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Kelly Tripucka
Kelly Tripucka advanced stats and career rankings
69.0 average league finish
1,025 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Kelly Tripucka ranks #1275 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #51.0. His full-career value ranks #448, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Kelly Tripucka's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Kelly Tripucka 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 Composite73.9
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
- 73.9
- Qualified seasons
- 10
- All-time rank
- #1275
Strongest seasons
Every season
Kelly Tripucka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91Historical Defense Estimate | CHH | 31 | 77 | 1,289 | -0.85 | 46.7 | #156 | 29.9 | 46th | Strong |
| 1989–90Historical Defense Estimate | CHH | 30 | 79 | 2,404 | -0.90 | 47.7 | #151 | 54.0 | 55th | Strong |
| 1988–89Historical Defense Estimate | CHH | 29 | 71 | 2,302 | +1.30 | 78.7 | #57 | 158.6 | 80th | Strong |
| 1987–88Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 28 | 49 | 976 | -1.06 | 43.2 | #143 | 19.3 | 39th | Established |
| 1986–87Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 27 | 79 | 1,865 | -0.02 | 62.9 | #96 | 79.5 | 66th | Strong |
| 1985–86Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 26 | 81 | 2,626 | +1.54 | 79.5 | #53 | 201.6 | 88th | Strong |
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 25 | 55 | 1,675 | +0.22 | 62.5 | #96 | 81.3 | 62nd | Strong |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 24 | 76 | 2,493 | -0.48 | 51.6 | #121 | 82.1 | 58th | Strong |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 23 | 58 | 2,252 | +1.83 | 83.4 | #43 | 190.3 | 83rd | Strong |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 22 | 82 | 3,077 | -0.08 | 61.0 | #100 | 128.2 | 78th | Strong |
Career movement
Kelly Tripucka's career impact by season
Peak +1.83 in 1982–83 · 10 seasons · 20,959 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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Career comparison
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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