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Keith Smith
Keith Smith stats, teams and career impact
#2380 all-timeCareer averages · 3.3 PPG · 0.8 RPG · 1.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Final NBA team
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) · 180 lb (82 kg)
- Born
- March 9, 1964 (62 yrs old)
- College
- Loyola Marymount
- NBA seasons
- 1 season · 1986–87 to 1986–87
Career summaryKeith Smith was a shooting guard who played 1 NBA season, from 1986–87 through 1986–87.
- Career PPG
- 3.3
- Career RPG
- 0.8
- Career APG
- 1.0
- #250 in 1986–87
- #2380 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Keith Smith ranks #2380 all time
Keith Smith ranks #2380 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #255.3. His full-career value ranks #3771, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.
450+ minutes required per season
42 games · Career Value Rank #3771
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Milwaukee Bucks
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 38.0%FG%
- Three-point
- 33.3%3P%
- Free throw
- 75.0%FT%
42 career games · 461 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
Keith Smith 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–87 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | -5.27 | MIL | 42 | 4 | 11.0 | 38.0% | 33.3% | 75.0% | #250 | -31.5 |
| Career | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | — | MIL | 42 | — | 11.0 | 38.0% | 33.3% | 75.0% | — | — |
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.
256.0 composite · lower is better
256.4 average league finish
-31 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 Keith Smith 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 Score256.0
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
- 258.0
- Qualified seasons
- 1
- All-time rank
- #2380
Strongest seasons
Every season
Keith Smith 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
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| pts/100 · higher is better | 0–100 · higher is better | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–87Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 22 | 42 | 461 | -5.27 | 2.7 | #250 | -31.5 | 9th | Standard |
Career movement
Keith Smith's box impact by season
Peak box impact -5.27 points per 100 possessions in 1986–87 · 1 season · 461 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 possessionsMinutes
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 1 season
Both players are limited to their first 1 season. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Keith SmithCJ McCollum
| NBA season | Keith Smith | CJ McCollum |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -5.3 | -4.3 |
NBA season number · first 1 season only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Keith Smith
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 1 season and 2,435 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
SG · All-Time Career #372
CJ McCollum
99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 1 seasonClosest early-season pairing · 1986–87 ↔ 2013–14SG · All-Time Career #1645Fred Taylor
99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Limited evidence · first 1 seasonClosest early-season pairing · 1986–87 ↔ 1970–71SG · All-Time Career #758Bob Schafer
99.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Limited evidence · first 1 seasonClosest early-season pairing · 1986–87 ↔ 1955–56Impact 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 →