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Ernie Barrett
Ernie Barrett stats, teams and career impact
#683 all-timeCareer averages · 4.9 PPG · 2.6 RPG · 1.7 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Final NBA team
- Boston Celtics
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) · 180 lb (82 kg)
- Born
- August 27, 1929
- Died
- April 21, 2023 (93 yrs old)
- College
- Kansas State
- NBA seasons
- 2 seasons · 1953–54 to 1955–56
Career summaryErnie Barrett was a shooting guard who played 2 NBA seasons, from 1953–54 through 1955–56.
- Career PPG
- 4.9
- Career RPG
- 2.6
- Career APG
- 1.7
- #41 in 1955–56
- #683 all-time
Career overview
Why Ernie Barrett ranks #683 all time
Ernie Barrett ranks #683 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #67.5. His full-career value ranks #1884, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.
450+ minutes required per season
131 games · Career Value Rank #1884
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Boston Celtics
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 36.9%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 74.8%FT%
131 career games · 2,092 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
Ernie Barrett stats by season
Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.
Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–56 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 2.4 | -0.75 | BOS | 72 | 0 | 20.2 | 38.8% | — | 78.8% | #41 | 43.4 |
| 1953–54 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | -4.45 | BOS | 59 | 0 | 10.9 | 31.4% | — | 56.0% | #81 | -30.4 |
| Career | 4.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | — | BOS | 131 | — | 16.0 | 36.9% | — | 74.8% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
- Impact Rate
- A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
- Impact estimate
- The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
- Impact Rate rank
- The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
- 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.
70.9 composite · lower is better
72.7 average league finish
13 total value
- Impact Rate
- 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.
Career standing
How Ernie Barrett 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
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
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
- 80.5
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #683
Every season
Ernie Barrett advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
Career movement
Ernie Barrett's box impact by season
Peak box impact -0.75 points per 100 possessions in 1955–56 · 2 seasons · 2,092 minutes
Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 2 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 2 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
| NBA season | Ernie Barrett | CJ McCollum |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -4.4 | -4.3 |
| 2 | -0.7 | -0.8 |
NBA season number · first 2 seasons only
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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 →