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Richie Frahm
Richie Frahm stats, teams and career impact
#1979 all-timeCareer averages · 3.6 PPG · 1.2 RPG · 0.6 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Final NBA team
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · 210 lb (95 kg)
- Born
- August 14, 1977 (49 yrs old)
- College
- Gonzaga
- NBA seasons
- 4 seasons · 2003–04 to 2007–08
Career summaryRichie Frahm was a shooting guard who played 4 NBA seasons, from 2003–04 through 2007–08.
- Career PPG
- 3.6
- Career RPG
- 1.2
- Career APG
- 0.6
- #68 in 2003–04
- #1979 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Richie Frahm ranks #1979 all time
Richie Frahm ranks #1979 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #171.0. His full-career value ranks #1703, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.
450+ minutes required per season
140 games · Career Value Rank #1703
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Los Angeles Clippers
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 41.1%FG%
- Three-point
- 35.6%3P%
- Free throw
- 81.0%FT%
140 career games · 1,473 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
Richie Frahm 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.
Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | -7.42 | LAC | 10 | 2 | 16.3 | 37.0% | 28.0% | 0.0% | — | -16.9 |
| 2005–06 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | -2.01 | HOU/MIN | 33 | 0 | 10.4 | 39.0% | 32.9% | 70.0% | — | -0.1 |
| 2004–05 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | +0.64 | POR | 43 | 0 | 11.6 | 40.0% | 38.8% | 84.0% | #106 | 24.7 |
| 2003–04 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +1.51 | SEA | 54 | 0 | 8.7 | 45.3% | 37.0% | 88.5% | #68 | 30.9 |
| Career | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | — | HOU/LAC/MIN/POR/SEA | 140 | — | 10.5 | 41.1% | 35.6% | 81.0% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
- Impact Rate
- A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
- Impact estimate
- The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
- Impact Rate rank
- The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
- 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.
214.7 composite · lower is better
238.2 average league finish
39 total value
- Impact Rate
- 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.
Career standing
How Richie Frahm 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 Score214.7
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
- 339.0
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #1979
Strongest seasons
Every season
Richie Frahm 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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| pts/100 · higher is better | 0–100 · higher is better | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08Historical Defense Estimate | LAC | 30 | 10 | 163 | -7.42 | — | — | -16.9 | — | Limited |
| 2005–06Historical Defense Estimate | HOU/MIN | 28 | 33 | 342 | -2.01 | — | — | -0.1 | — | Limited |
| 2004–05Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 27 | 43 | 499 | +0.64 | 69.4 | #106 | 24.7 | 46th | Standard |
| 2003–04Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 26 | 54 | 469 | +1.51 | 79.8 | #68 | 30.9 | 51st | Standard |
Career movement
Richie Frahm's box impact by season
Peak box impact +1.51 points per 100 possessions in 2003–04 · 4 seasons · 1,473 minutes
Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.
Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes
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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.
Richie FrahmRon Sobie
| NBA season | Richie Frahm | Ron Sobie |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 3 | -2.0 | -0.7 |
| 4 | -7.4 | -4.9 |
NBA season number · first 4 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Richie Frahm
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 4 seasons and 1,881 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
PG · All-Time Career #345
Ron Sobie
96.5start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: very closeAge: differentRole: very close
Limited evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2003–04 ↔ 1956–57SF · All-Time Career #1713Jeff Judkins
95.5start similarity percentile
Impact: closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: differentRole: very close
Limited evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2003–04 ↔ 1979–80SG · All-Time Career #1665Billy Ray Bates
95.4start similarity percentile
Impact: closeWorkload: closeTrend: closeAge: closeRole: very close
Limited evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2003–04 ↔ 1979–80Impact 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 →