191.4 composite · lower is better
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Dickey Simpkins
Dickey Simpkins advanced stats and career rankings
213.2 average league finish
-146 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Dickey Simpkins ranks #2842 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #242.0. His full-career value ranks #4646, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Dickey Simpkins's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Dickey Simpkins 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 Composite191.4
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
- 191.4
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #2842
Strongest seasons
Every season
Dickey Simpkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 29 | 1 | 3 | -13.15 | — | — | -0.6 | — | Limited |
| 1999–00Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 27 | 69 | 1,651 | -5.31 | 1.9 | #315 | -101.7 | 1st | Strong |
| 1998–99Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 26 | 50 | 1,448 | -0.59 | 46.7 | #148 | 37.4 | 52nd | Strong |
| 1997–98Historical Defense Estimate | CHI/GSW | 25 | 40 | 433 | -2.07 | — | — | -0.5 | — | Limited |
| 1996–97Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 24 | 48 | 395 | -6.11 | — | — | -30.4 | — | Limited |
| 1995–96Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 23 | 60 | 685 | -3.84 | 11.7 | #288 | -24.0 | 17th | Established |
| 1994–95Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 22 | 59 | 586 | -4.31 | 6.5 | #290 | -25.9 | 17th | Established |
Career movement
Dickey Simpkins's career impact by season
Peak -0.59 in 1998–99 · 7 seasons · 5,201 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 impactMinutes
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Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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