27.2 composite · lower is better
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Bob Donham
Bob Donham advanced stats and career rankings
27.8 average league finish
343 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Bob Donham ranks #221 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #27.3. His full-career value ranks #957, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Bob Donham's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Bob Donham 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 Composite27.2
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
- 27.2
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #221
Strongest seasons
Every season
Bob Donham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 27 | 68 | 1,451 | +0.18 | 62.2 | #32 | 61.4 | 56th | Modeled |
| 1952–53Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 26 | 71 | 1,435 | +0.36 | 68.1 | #31 | 66.9 | 53rd | Modeled |
| 1951–52Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 25 | 66 | 1,980 | +1.12 | 78.9 | #21 | 128.6 | 82nd | Modeled |
| 1950–51legacy estimate | BOS | 24 | 68 | 1,511 | +0.87 | 72.1 | #30 | 86.5 | 68th | Modeled |
Career movement
Bob Donham's career impact by season
Peak +1.12 in 1951–52 · 4 seasons · 6,377 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
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 4 seasons
Only the first 4 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
Bob DonhamBrandin Podziemski
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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The score compares the first 4 seasons by impact, workload, position, and trajectory. It does not claim the careers will finish alike.
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