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Bill Gabor
Bill Gabor stats, teams and career impact
#871 all-timeCareer averages · 9.5 PPG · 1.8 RPG · 2.1 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Final NBA team
- Syracuse Nationals
- Height / weight
- 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) · 170 lb (77 kg)
- Born
- May 13, 1922
- Died
- June 4, 2019 (97 yrs old)
- College
- Syracuse
- NBA career
- 1949–50 to 1954–55
Career summaryBill Gabor was a shooting guard whose NBA career ran from 1949–50 through 1954–55. hussEyquation season data begins in 1950–51.
- Career PPG
- 9.5
- Career RPG
- 1.8
- Career APG
- 2.1
- #58 in 1953–54
- #871 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
How Bill Gabor ranks in the available record
Bill Gabor's covered seasons produce an all-time rank of #871. hussEyquation's season record begins in 1950–51, so this is not a complete-career verdict.
450+ minutes required per season
251 games · Coverage begins in 1950–51
NBA honorsAll-StarContext only; honors are not model inputs.
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Syracuse Nationals
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 34.6%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 74.9%FT%
251 career games · 5,396 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
Bill Gabor 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.
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.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–55 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 3.7 | -7.60 | SYR | 3 | 0 | 15.7 | 31.8% | — | 60.0% | — | -5.7 |
| 1953–54 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | -1.50 | SYR | 61 | 0 | 19.9 | 37.0% | — | 71.6% | #58 | 11.7 |
| 1952–53 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | -4.01 | SYR | 69 | 0 | 19.4 | 35.0% | — | 76.4% | #93 | -51.8 |
| 1951–52 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | -5.11 | SYR | 57 | 0 | 19.0 | 32.2% | — | 77.6% | #95 | -67.6 |
| 1950–51 | 11.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -2.48 | SYR | 61 | 0 | 28.1 | 34.2% | — | 74.0% | #88 | -16.8 |
| Career | 9.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | — | SYR | 251 | — | 21.5 | 34.6% | — | 74.9% | — | — |
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.
83.9 composite · lower is better
86.1 average league finish
-130 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 Bill Gabor 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 Score83.9
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
- 96.5
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #871
Strongest seasons
Every season
Bill Gabor 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
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| pts/100 · higher is better | 0–100 · higher is better | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | SYR | 32 | 3 | 47 | -7.60 | — | — | -5.7 | — | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | SYR | 31 | 61 | 1,211 | -1.50 | 30.5 | #58 | 11.7 | 30th | Modeled |
| 1952–53Historical Defense Estimate | SYR | 30 | 69 | 1,337 | -4.01 | 2.1 | #93 | -51.8 | 0th | Modeled |
| 1951–52Historical Defense Estimate | SYR | 29 | 57 | 1,085 | -5.11 | 1.1 | #95 | -67.6 | 1st | Modeled |
| 1950–51legacy estimate | SYR | 28 | 61 | 1,716 | -2.48 | 16.3 | #88 | -16.8 | 13th | Modeled |
Career movement
Bill Gabor's box impact by season
Peak box impact -1.50 points per 100 possessions in 1953–54 · 5 seasons · 5,396 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.
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Career comparison
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Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
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| NBA season | Bill Gabor | Patrick McCaw |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -2.5 | -1.9 |
| 2 | -5.1 | -3.9 |
| 3 | -4.0 | -2.9 |
| 4 | -1.5 | -2.3 |
| 5 | -7.6 | -10.3 |
NBA season number
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