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Dana Barros

Dana Barros stats, teams and career impact

#390 all-timeCareer averages · 10.5 PPG · 1.9 RPG · 3.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Point guard
Final NBA team: Boston Celtics
Height / weight: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) · 163 lb (74 kg)
Born: April 13, 1967 (59 yrs old)
College: Boston College
NBA seasons: 14 seasons · 1989–90 to 2003–04

Career or season view

Career summaryDana Barros was a point guard who played 14 NBA seasons, from 1989–90 through 2003–04.

Career PPG: 10.5
Career RPG: 1.9
Career APG: 3.3; #11 in 1994–95; #390 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Dana Barros ranks #390 all time

Dana Barros ranks #390 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #19.0. His full-career value ranks #309, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#11 in 1994–95

Best league finish

Sustained excellence13 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth14 seasons

850 games · Career Value Rank #309

NBA honorsAll-Star · Most ImprovedContext only; honors are not model inputs.

Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, and Detroit Pistons
Greatest Celtics →Greatest Pistons →Greatest 76ers →Greatest Thunder →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 46.0%FG%
Three-point: 41.1%3P%
Free throw: 85.8%FT%

850 career games · 19,480 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

Dana Barros stats by season

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2003–04	6.0	0.0	0.0	-12.04	BOS	1	0	11.0	66.7%	—	100.0%	—	-2.1
2001–02	6.7	2.0	2.7	-2.71	DET	29	20	20.1	38.5%	33.8%	77.8%	#257	-7.7
2000–01	8.0	1.6	1.8	-0.02	DET	60	0	18.0	44.4%	41.9%	85.0%	#120	42.2
1999–00	7.2	1.4	1.8	+0.21	BOS	72	0	15.8	45.1%	41.0%	86.8%	#121	49.7
1998–99	9.3	2.1	4.2	+2.87	BOS	50	16	23.1	45.3%	40.0%	87.7%	#35	107.3
1997–98	9.8	1.9	3.6	+4.11	BOS	80	15	21.1	46.1%	40.7%	84.7%	#15	200.4
1996–97	12.5	2.0	3.4	+0.49	BOS	24	8	29.5	43.5%	41.0%	86.0%	#104	35.2
1995–96	13.0	2.4	3.8	+1.12	BOS	80	25	29.1	47.0%	40.8%	88.4%	#81	145.6
1994–95	20.6	3.3	7.5	+5.22	PHI	82	82	40.5	49.0%	46.4%	89.9%	#11	453.9
1993–94	13.3	2.4	5.2	+1.33	PHI	81	70	31.1	46.9%	38.1%	80.0%	#58	167.0
1992–93	7.8	1.6	2.2	+1.28	SEA	69	2	18.0	45.1%	37.9%	83.1%	#67	81.5
1991–92	8.3	1.1	1.7	+0.95	SEA	75	1	17.7	48.3%	44.6%	75.9%	#75	78.0
1990–91	6.3	1.1	1.7	+2.48	SEA	66	0	11.4	49.5%	39.5%	91.8%	#31	67.4
1989–90	9.7	1.6	2.5	-1.78	SEA	81	25	20.1	40.5%	39.9%	80.9%	#189	7.2
Career	10.5	1.9	3.3	—	BOS/DET/PHI/SEA	850	—	22.9	46.0%	41.1%	85.8%	—	—

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#390

36.2 composite · lower is better

Best 5#292

30.0 average league finish

Career Value Rank#309

1,426 total value

Career standing

How Dana Barros 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 Score36.2

Equal average of Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.

Best 3 weight: 63.3%
Score: 36.2
Qualified seasons: 13
All-time rank: #390

Strongest seasons

Every season

Dana Barros 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


2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	36	1	11	-12.04	—	—	-2.1	—	Limited
2001–02Historical Defense Estimate	DET	34	29	582	-2.71	20.7	#257	-7.7	24th	Standard
2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	DET	33	60	1,079	-0.02	63.6	#120	42.2	56th	Broad
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	32	72	1,139	+0.21	62.5	#121	49.7	54th	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	31	50	1,156	+2.87	87.7	#35	107.3	82nd	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	30	80	1,686	+4.11	95.6	#15	200.4	87th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	29	24	708	+0.49	67.4	#104	35.2	50th	Standard
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	28	80	2,328	+1.12	75.4	#81	145.6	78th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	27	82	3,318	+5.22	96.8	#11	453.9	98th	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	26	81	2,519	+1.33	80.4	#58	167.0	83rd	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	25	69	1,243	+1.28	77.6	#67	81.5	66th	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	24	75	1,331	+0.95	74.4	#75	78.0	64th	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	23	66	750	+2.48	89.7	#31	67.4	62nd	Standard
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	22	81	1,630	-1.78	34.5	#189	7.2	35th	Broad

Career movement

Dana Barros's career impact by season

Peak +5.22 in 1994–95 · 14 seasons · 19,480 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

—’03

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

Compare the shape, not the calendar

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Dana BarrosNick Anderson

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

Dana Barros and Nick Anderson era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Dana Barros	Nick Anderson
1	-1.8	-0.3
2	2.5	0.1
3	0.9	1.4
4	1.3	1.7
5	1.3	2.3
6	5.2	3.6
7	1.1	3.4
8	0.5	2.5
9	4.1	5.0
10	2.9	2.6
11	0.2	0.1
12	-0.0	-5.0
13	-2.7	-5.9
14	-12.0	Did not play

NBA season number

Similar career arcs

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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

91/100 closest-season score · 1994–95 ↔ 1996–97

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 →