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Kent Benson

Kent Benson stats, teams and career impact

#602 all-timeCareer averages · 9.1 PPG · 5.7 RPG · 1.8 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Height / weight: 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) · 245 lb (111 kg)
Born: December 27, 1954 (71 yrs old)
College: Indiana
NBA seasons: 11 seasons · 1977–78 to 1987–88

Career or season view

Career summaryKent Benson was a center who played 11 NBA seasons, from 1977–78 through 1987–88.

Career PPG: 9.1
Career RPG: 5.7
Career APG: 1.8; #32 in 1978–79; #602 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Kent Benson ranks #602 all time

Kent Benson ranks #602 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #52.3. His full-career value ranks #535, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#32 in 1978–79

Best league finish

Sustained excellence10 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth11 seasons

680 games · Career Value Rank #535

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and Cleveland Cavaliers
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 49.3%FG%
Three-point: 20.6%3P%
Free throw: 75.7%FT%

680 career games · 15,719 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

Kent Benson stats by season

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1987–88	2.5	0.5	0.0	-11.96	CLE	2	0	6.0	100.0%	—	50.0%	—	-2.4
1986–87	4.5	3.2	0.5	-1.20	UTA	73	2	12.3	44.3%	28.6%	81.0%	#146	15.5
1985–86	6.5	5.2	1.1	+0.28	DET	72	51	18.7	48.4%	50.0%	79.5%	#93	66.5
1984–85	6.6	4.5	1.3	+0.02	DET	72	35	19.5	50.6%	0.0%	80.9%	#103	62.0
1983–84	7.1	5.0	1.6	+1.37	DET	82	58	21.1	55.0%	0.0%	82.2%	#46	126.4
1982–83	9.9	7.4	2.3	-0.34	DET	21	15	28.5	46.7%	0.0%	76.0%	#120	22.0
1981–82	12.5	8.7	2.1	+0.38	DET	75	72	32.9	50.5%	27.3%	80.4%	#81	127.5
1980–81	15.7	6.8	2.9	+0.71	DET	59	0	33.2	47.3%	0.0%	77.2%	#79	111.7
1979–80	9.6	6.2	2.4	-0.08	DET/MIL	73	0	25.9	48.4%	20.0%	70.2%	#103	78.5
1978–79	12.3	7.1	2.5	+1.98	MIL	82	0	26.0	51.8%	—	73.5%	#32	188.3
1977–78	7.7	4.3	1.4	-0.69	MIL	69	0	18.7	46.5%	—	65.2%	#119	38.2
Career	9.1	5.7	1.8	—	CLE/DET/MIL/UTA	680	—	23.1	49.3%	20.6%	75.7%	—	—

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.

Career Impact Rank#602

64.5 composite · lower is better

Best 5#635

66.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#535

834 total value

Career standing

How Kent Benson 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 Score64.5

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: 252.5
Qualified seasons: 10
All-time rank: #602

Strongest seasons

Every season

Kent Benson 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


1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	33	2	12	-11.96	—	—	-2.4	—	Limited
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	32	73	895	-1.20	43.4	#146	15.5	39th	Standard
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	DET	31	72	1,344	+0.28	63.8	#93	66.5	56th	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	DET	30	72	1,401	+0.02	59.7	#103	62.0	56th	Broad
1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	DET	29	82	1,734	+1.37	81.9	#46	126.4	74th	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	DET	28	21	599	-0.34	53.0	#120	22.0	39th	Standard
1981–82Historical Defense Estimate	DET	27	75	2,467	+0.38	68.5	#81	127.5	78th	Broad
1980–81Historical Defense Estimate	DET	26	59	1,956	+0.71	68.5	#79	111.7	68th	Broad
1979–80Historical Defense Estimate	DET/MIL	25	73	1,891	-0.08	55.8	#103	78.5	58th	Broad
1978–79Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	24	82	2,132	+1.98	86.3	#32	188.3	82nd	Broad
1977–78Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	23	69	1,288	-0.69	50.0	#119	38.2	47th	Broad

Career movement

Kent Benson's career impact by season

Peak +1.98 in 1978–79 · 11 seasons · 15,719 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 impactMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Kent BensonJim Fox

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Kent Benson and Jim Fox era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Kent Benson	Jim Fox
1	-0.7	-3.0
2	2.0	0.1
3	-0.1	-0.3
4	0.7	2.1
5	0.4	-1.8
6	-0.3	0.9
7	1.4	1.9
8	0.0	0.3
9	0.3	-1.1
10	-1.2	-1.4
11	-12.0	Did not play

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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career similarity score

89/100 closest-season score · 1978–79 ↔ 1968–69 C · All-Time Career #1162

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career similarity score

91/100 closest-season score · 1978–79 ↔ 2021–22 C · All-Time Career #1002

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career similarity score

94/100 closest-season score · 1978–79 ↔ 2001–02

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 →