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Harold Pressley
Harold Pressley stats, teams and career impact
#1169 all-timeCareer averages · 9.0 PPG · 4.5 RPG · 2.1 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Small forward
- Final NBA team
- Sacramento Kings
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) · 210 lb (95 kg)
- Born
- July 14, 1963 (63 yrs old)
- College
- Villanova
- NBA seasons
- 4 seasons · 1986–87 to 1989–90
Career summaryHarold Pressley was a small forward who played 4 NBA seasons, from 1986–87 through 1989–90.
- Career PPG
- 9.0
- Career RPG
- 4.5
- Career APG
- 2.1
- #27 in 1988–89
- #1169 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Harold Pressley ranks #1169 all time
Harold Pressley ranks #1169 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #74.0. His full-career value ranks #906, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.
450+ minutes required per season
299 games · Career Value Rank #906
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Sacramento Kings
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 43.7%FG%
- Three-point
- 35.8%3P%
- Free throw
- 77.8%FT%
299 career games · 6,802 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
Harold Pressley 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.
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| 1989–90 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 2.1 | +0.64 | SAC | 72 | 10 | 22.3 | 42.4% | 31.1% | 78.0% | #82 | 85.3 |
| 1988–89 | 12.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | +2.43 | SAC | 80 | 36 | 28.2 | 43.9% | 40.3% | 78.0% | #27 | 209.6 |
| 1987–88 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 2.3 | -0.30 | SAC | 80 | 49 | 25.4 | 45.3% | 32.7% | 79.2% | #113 | 72.7 |
| 1986–87 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | -0.84 | SAC | 67 | 23 | 13.6 | 42.3% | 25.0% | 72.9% | #134 | 22.4 |
| Career | 9.0 | 4.5 | 2.1 | — | SAC | 299 | — | 22.7 | 43.7% | 35.8% | 77.8% | — | — |
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.
112.5 composite · lower is better
123.5 average league finish
390 total value
Career standing
How Harold Pressley 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
Career Composite Score112.5
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
- 261.5
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #1169
Strongest seasons
Every season
Harold Pressley 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
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Career movement
Harold Pressley's career impact by season
Peak +2.43 in 1988–89 · 4 seasons · 6,802 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
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 4 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 4 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Harold PressleyFred Hetzel
| NBA season | Harold Pressley | Fred Hetzel |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -0.8 | -2.0 |
| 2 | -0.3 | -0.9 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| 4 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
NBA season number · first 4 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Harold Pressley
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 4 seasons and 1,880 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
SF · All-Time Career #549
Fred Hetzel
99.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1988–89 ↔ 1967–68PF · All-Time Career #1055Harvey Grant
99.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: very close
High evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1988–89 ↔ 1990–91PF · All-Time Career #164Ray Scott
99.7start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1988–89 ↔ 1964–65Impact 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 →