223.5 composite · lower is better
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Kendrick Perkins
Kendrick Perkins advanced stats and career rankings
213.0 average league finish
-264 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Kendrick Perkins ranks #3048 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #190.3. His full-career value ranks #4755, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Kendrick Perkins's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Kendrick Perkins ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite223.5
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
- 223.5
- Qualified seasons
- 12
- All-time rank
- #3048
Strongest seasons
Every season
Kendrick Perkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 33 | 1 | 15 | -12.47 | — | — | -3.2 | — | Limited |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | NOP | 31 | 37 | 542 | -4.92 | 1.7 | #358 | -31.9 | 9th | Established |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | CLE/OKC | 30 | 68 | 1,148 | -6.01 | 0.0 | #371 | -91.4 | 0th | Strong |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 29 | 62 | 1,207 | -5.16 | 1.7 | #340 | -75.7 | 0th | Strong |
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 28 | 78 | 1,954 | -3.21 | 12.6 | #307 | -46.1 | 3rd | Strong |
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 27 | 65 | 1,744 | -3.76 | 7.3 | #319 | -59.5 | 0th | Strong |
| 2010–11Historical Defense Estimate | BOS/OKC | 26 | 29 | 742 | -3.91 | 8.0 | #324 | -27.1 | 10th | Established |
| 2009–10Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 25 | 78 | 2,154 | -0.89 | 44.6 | #187 | 45.4 | 52nd | Strong |
| 2008–09Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 24 | 76 | 2,253 | -1.44 | 38.4 | #206 | 23.9 | 42nd | Strong |
| 2007–08Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 23 | 78 | 1,912 | -0.83 | 46.5 | #178 | 42.5 | 49th | Strong |
| 2006–07Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 22 | 72 | 1,576 | -2.68 | 17.1 | #278 | -20.7 | 13th | Strong |
| 2005–06Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 21 | 68 | 1,332 | -1.82 | 34.5 | #216 | 4.6 | 35th | Strong |
| 2004–05Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 20 | 60 | 548 | -3.79 | 7.9 | #317 | -19.0 | 14th | Established |
| 2003–04Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 19 | 10 | 35 | -10.54 | — | — | -5.8 | — | Limited |
Career movement
Kendrick Perkins's career impact by season
Peak -0.83 in 2007–08 · 14 seasons · 17,162 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
—’17
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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