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Richie Guerin
Richie Guerin stats, teams and career impact
#91 all-timeCareer averages · 17.3 PPG · 5.0 RPG · 5.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Final NBA team
- Atlanta Hawks
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) · 195 lb (88 kg)
- Born
- May 29, 1932 (94 yrs old)
- College
- Iona College
- NBA seasons
- 13 seasons · 1956–57 to 1969–70
Career summaryRichie Guerin was a shooting guard who played 13 NBA seasons, from 1956–57 through 1969–70.
- Career PPG
- 17.3
- Career RPG
- 5.0
- Career APG
- 5.0
- #9 in 1961–62
- #91 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Richie Guerin ranks #91 all time
Richie Guerin ranks #91 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #9.7. His full-career value ranks #205, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.
450+ minutes required per season
848 games · Career Value Rank #205
NBA honors6× All-Star · 3× All-NBAContext only; honors are not model inputs.
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks, and Atlanta Hawks
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 41.6%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 78.0%FT%
848 career games · 27,449 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 Guerin stats by season
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| 1969–70 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | -9.40 | ATL | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 27.3% | — | 100.0% | — | -11.3 |
| 1968–69 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 3.7 | -1.61 | ATL | 27 | 0 | 17.5 | 42.3% | — | 77.0% | #98 | 4.4 |
| 1966–67 | 13.7 | 2.4 | 4.3 | -1.92 | STL | 80 | 0 | 28.4 | 43.6% | — | 73.1% | #79 | 4.2 |
| 1965–66 | 14.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | -0.02 | STL | 80 | 0 | 29.5 | 41.5% | — | 81.2% | #33 | 113.8 |
| 1964–65 | 14.4 | 2.6 | 4.8 | -0.69 | STL | 57 | 0 | 29.4 | 44.6% | — | 76.7% | #45 | 52.7 |
| 1963–64 | 13.1 | 3.2 | 4.7 | -0.43 | NYK/STL | 80 | 0 | 29.6 | 41.5% | — | 81.8% | #36 | 88.6 |
| 1962–63 | 21.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | +1.31 | NYK | 79 | 0 | 34.3 | 43.2% | — | 84.8% | #15 | 220.0 |
| 1961–62 | 29.5 | 6.4 | 6.9 | +2.60 | NYK | 78 | 0 | 42.9 | 44.2% | — | 82.0% | #9 | 402.6 |
| 1960–61 | 21.8 | 7.9 | 6.4 | +1.55 | NYK | 79 | 0 | 38.3 | 39.6% | — | 79.2% | #14 | 275.1 |
| 1959–60 | 21.8 | 6.8 | 6.3 | +2.43 | NYK | 74 | 0 | 32.8 | 42.0% | — | 77.3% | #9 | 282.0 |
| 1958–59 | 18.2 | 7.3 | 5.1 | +1.97 | NYK | 71 | 0 | 36.0 | 42.4% | — | 80.2% | #11 | 249.5 |
| 1957–58 | 16.5 | 7.8 | 5.0 | -0.14 | NYK | 63 | 0 | 37.6 | 35.4% | — | 69.1% | #36 | 111.7 |
| 1956–57 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | -0.65 | NYK | 72 | 0 | 24.9 | 36.8% | — | 62.0% | #39 | 55.8 |
| Career | 17.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | ATL/NYK/STL | 848 | — | 32.4 | 41.6% | — | 78.0% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
Film evidence
Richie Guerin highlights
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Archive highlights
Richie Guerin career highlights
The brief archive supplies rare visual evidence for Guerin's physical guard play, scoring and playmaking with the early New York Knicks.
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.
13.3 composite · lower is better
11.6 average league finish
1,849 total value
Career standing
How Richie Guerin 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 Score13.3
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
- 89.5
- Qualified seasons
- 12
- All-time rank
- #91
Strongest seasons
Every season
Richie Guerin 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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| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 37 | 8 | 64 | -9.40 | — | — | -11.3 | — | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 36 | 27 | 472 | -1.61 | 27.1 | #98 | 4.4 | 23rd | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | STL | 34 | 80 | 2,275 | -1.92 | 22.0 | #79 | 4.2 | 23rd | Modeled |
| 1965–66Historical Defense Estimate | STL | 33 | 80 | 2,363 | -0.02 | 65.6 | #33 | 113.8 | 69th | Modeled |
| 1964–65Historical Defense Estimate | STL | 32 | 57 | 1,678 | -0.69 | 50.6 | #45 | 52.7 | 52nd | Modeled |
| 1963–64Historical Defense Estimate | NYK/STL | 31 | 80 | 2,366 | -0.43 | 62.0 | #36 | 88.6 | 66th | Modeled |
| 1962–63Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 30 | 79 | 2,712 | +1.31 | 84.6 | #15 | 220.0 | 87th | Modeled |
| 1961–62Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 29 | 78 | 3,348 | +2.60 | 90.7 | #9 | 402.6 | 93rd | Modeled |
| 1960–61Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 28 | 79 | 3,023 | +1.55 | 83.5 | #14 | 275.1 | 85th | Modeled |
| 1959–60Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 27 | 74 | 2,429 | +2.43 | 89.7 | #9 | 282.0 | 90th | Modeled |
| 1958–59Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 26 | 71 | 2,558 | +1.97 | 87.5 | #11 | 249.5 | 88th | Modeled |
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 25 | 63 | 2,368 | -0.14 | 53.9 | #36 | 111.7 | 63rd | Modeled |
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 24 | 72 | 1,793 | -0.65 | 51.9 | #39 | 55.8 | 56th | Modeled |
Career movement
Richie Guerin's career impact by season
Peak +2.60 in 1961–62 · 13 seasons · 27,449 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
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Career comparison
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Richie GuerinJohn Starks
| NBA season | Richie Guerin | John Starks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -0.6 | -3.5 |
| 2 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| 3 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 6 | 2.6 | 0.7 |
| 7 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 8 | -0.4 | 1.5 |
| 9 | -0.7 | 0.5 |
| 10 | -0.0 | 1.5 |
| 11 | -1.9 | -0.4 |
| 12 | -1.6 | -3.4 |
| 13 | -9.4 | -6.0 |
NBA season number
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