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Theo Ratliff

Theo Ratliff stats, teams and career impact

#847 all-timeCareer averages · 7.2 PPG · 5.7 RPG · 0.6 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Los Angeles Lakers
Height / weight: 6 ft 10 in (208 cm) · 225 lb (102 kg)
Born: April 17, 1973 (53 yrs old)
College: Wyoming
NBA seasons: 16 seasons · 1995–96 to 2010–11

Career or season view

Career summaryTheo Ratliff was a center who played 16 NBA seasons, from 1995–96 through 2010–11.

Career PPG: 7.2
Career RPG: 5.7
Career APG: 0.6; #63 in 1998–99; #847 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Theo Ratliff ranks #847 all time

Theo Ratliff ranks #847 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #67.7. His full-career value ranks #595, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#63 in 1998–99

Best league finish

Sustained excellence12 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth16 seasons

810 games · Career Value Rank #595

NBA honorsAll-Star · 2× All-DefenseContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Lakers
Greatest Hawks →Greatest Celtics →Greatest Hornets →Greatest Pistons →Greatest Lakers →Greatest Timberwolves →Greatest 76ers →Greatest Trail Blazers →Greatest Spurs →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 49.6%FG%
Three-point: 0.0%3P%
Free throw: 71.0%FT%

810 career games · 20,500 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

Theo Ratliff stats by season

Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.

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.

Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →

				pts/100 · higher is better
2010–11	0.2	1.3	0.3	-8.54	LAL	10	0	7.1	16.7%	—	0.0%	—	-8.8
2009–10	3.6	3.2	0.5	-1.67	CHA/SAS	49	29	16.5	46.1%	—	76.0%	#243	5.0
2008–09	1.9	2.8	0.2	-0.10	PHI	46	0	12.6	53.1%	—	60.0%	#136	20.7
2007–08	4.3	3.4	0.5	-1.65	DET/MIN	26	9	16.8	48.2%	0.0%	67.4%	—	2.8
2006–07	2.5	3.5	0.0	-8.01	BOS	2	2	22.0	33.3%	—	75.0%	—	-5.1
2005–06	4.9	5.1	0.5	-0.95	POR	55	19	23.7	57.1%	—	65.1%	#168	24.9
2004–05	4.8	5.3	0.5	-1.37	POR	63	45	27.5	44.7%	—	69.2%	#203	20.4
2003–04	7.9	7.2	0.8	+0.31	ATL/POR	85	83	31.3	48.5%	—	64.5%	#111	114.3
2002–03	8.7	7.5	0.9	-0.55	ATL	81	81	31.1	46.4%	—	72.0%	#147	69.1
2001–02	8.7	5.3	0.3	-7.76	ATL	3	2	27.3	50.0%	—	54.5%	—	-9.0
2000–01	12.4	8.3	1.2	+0.92	PHI	50	50	36.0	49.9%	—	76.0%	#75	99.2
1999–00	11.9	7.6	0.6	+1.48	PHI	57	56	31.5	50.3%	—	77.1%	#65	120.7
1998–99	11.2	8.1	0.6	+1.58	PHI	50	50	32.5	47.0%	—	72.5%	#63	107.4
1997–98	9.9	6.7	0.7	+0.73	DET/PHI	82	67	29.8	51.3%	—	70.1%	#92	125.1
1996–97	5.8	3.4	0.2	-1.16	DET	76	38	17.0	53.1%	—	69.8%	#177	19.2
1995–96	4.5	4.0	0.2	-0.33	DET	75	2	17.4	55.7%	0.0%	70.8%	#141	39.7
Career	7.2	5.7	0.6	—	ATL/BOS/CHA/DET/LAL/MIN/PHI/POR/SAS	810	—	25.3	49.6%	0.0%	71.0%	—	—

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#847

81.7 composite · lower is better

Best 5#835

81.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#595

746 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 Theo Ratliff 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 Score81.7

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: 328.0
Qualified seasons: 12
All-time rank: #847

Strongest seasons

Every season

Theo Ratliff 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
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	37	10	71	-8.54	—	—	-8.8	—	Limited
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	CHA/SAS	36	49	807	-1.67	28.0	#243	5.0	24th	Standard
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	35	46	579	-0.10	59.5	#136	20.7	40th	Standard
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	DET/MIN	34	26	437	-1.65	—	—	2.8	—	Limited
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	BOS	33	2	44	-8.01	—	—	-5.1	—	Limited
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	POR	32	55	1,301	-0.95	49.1	#168	24.9	45th	Broad
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	POR	31	63	1,731	-1.37	41.1	#203	20.4	42nd	Broad
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	ATL/POR	30	85	2,664	+0.31	66.8	#111	114.3	75th	Broad
2002–03Historical Defense Estimate	ATL	29	81	2,518	-0.55	54.1	#147	69.1	64th	Broad
2001–02Historical Defense Estimate	ATL	28	3	82	-7.76	—	—	-9.0	—	Limited
2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	27	50	1,800	+0.92	77.4	#75	99.2	73rd	Broad
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	26	57	1,795	+1.48	80.0	#65	120.7	76th	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	25	50	1,627	+1.58	77.5	#63	107.4	83rd	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	DET/PHI	24	82	2,447	+0.73	71.3	#92	125.1	78th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	DET	23	76	1,292	-1.16	44.3	#177	19.2	45th	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	DET	22	75	1,305	-0.33	56.9	#141	39.7	53rd	Broad

Career movement

Theo Ratliff's box impact by season

Peak box impact +1.58 points per 100 possessions in 1998–99 · 16 seasons · 20,500 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 possessionsMinutes

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Career comparison

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

Theo Ratliff and Michael Cage era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Theo Ratliff	Michael Cage
1	-0.3	-1.3
2	-1.2	-1.7
3	0.7	1.2
4	1.6	1.3
5	1.5	0.4
6	0.9	-0.9
7	-7.8	-0.7
8	-0.6	0.6
9	0.3	-0.3
10	-1.4	-0.6
11	-1.0	0.7
12	-8.0	0.4
13	-1.7	-0.4
14	-0.1	-0.2
15	-1.7	-2.4
16	-8.5	Did not play

NBA season number

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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 →