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Leroy Ellis
Leroy Ellis advanced stats and career rankings
37.8 average league finish
1,103 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Leroy Ellis ranks #491 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #31.7. His full-career value ranks #415, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Leroy Ellis's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Leroy Ellis 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 Composite40.5
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
- 40.5
- Qualified seasons
- 14
- All-time rank
- #491
Strongest seasons
Every season
Leroy Ellis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 35 | 29 | 489 | -1.62 | 31.9 | #129 | 4.2 | 28th | Established |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 34 | 82 | 2,183 | -0.24 | 53.5 | #88 | 82.8 | 61st | Strong |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 33 | 81 | 2,831 | +0.70 | 75.0 | #45 | 172.4 | 81st | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | LAL/PHI | 32 | 79 | 2,600 | -0.50 | 55.8 | #77 | 93.6 | 62nd | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 31 | 74 | 1,081 | -1.32 | 39.0 | #101 | 18.0 | 35th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 30 | 74 | 2,581 | +1.49 | 83.8 | #28 | 226.4 | 86th | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | BAL | 29 | 72 | 1,163 | -0.55 | 52.5 | #68 | 42.5 | 42nd | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | BAL | 28 | 80 | 1,603 | -0.27 | 54.9 | #61 | 70.3 | 53rd | Modeled |
| 1967–68Historical Defense Estimate | BAL | 27 | 78 | 2,719 | +0.70 | 70.8 | #36 | 185.7 | 78th | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | BAL | 26 | 81 | 2,938 | +0.02 | 70.0 | #31 | 152.2 | 76th | Modeled |
| 1965–66Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 25 | 80 | 2,219 | -1.68 | 29.0 | #67 | 18.2 | 31st | Modeled |
| 1964–65Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 24 | 80 | 2,026 | -1.08 | 46.1 | #49 | 44.1 | 46th | Modeled |
| 1963–64Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 23 | 78 | 1,459 | -2.32 | 27.2 | #68 | -11.0 | 23rd | Modeled |
| 1962–63Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 22 | 80 | 1,628 | -1.90 | 27.5 | #67 | 4.1 | 29th | Modeled |
Career movement
Leroy Ellis's career impact by season
Peak +1.49 in 1970–71 · 14 seasons · 27,520 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 impactMinutesModeled estimate
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Career comparison
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Leroy EllisMichael Cage
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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