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Mark West vs. Solomon Alabi: Career comparison

hussEyquationShort-career comparison
Regular-season verdict

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

Mark West

1983–84 to 1999–00 · 17 seasons

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.

#1279Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank—
+0.3Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better—
-2.7Average box impact to dateEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better—
#93Best league finish—
-53 ptsPoints above replacementCumulative regular-season value-20 ptsLeads
1,090LeadsGames26

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 calculatedMark West125.007 · No. 1,279Solomon AlabiUnavailable

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.

Mark West

125.007 composite · No. 1,279 all-time

Mark West's Career Composite windows
Window and finishes usedAverage finishWeightContribution
Best 3No. 931989–90Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 961990–91Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1031988–89Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate97.33350%48.667
Best 5No. 931989–90Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 961990–91Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1031988–89Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1631987–88Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2061986–87Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate132.20030%39.660
Best 10No. 931989–90Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 961990–91Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1031988–89Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 1631987–88Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2061986–87Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2311992–93Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2321993–94Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2361985–86Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2371984–85Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimateNo. 2371991–92Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate183.40020%36.680

48.667 + 39.660 + 36.680= 125.007

Solomon Alabi

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: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rank#1279Unavailable
Best 3 average finishAverage league place · lower is better97.3Unavailable
Best 5 average finishAverage league place · lower is better132.2Unavailable
Best 10 average finishAverage league place · lower is better183.4Unavailable
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Impact: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Points-above-replacement rankAll-time rank in estimated regular-season points above replacement#4177#3371Better result for this metric.
Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better+0.3Unavailable
Best 3 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better+0.2Unavailable
Best 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-0.7Unavailable
Best 10 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better-1.9Unavailable
Points above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-53 pts-20 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: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Games1,09026
Minutes20,213181

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: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
True shooting percentage59.2%Better result for this metric.35.2%
True shootingAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile60.2%Unavailable
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Shooting: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Field-goal percentage58.0%Better result for this metric.31.4%
Three-point percentage0.0%Unavailable
Free-throw percentage56.8%70.0%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: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Assist rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile3.0%Unavailable
Assists per game0.4Better result for this metric.0.2
Show more stats: Passing
Passing: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Turnover rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile18.1%Unavailable

Rebounding

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

Rebounding: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Rebound rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile14.7%Unavailable
Rebounds per game4.9Better result for this metric.2.3

Defense

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

Defense: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Steal rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile0.8%Unavailable
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Defense: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Block rateAverage across the best impact seasons selected for the model input profile4.4%Unavailable

Scoring

Points per game describe scoring volume, not overall impact.

Scoring: Mark West and Solomon Alabi
MetricMark WestSolomon Alabi
Points per game5.7Better result for this metric.1.5

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.

Mark WestMetricSolomon Alabi
#1279Career Impact RankPeak-weighted regular-season rankNot available
+0.3Peak box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
-0.7Best 5 average box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is betterNot available
-53 ptsPoints above replacementRegular season · fixed -2.0 replacement baseline · higher is better-20 ptsLeads

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

Context

Team Success

Mark West leads every available measure below.

Mark WestMetricSolomon Alabi
861LeadsListed-team regular-season wins45
56.4%LeadsListed-team winning percentage30.4%
9Leads50-win team seasons0
1Leads60-win team seasons0
14LeadsPlayoff 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.

Mark WestMetricSolomon Alabi
11Playoff appearancesNot available
95Playoff gamesNot available
58Team playoff winsNot available
1Finals appearancesNot available
0ChampionshipsNot 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.

Mark WestMetricSolomon Alabi
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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Align careers by
Mark WestSolomon AlabiPeak seasonHistorical source qualification

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.