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Anderson Varejão

Anderson Varejão stats, teams and career impact

#448 all-timeCareer averages · 7.2 PPG · 7.2 RPG · 1.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Height / weight: 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) · 273 lb (124 kg)
Born: September 28, 1982 (44 yrs old)
NBA seasons: 14 seasons · 2004–05 to 2020–21

Career or season view

Career summaryAnderson Varejão was a center who played 14 NBA seasons, from 2004–05 through 2020–21.

Career PPG: 7.2
Career RPG: 7.2
Career APG: 1.2; #16 in 2012–13; #448 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Anderson Varejão ranks #448 all time

Anderson Varejão ranks #448 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #39.0. His full-career value ranks #575, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#16 in 2012–13

Best league finish

Sustained excellence12 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth14 seasons

632 games · Career Value Rank #575

NBA honorsAll-DefenseContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 50.9%FG%
Three-point: 2.3%3P%
Free throw: 63.0%FT%

632 career games · 15,087 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Anderson Varejão stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2020–21	2.6	4.0	0.6	-11.48	CLE	5	0	7.2	25.0%	0.0%	55.6%	—	-6.9
2016–17	1.3	1.9	0.7	-8.56	GSW	14	1	6.6	35.7%	—	72.7%	—	-12.6
2015–16	2.6	2.7	0.7	-2.60	CLE/GSW	53	0	9.4	42.7%	0.0%	64.0%	#300	-5.9
2014–15	9.8	6.5	1.3	+0.01	CLE	26	26	24.5	55.5%	0.0%	73.3%	#146	24.6
2013–14	8.4	9.7	2.2	+2.34	CLE	65	29	27.7	49.5%	0.0%	68.1%	#40	151.5
2012–13	14.1	14.4	3.4	+3.87	CLE	25	25	36.0	47.8%	0.0%	75.5%	#16	101.7
2011–12	10.8	11.5	1.7	+1.92	CLE	25	25	31.4	51.4%	0.0%	67.2%	#64	58.6
2010–11	9.1	9.7	1.5	+0.50	CLE	31	31	32.1	52.8%	0.0%	66.7%	#108	48.2
2009–10	8.6	7.6	1.1	+1.12	CLE	76	7	28.5	57.2%	20.0%	66.3%	#73	128.7
2008–09	8.6	7.2	1.0	+0.34	CLE	81	42	28.5	53.6%	0.0%	61.6%	#105	99.8
2007–08	6.7	8.3	1.1	-1.47	CLE	48	13	27.5	46.1%	0.0%	59.8%	#213	13.0
2006–07	6.8	6.7	0.9	+0.67	CLE	81	6	23.9	47.6%	0.0%	61.6%	#101	97.7
2005–06	4.6	4.9	0.4	-0.55	CLE	48	4	15.8	52.7%	0.0%	51.3%	#147	20.6
2004–05	4.9	4.8	0.5	+1.63	CLE	54	0	16.0	51.3%	0.0%	53.5%	#61	58.5
Career	7.2	7.2	1.2	—	CLE/GSW	632	—	23.9	50.9%	2.3%	63.0%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#448

52.0 composite · lower is better

Best 5#462

50.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#575

778 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Anderson Varejão ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score52.0

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 345.0
Qualified seasons: 12
All-time rank: #448

Strongest seasons

Every season

Anderson Varejão advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2020–21	CLE	38	5	36	-11.48	—	—	-6.9	—	Limited
2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	34	14	92	-8.56	—	—	-12.6	—	Limited
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	CLE/GSW	33	53	496	-2.60	17.6	#300	-5.9	23rd	Standard
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	32	26	636	+0.01	60.8	#146	24.6	42nd	Standard
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	31	65	1,800	+2.34	88.7	#40	151.5	85th	Broad
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	30	25	901	+3.87	95.7	#16	101.7	73rd	Standard
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	29	25	785	+1.92	81.6	#64	58.6	61st	Standard
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	28	31	994	+0.50	69.5	#108	48.2	56th	Standard
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	27	76	2,166	+1.12	78.6	#73	128.7	80th	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	26	81	2,306	+0.34	68.8	#105	99.8	69th	Broad
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	25	48	1,320	-1.47	36.0	#213	13.0	37th	Broad
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	24	81	1,932	+0.67	70.1	#101	97.7	72nd	Broad
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	23	48	760	-0.55	55.5	#147	20.6	44th	Standard
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	22	54	863	+1.63	82.5	#61	58.5	59th	Standard

Career movement

Anderson Varejão's box impact by season

Peak box impact +3.87 points per 100 possessions in 2012–13 · 14 seasons · 15,087 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes

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Career comparison

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Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Anderson Varejão and Andrew Bogut era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Anderson Varejão	Andrew Bogut
1	1.6	0.5
2	-0.6	-0.2
3	0.7	0.8
4	-1.5	0.2
5	0.3	3.5
6	1.1	1.7
7	0.5	-0.1
8	1.9	0.6
9	3.9	2.2
10	2.3	2.1
11	0.0	2.0
12	-2.6	-2.2
13	-8.6	-5.0
14	-11.5	-6.2

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →