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Clifford Robinson

Clifford Robinson stats, teams and career impact

#253 all-timeCareer averages · 14.2 PPG · 4.6 RPG · 2.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: New Jersey Nets
Height / weight: 6 ft 10 in (208 cm) · 225 lb (102 kg)
Born: December 16, 1966
Died: August 29, 2020 (53 yrs old)
College: UConn
NBA seasons: 18 seasons · 1989–90 to 2006–07

Career or season view

Career summaryClifford Robinson was a power forward who played 18 NBA seasons, from 1989–90 through 2006–07.

Career PPG: 14.2
Career RPG: 4.6
Career APG: 2.2; #21 in 1994–95; #253 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Clifford Robinson ranks #253 all time

Clifford Robinson ranks #253 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #24.0. His full-career value ranks #151, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#21 in 1994–95

Best league finish

Sustained excellence18 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth18 seasons

1,380 games · Career Value Rank #151

NBA honorsAll-Star · 2× All-Defense · Sixth ManContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, and New Jersey Nets
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 43.8%FG%
Three-point: 35.6%3P%
Free throw: 68.9%FT%

1,380 career games · 42,561 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

Clifford Robinson stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2006–07	4.1	2.4	1.0	-3.43	NJN	50	1	19.1	37.2%	37.9%	44.4%	#304	-26.0
2005–06	6.9	3.3	1.1	-0.85	NJN	80	13	23.3	42.7%	34.3%	65.8%	#165	40.2
2004–05	7.5	2.9	1.5	-0.47	GSW/NJN	71	29	23.8	38.6%	34.7%	63.9%	#158	49.4
2003–04	11.8	3.9	3.3	-1.38	GSW	82	82	34.7	38.7%	35.7%	71.1%	#195	33.1
2002–03	12.2	3.9	3.3	+0.05	DET	81	69	34.9	39.8%	33.6%	67.6%	#114	104.6
2001–02	14.6	4.8	2.5	+0.00	DET	80	80	35.7	42.5%	37.8%	69.4%	#130	107.3
2000–01	16.4	4.1	2.9	+1.51	PHO	82	82	33.5	42.2%	36.1%	70.9%	#60	187.1
1999–00	18.5	4.5	2.8	+2.77	PHO	80	67	35.5	46.4%	37.0%	78.2%	#27	265.4
1998–99	16.4	4.5	2.6	+3.67	PHO	50	35	34.8	47.5%	41.7%	69.7%	#24	184.9
1997–98	14.2	5.1	2.1	+1.94	PHO	80	64	29.5	47.9%	32.1%	68.9%	#60	177.0
1996–97	15.1	4.0	3.2	-0.19	POR	81	79	38.0	42.6%	34.6%	69.6%	#131	105.7
1995–96	21.1	5.7	2.4	+2.05	POR	78	76	38.2	42.3%	37.8%	66.4%	#55	232.9
1994–95	21.3	5.6	2.6	+3.78	POR	75	73	36.3	45.2%	37.1%	69.4%	#21	308.0
1993–94	20.1	6.7	1.9	+1.29	POR	82	64	34.8	45.7%	24.5%	76.5%	#61	193.4
1992–93	19.1	6.6	2.2	+2.78	POR	82	12	31.4	47.3%	24.7%	69.0%	#27	254.2
1991–92	12.4	5.1	1.7	-0.67	POR	82	7	25.9	46.6%	9.1%	66.4%	#136	58.5
1990–91	11.7	4.3	1.8	-0.83	POR	82	11	23.7	46.3%	31.6%	65.3%	#155	47.4
1989–90	9.1	3.8	0.9	-5.42	POR	82	0	19.1	39.7%	27.3%	55.0%	#280	-114.1
Career	14.2	4.6	2.2	—	DET/GSW/NJN/PHO/POR	1380	—	30.8	43.8%	35.6%	68.9%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

Film evidence

Clifford Robinson highlights

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Peak-game archive

Cliff Robinson scores 41 against Minnesota

Clifford Robinson's peak-game archive adds visual context to the numbers on this page, especially his inside-out scoring and early stretch-forward versatility. The vetted footage complements the season tables and impact model.

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
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#253

32.8 composite · lower is better

Best 5#263

30.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#151

2,209 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Clifford Robinson 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 Score32.8

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: 319.5
Qualified seasons: 18
All-time rank: #253

Strongest seasons

Every season

Clifford Robinson 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

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	NJN	40	50	955	-3.43	9.3	#304	-26.0	11th	Standard
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	NJN	39	80	1,863	-0.85	50.0	#165	40.2	54th	Broad
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	GSW/NJN	38	71	1,689	-0.47	54.2	#158	49.4	57th	Broad
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	37	82	2,846	-1.38	41.4	#195	33.1	52nd	Broad
2002–03Historical Defense Estimate	DET	36	81	2,825	+0.05	64.5	#114	104.6	73rd	Broad
2001–02Historical Defense Estimate	DET	35	80	2,855	+0.00	60.1	#130	107.3	73rd	Broad
2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	34	82	2,751	+1.51	82.0	#60	187.1	85th	Broad
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	33	80	2,839	+2.77	91.9	#27	265.4	93rd	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	32	50	1,740	+3.67	91.7	#24	184.9	94th	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	31	80	2,359	+1.94	81.4	#60	177.0	85th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	POR	30	81	3,077	-0.19	58.9	#131	105.7	73rd	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	POR	29	78	2,980	+2.05	83.4	#55	232.9	90th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	POR	28	75	2,725	+3.78	93.5	#21	308.0	95th	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	POR	27	82	2,853	+1.29	79.4	#61	193.4	88th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	POR	26	82	2,575	+2.78	91.2	#27	254.2	90th	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	POR	25	82	2,124	-0.67	53.3	#136	58.5	58th	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	POR	24	82	1,940	-0.83	47.1	#155	47.4	52nd	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	POR	23	82	1,565	-5.42	2.8	#280	-114.1	0th	Broad

Career movement

Clifford Robinson's box impact by season

Peak box impact +3.78 points per 100 possessions in 1994–95 · 18 seasons · 42,561 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

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Career comparison

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Clifford RobinsonThaddeus Young

Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Clifford Robinson and Thaddeus Young era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Clifford Robinson	Thaddeus Young
1	-5.4	1.1
2	-0.8	0.1
3	-0.7	-1.3
4	2.8	1.5
5	1.3	2.7
6	3.8	2.7
7	2.1	1.7
8	-0.2	0.1
9	1.9	0.4
10	3.7	0.4
11	2.8	0.1
12	1.5	1.3
13	0.0	0.0
14	0.0	3.3
15	-1.4	2.7
16	-0.5	0.8
17	-0.8	1.5
18	-3.4	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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career similarity score

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career similarity score

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career similarity score

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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 →