136.6 composite · lower is better
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Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones advanced stats and career rankings
133.0 average league finish
-22 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Dwight Jones ranks #2304 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #104.3. His full-career value ranks #3467, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Dwight Jones's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Dwight Jones 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 Composite136.6
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
- 136.6
- Qualified seasons
- 10
- All-time rank
- #2304
Strongest seasons
Every season
Dwight Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | CHI/LAL | 30 | 81 | 1,164 | -4.37 | 2.0 | #249 | -60.4 | 2nd | Strong |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 29 | 78 | 2,040 | -1.76 | 27.2 | #186 | 10.2 | 32nd | Strong |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 28 | 81 | 1,574 | -2.53 | 17.7 | #205 | -17.5 | 15th | Strong |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | CHI/HOU | 27 | 74 | 1,448 | -2.12 | 25.1 | #174 | -3.5 | 23rd | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 26 | 81 | 1,215 | -4.58 | 1.8 | #224 | -67.8 | 2nd | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 25 | 82 | 2,476 | -1.94 | 25.0 | #178 | 3.0 | 26th | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 24 | 74 | 1,239 | -2.43 | 19.3 | #197 | -11.1 | 17th | Strong |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 23 | 66 | 1,762 | -0.87 | 47.9 | #99 | 42.8 | 49th | Strong |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 22 | 75 | 2,086 | -0.81 | 47.1 | #100 | 55.2 | 53rd | Strong |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 21 | 74 | 1,448 | -1.20 | 35.8 | #114 | 26.7 | 40th | Strong |
Career movement
Dwight Jones's career impact by season
Peak -0.81 in 1974–75 · 10 seasons · 16,452 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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Dwight JonesJoe Meriweather
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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