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Anthony Jones

Anthony Jones stats, teams and career impact

#2242 all-timeCareer averages · 3.6 PPG · 1.3 RPG · 0.7 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Small forward
Final NBA team: Dallas Mavericks
Height / weight: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) · 195 lb (88 kg)
Born: September 13, 1962 (64 yrs old)
College: Georgetown, UNLV
NBA seasons: 3 seasons · 1986–87 to 1989–90

Career or season view

Career summaryAnthony Jones was a small forward who played 3 NBA seasons, from 1986–87 through 1989–90.

Career PPG: 3.6
Career RPG: 1.3
Career APG: 0.7; #161 in 1986–87; #2242 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Anthony Jones ranks #2242 all time

Anthony Jones ranks #2242 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #231.5. His full-career value ranks #3452, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#161 in 1986–87

Best league finish

Sustained excellence2 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth3 seasons

164 games · Career Value Rank #3452

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: San Antonio Spurs, Washington Bullets, Chicago Bulls, and Dallas Mavericks
Greatest Bulls →Greatest Mavericks →Greatest Spurs →Greatest Wizards →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 39.3%FG%
Three-point: 30.6%3P%
Free throw: 74.0%FT%

164 career games · 1,704 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

Anthony Jones 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
1989–90	3.0	1.2	0.4	-3.89	DAL	66	0	9.8	37.1%	30.8%	68.1%	#260	-24.1
1988–89	2.3	0.8	0.5	-3.38	CHI/DAL	33	0	5.9	36.7%	25.0%	87.5%	—	-5.4
1986–87	5.0	1.6	1.1	-1.58	SAS/WSB	65	4	13.2	41.3%	35.0%	76.9%	#161	7.6
Career	3.6	1.3	0.7	—	CHI/DAL/SAS/WSB	164	—	10.4	39.3%	30.6%	74.0%	—	—

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#2242

242.4 composite · lower is better

Best 5#2234

248.3 average league finish

Career Value Rank#3452

-22 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 Anthony Jones 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 Score242.4

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: 273.5
Qualified seasons: 2
All-time rank: #2242

Strongest seasons

Every season

Anthony Jones 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
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	DAL	27	66	650	-3.89	9.8	#260	-24.1	19th	Standard
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	CHI/DAL	26	33	196	-3.38	—	—	-5.4	—	Limited
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	SAS/WSB	24	65	858	-1.58	37.5	#161	7.6	37th	Standard

Career movement

Anthony Jones's box impact by season

Peak box impact -1.58 points per 100 possessions in 1986–87 · 3 seasons · 1,704 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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Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Early-career comparison

Compare the first 3 seasons

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Anthony JonesRory White

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

Anthony Jones and Rory White era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Anthony Jones	Rory White
1	-1.6	-1.1
2	-3.4	-3.1
3	-3.9	-3.0

NBA season number · first 3 seasons only

Similar starts

Players with starts similar to Anthony Jones

The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 3 seasons and 2,103 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.

PF · All-Time Career #1812

Rory White

99.9

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close

Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1986–87 ↔ 1982–83 SF · All-Time Career #621

Joe Holup

99.7

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: very closeAge: closeRole: very close

Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1986–87 ↔ 1958–59 SF · All-Time Career #1661

Greg Kelser

99.7

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: closeRole: very close

Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1986–87 ↔ 1979–80

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 →