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Jerome Kersey

Jerome Kersey stats, teams and career impact

#408 all-timeCareer averages · 10.3 PPG · 5.5 RPG · 1.9 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Small forward
Final NBA team: Milwaukee Bucks
Height / weight: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) · 215 lb (98 kg)
Born: June 26, 1962
Died: February 18, 2015 (52 yrs old)
College: Longwood University
NBA seasons: 17 seasons · 1984–85 to 2000–01

Career or season view

Career summaryJerome Kersey was a small forward who played 17 NBA seasons, from 1984–85 through 2000–01.

Career PPG: 10.3
Career RPG: 5.5
Career APG: 1.9; #37 in 1987–88; #408 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Jerome Kersey ranks #408 all time

Jerome Kersey ranks #408 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #40.0. His full-career value ranks #259, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#37 in 1987–88

Best league finish

Sustained excellence16 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth17 seasons

1,153 games · Career Value Rank #259

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle SuperSonics, San Antonio Spurs, and Milwaukee Bucks
Greatest Warriors →Greatest Lakers →Greatest Bucks →Greatest Trail Blazers →Greatest Spurs →Greatest Thunder →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 46.5%FG%
Three-point: 20.1%3P%
Free throw: 69.0%FT%

1,153 career games · 28,115 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

Jerome Kersey stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2000–01	3.3	2.0	0.7	-2.66	MIL	22	2	11.0	46.4%	0.0%	50.0%	—	-3.1
1999–00	4.5	3.1	1.0	-0.80	SAS	72	18	18.2	41.2%	0.0%	70.7%	#180	29.6
1998–99	3.2	2.9	0.9	-2.75	SAS	45	0	15.5	34.0%	21.4%	42.9%	#239	-9.7
1997–98	6.3	3.6	1.2	-1.50	SEA	37	2	19.4	41.6%	10.0%	60.0%	#207	6.7
1996–97	6.8	5.2	1.3	+0.78	LAL	70	44	25.2	43.2%	26.2%	60.2%	#93	93.1
1995–96	6.7	4.8	1.5	-0.53	GSW	76	58	21.3	41.0%	17.6%	66.0%	#150	46.2
1994–95	8.1	4.1	1.3	-0.25	POR	63	0	18.1	41.5%	25.9%	76.6%	#131	39.1
1993–94	6.5	4.2	1.0	-0.14	POR	78	6	16.4	43.3%	12.5%	74.8%	#120	48.8
1992–93	10.6	6.2	1.9	+0.17	POR	65	50	26.4	43.8%	28.6%	63.4%	#103	77.0
1991–92	12.6	8.2	3.2	+1.06	POR	77	76	33.2	46.7%	12.5%	66.4%	#72	161.1
1990–91	14.8	6.6	3.1	+1.14	POR	73	72	32.3	47.8%	30.8%	70.9%	#68	155.1
1989–90	16.0	8.4	2.3	+1.01	POR	82	82	34.7	47.8%	15.0%	69.0%	#66	182.4
1988–89	17.5	8.3	3.2	+1.89	POR	76	76	35.7	46.9%	28.6%	69.4%	#41	228.5
1987–88	19.2	8.3	3.1	+1.62	POR	79	75	36.6	49.9%	20.0%	73.5%	#37	225.6
1986–87	12.3	6.0	2.4	+1.51	POR	82	8	25.5	50.9%	4.3%	72.0%	#42	160.2
1985–86	8.5	3.7	1.1	+1.56	POR	79	2	15.4	54.9%	0.0%	68.1%	#50	94.4
1984–85	6.1	2.7	0.8	-0.33	POR	77	0	12.4	47.8%	0.0%	64.6%	#115	34.5
Career	10.3	5.5	1.9	—	GSW/LAL/MIL/POR/SAS/SEA	1153	—	24.4	46.5%	20.1%	69.0%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
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#408

47.9 composite · lower is better

Best 5#420

47.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#259

1,570 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Jerome Kersey 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 seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score47.9

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: 292.0
Qualified seasons: 16
All-time rank: #408

Strongest seasons

Every season

Jerome Kersey 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

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	38	22	243	-2.66	—	—	-3.1	—	Limited
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	37	72	1,310	-0.80	44.1	#180	29.6	44th	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	36	45	699	-2.75	13.8	#239	-9.7	16th	Standard
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	35	37	717	-1.50	35.0	#207	6.7	32nd	Standard
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	34	70	1,766	+0.78	70.9	#93	93.1	71st	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	33	76	1,620	-0.53	54.2	#150	46.2	55th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	POR	32	63	1,143	-0.25	57.9	#131	39.1	51st	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	POR	31	78	1,276	-0.14	59.1	#120	48.8	53rd	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	POR	30	65	1,719	+0.17	65.4	#103	77.0	64th	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	POR	29	77	2,553	+1.06	75.4	#72	161.1	81st	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	POR	28	73	2,359	+1.14	77.0	#68	155.1	80th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	POR	27	82	2,843	+1.01	77.4	#66	182.4	83rd	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	POR	26	76	2,716	+1.89	84.8	#41	228.5	89th	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	POR	25	79	2,888	+1.62	85.6	#37	225.6	88th	Broad
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	POR	24	82	2,088	+1.51	84.0	#42	160.2	81st	Broad
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	POR	23	79	1,217	+1.56	80.7	#50	94.4	64th	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	POR	22	77	958	-0.33	54.9	#115	34.5	46th	Standard

Career movement

Jerome Kersey's box impact by season

Peak box impact +1.89 points per 100 possessions in 1988–89 · 17 seasons · 28,115 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

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Career comparison

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Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Jerome Kersey and Rudy Gay era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Jerome Kersey	Rudy Gay
1	-0.3	-2.8
2	1.6	0.7
3	1.5	-0.9
4	1.6	-0.2
5	1.9	2.2
6	1.0	1.7
7	1.1	0.3
8	1.1	0.7
9	0.2	1.4
10	-0.1	-0.8
11	-0.3	1.0
12	-0.5	1.4
13	0.8	0.9
14	-1.5	-0.7
15	-2.8	0.4
16	-0.8	-2.3
17	-2.7	-3.9

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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 →