217.8 composite · lower is better
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Earl Clark
Earl Clark advanced stats and career rankings
241.0 average league finish
-88 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Earl Clark ranks #3013 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #279.3. His full-career value ranks #4459, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Earl Clark's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Earl Clark 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 Composite217.8
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
- 217.8
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #3013
Strongest seasons
Every season
Earl Clark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | BRK | 27 | 10 | 93 | -8.61 | — | — | -11.9 | — | Limited |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | CLE/NYK | 26 | 54 | 768 | -2.44 | 16.8 | #288 | -6.5 | 18th | Established |
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 25 | 59 | 1,363 | -1.14 | 37.1 | #221 | 23.0 | 39th | Strong |
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | ORL | 24 | 45 | 559 | -4.39 | 4.4 | #329 | -24.8 | 8th | Established |
| 2010–11Historical Defense Estimate | ORL/PHO | 23 | 42 | 464 | -5.29 | 2.8 | #342 | -29.2 | 9th | Established |
| 2009–10Historical Defense Estimate | PHO | 22 | 51 | 383 | -7.12 | — | — | -38.9 | — | Limited |
Career movement
Earl Clark's career impact by season
Peak -1.14 in 2012–13 · 6 seasons · 3,630 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
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
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