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Arnie Johnson
Arnie Johnson stats, teams and career impact
#431 all-timeCareer averages · 9.2 PPG · 6.2 RPG · 2.5 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Small forward
- Final NBA team
- Rochester Royals
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · 236 lb (107 kg)
- Born
- May 16, 1920
- Died
- June 6, 2000 (80 yrs old)
- College
- Bemidji State University
- NBA career
- 1948–49 to 1952–53
Career summaryArnie Johnson was a small forward whose NBA career ran from 1948–49 through 1952–53. hussEyquation season data begins in 1950–51.
- Career PPG
- 9.2
- Career RPG
- 6.2
- Career APG
- 2.5
- #27 in 1950–51
- #431 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
How Arnie Johnson ranks in the available record
Arnie Johnson's covered seasons produce an all-time rank of #431. hussEyquation's season record begins in 1950–51, so this is not a complete-career verdict.
450+ minutes required per season
204 games · Coverage begins in 1950–51
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Rochester Royals
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 42.5%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 75.1%FT%
204 career games · 6,282 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
Arnie Johnson stats by season
Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.
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| 1952–53 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 2.2 | -0.27 | ROC | 70 | 0 | 28.3 | 37.9% | — | 74.8% | #48 | 67.3 |
| 1951–52 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 2.8 | +0.53 | ROC | 66 | 0 | 32.7 | 43.3% | — | 77.8% | #27 | 105.5 |
| 1950–51 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 2.6 | +1.15 | ROC | 68 | 0 | 31.5 | 45.9% | — | 72.5% | #27 | 129.6 |
| Career | 9.2 | 6.2 | 2.5 | — | ROC | 204 | — | 30.8 | 42.5% | — | 75.1% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Era-centered box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
- Impact Rate Rank
- The player's place among qualified players in one season.
- 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.
50.4 composite · lower is better
59.2 average league finish
302 total value
Career standing
How Arnie Johnson ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
Career Composite Score50.4
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
- 97.0
- Qualified seasons
- 3
- All-time rank
- #431
Strongest seasons
Every season
Arnie Johnson 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
Career movement
Arnie Johnson's career impact by season
Peak +1.15 in 1950–51 · 3 seasons · 6,282 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.
Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 3 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 3 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Arnie JohnsonBob Davies
| NBA season | Arnie Johnson | Bob Davies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| 2 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| 3 | -0.3 | -0.1 |
NBA season number · first 3 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Arnie Johnson
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.
PG · All-Time Career #306
Bob Davies
99start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: different
Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1950–51 ↔ 1950–51PG · All-Time Career #506Fred Scolari
98.7start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: closeRole: different
Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1950–51 ↔ 1951–52SG · All-Time Career #891Mike Gale
98.3start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: differentRole: close
Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1950–51 ↔ 1978–79Impact 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 →