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George Yardley
George Yardley advanced stats and career rankings
9.0 average league finish
1,495 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
George Yardley ranks #68 all time. 4 top-ten finishes give him a sustained run near the top of the league. His full-career value ranks #279, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore George Yardley's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How George Yardley 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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Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite10.7
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
- 10.7
- Qualified seasons
- 7
- All-time rank
- #68
Strongest seasons
Every season
George Yardley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959–60Historical Defense Estimate | SYR | 31 | 73 | 2,402 | +1.31 | 78.2 | #18 | 210.9 | 79th | Modeled |
| 1958–59Historical Defense Estimate | DET/SYR | 30 | 61 | 1,839 | +1.59 | 83.8 | #14 | 163.1 | 79th | Modeled |
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 29 | 72 | 2,843 | +2.87 | 88.2 | #10 | 342.8 | 96th | Modeled |
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | FTW | 28 | 72 | 2,691 | +2.75 | 94.9 | #5 | 286.9 | 95th | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | FTW | 27 | 71 | 2,353 | +2.22 | 86.7 | #11 | 213.4 | 87th | Modeled |
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | FTW | 26 | 60 | 2,150 | +1.66 | 88.2 | #10 | 165.0 | 84th | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | FTW | 25 | 63 | 1,489 | +2.19 | 90.2 | #9 | 113.0 | 72nd | Modeled |
Career movement
George Yardley's career impact by season
Peak +2.87 in 1957–58 · 7 seasons · 15,767 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
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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George YardleyHarry Gallatin
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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