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Jim McDaniels
Jim McDaniels advanced stats and career rankings
89.6 average league finish
-97 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Jim McDaniels ranks #1695 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #132.7. His full-career value ranks #4493, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Jim McDaniels's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Jim McDaniels 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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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
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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
- 93.2
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #1695
Strongest seasons
Every season
Jim McDaniels 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | BUF | 29 | 42 | 694 | -3.61 | 4.2 | #227 | -24.3 | 9th | Established |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 27 | 35 | 242 | -4.99 | — | — | -16.3 | — | Limited |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 25 | 27 | 439 | -4.35 | — | — | -23.6 | — | Limited |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 24 | 68 | 1,095 | -2.53 | 15.7 | #146 | -13.2 | 15th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 23 | 12 | 235 | -5.56 | — | — | -19.3 | — | Modeled |
Career movement
Jim McDaniels's career impact by season
Peak -2.53 in 1972–73 · 5 seasons · 2,705 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
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Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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