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Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood advanced stats and career rankings
38.4 average league finish
1,233 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Spencer Haywood ranks #632 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #19.0. His full-career value ranks #364, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Spencer Haywood's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Spencer Haywood 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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Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
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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
- 47.0
- Qualified seasons
- 12
- All-time rank
- #632
Strongest seasons
Every season
Spencer Haywood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | WSB | 33 | 38 | 775 | -4.17 | 3.6 | #245 | -34.9 | 10th | Established |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | WSB | 32 | 76 | 2,086 | -1.81 | 25.6 | #190 | 8.0 | 28th | Strong |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 30 | 76 | 1,544 | -2.64 | 15.6 | #196 | -21.5 | 15th | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | NOJ/NYK | 29 | 68 | 2,361 | -0.26 | 55.5 | #102 | 91.7 | 63rd | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 28 | 67 | 1,765 | -0.82 | 47.9 | #124 | 47.6 | 50th | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 27 | 31 | 1,021 | -1.00 | 43.2 | #139 | 23.0 | 37th | Strong |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 26 | 78 | 2,892 | -0.55 | 52.7 | #90 | 91.0 | 65th | Strong |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 25 | 68 | 2,529 | +1.63 | 86.6 | #26 | 201.7 | 89th | Strong |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 24 | 75 | 3,039 | +2.75 | 94.9 | #10 | 331.5 | 95th | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 23 | 77 | 3,259 | +1.83 | 88.4 | #21 | 286.1 | 91st | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 22 | 73 | 3,167 | +0.35 | 70.1 | #50 | 171.5 | 76th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 21 | 33 | 1,162 | -0.69 | 49.7 | #85 | 37.0 | 40th | Modeled |
Career movement
Spencer Haywood's career impact by season
Peak +2.75 in 1973–74 · 12 seasons · 25,600 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 impactMinutesModeled estimate
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Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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Spencer HaywoodMychal Thompson
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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