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Fred Brown

Fred Brown stats, teams and career impact

#98 all-timeCareer averages · 14.6 PPG · 2.7 RPG · 3.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Shooting guard
Final NBA team: Seattle SuperSonics
Height / weight: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) · 182 lb (83 kg)
Born: August 7, 1948 (78 yrs old)
College: Southeastern Iowa Community College, West Burlington Campus, Iowa
NBA seasons: 13 seasons · 1971–72 to 1983–84

Career or season view

Career summaryFred Brown was a shooting guard who played 13 NBA seasons, from 1971–72 through 1983–84.

Career PPG: 14.6
Career RPG: 2.7
Career APG: 3.3; #11 in 1977–78; #98 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Fred Brown ranks #98 all time

Fred Brown ranks #98 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #9.3. His full-career value ranks #149, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#8 in 1975–76

Best league finish

Sustained excellence2 top-ten finishes

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth13 seasons

963 games · Career Value Rank #149

NBA honorsAll-StarContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full team history

Teams: Seattle SuperSonics
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 47.8%FG%
Three-point: 37.3%3P%
Free throw: 85.8%FT%

963 career games · 24,422 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

Fred Brown stats by season

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1983–84	8.5	0.9	2.7	+1.11	SEA	71	1	15.9	51.0%	26.5%	89.5%	#55	73.0
1982–83	10.2	1.2	3.0	+1.56	SEA	80	1	17.9	52.0%	43.8%	80.6%	#55	109.6
1981–82	11.2	1.7	2.9	+0.45	SEA	82	2	21.8	45.5%	32.5%	86.0%	#76	90.9
1980–81	15.5	2.2	3.0	+2.30	SEA	78	0	25.5	48.8%	35.9%	83.2%	#30	178.4
1979–80	12.0	1.9	2.2	+1.56	SEA	80	0	21.3	47.9%	44.3%	83.7%	#46	128.3
1978–79	14.0	2.2	3.4	+1.97	SEA	77	0	25.5	46.9%	—	88.8%	#33	167.7
1977–78	16.6	2.6	3.3	+3.84	SEA	72	0	27.3	48.8%	—	89.8%	#11	250.5
1976–77	17.2	3.2	2.4	+2.85	SEA	72	0	29.1	47.9%	—	88.4%	#17	226.5
1975–76	23.1	4.2	2.7	+3.79	SEA	76	0	33.1	48.8%	—	86.9%	#8	326.9
1974–75	21.0	4.2	3.5	+3.71	SEA	81	0	33.0	48.0%	—	83.1%	#9	335.2
1973–74	16.5	4.9	5.0	+1.97	SEA	82	0	30.5	47.1%	—	86.3%	#20	227.7
1972–73	13.5	4.0	5.5	+0.76	SEA	79	0	29.4	45.5%	—	81.8%	#41	146.5
1971–72	4.2	1.1	1.8	-6.62	SEA	33	0	10.9	32.8%	—	75.9%	—	-38.2
Career	14.6	2.7	3.3	—	SEA	963	—	25.4	47.8%	37.3%	85.8%	—	—

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#98

14.0 composite · lower is better

Best 5#105

13.0 average league finish

Career Value Rank#149

2,223 total value

Career standing

How Fred Brown 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 seasons2

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin3.8

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score14.0

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: 235.5
Qualified seasons: 12
All-time rank: #98

Strongest seasons

Every season

Fred Brown 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


1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	35	71	1,129	+1.11	78.2	#55	73.0	56th	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	34	80	1,432	+1.56	78.7	#55	109.6	71st	Broad
1981–82Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	33	82	1,785	+0.45	70.5	#76	90.9	68th	Broad
1980–81Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	32	78	1,986	+2.30	88.3	#30	178.4	83rd	Broad
1979–80Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	31	80	1,701	+1.56	80.5	#46	128.3	74th	Broad
1978–79Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	30	77	1,961	+1.97	85.9	#33	167.7	79th	Broad
1977–78Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	29	72	1,965	+3.84	95.8	#11	250.5	91st	Broad
1976–77Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	28	72	2,098	+2.85	93.4	#17	226.5	91st	Broad
1975–76Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	27	76	2,516	+3.79	96.3	#8	326.9	95th	Broad
1974–75Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	26	81	2,669	+3.71	95.7	#9	335.2	96th	Broad
1973–74Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	25	82	2,501	+1.97	89.2	#20	227.7	89th	Broad
1972–73Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	24	79	2,320	+0.76	76.7	#41	146.5	76th	Modeled
1971–72Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	23	33	359	-6.62	—	—	-38.2	—	Modeled

Career movement

Fred Brown's career impact by season

Peak +3.84 in 1977–78 · 13 seasons · 24,422 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 impactMinutesModeled estimate

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

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Fred BrownHersey Hawkins

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

Fred Brown and Hersey Hawkins era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Fred Brown	Hersey Hawkins
1	-6.6	-0.4
2	0.8	1.0
3	2.0	3.5
4	3.7	1.7
5	3.8	3.4
6	2.9	1.2
7	3.8	2.7
8	2.0	2.1
9	1.6	4.0
10	2.3	2.9
11	0.4	1.1
12	1.6	0.1
13	1.1	3.1

NBA season number

Similar career arcs

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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career similarity score

88/100 closest-season score · 1977–78 ↔ 1997–98 SG · All-Time Career #186

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career similarity score

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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 →