156.5 composite · lower is better
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Rafael Araújo
Rafael Araújo advanced stats and career rankings
149.6 average league finish
-171 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Rafael Araújo ranks #2550 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #232.7. His full-career value ranks #4679, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Rafael Araújo's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Rafael Araújo 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 Composite156.5
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
- 156.5
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #2550
Strongest seasons
Every season
Rafael Araújo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 26 | 28 | 248 | -6.91 | — | — | -23.3 | — | Limited |
| 2005–06Historical Defense Estimate | TOR | 25 | 52 | 601 | -8.39 | 0.0 | #329 | -72.8 | 2nd | Established |
| 2004–05Historical Defense Estimate | TOR | 24 | 59 | 736 | -7.28 | 0.0 | #344 | -75.1 | 1st | Established |
Career movement
Rafael Araújo's career impact by season
Peak -6.91 in 2006–07 · 3 seasons · 1,585 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 impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 3 seasons
Only the first 3 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
Rafael AraújoLarry Demic
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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