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Nenê

Nenê stats, teams and career impact

#407 all-timeCareer averages · 11.3 PPG · 6.0 RPG · 1.8 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Houston Rockets
Height / weight: 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) · 250 lb (113 kg)
Born: September 13, 1982 (44 yrs old)
NBA seasons: 17 seasons · 2002–03 to 2018–19

Career or season view

Career summaryNenê was a center who played 17 NBA seasons, from 2002–03 through 2018–19.

Career PPG: 11.3
Career RPG: 6.0
Career APG: 1.8; #29 in 2009–10; #407 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Nenê ranks #407 all time

Nenê ranks #407 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #39.7. His full-career value ranks #271, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#29 in 2009–10

Best league finish

Sustained excellence15 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth17 seasons

965 games · Career Value Rank #271

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards, and Houston Rockets
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 54.8%FG%
Three-point: 13.2%3P%
Free throw: 66.0%FT%

965 career games · 25,237 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

Nenê stats by season

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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.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2018–19	3.6	2.9	0.6	-2.86	HOU	42	2	13.0	51.7%	0.0%	66.0%	#322	-9.6
2017–18	6.5	3.4	0.9	-1.80	HOU	52	4	14.6	56.9%	0.0%	63.6%	#263	3.1
2016–17	9.1	4.2	1.0	+0.35	HOU	67	8	17.9	61.7%	33.3%	58.9%	#117	58.6
2015–16	9.2	4.5	1.7	+0.88	WAS	57	11	19.2	54.4%	0.0%	57.8%	#100	64.7
2014–15	11.0	5.1	1.8	-0.79	WAS	67	58	25.3	51.1%	20.0%	60.4%	#198	39.9
2013–14	14.2	5.5	2.9	+1.28	WAS	53	37	29.4	50.3%	20.0%	58.3%	#65	99.4
2012–13	12.6	6.7	2.9	+1.92	WAS	61	49	27.2	48.0%	0.0%	72.9%	#62	124.8
2011–12	13.7	7.5	2.1	+1.08	DEN/WAS	39	33	28.5	53.7%	0.0%	67.3%	#98	66.9
2010–11	14.5	7.6	2.0	+2.41	DEN	75	75	30.5	61.5%	20.0%	71.1%	#40	201.1
2009–10	13.8	7.6	2.5	+2.73	DEN	82	82	33.6	58.7%	0.0%	70.4%	#29	257.3
2008–09	14.6	7.8	1.4	+1.72	DEN	77	76	32.6	60.4%	20.0%	72.3%	#51	183.6
2007–08	5.3	5.4	0.9	-4.79	DEN	16	1	16.6	40.8%	0.0%	55.1%	—	-15.4
2006–07	12.2	7.0	1.2	+0.68	DEN	64	42	26.8	57.0%	0.0%	68.9%	#100	93.2
2005–06	0.0	0.0	0.0	-12.00	DEN	1	0	3.0	0.0%	—	—	—	-0.6
2004–05	9.6	5.9	1.5	+0.37	DEN	55	18	23.9	50.3%	0.0%	66.0%	#122	60.9
2003–04	11.8	6.5	2.2	+0.30	DEN	77	77	32.5	53.0%	0.0%	68.2%	#112	111.9
2002–03	10.5	6.1	1.9	+2.19	DEN	80	53	28.2	51.9%	0.0%	57.8%	#50	179.5
Career	11.3	6.0	1.8	—	DEN/HOU/WAS	965	—	26.2	54.8%	13.2%	66.0%	—	—

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.

Career Impact Rank#407

47.9 composite · lower is better

Best 5#405

46.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#271

1,519 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 Nenê 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 seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score47.9

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: 347.0
Qualified seasons: 15
All-time rank: #407

Strongest seasons

Every season

Nenê 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

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2018–19Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	36	42	546	-2.86	12.8	#322	-9.6	20th	Standard
2017–18Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	35	52	758	-1.80	27.4	#263	3.1	28th	Standard
2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	34	67	1,198	+0.35	68.0	#117	58.6	61st	Broad
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	33	57	1,094	+0.88	72.7	#100	64.7	64th	Broad
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	32	67	1,693	-0.79	46.8	#198	39.9	53rd	Broad
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	31	53	1,560	+1.28	81.4	#65	99.4	73rd	Broad
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	30	61	1,659	+1.92	82.6	#62	124.8	78th	Broad
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	DEN/WAS	29	39	1,110	+1.08	71.7	#98	66.9	66th	Broad
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	28	75	2,291	+2.41	88.9	#40	201.1	89th	Broad
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	27	82	2,755	+2.73	91.7	#29	257.3	94th	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	26	77	2,510	+1.72	85.0	#51	183.6	88th	Broad
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	25	16	266	-4.79	—	—	-15.4	—	Limited
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	24	64	1,715	+0.68	70.4	#100	93.2	70th	Broad
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	23	1	3	-12.00	—	—	-0.6	—	Limited
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	22	55	1,317	+0.37	64.7	#122	60.9	60th	Broad
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	21	77	2,504	+0.30	66.5	#112	111.9	74th	Broad
2002–03Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	20	80	2,258	+2.19	84.6	#50	179.5	86th	Broad

Career movement

Nenê's box impact by season

Peak box impact +2.73 points per 100 possessions in 2009–10 · 17 seasons · 25,237 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

Career comparison

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Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Nenê and Brook Lopez era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Nenê	Brook Lopez
1	2.2	-0.2
2	0.3	2.4
3	0.4	1.3
4	-12.0	-3.8
5	0.7	2.7
6	-4.8	2.8
7	1.7	1.2
8	2.7	1.8
9	2.4	2.6
10	1.1	1.2
11	1.9	1.8
12	1.3	1.4
13	-0.8	-0.6
14	0.9	-3.0
15	0.3	1.7
16	-1.8	0.4
17	-2.9	0.2
18	Did not play	-1.3

NBA season number

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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 →