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Dan Issel
Dan Issel advanced stats and career rankings
21.8 average league finish
2,165 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Dan Issel ranks #187 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #17.3. His full-career value ranks #156, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Dan Issel's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Dan Issel 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
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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
- 24.1
- Qualified seasons
- 9
- All-time rank
- #187
Strongest seasons
Every season
Dan Issel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 36 | 77 | 1,684 | +0.33 | 65.2 | #89 | 87.8 | 63rd | Strong |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 35 | 76 | 2,076 | +1.87 | 86.7 | #34 | 184.9 | 86th | Strong |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 34 | 80 | 2,431 | +2.10 | 86.6 | #35 | 232.7 | 89th | Strong |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 33 | 81 | 2,472 | +1.57 | 85.0 | #39 | 201.8 | 89th | Strong |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 32 | 80 | 2,641 | +2.30 | 88.7 | #29 | 259.7 | 92nd | Strong |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 31 | 82 | 2,938 | +3.88 | 96.5 | #9 | 374.2 | 98th | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 30 | 81 | 2,742 | +2.08 | 88.1 | #28 | 247.1 | 89th | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 29 | 82 | 2,851 | +2.77 | 91.1 | #22 | 307.6 | 93rd | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | DEN | 28 | 79 | 2,507 | +2.64 | 91.8 | #21 | 269.6 | 93rd | Strong |
Career movement
Dan Issel's career impact by season
Peak +3.88 in 1979–80 · 9 seasons · 22,342 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.
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Career comparison
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