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Bernard James

Bernard James advanced stats and career rankings

Season in focus

Career Impact Rank#1133

69.1 composite · lower is better

Prime 5#1113

66.8 average league finish

Career Value#3352

-20 total value

Bottom line · Career overview

Bernard James ranks #1133 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #94.7. His full-career value ranks #3352, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Bernard James's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.

Career standing

How Bernard James 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

Cumulative Dominance Margin0.0

Standard deviations across scoring seasons

Career Composite69.1

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: 69.1
Qualified seasons: 1
All-time rank: #1133

Strongest seasons

Every season

Bernard James 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
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	DAL	29	16	158	-4.75	—	—	-8.6	—	Limited
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	DAL	28	30	146	-7.90	—	—	-16.8	—	Limited
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	DAL	27	46	457	-1.38	33.4	#234	5.5	31st	Established

Career movement

Bernard James's career impact by season

Peak -1.38 in 2012–13 · 3 seasons · 761 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.

Era-centered box impactMinutes

Across-era box estimateWorkload

Early-career comparison

Compare the first 3 seasons

Only the first 3 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.

Compare with

Bernard JamesDonald Hodge

NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15

Similar starts

Players with starts similar to Bernard James

The score compares the first 3 seasons by impact, workload, position, and trajectory. It does not claim the careers will finish alike.

C · All-Time Career #2762

Donald Hodge

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92% season match · 2012–13 ↔ 1993–94 C · All-Time Career #2576

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93% season match · 2012–13 ↔ 2023–24 PF · All-Time Career #1731

Terry Driscoll

80%

start match

92% season match · 2012–13 ↔ 1973–74

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. The career ranking 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 →