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Pete Maravich

Pete Maravich stats, teams and career impact

#350 all-timeCareer averages · 24.2 PPG · 4.2 RPG · 5.4 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position
Shooting guard
Teams in final NBA season
Boston Celtics and Utah Jazz
Height / weight
6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · 197 lb (89 kg)
Born
June 22, 1947
Died
January 5, 1988 (40 yrs old)
College
LSU
NBA seasons
10 seasons · 1970–71 to 1979–80

Career summaryPete Maravich was a shooting guard who played 10 NBA seasons, from 1970–71 through 1979–80.

Career PPG
24.2
Career RPG
4.2
Career APG
5.4
Best-Season Impact Rank
#17 in 1975–76
Career Impact Rank
#350 all-time
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Pete Maravich ranks #350 all time

Pete Maravich ranks #350 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #28.3. His full-career value ranks #375, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#17 in 1975–76

Best league finish

Sustained excellence10 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth10 seasons

658 games · Career Value Rank #375

NBA honors5× All-Star · 4× All-NBAContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams
Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Jazz, Boston Celtics, and Utah Jazz

Career shooting

NBA regular season
Field goal
44.1%FG%
Three-point
66.7%3P%
Free throw
82.0%FT%

658 career games · 24,316 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

Pete Maravich stats by season

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1979–8013.71.81.9-4.06BOS/UTA43422.444.9%66.7%86.7%#220-41.3
1978–7922.62.55.0-2.57NOJ49037.242.1%—84.1%#192-23.6
1977–7827.03.66.7+0.53NOJ50040.844.4%—87.0%#65116.7
1976–7731.15.15.4+1.61NOJ73041.743.3%—83.5%#35245.5
1975–7625.94.85.4+2.71NOJ62038.345.9%—81.1%#17248.6
1974–7521.55.36.2+1.31NOJ79036.141.9%—81.1%#36215.3
1973–7427.74.95.2+1.37ATL76038.245.7%—82.6%#33225.8
1972–7326.14.46.9+0.11ATL79039.144.1%—80.0%#61154.6
1971–7219.33.96.0-1.19ATL66034.942.7%—81.1%#9543.1
1970–7123.23.74.4-1.77ATL81036.145.8%—80.0%#12616.7
Career24.24.25.4—ATL/BOS/NOJ/UTA658—37.044.1%66.7%82.0%——

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

Film evidence

Pete Maravich highlights

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Career highlights

Pistol Pete Maravich ultimate highlight reel

The official reel makes Maravich's flair functional: creative passing, deep shooting and improvisational ball handling from a pre-three-point era.

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.
Best 5#318

36.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#375

1,201 total value

Career standing

How Pete Maravich 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 Score42.7

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
189.5
Qualified seasons
10
All-time rank
#350
Strongest seasons

Every season

Pete Maravich 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
1979–80Historical Defense EstimateBOS/UTA3243964-4.065.2#220-41.37thStandard
1978–79Historical Defense EstimateNOJ31491,824-2.5715.9#192-23.612thBroad
1977–78Historical Defense EstimateNOJ30502,041+0.5372.9#65116.773rdBroad
1976–77Historical Defense EstimateNOJ29733,041+1.6186.0#35245.592ndBroad
1975–76Historical Defense EstimateNOJ28622,373+2.7191.5#17248.689thBroad
1974–75Historical Defense EstimateNOJ27792,853+1.3181.3#36215.391stBroad
1973–74Historical Defense EstimateATL26762,903+1.3781.8#33225.889thBroad
1972–73Historical Defense EstimateATL25793,089+0.1165.1#61154.678thModeled
1971–72Historical Defense EstimateATL24662,302-1.1942.7#9543.150thModeled
1970–71Historical Defense EstimateATL23812,926-1.7725.1#12616.729thModeled

Career movement

Pete Maravich's career impact by season

Peak +2.71 in 1975–76 · 10 seasons · 24,316 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.

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Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play
Pete Maravich and Jim Paxson era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA seasonPete MaravichJim Paxson
1-1.8-4.0
2-1.21.5
30.11.2
41.42.6
51.31.5
62.71.2
71.60.1
80.5-1.4
9-2.6-3.3
10-4.1-3.4
11Did not play-4.0

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 →