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John Brisker
John Brisker stats, teams and career impact
#1254 all-timeCareer averages · 11.9 PPG · 4.0 RPG · 1.8 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Small forward
- Final NBA team
- Seattle SuperSonics
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · 210 lb (95 kg)
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Died
- May 29, 1985 (37 yrs old)
- College
- Toledo
- NBA seasons
- 3 seasons · 1972–73 to 1974–75
Career summaryJohn Brisker was a small forward who played 3 NBA seasons, from 1972–73 through 1974–75.
- Career PPG
- 11.9
- Career RPG
- 4.0
- Career APG
- 1.8
- #41 in 1973–74
- #1254 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why John Brisker ranks #1254 all time
John Brisker ranks #1254 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #103.7. His full-career value ranks #1498, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.
450+ minutes required per season
126 games · Career Value Rank #1498
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Seattle SuperSonics
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 43.8%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 82.6%FT%
126 career games · 2,626 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
John Brisker 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.
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.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | -4.10 | SEA | 21 | 0 | 13.1 | 42.6% | — | 85.7% | — | -12.7 |
| 1973–74 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 1.6 | +0.92 | SEA | 35 | 0 | 20.5 | 44.9% | — | 82.0% | #41 | 48.1 |
| 1972–73 | 12.8 | 4.6 | 2.1 | -0.80 | SEA | 70 | 0 | 23.3 | 43.5% | — | 82.2% | #94 | 44.9 |
| Career | 11.9 | 4.0 | 1.8 | — | SEA | 126 | — | 20.8 | 43.8% | — | 82.6% | — | — |
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.
122.5 composite · lower is better
132.6 average league finish
80 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 John Brisker 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 Score122.5
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
- 176.0
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #1254
Strongest seasons
Every season
John Brisker 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
Career movement
John Brisker's box impact by season
Peak box impact +0.92 points per 100 possessions in 1973–74 · 3 seasons · 2,626 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.
Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutesModeled estimate
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 3 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 3 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
John BriskerGeorge Kaftan
| NBA season | John Brisker | George Kaftan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -0.8 | -0.4 |
| 2 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 3 | -4.1 | -3.4 |
NBA season number · first 3 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to John Brisker
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 3 seasons and 2,103 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
SF · All-Time Career #736
George Kaftan
99.4start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1973–74 ↔ 1951–52PF · All-Time Career #1382Fred Roberts
98.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: closeRole: close
High evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1973–74 ↔ 1984–85PF · All-Time Career #1189Ed Nealy
97.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: closeRole: close
High evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1973–74 ↔ 1983–84Impact 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 →