30.5 composite · lower is better
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John Lucas
John Lucas advanced stats and career rankings
28.2 average league finish
1,601 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
John Lucas ranks #252 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #24.0. His full-career value ranks #254 across 14 seasons, supporting the same overall standing. Explore John Lucas's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How John Lucas 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 Composite30.5
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
- 30.5
- Qualified seasons
- 13
- All-time rank
- #252
Strongest seasons
Every season
John Lucas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 36 | 49 | 938 | -1.01 | 45.6 | #157 | 19.5 | 41st | Established |
| 1988–89Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 35 | 74 | 842 | +2.27 | 88.6 | #31 | 74.9 | 61st | Established |
| 1987–88Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 34 | 81 | 1,766 | +1.61 | 84.8 | #39 | 129.7 | 77th | Strong |
| 1986–87Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 33 | 43 | 1,358 | +3.63 | 93.4 | #18 | 159.7 | 81st | Strong |
| 1985–86Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 32 | 65 | 2,120 | +1.81 | 85.4 | #38 | 174.2 | 84th | Strong |
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 31 | 47 | 1,158 | +2.27 | 89.3 | #28 | 105.3 | 68th | Strong |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 30 | 63 | 1,807 | +2.12 | 89.9 | #26 | 165.3 | 84th | Strong |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | WSB | 29 | 35 | 386 | +0.67 | — | — | 21.3 | — | Limited |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | WSB | 28 | 79 | 1,940 | +1.47 | 83.9 | #42 | 139.6 | 81st | Strong |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 27 | 66 | 1,919 | -2.61 | 16.5 | #208 | -24.5 | 11th | Strong |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 26 | 80 | 2,763 | +0.45 | 69.3 | #72 | 141.5 | 77th | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 25 | 82 | 3,095 | +1.44 | 80.2 | #46 | 226.4 | 85th | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 24 | 82 | 2,933 | +1.03 | 77.5 | #54 | 187.8 | 83rd | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 23 | 82 | 2,531 | -0.49 | 51.4 | #119 | 80.5 | 59th | Strong |
Career movement
John Lucas's career impact by season
Peak +3.63 in 1986–87 · 14 seasons · 25,556 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 impactMinutes
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Career comparison
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Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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