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Neil Johnston
Neil Johnston advanced stats and career rankings
4.2 average league finish
1,924 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Neil Johnston ranks #48 all time. 4 top-five finishes and 5 top-ten finishes give him a strong blend of peak and staying power. His full-career value ranks #197, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Neil Johnston's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Neil Johnston 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
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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
- 8.0
- Qualified seasons
- 7
- All-time rank
- #48
Strongest seasons
Every season
Neil Johnston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–59Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 29 | 28 | 393 | -1.46 | — | — | 5.3 | — | Modeled |
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 28 | 71 | 2,408 | +2.62 | 86.8 | #11 | 273.3 | 88th | Modeled |
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 27 | 69 | 2,531 | +3.74 | 97.5 | #3 | 326.9 | 96th | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 26 | 70 | 2,594 | +3.36 | 94.7 | #5 | 314.2 | 97th | Modeled |
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 25 | 72 | 2,917 | +3.21 | 96.1 | #4 | 329.2 | 100th | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 24 | 72 | 3,296 | +3.45 | 97.6 | #3 | 334.4 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1952–53Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 23 | 70 | 3,166 | +3.18 | 94.7 | #6 | 319.4 | 98th | Modeled |
| 1951–52Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 22 | 64 | 993 | -0.93 | 38.9 | #59 | 21.2 | 38th | Modeled |
Career movement
Neil Johnston's career impact by season
Peak +3.74 in 1956–57 · 8 seasons · 18,298 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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