101.9 composite · lower is better
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Howard Komives
Howard Komives advanced stats and career rankings
95.8 average league finish
-582 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Howard Komives ranks #1845 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #83.7. His full-career value ranks #4807, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Howard Komives's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Howard Komives 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
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
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
- 101.9
- Qualified seasons
- 10
- All-time rank
- #1845
Every season
Howard Komives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | KCO | 32 | 44 | 830 | -4.26 | 1.1 | #175 | -41.4 | 5th | Established |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | BUF | 31 | 67 | 1,468 | -3.12 | 10.5 | #155 | -38.1 | 10th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 30 | 79 | 2,071 | -4.33 | 3.0 | #160 | -113.4 | 0th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 29 | 82 | 1,932 | -3.86 | 3.6 | #162 | -83.4 | 0th | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 28 | 82 | 2,418 | -3.40 | 8.5 | #130 | -78.9 | 1st | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | DET/NYK | 27 | 85 | 2,562 | -2.64 | 12.0 | #118 | -39.7 | 3rd | Modeled |
| 1967–68Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 26 | 78 | 1,660 | -3.15 | 9.2 | #110 | -46.7 | 5th | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 25 | 65 | 2,282 | -2.67 | 11.0 | #90 | -37.7 | 2nd | Modeled |
| 1965–66Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 24 | 80 | 2,612 | -2.42 | 16.1 | #79 | -27.0 | 6th | Modeled |
| 1964–65Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 23 | 80 | 2,378 | -3.35 | 9.0 | #82 | -75.7 | 1st | Modeled |
Career movement
Howard Komives's career impact by season
Peak -2.42 in 1965–66 · 10 seasons · 20,213 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.
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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