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Kevin Garnett

Power forward · 1995–96 to 2015–16

Career Impact Rank #13 all-time

Why: 2 seasons ranked No. 1, with 8 top-five and 12 top-ten finishes.

Complete-career regular-season impact result.

Regular season only. Playoffs, awards, and championships do not affect this ranking.

Best season: #1 in 2003–04
No. 1 seasons: 2
Qualifying seasons: 21

Biographical details

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Minnesota Timberwolves
Height / weight: 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) · 240 lb (109 kg)
Born: May 19, 1976 (50 yrs old)
NBA seasons: 21 seasons · 1995–96 to 2015–16

Season views and career calculation Stats, ranking evidence and sharing

Kevin Garnett stats, teams and career impact

Strongest career window: No. 1.3 average league finish. Best 3 model window, including replacement slots where applicable; lower is better.

Career or season view

Selected season2004–05 · MIN · 82 games · 3,121 minutes

PPG: 22.2
RPG: 13.5
APG: 5.7; #1 of 344; 100th percentile

Why this rank?How No. 13 is calculated1.9composite score

ContextThe model uses 21 qualifying seasons. It rewards the strongest three most, then asks whether that impact lasted across five and ten seasons.

Inputs

Qualifying seasons and league finishesLower finishes are better.

2003–04No. 1Best 3 · Best 5 · Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2004–05No. 1Best 3 · Best 5 · Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2002–03No. 2Best 3 · Best 5 · Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2005–06No. 2Best 5 · Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
1999–00No. 3Best 5 · Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2000–01No. 4Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2001–02No. 4Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2007–08No. 4Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2006–07No. 7Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
1997–98No. 8Best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
1998–99No. 9Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2008–09No. 9Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2010–11No. 11Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2011–12No. 11Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2009–10No. 14Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
1996–97No. 31Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2012–13No. 35Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
1995–96No. 60Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2015–16No. 85Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2014–15No. 88Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate
2013–14No. 180Outside best 10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate

Best 350% weight

No. 1 + No. 1 + No. 2

Average finish: 1.3
Weighted share: 0.67

Best 530% weight

No. 1 + No. 1 + No. 2 + No. 2 + No. 3

Average finish: 1.8
Weighted share: 0.54

Best 1020% weight

No. 1 + No. 1 + No. 2 + No. 2 + No. 3 + No. 4 + No. 4 + No. 4 + No. 7 + No. 8

Average finish: 3.6
Weighted share: 0.72

Derived output

Weighted composite0.67 + 0.54 + 0.72 = 1.93

Lower scores rank higher. This score places Kevin Garnett No. 13 in the official all-time order.

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Career overview

Why Kevin Garnett ranks #13 all time

Kevin Garnett ranks #13 all time. He finished #1 in 2 seasons and in the top five 8 times, giving him an elite peak. His #8 full-career value adds a meaningful longevity advantage.

Peak#1 in 2003–04

Best league finish

Sustained excellence2 seasons at #1

8 top-five · 12 top-ten finishes

Career breadth21 seasons

1,462 games · Career Value Rank #8

NBA honors15× All-Star · MVP · 9× All-NBA · 12× All-Defense · DPOYContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, and Brooklyn Nets
Greatest Celtics →Greatest Nets →Greatest Timberwolves →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 49.7%FG%
Three-point: 27.5%3P%
Free throw: 78.9%FT%

1,462 career games · 50,418 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

Kevin Garnett stats by season

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HQ rank is the player’s place on that season’s Impact Rate leaderboard. Current-season ranks below 450 minutes are provisional.

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2015–16	#85	3.2	3.9	1.6	+1.12	MIN	38	38	14.6	47.0%	0.0%	66.7%	#85	34.4
2014–15	#88	6.9	6.6	1.6	+0.96	BRK/MIN	47	47	20.3	46.7%	14.3%	80.0%	#88	54.5
2013–14	#180	6.5	6.6	1.5	-0.55	BRK	54	54	20.5	44.1%	0.0%	80.9%	#180	30.6
2012–13	#35	14.8	7.8	2.3	+2.95	BOS	68	68	29.7	49.6%	12.5%	78.6%	#35	191.2
2011–12	#11	15.8	8.2	2.9	+4.69	BOS	60	60	31.1	50.3%	33.3%	85.7%	#11	234.9
2010–11	#11	14.9	8.9	2.4	+4.88	BOS	71	71	31.3	52.8%	20.0%	86.2%	#11	287.8
2009–10	#14	14.3	7.3	2.7	+4.12	BOS	69	69	29.9	52.1%	20.0%	83.7%	#14	240.5
2008–09	#9	15.8	8.5	2.5	+5.03	BOS	57	57	31.1	53.1%	25.0%	84.1%	#9	234.5
2007–08	#4	18.8	9.2	3.4	+8.02	BOS	71	71	32.8	53.9%	0.0%	80.1%	#4	441.8
2006–07	#7	22.4	12.8	4.1	+6.34	MIN	76	76	39.4	47.6%	21.4%	83.5%	#7	473.5
2005–06	#2	21.8	12.7	4.1	+8.53	MIN	76	76	38.9	52.6%	26.7%	81.0%	#2	575.8
2004–05	#1	22.2	13.5	5.7	+10.46	MIN	82	82	38.1	50.2%	24.0%	81.1%	#1	721.6
2003–04	#1	24.2	13.9	5.0	+11.00	MIN	82	82	39.4	49.9%	25.6%	79.1%	#1	778.6
2002–03	#2	23.0	13.4	6.0	+9.33	MIN	82	82	40.5	50.2%	28.2%	75.1%	#2	720.2
2001–02	#4	21.2	12.1	5.2	+7.20	MIN	81	81	39.2	47.0%	31.9%	80.1%	#4	550.7
2000–01	#4	22.0	11.4	5.0	+7.05	MIN	81	81	39.5	47.7%	28.8%	76.4%	#4	554.1
1999–00	#3	22.9	11.8	5.0	+7.14	MIN	81	81	40.0	49.7%	37.0%	76.5%	#3	567.1
1998–99	#9	20.8	10.4	4.3	+5.73	MIN	47	47	37.9	46.0%	28.6%	70.4%	#9	260.8
1997–98	#8	18.5	9.6	4.2	+5.08	MIN	82	82	39.3	49.1%	18.8%	73.8%	#8	440.1
1996–97	#31	17.0	8.0	3.1	+3.24	MIN	77	77	38.9	49.9%	28.6%	75.4%	#31	296.4
1995–96	#60	10.4	6.3	1.8	+1.74	MIN	80	43	28.7	49.1%	28.6%	70.5%	#60	167.2
Career	N/A	17.8	10.0	3.7	—	BOS/BRK/MIN	1462	—	34.5	49.7%	27.5%	78.9%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026. CSV downloads contain season rows only; a season played for multiple teams remains one combined row.

Film evidence

Kevin Garnett highlights

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Career retrospective

Kevin Garnett Hall of Fame career retrospective

The NBA's retrospective puts Garnett's defensive range, passing and sustained intensity beside the peak and longevity measured on this page.

RolePF · Age 28

Availability82 games · 82 starts

Workload38.1 MPG · 3,121 minutes

Relative impactWithin-season ranking

UpdatedArchived season

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, using the historical box-score model.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
Career Value contribution: This season's fixed-baseline contribution to the player's Career Value total. Higher is better.
Season Value: A season-specific measure that combines impact above the season baseline with total workload. Higher is better. It appears separately in the selected-season summary.
Career Impact Rank: A peak-weighted all-time rank using the player's best three, five, and ten league finishes, with 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights.

Impact Rate Rank#1 of 344

100.0 score · 100% MPG role factor

Value Contribution Percentile100th

721.6 total value · 344 qualified players

Career Impact Rank#13

Career Composite 1.9 · lower is better · 21 seasons

Data coverageHistorical evidence

Recorded box inputs · 3,121 minutes · Includes bounded historical defense estimate

Bottom line · 2004–05

In 2004–05, Kevin Garnett's era-centered impact was +10.46, ranking #1 among players with at least 450 minutes. The explicitly labeled Historical Defense Estimate contributed — before league centering. That season supplied a 100th-percentile contribution to Career Value across 3,121 minutes.

Career context

What happened around the impact

Context only. Not included in Career Impact Rank. Team results, playoff results, and awards help describe a career, but they do not add points to this ranking.

Regular season

Team success

Listed-team winning percentage: 53.7%
50-win team seasons: 8
60-win team seasons: 2
Playoff team seasons: 16

Final records for every listed team-season. A traded season can include more than one team.

Postseason

Playoff résumé

Playoff appearances: 14
Playoff games: 143
Team playoff wins: 71
Finals appearances: 2
Championships: 1

Team playoff wins are counted only in seasons when the player appeared in a playoff game.

Recognition

Awards & honors

All-Star selections: 15
Most Valuable Player awards: 1
All-NBA selections: 9
All-Defensive selections: 12
Defensive Player of the Year awards: 1

Regular-season honors are shown as recognition, not proof of model impact.

Source and scope Basketball Reference, NBA seasons 1950–51 through 2025–26, accessed Oct 9, 2026. NBA regular season and playoffs only.

Every season

Kevin Garnett 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


2015–16Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	39	38	556	+1.12	76.9	#85	34.4	48th	Historical evidence
2014–15Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BRK/MIN	38	47	952	+0.96	76.5	#88	54.5	60th	Historical evidence
2013–14Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BRK	37	54	1,109	-0.55	48.1	#180	30.6	46th	Historical evidence
2012–13Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BOS	36	68	2,022	+2.95	90.3	#35	191.2	88th	Historical evidence
2011–12Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BOS	35	60	1,864	+4.69	97.1	#11	234.9	96th	Historical evidence
2010–11Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BOS	34	71	2,220	+4.88	97.2	#11	287.8	95th	Historical evidence
2009–10Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BOS	33	69	2,060	+4.12	96.1	#14	240.5	91st	Historical evidence
2008–09Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BOS	32	57	1,772	+5.03	97.6	#9	234.5	92nd	Historical evidence
2007–08Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	BOS	31	71	2,328	+8.02	99.1	#4	441.8	99th	Historical evidence
2006–07Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	30	76	2,995	+6.34	98.2	#7	473.5	99th	Historical evidence
2005–06Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	29	76	2,957	+8.53	99.7	#2	575.8	99th	Historical evidence
2004–05Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	28	82	3,121	+10.46	100.0	#1	721.6	100th	Historical evidence
2003–04Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	27	82	3,231	+11.00	100.0	#1	778.6	100th	Historical evidence
2002–03Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	26	82	3,321	+9.33	99.7	#2	720.2	100th	Historical evidence
2001–02Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	25	81	3,175	+7.20	99.1	#4	550.7	99th	Historical evidence
2000–01Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	24	81	3,202	+7.05	99.1	#4	554.1	99th	Historical evidence
1999–00Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	23	81	3,243	+7.14	99.4	#3	567.1	99th	Historical evidence
1998–99Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	22	47	1,780	+5.73	97.1	#9	260.8	98th	Historical evidence
1997–98Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	21	82	3,222	+5.08	97.8	#8	440.1	99th	Historical evidence
1996–97Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	20	77	2,995	+3.24	90.5	#31	296.4	92nd	Historical evidence
1995–96Recorded box inputsIncludes bounded historical defense estimate	MIN	19	80	2,293	+1.74	81.8	#60	167.2	82nd	Historical evidence

Why this rank?

How the across-era box estimate is built

The box-score inputs were recorded; defense includes a bounded historical estimate because possession-level lineup evidence is unavailable. The result is centered on that season's league. No possession-level lineup evidence is invented for older seasons.

01 · Raw BPM 2.0—

Recorded box inputs

02 · Historical Defense Estimate—

Contemporaneous Defensive Win Shares residual

03 · League centeringNaN

Season mean —

04 · Era-centered impact+10.46

Impact rank #1 · margin — SD

Career movement

Kevin Garnett's box impact by season

Peak available box impact +11.00 points per 100 possessions in 2003–04

The line shows box impact, not league rank. It estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Point labels show the box-impact values.

Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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

Kevin Garnett and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Kevin Garnett	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1	1.7	5.5
2	3.2	9.2
3	5.1	10.1
4	5.7	9.4
5	7.1	8.5
6	7.0	8.3
7	7.2	9.8
8	9.3	10.4
9	11.0	10.3
10	10.5	8.9
11	8.5	8.4
12	6.3	7.4
13	8.0	6.0
14	5.0	5.9
15	4.1	4.3
16	4.9	6.2
17	4.7	5.8
18	2.9	2.4
19	-0.6	0.6
20	1.0	-1.5
21	1.1	Did not play

NBA season number

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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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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 →