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Adrian Dantley
Adrian Dantley advanced stats and career rankings
7.2 average league finish
3,457 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Adrian Dantley ranks #59 all time. 4 top-ten finishes give him a sustained run near the top of the league. His full-career value ranks #64, making peak performance the stronger part of his case. Explore Adrian Dantley's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Adrian Dantley ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite9.4
Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 9.4
- Qualified seasons
- 14
- All-time rank
- #59
Strongest seasons
Every season
Adrian Dantley advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 35 | 10 | 126 | -7.00 | — | — | -12.6 | — | Limited |
| 1989–90Historical Defense Estimate | DAL | 34 | 45 | 1,300 | -1.53 | 36.9 | #182 | 12.0 | 38th | Strong |
| 1988–89Historical Defense Estimate | DAL/DET | 33 | 73 | 2,422 | -0.47 | 54.8 | #120 | 73.9 | 59th | Strong |
| 1987–88Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 32 | 69 | 2,144 | +1.37 | 82.0 | #46 | 147.9 | 81st | Strong |
| 1986–87Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 31 | 81 | 2,736 | +0.48 | 70.3 | #77 | 142.7 | 77th | Strong |
| 1985–86Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 30 | 76 | 2,744 | +5.33 | 98.8 | #4 | 432.6 | 99th | Strong |
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 29 | 55 | 1,971 | +4.17 | 94.9 | #14 | 266.3 | 91st | Strong |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 28 | 79 | 2,984 | +4.23 | 97.6 | #7 | 406.1 | 98th | Strong |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 27 | 22 | 887 | +5.12 | 98.4 | #5 | 141.2 | 77th | Established |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 26 | 81 | 3,222 | +4.16 | 95.3 | #13 | 429.7 | 98th | Strong |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 25 | 80 | 3,417 | +4.47 | 97.6 | #7 | 450.1 | 99th | Strong |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 24 | 68 | 2,674 | +3.59 | 94.8 | #13 | 303.8 | 94th | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 23 | 60 | 1,775 | +0.35 | 67.0 | #76 | 91.9 | 64th | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | IND/LAL | 22 | 79 | 2,933 | +3.22 | 93.6 | #16 | 340.8 | 94th | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | BUF | 21 | 77 | 2,816 | +1.66 | 86.8 | #33 | 230.3 | 91st | Strong |
Career movement
Adrian Dantley's career impact by season
Peak +5.33 in 1985–86 · 15 seasons · 34,151 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
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Career comparison
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