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Sam Stith
Sam Stith stats, teams and career impact
CareerCareer averages · 4.4 PPG · 1.6 RPG · 1.9 APG
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Final NBA team
- New York Knicks
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) · 185 lb (84 kg)
- Born
- July 22, 1937 (89 yrs old)
- College
- St. Bonaventure
- NBA seasons
- 1 season · 1961–62 to 1961–62
Career summarySam Stith was a shooting guard who played 1 NBA season, from 1961–62 through 1961–62.
- Career PPG
- 4.4
- Career RPG
- 1.6
- Career APG
- 1.9
- Not ranked
- Not ranked
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Career overview
Why Sam Stith is not in the all-time ranking
Sam Stith does not have an official all-time career rank because no season reached the 450-minute ranking floor. His cumulative Career Value still ranks #3330.
No season reached 450 minutes
32 games · Career Value Rank #3330
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- New York Knicks
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 36.4%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 60.5%FT%
32 career games · 440 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
Sam Stith 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961–62 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | -3.68 | NYK | 32 | 0 | 13.8 | 36.4% | — | 60.5% | — | -19.4 |
| Career | 4.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | — | NYK | 32 | — | 13.8 | 36.4% | — | 60.5% | — | — |
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.
No season reached the 450-minute floor
No season reached the 450-minute floor
-19 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 Sam Stith 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 Score—
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
- —
- Qualified seasons
- 0
- All-time rank
- —
Every season
Sam Stith 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961–62Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 24 | 32 | 440 | -3.68 | — | — | -19.4 | — | Modeled |
Career movement
Sam Stith's box impact by season
Peak box impact -3.68 points per 100 possessions in 1961–62 · 1 season · 440 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 possessionsMinutesModeled estimate
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 1 season
Both players are limited to their first 1 season. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Sam StithReggie Carter
| NBA season | Sam Stith | Reggie Carter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -3.7 | -3.7 |
NBA season number · first 1 season only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Sam Stith
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 1 season and 2,436 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
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99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
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99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
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99.9start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Limited evidence · first 1 seasonClosest early-season pairing · 1961–62 ↔ 1978–79Impact 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 →