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Lou Hudson
Lou Hudson advanced stats and career rankings
17.6 average league finish
1,960 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Lou Hudson ranks #196 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #14.7. His #189 full-career value adds a meaningful longevity advantage. Explore Lou Hudson's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Lou Hudson 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 Composite25.0
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
- 25.0
- Qualified seasons
- 12
- All-time rank
- #196
Strongest seasons
Every season
Lou Hudson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 34 | 78 | 1,686 | -1.17 | 35.2 | #148 | 30.7 | 39th | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 33 | 82 | 2,283 | -1.20 | 39.4 | #144 | 40.3 | 47th | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 32 | 58 | 1,745 | -1.25 | 37.9 | #152 | 28.7 | 42nd | Strong |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 31 | 81 | 2,558 | +0.58 | 71.8 | #54 | 142.4 | 76th | Strong |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 30 | 11 | 380 | -0.18 | — | — | 15.3 | — | Limited |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 29 | 65 | 2,588 | +2.66 | 93.8 | #12 | 278.4 | 92nd | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 28 | 75 | 3,027 | +1.58 | 86.0 | #25 | 257.0 | 88th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 27 | 77 | 3,042 | +2.38 | 89.0 | #19 | 307.5 | 90th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 26 | 76 | 3,113 | -0.02 | 63.5 | #62 | 150.5 | 73rd | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 25 | 80 | 3,091 | +1.74 | 87.9 | #18 | 275.2 | 91st | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 24 | 81 | 2,869 | +2.09 | 90.2 | #14 | 278.3 | 88th | Modeled |
| 1967–68Historical Defense Estimate | STL | 23 | 46 | 966 | +0.67 | 69.2 | #38 | 61.1 | 46th | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | STL | 22 | 80 | 2,446 | -0.43 | 60.0 | #41 | 94.3 | 67th | Modeled |
Career movement
Lou Hudson's career impact by season
Peak +2.66 in 1973–74 · 13 seasons · 29,794 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
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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