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Shelden Williams
Shelden Williams advanced stats and career rankings
267.0 average league finish
-68 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Shelden Williams ranks #3075 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #252.3. His full-career value ranks #4340, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Shelden Williams's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Shelden Williams ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite231.1
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
- 231.1
- Qualified seasons
- 6
- All-time rank
- #3075
Strongest seasons
Every season
Shelden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | NJN | 28 | 58 | 1,276 | -2.49 | 19.5 | #277 | -11.8 | 17th | Strong |
| 2010–11Historical Defense Estimate | DEN/NYK | 27 | 59 | 911 | -3.11 | 13.1 | #306 | -20.2 | 14th | Established |
| 2009–10Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 26 | 54 | 597 | -1.46 | 32.1 | #229 | 6.2 | 26th | Established |
| 2008–09Historical Defense Estimate | MIN/SAC | 25 | 45 | 512 | -2.83 | 15.6 | #282 | -8.2 | 21st | Established |
| 2007–08Historical Defense Estimate | ATL/SAC | 24 | 64 | 776 | -3.85 | 10.9 | #296 | -27.8 | 14th | Established |
| 2006–07Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 23 | 81 | 1,514 | -2.23 | 25.1 | #251 | -6.4 | 24th | Strong |
Career movement
Shelden Williams's career impact by season
Peak -1.46 in 2009–10 · 6 seasons · 5,586 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.
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Career comparison
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