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Butch Beard
Butch Beard stats, teams and career impact
#567 all-timeCareer averages · 9.3 PPG · 3.4 RPG · 3.6 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Point guard
- Final NBA team
- New York Knicks
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) · 185 lb (84 kg)
- Born
- May 4, 1947 (79 yrs old)
- College
- Louisville
- NBA seasons
- 9 seasons · 1969–70 to 1978–79
Career summaryButch Beard was a point guard who played 9 NBA seasons, from 1969–70 through 1978–79.
- Career PPG
- 9.3
- Career RPG
- 3.4
- Career APG
- 3.6
- #46 in 1974–75
- #567 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Butch Beard ranks #567 all time
Butch Beard ranks #567 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #47.0. His full-career value ranks #658, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.
450+ minutes required per season
605 games · Career Value Rank #658
NBA honorsAll-StarContext only; honors are not model inputs.
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, Golden State Warriors, and New York Knicks
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 48.7%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 77.1%FT%
605 career games · 14,283 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
Butch Beard stats by season
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| 1978–79 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 2.7 | -7.45 | NYK | 7 | 2 | 12.1 | 42.3% | — | — | — | -10.1 |
| 1977–78 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 | +0.19 | NYK | 79 | 37 | 25.1 | 50.2% | — | 80.6% | #84 | 98.8 |
| 1976–77 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | -0.84 | NYK | 70 | 10 | 15.5 | 50.5% | — | 68.8% | #135 | 28.2 |
| 1975–76 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 2.9 | -0.25 | CLE/NYK | 75 | 28 | 22.7 | 46.0% | — | 75.0% | #78 | 64.5 |
| 1974–75 | 12.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | +0.96 | GSW | 82 | 0 | 30.7 | 52.8% | — | 83.2% | #46 | 167.5 |
| 1973–74 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 3.8 | +0.53 | GSW | 79 | 0 | 27.0 | 51.2% | — | 73.9% | #53 | 122.7 |
| 1972–73 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | -1.94 | SEA | 73 | 0 | 19.2 | 43.9% | — | 71.4% | #126 | 2.1 |
| 1971–72 | 15.4 | 4.1 | 6.7 | +0.77 | CLE | 68 | 0 | 35.8 | 46.4% | — | 76.0% | #42 | 156.8 |
| 1969–70 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | -0.82 | ATL | 72 | 0 | 13.1 | 46.7% | — | 82.8% | #79 | 26.4 |
| Career | 9.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | — | ATL/CLE/GSW/NYK/SEA | 605 | — | 23.6 | 48.7% | — | 77.1% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Era-centered box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
- Impact Rate Rank
- The player's place among qualified players in one season.
- 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.
61.6 composite · lower is better
59.6 average league finish
657 total value
Career standing
How Butch Beard 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 Score61.6
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
- 183.5
- Qualified seasons
- 8
- All-time rank
- #567
Strongest seasons
Every season
Butch Beard 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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| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 31 | 7 | 85 | -7.45 | — | — | -10.1 | — | Limited |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 30 | 79 | 1,979 | +0.19 | 64.8 | #84 | 98.8 | 67th | Broad |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 29 | 70 | 1,082 | -0.84 | 44.9 | #135 | 28.2 | 41st | Broad |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | CLE/NYK | 28 | 75 | 1,704 | -0.25 | 59.0 | #78 | 64.5 | 57th | Broad |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 27 | 82 | 2,521 | +0.96 | 75.9 | #46 | 167.5 | 82nd | Broad |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 26 | 79 | 2,134 | +0.53 | 70.5 | #53 | 122.7 | 72nd | Broad |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 25 | 73 | 1,403 | -1.94 | 27.3 | #126 | 2.1 | 27th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 24 | 68 | 2,434 | +0.77 | 75.0 | #42 | 156.8 | 73rd | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 22 | 72 | 941 | -0.82 | 44.7 | #79 | 26.4 | 35th | Modeled |
Career movement
Butch Beard's career impact by season
Peak +0.96 in 1974–75 · 9 seasons · 14,283 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.
Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
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Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
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.
Butch BeardLarry Siegfried
| NBA season | Butch Beard | Larry Siegfried |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -0.8 | -2.3 |
| 2 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 3 | -1.9 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 5 | 1.0 | -0.5 |
| 6 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| 7 | -0.8 | -0.8 |
| 8 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 9 | -7.5 | -3.9 |
NBA season number
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