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Steve Hamilton

Steve Hamilton stats, teams and career impact

#800 all-timeCareer averages · 4.5 PPG · 3.4 RPG · 0.5 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Small forward
Final NBA team: Minneapolis Lakers
Height / weight: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) · 190 lb (86 kg)
Born: November 30, 1934
Died: December 2, 1997 (63 yrs old)
College: Purdue, Morehead State University
NBA seasons: 2 seasons · 1958–59 to 1959–60

Career or season view

Career summarySteve Hamilton was a small forward who played 2 NBA seasons, from 1958–59 through 1959–60.

Career PPG: 4.5
Career RPG: 3.4
Career APG: 0.5; #71 in 1958–59; #800 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Steve Hamilton ranks #800 all time

Steve Hamilton ranks #800 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #78.3. His full-career value ranks #3536, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#71 in 1958–59

Best league finish

Sustained excellence1 ranked season

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth2 seasons

82 games · Career Value Rank #3536

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Minneapolis Lakers
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 37.2%FG%
Three-point: —3P%
Free throw: 69.7%FT%

82 career games · 1,094 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

Steve Hamilton stats by season

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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.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
1959–60	5.1	3.9	0.5	-3.93	MNL	15	0	16.5	37.7%	—	78.3%	—	-12.0
1958–59	4.4	3.3	0.5	-2.60	MNL	67	0	12.6	37.1%	—	67.9%	#71	-12.3
Career	4.5	3.4	0.5	—	MNL	82	—	13.3	37.2%	—	69.7%	—	—

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.

Career Impact Rank#800

79.3 composite · lower is better

Best 5#814

79.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#3536

-24 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 Steve Hamilton ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score79.3

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: 82.0
Qualified seasons: 1
All-time rank: #800

Strongest seasons

Every season

Steve Hamilton 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

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
1959–60Historical Defense Estimate	MNL	25	15	247	-3.93	—	—	-12.0	—	Modeled
1958–59Historical Defense Estimate	MNL	24	67	847	-2.60	12.5	#71	-12.3	14th	Modeled

Career movement

Steve Hamilton's box impact by season

Peak box impact -2.60 points per 100 possessions in 1958–59 · 2 seasons · 1,094 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 2 seasons

Both players are limited to their first 2 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.

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Steve HamiltonSteve Sheppard

Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Steve Hamilton and Steve Sheppard era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Steve Hamilton	Steve Sheppard
1	-2.6	-3.3
2	-3.9	-4.5

NBA season number · first 2 seasons only

Similar starts

Players with starts similar to Steve Hamilton

The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 2 seasons and 2,351 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.

SF · All-Time Career #2158

Steve Sheppard

99.9

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close

Limited evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1958–59 ↔ 1977–78 SF · All-Time Career #2164

Steve Green

99.9

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close

Limited evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1958–59 ↔ 1976–77 SG · All-Time Career #2568

Kevin Lynch

99.7

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: close

Limited evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1958–59 ↔ 1991–92

How to read this page

Impact 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 →