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Red Kerr

Red Kerr stats, teams and career impact

#79 all-timeCareer averages · 13.8 PPG · 11.2 RPG · 2.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Baltimore Bullets
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 230 lb (104 kg)
Born: July 17, 1932
Died: February 26, 2009 (76 yrs old)
College: Illinois
NBA seasons: 12 seasons · 1954–55 to 1965–66

Career or season view

Career summaryRed Kerr was a center who played 12 NBA seasons, from 1954–55 through 1965–66.

Career PPG: 13.8
Career RPG: 11.2
Career APG: 2.2; #12 in 1962–63; #79 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Red Kerr ranks #79 all time

Red Kerr ranks #79 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #9.7. His full-career value ranks #163, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#8 in 1965–66

Best league finish

Sustained excellence2 top-ten finishes

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth12 seasons

905 games · Career Value Rank #163

NBA honors3× All-StarContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia 76ers, and Baltimore Bullets
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 41.8%FG%
Three-point: —3P%
Free throw: 72.3%FT%

905 career games · 27,784 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

Red Kerr stats by season

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1965–66	11.0	8.3	3.2	+1.46	BAL	71	0	24.9	41.3%	—	76.8%	#8	156.9
1964–65	8.2	6.9	2.5	+0.23	PHI	80	0	22.6	37.0%	—	69.6%	#28	100.2
1963–64	16.8	12.7	3.4	+2.09	PHI	80	0	36.7	42.9%	—	75.1%	#9	299.2
1962–63	15.7	13.0	2.7	+2.18	SYR	80	0	32.0	47.4%	—	75.3%	#12	275.1
1961–62	16.3	14.7	3.0	+1.91	SYR	80	0	34.6	44.3%	—	73.5%	#12	290.2
1960–61	13.4	12.0	2.5	-0.04	SYR	79	0	33.9	39.7%	—	72.9%	#30	140.9
1959–60	14.7	12.2	2.2	+0.07	SYR	75	0	31.6	39.2%	—	75.2%	#27	129.9
1958–59	17.8	14.0	2.0	+1.85	SYR	72	0	37.1	44.1%	—	76.6%	#13	259.1
1957–58	15.2	13.4	1.2	+0.21	SYR	72	0	33.1	39.9%	—	66.4%	#33	130.6
1956–57	12.4	11.2	1.3	+0.65	SYR	72	0	30.4	40.3%	—	71.9%	#24	135.7
1955–56	13.3	8.4	1.2	+0.32	SYR	72	0	29.4	40.3%	—	65.5%	#27	111.1
1954–55	10.5	6.6	1.1	+1.06	SYR	72	0	21.2	41.9%	—	68.2%	#15	100.8
Career	13.8	11.2	2.2	—	BAL/PHI/SYR	905	—	30.7	41.8%	—	72.3%	—	—

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.

Career Impact Rank#79

11.6 composite · lower is better

Best 5#87

10.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#163

2,130 total value

Career standing

How Red Kerr 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 seasons2

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin2.2

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score11.6

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: 81.5
Qualified seasons: 12
All-time rank: #79

Strongest seasons

Every season

Red Kerr 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


1965–66Historical Defense Estimate	BAL	33	71	1,770	+1.46	92.5	#8	156.9	80th	Modeled
1964–65Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	32	80	1,810	+0.23	69.7	#28	100.2	64th	Modeled
1963–64Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	31	80	2,938	+2.09	91.3	#9	299.2	90th	Modeled
1962–63Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	30	80	2,561	+2.18	87.9	#12	275.1	90th	Modeled
1961–62Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	29	80	2,768	+1.91	87.2	#12	290.2	87th	Modeled
1960–61Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	28	79	2,676	-0.04	63.3	#30	140.9	70th	Modeled
1959–60Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	27	75	2,372	+0.07	66.7	#27	129.9	69th	Modeled
1958–59Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	26	72	2,671	+1.85	85.0	#13	259.1	89th	Modeled
1957–58Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	25	72	2,384	+0.21	57.9	#33	130.6	71st	Modeled
1956–57Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	24	72	2,191	+0.65	70.9	#24	135.7	75th	Modeled
1955–56Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	23	72	2,114	+0.32	65.3	#27	111.1	68th	Modeled
1954–55Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	22	72	1,529	+1.06	81.6	#15	100.8	66th	Modeled

Career movement

Red Kerr's career impact by season

Peak +2.18 in 1962–63 · 12 seasons · 27,784 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

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Red KerrMyles Turner

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Red Kerr and Myles Turner era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Red Kerr	Myles Turner
1	1.1	-1.3
2	0.3	1.1
3	0.6	-0.1
4	0.2	2.4
5	1.8	0.4
6	0.1	0.5
7	-0.0	1.6
8	1.9	2.4
9	2.2	0.3
10	2.1	0.3
11	0.2	-0.2
12	1.5	Did not play

NBA season number

Similar career arcs

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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career similarity score

88/100 closest-season score · 1962–63 ↔ 2024–25 C · All-Time Career #99

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career similarity score

89/100 closest-season score · 1962–63 ↔ 1954–55 C · All-Time Career #348

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career similarity score

95/100 closest-season score · 1962–63 ↔ 1988–89

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 →