105.0 composite · lower is better
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James Hardy
James Hardy advanced stats and career rankings
114.4 average league finish
112 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
James Hardy ranks #1898 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #131.0. His full-career value ranks #1386, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore James Hardy's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How James Hardy 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
Career Composite105.0
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
- 105.0
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #1898
Strongest seasons
Every season
James Hardy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 25 | 82 | 1,814 | -0.63 | 47.2 | #135 | 53.6 | 52nd | Strong |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 24 | 23 | 509 | -0.14 | 57.3 | #107 | 19.2 | 36th | Established |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 23 | 76 | 1,600 | -1.52 | 33.8 | #154 | 15.5 | 35th | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | NOJ | 22 | 68 | 1,456 | -1.28 | 33.9 | #151 | 23.8 | 36th | Strong |
Career movement
James Hardy's career impact by season
Peak -0.14 in 1980–81 · 4 seasons · 5,379 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.
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Across-era box estimateWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 4 seasons
Only the first 4 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
James HardyRodney Carney
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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