAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile51.3%Better result for this metric.49.0%
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Shooting: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Field-goal percentage49.6%Better result for this metric.38.9%
Three-point percentage18.2%30.9%Better result for this metric.
Free-throw percentage46.5%72.1%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: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Assist rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile5.3%10.9%Better result for this metric.
Assists per game0.60.7Better result for this metric.
Show more stats: Passing
Passing: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Turnover rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile16.3%Better result for this metric.17.1%

Rebounding

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

Rebounding: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Rebound rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile16.7%Better result for this metric.13.3%
Rebounds per game5.2Better result for this metric.2.4

Defense

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

Defense: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Steal rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile1.4%1.7%Better result for this metric.
Show more stats: Defense
Defense: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Block rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile3.2%Better result for this metric.0.9%

Scoring

Points per game describe scoring volume, not overall impact.

Scoring: Clifford Rozier and Dontonio Wingfield
MetricClifford RozierDontonio Wingfield
Points per game4.8Better 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.

Ranking result

Regular Season Impact

Clifford Rozier ranks higher in career impact.

Clifford RozierMetricDontonio Wingfield
#2424LeadsCareer Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#2547
-0.8LeadsPeak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-1.7
Not availableBest 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
-82 ptsPoints above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-24 ptsLeads

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

Context

Team Success

Dontonio Wingfield leads every available measure below.

Clifford RozierMetricDontonio Wingfield
167Listed-team regular-season wins196Leads
40.7%Listed-team winning percentage59.8%Leads
050-win team seasons1Leads
060-win team seasons0
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

No recorded measure separates these careers.

Clifford RozierMetricDontonio Wingfield
Not availablePlayoff appearances2
Not availablePlayoff games8
Not availableTeam playoff wins3
Not availableFinals appearances0
Not availableChampionships0

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.

Clifford RozierMetricDontonio Wingfield
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.

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How the careers developed

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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.