Player profile · ATL / LAL

Ryan Kelly

Ryan Kelly stats, teams and career impact

#2637 all-timeCareer averages · 6.0 PPG · 3.1 RPG · 1.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Atlanta Hawks
Height / weight: 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) · 230 lb (104 kg)
Born: April 9, 1991 (35 yrs old)
College: Duke
NBA seasons: 4 seasons · 2013–14 to 2016–17

Career or season view

Career summaryRyan Kelly was a power forward who played 4 NBA seasons, from 2013–14 through 2016–17.

Career PPG: 6.0
Career RPG: 3.1
Career APG: 1.3; #171 in 2013–14; #2637 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Ryan Kelly ranks #2637 all time

Ryan Kelly ranks #2637 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #270.7. His full-career value ranks #1942, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#171 in 2013–14

Best league finish

Sustained excellence3 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth4 seasons

163 games · Career Value Rank #1942

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta Hawks
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 37.8%FG%
Three-point: 31.6%3P%
Free throw: 79.7%FT%

163 career games · 3,125 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

Ryan Kelly 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.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2016–17	1.6	1.1	0.5	-6.34	ATL	16	0	6.9	28.6%	40.0%	83.3%	—	-9.7
2015–16	4.2	3.4	0.6	-3.13	LAL	36	0	13.1	36.9%	13.5%	68.5%	#322	-10.6
2014–15	6.4	2.8	1.8	-2.62	LAL	52	34	23.7	33.7%	33.6%	83.2%	#319	-14.9
2013–14	8.0	3.7	1.6	-0.44	LAL	59	25	22.2	42.3%	33.8%	81.5%	#171	42.1
Career	6.0	3.1	1.3	—	ATL/LAL	163	—	19.2	37.8%	31.6%	79.7%	—	—

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.

Career Impact Rank#2637

295.2 composite · lower is better

Best 5#2676

308.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#1942

7 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 Ryan Kelly 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 Score295.2

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: 365.0
Qualified seasons: 3
All-time rank: #2637

Strongest seasons

Every season

Ryan Kelly 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

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	ATL	25	16	110	-6.34	—	—	-9.7	—	Limited
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	24	36	470	-3.13	11.6	#322	-10.6	18th	Standard
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	23	52	1,233	-2.62	14.1	#319	-14.9	12th	Broad
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	22	59	1,312	-0.44	50.7	#171	42.1	50th	Broad

Career movement

Ryan Kelly's box impact by season

Peak box impact -0.44 points per 100 possessions in 2013–14 · 4 seasons · 3,125 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

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.

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Ryan KellyRod Higgins

Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Ryan Kelly and Rod Higgins era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Ryan Kelly	Rod Higgins
1	-0.4	-0.8
2	-2.6	-1.7
3	-3.1	-2.8
4	-6.3	-4.8

NBA season number · first 4 seasons only

Similar starts

Players with starts similar to Ryan Kelly

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.

SF · All-Time Career #679

Rod Higgins

99.8

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: close

High evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2013–14 ↔ 1983–84 PF · All-Time Career #2647

Ike Diogu

99.7

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: very close

Medium evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2013–14 ↔ 2005–06 C · All-Time Career #2030

Travis Knight

99.3

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: close

High evidence · first 4 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2013–14 ↔ 1996–97

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 →