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Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy advanced stats and career rankings
3.6 average league finish
3,393 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Bob Cousy ranks #27 all time. 4 top-five finishes and 8 top-ten finishes give him a strong blend of peak and staying power. His full-career value ranks #67, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Bob Cousy's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Bob Cousy 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
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite4.4
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
- 4.4
- Qualified seasons
- 13
- All-time rank
- #27
Strongest seasons
Every season
Bob Cousy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 41 | 7 | 34 | -10.14 | — | — | -6.8 | — | Modeled |
| 1962–63Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 34 | 76 | 1,975 | +0.25 | 72.5 | #26 | 117.8 | 71st | Modeled |
| 1961–62Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 33 | 75 | 2,114 | +1.41 | 83.7 | #15 | 196.6 | 80th | Modeled |
| 1960–61Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 32 | 76 | 2,468 | +0.84 | 74.7 | #21 | 196.2 | 78th | Modeled |
| 1959–60Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 31 | 75 | 2,588 | +1.75 | 83.3 | #14 | 275.8 | 88th | Modeled |
| 1958–59Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 30 | 65 | 2,403 | +2.43 | 90.0 | #9 | 285.2 | 93rd | Modeled |
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 29 | 65 | 2,222 | +1.51 | 82.9 | #14 | 202.8 | 84th | Modeled |
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 28 | 64 | 2,364 | +2.68 | 93.7 | #6 | 271.8 | 94th | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 27 | 72 | 2,767 | +2.72 | 92.0 | #7 | 311.4 | 95th | Modeled |
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 26 | 71 | 2,747 | +3.24 | 97.4 | #3 | 325.7 | 97th | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 25 | 72 | 2,857 | +3.42 | 96.3 | #4 | 299.8 | 96th | Modeled |
| 1952–53Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 24 | 71 | 2,945 | +3.73 | 98.9 | #2 | 332.8 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1951–52Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 23 | 66 | 2,681 | +3.51 | 97.9 | #3 | 307.6 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1950–51legacy estimate | BOS | 22 | 69 | 2,817 | +2.90 | 93.3 | #8 | 275.9 | 96th | Modeled |
Career movement
Bob Cousy's career impact by season
Peak +3.73 in 1952–53 · 14 seasons · 32,982 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 impactMinutesModeled estimate
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—’65
—’66
—’67
—’68
—’69
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
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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