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Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffman stats, teams and career impact
#435 all-timeCareer averages · 9.0 PPG · 5.1 RPG · 3.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Point guard
- Teams in final NBA season
- Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks, and Philadelphia Warriors
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) · 195 lb (88 kg)
- Born
- May 5, 1925
- Died
- November 12, 1998 (73 yrs old)
- College
- Purdue
- NBA career
- 1947–48 to 1954–55
Career summaryPaul Hoffman was a point guard whose NBA career ran from 1947–48 through 1954–55. hussEyquation season data begins in 1950–51.
- Career PPG
- 9.0
- Career RPG
- 5.1
- Career APG
- 3.3
- #17 in 1953–54
- #435 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
How Paul Hoffman ranks in the available record
Paul Hoffman's covered seasons produce an all-time rank of #435. hussEyquation's season record begins in 1950–51, so this is not a complete-career verdict.
450+ minutes required per season
220 games · Coverage begins in 1950–51
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks, and Philadelphia Warriors
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 33.7%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 68.2%FT%
220 career games · 6,290 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
Paul Hoffman 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.
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| 1954–55 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | -2.20 | BLB/NYK/PHW | 38 | 0 | 17.6 | 30.1% | — | 68.8% | #69 | -2.8 |
| 1953–54 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 4.0 | +1.39 | BLB | 72 | 0 | 34.8 | 33.2% | — | 71.6% | #17 | 161.3 |
| 1952–53 | 10.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | -0.04 | BLB | 69 | 0 | 28.3 | 36.6% | — | 65.5% | #42 | 75.9 |
| 1950–51 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 2.7 | -0.82 | BLB | 41 | 0 | 28.3 | 31.8% | — | 67.3% | #58 | 27.6 |
| Career | 9.0 | 5.1 | 3.3 | — | BLB/NYK/PHW | 220 | — | 28.6 | 33.7% | — | 68.2% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Era-centered box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
- Impact Rate Rank
- The player's place among qualified players in one season.
- 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.
50.6 composite · lower is better
55.2 average league finish
262 total value
Career standing
How Paul Hoffman 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 Score50.6
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
- 90.0
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #435
Strongest seasons
Every season
Paul Hoffman 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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Career movement
Paul Hoffman's career impact by season
Peak +1.39 in 1953–54 · 4 seasons · 6,290 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.
Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
—’52
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 4 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 4 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Paul HoffmanAaron Brooks
| NBA season | Paul Hoffman | Aaron Brooks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -0.8 | -0.3 |
| 2 | -0.0 | -1.4 |
| 3 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 4 | -2.2 | -3.0 |
NBA season number · first 4 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Paul Hoffman
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 4 seasons and 1,880 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
PG · All-Time Career #1717
Aaron Brooks
99.7start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: closeAge: closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1953–54 ↔ 2009–10SG · All-Time Career #1439Dennis Hopson
99.6start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1953–54 ↔ 1989–90PG · All-Time Career #1813Anthony Goldwire
99.3start similarity percentile
Impact: closeWorkload: closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1953–54 ↔ 1997–98Impact 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 →