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Dick Van Arsdale
Dick Van Arsdale advanced stats and career rankings
48.0 average league finish
1,240 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Dick Van Arsdale ranks #698 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #40.0. His full-career value ranks #360, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Dick Van Arsdale's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Dick Van Arsdale ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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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
- 50.3
- Qualified seasons
- 12
- All-time rank
- #698
Strongest seasons
Every season
Dick Van Arsdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 33 | 78 | 1,535 | -2.20 | 22.2 | #190 | -6.7 | 21st | Strong |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 32 | 58 | 1,870 | -1.31 | 38.8 | #116 | 28.2 | 44th | Strong |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 31 | 70 | 2,419 | -0.66 | 50.3 | #94 | 70.3 | 59th | Strong |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 30 | 78 | 2,832 | -0.62 | 44.3 | #99 | 89.0 | 63rd | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 29 | 81 | 2,979 | -0.29 | 58.7 | #72 | 120.2 | 70th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 28 | 82 | 3,096 | +0.11 | 63.4 | #61 | 155.0 | 71st | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 27 | 81 | 3,157 | +0.27 | 70.1 | #51 | 172.0 | 78th | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 26 | 77 | 2,966 | -0.25 | 58.2 | #60 | 125.9 | 67th | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 25 | 80 | 3,388 | +0.62 | 73.7 | #36 | 218.8 | 83rd | Modeled |
| 1967–68Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 24 | 78 | 2,348 | -0.42 | 50.8 | #60 | 90.4 | 55th | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 23 | 79 | 2,892 | -0.02 | 68.0 | #33 | 141.1 | 75th | Modeled |
| 1965–66Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 22 | 79 | 2,289 | -1.37 | 34.4 | #62 | 35.9 | 45th | Modeled |
Career movement
Dick Van Arsdale's career impact by season
Peak +0.62 in 1968–69 · 12 seasons · 31,771 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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