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Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson advanced stats and career rankings
2.4 average league finish
6,676 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Oscar Robertson ranks #16 all time. 8 top-five finishes and 10 top-ten finishes show how long he remained among the league's elite. His #10 full-career value adds a meaningful longevity advantage. Explore Oscar Robertson's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Oscar Robertson 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 Composite2.7
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
- 2.7
- Qualified seasons
- 14
- All-time rank
- #16
Strongest seasons
Every season
Oscar Robertson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 35 | 70 | 2,477 | -0.36 | 48.9 | #91 | 89.0 | 63rd | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 34 | 73 | 2,737 | +1.44 | 83.7 | #29 | 212.2 | 85th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 33 | 64 | 2,390 | +1.77 | 84.1 | #27 | 208.6 | 79th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 32 | 81 | 3,194 | +2.31 | 91.0 | #16 | 324.9 | 93rd | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 31 | 69 | 2,865 | +3.95 | 95.7 | #7 | 420.8 | 96th | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 30 | 79 | 3,461 | +2.95 | 94.7 | #8 | 405.8 | 98th | Modeled |
| 1967–68Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 29 | 65 | 2,765 | +4.36 | 98.3 | #3 | 419.9 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 28 | 79 | 3,468 | +4.86 | 98.0 | #3 | 587.6 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1965–66Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 27 | 76 | 3,493 | +4.55 | 97.8 | #3 | 574.1 | 98th | Modeled |
| 1964–65Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 26 | 75 | 3,421 | +5.78 | 97.8 | #3 | 642.4 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1963–64Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 25 | 79 | 3,559 | +6.65 | 98.9 | #2 | 743.2 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1962–63Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 24 | 80 | 3,521 | +5.87 | 97.8 | #3 | 687.0 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1961–62Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 23 | 79 | 3,503 | +6.53 | 98.8 | #2 | 777.2 | 99th | Modeled |
| 1960–61Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 22 | 71 | 3,032 | +5.52 | 98.7 | #2 | 583.4 | 97th | Modeled |
Career movement
Oscar Robertson's career impact by season
Peak +6.65 in 1963–64 · 14 seasons · 43,886 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
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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