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Paul Arizin
Paul Arizin advanced stats and career rankings
6.8 average league finish
2,458 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Paul Arizin ranks #51 all time. He reached #1 once and produced 1 top-five finish, anchoring a strong peak. His full-career value ranks #132, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Paul Arizin's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Paul Arizin 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 Composite8.5
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
- 8.5
- Qualified seasons
- 10
- All-time rank
- #51
Strongest seasons
Every season
Paul Arizin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961–62Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 33 | 78 | 2,785 | -0.70 | 55.8 | #39 | 98.6 | 65th | Modeled |
| 1960–61Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 32 | 79 | 2,935 | +0.82 | 73.4 | #22 | 227.2 | 80th | Modeled |
| 1959–60Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 31 | 72 | 2,618 | +1.40 | 79.5 | #17 | 247.5 | 86th | Modeled |
| 1958–59Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 30 | 70 | 2,799 | +3.05 | 92.5 | #7 | 348.8 | 95th | Modeled |
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 29 | 68 | 2,377 | +1.31 | 81.6 | #15 | 193.1 | 82nd | Modeled |
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 28 | 71 | 2,767 | +2.30 | 92.4 | #7 | 267.9 | 92nd | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 27 | 72 | 2,724 | +2.25 | 88.0 | #10 | 261.5 | 92nd | Modeled |
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 26 | 72 | 2,953 | +1.78 | 89.5 | #9 | 241.7 | 95th | Modeled |
| 1951–52Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 23 | 66 | 2,939 | +4.24 | 100.0 | #1 | 364.8 | 100th | Modeled |
| 1950–51legacy estimate | PHW | 22 | 65 | 2,335 | +2.28 | 90.4 | #11 | 206.7 | 91st | Modeled |
Career movement
Paul Arizin's career impact by season
Peak +4.24 in 1951–52 · 10 seasons · 27,232 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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