113.5 composite · lower is better
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Player profile · BRK / HOU / PHI
K.J. McDaniels
K.J. McDaniels advanced stats and career rankings
108.8 average league finish
9 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
K.J. McDaniels ranks #2012 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #164.7. His full-career value ranks #1915, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore K.J. McDaniels's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How K.J. McDaniels 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 Composite113.5
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
- 113.5
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #2012
Strongest seasons
Every season
K.J. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | BRK/HOU | 23 | 49 | 505 | -2.34 | 25.3 | #272 | -3.6 | 27th | Established |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 22 | 37 | 235 | -6.17 | — | — | -19.9 | — | Limited |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | HOU/PHI | 21 | 62 | 1,352 | -0.78 | 47.0 | #197 | 32.8 | 48th | Strong |
Career movement
K.J. McDaniels's career impact by season
Peak -0.78 in 2014–15 · 3 seasons · 2,092 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.
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Across-era box estimateWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 3 seasons
Only the first 3 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
K.J. McDanielsTed McClain
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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