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Clifford Ray
Clifford Ray advanced stats and career rankings
16.6 average league finish
1,492 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Clifford Ray ranks #267 all time. 3 top-ten finishes give him a sustained run near the top of the league. His full-career value ranks #281, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Clifford Ray's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Clifford Ray 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 Composite31.0
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
- 31.0
- Qualified seasons
- 10
- All-time rank
- #267
Strongest seasons
Every season
Clifford Ray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 32 | 66 | 838 | -6.39 | 2.0 | #244 | -77.3 | 0th | Established |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 31 | 81 | 1,683 | -1.37 | 36.4 | #148 | 22.1 | 39th | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 30 | 82 | 1,917 | -0.69 | 47.1 | #121 | 53.5 | 50th | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 29 | 79 | 2,268 | +1.55 | 83.5 | #40 | 177.9 | 83rd | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 28 | 77 | 2,018 | +1.10 | 77.0 | #57 | 140.4 | 77th | Strong |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 27 | 82 | 2,184 | +1.84 | 84.6 | #30 | 189.0 | 82nd | Strong |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 26 | 82 | 2,519 | +1.47 | 83.4 | #32 | 195.7 | 88th | Strong |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 25 | 80 | 2,632 | +2.95 | 96.0 | #8 | 285.3 | 93rd | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 24 | 73 | 2,009 | +4.17 | 97.7 | #5 | 269.7 | 90th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 23 | 82 | 1,872 | +3.56 | 95.7 | #8 | 235.7 | 86th | Modeled |
Career movement
Clifford Ray's career impact by season
Peak +4.17 in 1972–73 · 10 seasons · 19,940 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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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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