156.3 composite · lower is better
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Samardo Samuels
Samardo Samuels advanced stats and career rankings
149.4 average league finish
-104 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Samardo Samuels ranks #2548 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #232.3. His full-career value ranks #4532, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Samardo Samuels's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Samardo Samuels 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 Composite156.3
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
- 156.3
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #2548
Strongest seasons
Every season
Samardo Samuels 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 24 | 18 | 196 | -8.84 | — | — | -25.8 | — | Limited |
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 23 | 54 | 825 | -4.48 | 3.5 | #332 | -38.9 | 3rd | Established |
| 2010–11Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 22 | 37 | 701 | -4.91 | 3.4 | #340 | -39.6 | 4th | Established |
Career movement
Samardo Samuels's career impact by season
Peak -4.48 in 2011–12 · 3 seasons · 1,722 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 3 seasons
Only the first 3 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
Samardo SamuelsAdam Morrison
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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