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Larry Foust

Larry Foust stats, teams and career impact

#99 all-timeCareer averages · 13.7 PPG · 9.8 RPG · 1.7 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: St. Louis Hawks
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 215 lb (98 kg)
Born: June 24, 1928
Died: October 27, 1984 (56 yrs old)
College: La Salle
NBA seasons: 12 seasons · 1950–51 to 1961–62

Career or season view

Career summaryLarry Foust was a center who played 12 NBA seasons, from 1950–51 through 1961–62.

Career PPG: 13.7
Career RPG: 9.8
Career APG: 1.7; #6 in 1954–55; #99 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Larry Foust ranks #99 all time

Larry Foust ranks #99 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #10.0. His full-career value ranks #351, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#6 in 1954–55

Best league finish

Sustained excellence1 top-ten finish

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth12 seasons

817 games · Career Value Rank #351

NBA honors8× All-Star · 2× All-NBAContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Fort Wayne Pistons, Minneapolis Lakers, and St. Louis Hawks
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 40.5%FG%
Three-point: —3P%
Free throw: 74.1%FT%

817 career games · 24,200 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

Larry Foust stats by season

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1961–62	9.7	5.8	1.4	-0.68	STL	57	0	20.2	47.1%	—	81.5%	#38	39.6
1960–61	8.1	5.7	1.1	-1.05	STL	68	0	17.8	39.7%	—	78.8%	#44	30.8
1959–60	12.2	8.6	1.3	-0.53	MNL/STL	72	0	27.3	40.7%	—	79.1%	#32	72.8
1958–59	12.3	8.7	1.3	-0.60	MNL	72	0	26.8	39.0%	—	76.5%	#40	65.1
1957–58	16.8	12.2	1.5	-0.11	MNL	72	0	30.6	39.8%	—	75.6%	#35	102.7
1956–57	12.4	9.1	1.2	-0.86	FTW	61	0	25.1	39.4%	—	71.8%	#44	39.1
1955–56	16.2	9.0	1.8	+1.76	FTW	72	0	28.1	44.7%	—	77.8%	#12	163.5
1954–55	17.0	10.0	1.7	+2.22	FTW	70	0	32.3	48.7%	—	76.6%	#6	200.2
1953–54	15.1	13.4	2.2	+1.72	FTW	72	0	37.4	40.9%	—	71.2%	#14	181.3
1952–53	14.3	11.5	2.3	+0.69	FTW	67	0	34.4	36.0%	—	72.3%	#22	117.4
1951–52	15.9	13.3	3.0	+2.05	FTW	66	0	39.6	39.4%	—	67.8%	#12	199.0
1950–51	13.5	10.0	1.3	-0.87	FTW	68	0	34.0	34.6%	—	65.9%	#60	55.7
Career	13.7	9.8	1.7	—	FTW/MNL/STL	817	—	29.6	40.5%	—	74.1%	—	—

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#99

14.1 composite · lower is better

Best 5#107

13.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#351

1,267 total value

Career standing

How Larry Foust 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 seasons1

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin1.5

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score14.1

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: 81.5
Qualified seasons: 12
All-time rank: #99

Strongest seasons

Every season

Larry Foust 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


1961–62Historical Defense Estimate	STL	33	57	1,153	-0.68	57.0	#38	39.6	49th	Modeled
1960–61Historical Defense Estimate	STL	32	68	1,208	-1.05	45.6	#44	30.8	43rd	Modeled
1959–60Historical Defense Estimate	MNL/STL	31	72	1,964	-0.53	60.3	#32	72.8	60th	Modeled
1958–59Historical Defense Estimate	MNL	30	72	1,933	-0.60	51.3	#40	65.1	64th	Modeled
1957–58Historical Defense Estimate	MNL	29	72	2,200	-0.11	55.3	#35	102.7	59th	Modeled
1956–57Historical Defense Estimate	FTW	28	61	1,533	-0.86	45.6	#44	39.1	43rd	Modeled
1955–56Historical Defense Estimate	FTW	27	72	2,024	+1.76	85.3	#12	163.5	81st	Modeled
1954–55Historical Defense Estimate	FTW	26	70	2,264	+2.22	93.4	#6	200.2	88th	Modeled
1953–54Historical Defense Estimate	FTW	25	72	2,693	+1.72	84.1	#14	181.3	87th	Modeled
1952–53Historical Defense Estimate	FTW	24	67	2,303	+0.69	77.7	#22	117.4	77th	Modeled
1951–52Historical Defense Estimate	FTW	23	66	2,615	+2.05	88.4	#12	199.0	89th	Modeled
1950–51legacy estimate	FTW	22	68	2,310	-0.87	43.3	#60	55.7	56th	Modeled

Career movement

Larry Foust's career impact by season

Peak +2.22 in 1954–55 · 12 seasons · 24,200 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 impactMinutesModeled estimate

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Larry FoustMyles Turner

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

Larry Foust and Myles Turner era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Larry Foust	Myles Turner
1	-0.9	-1.3
2	2.1	1.1
3	0.7	-0.1
4	1.7	2.4
5	2.2	0.4
6	1.8	0.5
7	-0.9	1.6
8	-0.1	2.4
9	-0.6	0.3
10	-0.5	0.3
11	-1.1	-0.2
12	-0.7	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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career similarity score

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career similarity score

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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 →