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Ed Pinckney

Ed Pinckney stats, teams and career impact

#611 all-timeCareer averages · 6.8 PPG · 5.0 RPG · 0.9 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Miami Heat
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 195 lb (88 kg)
Born: March 27, 1963 (63 yrs old)
College: Villanova
NBA seasons: 12 seasons · 1985–86 to 1996–97

Career or season view

Career summaryEd Pinckney was a power forward who played 12 NBA seasons, from 1985–86 through 1996–97.

Career PPG: 6.8
Career RPG: 5.0
Career APG: 0.9; #43 in 1988–89; #611 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Ed Pinckney ranks #611 all time

Ed Pinckney ranks #611 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #53.7. His full-career value ranks #584, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#43 in 1988–89

Best league finish

Sustained excellence10 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth12 seasons

793 games · Career Value Rank #584

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors, and Miami Heat
Greatest Celtics →Greatest Heat →Greatest Bucks →Greatest 76ers →Greatest Suns →Greatest Kings →Greatest Raptors →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 53.5%FG%
Three-point: 0.0%3P%
Free throw: 76.5%FT%

793 career games · 15,698 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

Ed Pinckney stats by season

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1996–97	2.4	2.4	0.2	-3.44	MIA	27	0	10.1	53.5%	—	80.0%	—	-7.2
1995–96	6.5	6.2	1.0	-0.38	PHI/TOR	74	47	23.1	51.0%	0.0%	76.0%	#144	53.7
1994–95	2.3	3.4	0.3	-0.59	MIL	62	17	13.5	49.5%	—	71.0%	#148	22.7
1993–94	5.2	6.3	0.8	+0.43	BOS	76	35	20.1	52.2%	—	73.6%	#91	73.8
1992–93	4.6	6.1	0.1	-5.34	BOS	7	5	21.6	41.7%	—	92.3%	—	-10.0
1991–92	7.6	7.0	0.8	+1.41	BOS	81	36	23.7	53.7%	0.0%	81.2%	#59	130.5
1990–91	5.2	4.9	0.6	+1.66	BOS	70	16	16.6	53.9%	0.0%	89.7%	#59	87.5
1989–90	4.7	2.9	0.9	+0.27	BOS	77	50	14.1	54.2%	0.0%	77.3%	#98	50.1
1988–89	11.5	5.6	1.5	+1.76	BOS/SAC	80	33	25.1	51.3%	0.0%	80.0%	#43	157.0
1987–88	6.2	2.9	0.8	-0.27	SAC	79	7	14.9	52.2%	0.0%	74.7%	#111	42.7
1986–87	10.5	7.3	1.4	+0.80	PHO	80	65	28.1	58.4%	0.0%	73.9%	#62	133.9
1985–86	8.5	3.9	1.1	-1.21	PHO	80	24	20.0	55.8%	0.0%	67.3%	#153	27.5
Career	6.8	5.0	0.9	—	BOS/MIA/MIL/PHI/PHO/SAC/TOR	793	—	19.8	53.5%	0.0%	76.5%	—	—

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#611

65.0 composite · lower is better

Best 5#599

62.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#584

762 total value

Career standing

How Ed Pinckney 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 Score65.0

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 290.0
Qualified seasons: 10
All-time rank: #611

Strongest seasons

Every season

Ed Pinckney 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


1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	33	27	273	-3.44	—	—	-7.2	—	Limited
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	PHI/TOR	32	74	1,710	-0.38	56.0	#144	53.7	58th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	31	62	835	-0.59	52.4	#148	22.7	46th	Standard
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	30	76	1,524	+0.43	69.1	#91	73.8	63rd	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	29	7	151	-5.34	—	—	-10.0	—	Limited
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	28	81	1,917	+1.41	79.9	#59	130.5	76th	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	27	70	1,165	+1.66	80.1	#59	87.5	66th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	26	77	1,082	+0.27	66.2	#98	50.1	53rd	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	BOS/SAC	25	80	2,012	+1.76	84.0	#43	157.0	79th	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	24	79	1,177	-0.27	56.0	#111	42.7	51st	Broad
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	23	80	2,250	+0.80	76.2	#62	133.9	75th	Broad
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	22	80	1,602	-1.21	40.2	#153	27.5	42nd	Broad

Career movement

Ed Pinckney's career impact by season

Peak +1.76 in 1988–89 · 12 seasons · 15,698 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

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Ed PinckneyMatt Bonner

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

Ed Pinckney and Matt Bonner era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Ed Pinckney	Matt Bonner
1	-1.2	-1.2
2	0.8	-0.1
3	-0.3	0.6
4	1.8	-1.5
5	0.3	2.0
6	1.7	2.0
7	1.4	0.9
8	-5.3	0.9
9	0.4	-0.4
10	-0.6	0.1
11	-0.4	-1.5
12	-3.4	-2.5

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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 →