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Ernie Vandeweghe
Ernie Vandeweghe advanced stats and career rankings
20.4 average league finish
301 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Ernie Vandeweghe ranks #152 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #17.3. His full-career value ranks #1008, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Ernie Vandeweghe's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Ernie Vandeweghe ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
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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
- 20.1
- Qualified seasons
- 3
- All-time rank
- #152
Strongest seasons
Every season
Ernie Vandeweghe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 27 | 5 | 77 | -7.52 | — | — | -9.4 | — | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 25 | 15 | 271 | -4.54 | — | — | -12.5 | — | Modeled |
| 1952–53Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 24 | 61 | 1,745 | +2.73 | 93.6 | #7 | 160.1 | 85th | Modeled |
| 1951–52Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 23 | 57 | 1,507 | +1.35 | 81.1 | #19 | 99.9 | 72nd | Modeled |
| 1950–51legacy estimate | NYK | 22 | 44 | 1,006 | +1.16 | 76.0 | #26 | 62.8 | 60th | Modeled |
Career movement
Ernie Vandeweghe's career impact by season
Peak +2.73 in 1952–53 · 5 seasons · 4,606 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 impactMinutesModeled estimate
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Career comparison
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