94.9 composite · lower is better
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Sam Williams
Sam Williams advanced stats and career rankings
115.0 average league finish
125 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Sam Williams ranks #1732 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #99.7. His full-career value ranks #1355, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Sam Williams's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Sam Williams 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
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite94.9
Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 94.9
- Qualified seasons
- 4
- All-time rank
- #1732
Strongest seasons
Every season
Sam Williams advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 25 | 46 | 488 | -6.02 | 1.2 | #251 | -41.2 | 7th | Established |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | GSW/PHI | 24 | 77 | 1,434 | -0.29 | 55.2 | #112 | 50.9 | 49th | Strong |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 23 | 75 | 1,533 | -0.20 | 56.1 | #112 | 59.7 | 55th | Strong |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | GSW | 22 | 59 | 1,073 | +0.47 | 70.9 | #75 | 55.9 | 54th | Strong |
Career movement
Sam Williams's career impact by season
Peak +0.47 in 1981–82 · 4 seasons · 4,528 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 4 seasons
Only the first 4 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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The score compares the first 4 seasons by impact, workload, position, and trajectory. It does not claim the careers will finish alike.
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