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Johnny Green

Johnny Green stats, teams and career impact

#151 all-timeCareer averages · 11.6 PPG · 8.6 RPG · 1.4 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position
Power forward
Final NBA team
Kansas City–Omaha Kings
Height / weight
6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · 200 lb (91 kg)
Born
December 8, 1933
Died
November 16, 2023 (89 yrs old)
College
Michigan State
NBA seasons
14 seasons · 1959–60 to 1972–73

Career summaryJohnny Green was a power forward who played 14 NBA seasons, from 1959–60 through 1972–73.

Career PPG
11.6
Career RPG
8.6
Career APG
1.4
Best-Season Impact Rank
#21 in 1970–71
Career Impact Rank
#151 all-time
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Johnny Green ranks #151 all time

Johnny Green ranks #151 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #16.0. His full-career value ranks #316, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#11 in 1965–66

Best league finish

Sustained excellence14 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth14 seasons

1,057 games · Career Value Rank #316

NBA honors4× All-StarContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams
New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Rockets, Cincinnati Royals, and Kansas City–Omaha Kings

Career shooting

NBA regular season
Field goal
49.3%FG%
Three-point
—3P%
Free throw
55.3%FT%

1,057 career games · 24,624 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

Johnny Green stats by season

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1972–737.15.50.9-0.84KCO66018.959.9%—67.9%#9532.3
1971–729.86.81.5+0.29CIN82023.356.9%—56.4%#53100.1
1970–7116.78.71.2+1.90CIN75028.658.7%—61.7%#21206.7
1969–7015.610.81.4+1.38CIN78029.255.9%—59.2%#24190.0
1968–694.74.50.6-0.28PHI74010.751.8%—45.6%#6234.3
1967–689.97.11.0-0.58PHI/SDR77018.745.9%—47.1%#6652.1
1966–678.26.50.9-1.15BAL61015.546.5%—46.4%#5420.5
1965–6611.68.21.4+1.11BAL/NYK791420.853.6%—52.1%#11130.8
1964–6511.07.01.7+0.56NYK783322.146.9%—54.8%#24104.0
1963–6414.510.02.0-0.10NYK80026.747.0%—49.7%#2999.1
1962–6318.112.11.9+1.10NYK80031.946.2%—63.8%#16193.9
1961–6215.913.32.4+0.49NYK80034.943.6%—60.1%#23181.9
1960–6110.210.71.2-0.82NYK78022.943.0%—52.2%#4054.1
1959–607.07.80.8-2.18NYK69017.944.7%—40.6%#60-5.9
Career11.68.61.4—BAL/CIN/KCO/NYK/PHI/SDR1057—23.349.3%—55.3%——

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

What these measures mean
Era-centered box impact
Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank
The player's place among qualified players in one season.
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.
Best 5#164

19.0 average league finish

Career Value Rank#316

1,394 total value

Career standing

How Johnny Green 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 Score19.6

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
—
Qualified seasons
14
All-time rank
#151
Strongest seasons

Every season

Johnny Green 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
1972–73Historical Defense EstimateKCO39661,245-0.8445.3#9532.344thModeled
1971–72Historical Defense EstimateCIN38821,914+0.2968.3#53100.163rdModeled
1970–71Historical Defense EstimateCIN37752,147+1.9088.0#21206.783rdModeled
1969–70Historical Defense EstimateCIN36782,278+1.3883.7#24190.082ndModeled
1968–69Historical Defense EstimatePHI3574795-0.2854.1#6234.338thModeled
1967–68Historical Defense EstimatePHI/SDR34771,440-0.5845.8#6652.144thModeled
1966–67Historical Defense EstimateBAL3361948-1.1547.0#5420.539thModeled
1965–66Historical Defense EstimateBAL/NYK32791,645+1.1189.2#11130.873rdModeled
1964–65Historical Defense EstimateNYK31781,720+0.5674.2#24104.065thModeled
1963–64Historical Defense EstimateNYK30802,134-0.1069.6#2999.170thModeled
1962–63Historical Defense EstimateNYK29802,553+1.1083.5#16193.982ndModeled
1961–62Historical Defense EstimateNYK28802,789+0.4974.4#23181.978thModeled
1960–61Historical Defense EstimateNYK27781,784-0.8250.6#4054.151stModeled
1959–60Historical Defense EstimateNYK26691,232-2.1824.4#60-5.923rdModeled

Career movement

Johnny Green's career impact by season

Peak +1.90 in 1970–71 · 14 seasons · 24,624 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play
Johnny Green and Elden Campbell era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA seasonJohnny GreenElden Campbell
1-2.2-2.1
2-0.8-0.6
30.5-0.7
41.1-0.0
5-0.1-0.5
60.62.2
71.1-0.1
8-1.2-1.7
9-0.6-0.0
10-0.3-0.4
111.40.6
121.92.2
130.3-0.8
14-0.8-1.4
15Did not play-6.6

NBA season number

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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 →