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Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson stats, teams and career impact
#2214 all-timeCareer averages · 5.7 PPG · 2.5 RPG · 4.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Point guard
- Final NBA team
- San Antonio Spurs
- Height / weight
- 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) · 184 lb (83 kg)
- Born
- March 23, 1966 (60 yrs old)
- College
- Drexel
- NBA seasons
- 1 season · 1988–89 to 1988–89
Career summaryMichael Anderson was a point guard who played 1 NBA season, from 1988–89 through 1988–89.
- Career PPG
- 5.7
- Career RPG
- 2.5
- Career APG
- 4.3
- #162 in 1988–89
- #2214 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Michael Anderson ranks #2214 all time
Michael Anderson ranks #2214 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #230.7. His full-career value ranks #1914, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.
450+ minutes required per season
36 games · Career Value Rank #1914
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- San Antonio Spurs
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 41.7%FG%
- Three-point
- 14.3%3P%
- Free throw
- 69.5%FT%
36 career games · 730 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
Michael Anderson stats by season
Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.
Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 4.3 | -1.41 | SAS | 36 | 12 | 20.3 | 41.7% | 14.3% | 69.5% | #162 | 9.4 |
| Career | 5.7 | 2.5 | 4.3 | — | SAS | 36 | — | 20.3 | 41.7% | 14.3% | 69.5% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
- Impact Rate
- A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
- Impact estimate
- The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
- Impact Rate rank
- The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
- 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.
239.6 composite · lower is better
244.4 average league finish
9 total value
- Impact Rate
- 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.
Career standing
How Michael Anderson 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
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
Career Composite Score239.6
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
- 265.0
- Qualified seasons
- 1
- All-time rank
- #2214
Strongest seasons
Every season
Michael Anderson 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
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| pts/100 · higher is better | 0–100 · higher is better | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 22 | 36 | 730 | -1.41 | 38.8 | #162 | 9.4 | 35th | Standard |
Career movement
Michael Anderson's box impact by season
Peak box impact -1.41 points per 100 possessions in 1988–89 · 1 season · 730 minutes
Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.
Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 1 season
Both players are limited to their first 1 season. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Michael AndersonA.J. Guyton
| NBA season | Michael Anderson | A.J. Guyton |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -1.4 | -1.8 |
NBA season number · first 1 season only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Michael Anderson
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 1 season and 2,435 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
PG · All-Time Career #2396
A.J. Guyton
99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 1 seasonClosest early-season pairing · 1988–89 ↔ 2000–01PG · All-Time Career #2244Steve Henson
99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
High evidence · first 1 seasonClosest early-season pairing · 1988–89 ↔ 1990–91PG · All-Time Career #567Butch Beard
99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
High evidence · first 1 seasonClosest early-season pairing · 1988–89 ↔ 1969–70Impact 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 →