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Chuck Hayes

Chuck Hayes stats, teams and career impact

#1029 all-timeCareer averages · 3.7 PPG · 5.0 RPG · 1.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Houston Rockets
Height / weight: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) · 240 lb (109 kg)
Born: June 11, 1983 (43 yrs old)
College: Kentucky
NBA seasons: 11 seasons · 2005–06 to 2015–16

Career or season view

Career summaryChuck Hayes was a center who played 11 NBA seasons, from 2005–06 through 2015–16.

Career PPG: 3.7
Career RPG: 5.0
Career APG: 1.2; #61 in 2010–11; #1029 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Chuck Hayes ranks #1029 all time

Chuck Hayes ranks #1029 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #62.0. His full-career value ranks #915, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#44 in 2005–06

Best league finish

Sustained excellence9 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth11 seasons

644 games · Career Value Rank #915

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, and Toronto Raptors
Greatest Rockets →Greatest Kings →Greatest Raptors →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 49.8%FG%
Three-point: 0.0%3P%
Free throw: 62.0%FT%

644 career games · 11,815 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

Chuck Hayes stats by season

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2015–16	2.0	4.0	1.0	-12.48	HOU	2	0	12.0	50.0%	—	100.0%	—	-5.1
2014–15	1.7	1.8	0.7	-4.33	TOR	29	0	8.8	47.8%	—	54.5%	—	-11.5
2013–14	2.2	3.4	0.6	-2.02	SAC/TOR	61	1	12.4	43.1%	0.0%	80.0%	#268	-0.4
2012–13	2.7	4.0	1.5	-1.60	SAC	74	1	16.3	44.2%	0.0%	62.5%	#237	9.3
2011–12	3.2	4.3	1.4	-2.49	SAC	54	9	19.2	42.9%	0.0%	66.7%	#275	-10.0
2010–11	7.9	8.1	2.7	+1.67	HOU	74	63	28.1	52.7%	0.0%	66.2%	#61	149.6
2009–10	4.4	5.7	1.7	-0.30	HOU	82	82	21.6	48.9%	—	54.5%	#148	59.0
2008–09	1.3	3.5	0.6	-2.15	HOU	71	1	12.1	37.2%	0.0%	36.8%	#250	-2.4
2007–08	3.0	5.4	1.2	+1.12	HOU	79	44	19.9	51.1%	0.0%	45.8%	#81	92.6
2006–07	5.6	6.7	0.6	-0.36	HOU	78	43	22.0	57.3%	—	61.8%	#154	53.1
2005–06	3.7	4.5	0.3	+2.36	HOU	40	0	13.4	56.2%	0.0%	64.4%	#44	42.7
Career	3.7	5.0	1.2	—	HOU/SAC/TOR	644	—	18.3	49.8%	0.0%	62.0%	—	—

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.

Career Impact Rank#1029

97.4 composite · lower is better

Best 5#1038

97.6 average league finish

Career Value Rank#915

377 total value

Career standing

How Chuck Hayes ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score97.4

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: 338.0
Qualified seasons: 9
All-time rank: #1029

Strongest seasons

Every season

Chuck Hayes 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


2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	32	2	24	-12.48	—	—	-5.1	—	Limited
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	TOR	31	29	255	-4.33	—	—	-11.5	—	Limited
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	SAC/TOR	30	61	754	-2.02	22.6	#268	-0.4	23rd	Standard
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	29	74	1,209	-1.60	32.6	#237	9.3	33rd	Broad
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	28	54	1,039	-2.49	20.1	#275	-10.0	18th	Broad
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	27	74	2,079	+1.67	82.9	#61	149.6	83rd	Broad
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	26	82	1,773	-0.30	56.3	#148	59.0	59th	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	25	71	858	-2.15	25.2	#250	-2.4	26th	Standard
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	24	79	1,575	+1.12	75.8	#81	92.6	71st	Broad
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	23	78	1,714	-0.36	54.2	#154	53.1	55th	Broad
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	22	40	535	+2.36	86.9	#44	42.7	55th	Standard

Career movement

Chuck Hayes's career impact by season

Peak +2.36 in 2005–06 · 11 seasons · 11,815 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 impactMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Chuck HayesManute Bol

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Chuck Hayes and Manute Bol era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Chuck Hayes	Manute Bol
1	2.4	1.8
2	-0.4	1.1
3	1.1	0.7
4	-2.2	-0.5
5	-0.3	-1.8
6	1.7	-1.0
7	-2.5	-1.5
8	-1.6	-1.4
9	-2.0	-9.2
10	-4.3	-6.8
11	-12.5	Did not play

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →