106.3 composite · lower is better
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Steve Hayes
Steve Hayes advanced stats and career rankings
102.0 average league finish
-103 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Steve Hayes ranks #1915 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #153.3. His full-career value ranks #4524, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Steve Hayes's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Steve Hayes 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 Composite106.3
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
- 106.3
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #1915
Strongest seasons
Every season
Steve Hayes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86Historical Defense Estimate | UTA | 30 | 58 | 397 | -6.12 | — | — | -35.2 | — | Limited |
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 29 | 11 | 101 | -7.22 | — | — | -11.1 | — | Limited |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | SEA | 28 | 43 | 253 | -4.45 | — | — | -12.9 | — | Limited |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 27 | 65 | 1,058 | -4.12 | 4.0 | #244 | -45.6 | 4th | Strong |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | DET/SAS | 26 | 35 | 487 | -1.82 | 25.2 | #191 | 1.9 | 24th | Established |
Career movement
Steve Hayes's career impact by season
Peak -1.82 in 1981–82 · 5 seasons · 2,296 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
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Career comparison
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Steve HayesDonald Hodge
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
Similar career arcs
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The score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and trajectory aligned by NBA experience. It describes career shape, not playing style or equal ability.
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90% season match · 1981–82 ↔ 1986–87Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played. The career ranking 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 →