28.0 composite · lower is better
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Bob Houbregs
Bob Houbregs advanced stats and career rankings
31.6 average league finish
317 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Bob Houbregs ranks #230 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #24.0. His full-career value ranks #983, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Bob Houbregs's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Bob Houbregs 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 Composite28.0
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
- 28.0
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #230
Strongest seasons
Every season
Bob Houbregs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 25 | 17 | 302 | -3.54 | — | — | -11.5 | — | Modeled |
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | FTW | 24 | 60 | 1,592 | +1.53 | 82.3 | #15 | 126.1 | 73rd | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | FTW | 23 | 70 | 1,535 | +2.63 | 90.7 | #8 | 152.9 | 79th | Modeled |
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | BLB/BOS/FTW | 22 | 64 | 1,326 | -1.66 | 21.1 | #61 | 9.6 | 20th | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | BLB/MLH | 21 | 70 | 1,970 | -0.92 | 41.5 | #49 | 40.4 | 44th | Modeled |
Career movement
Bob Houbregs's career impact by season
Peak +2.63 in 1955–56 · 5 seasons · 6,725 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
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 number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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