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Tom Gola
Tom Gola advanced stats and career rankings
5.8 average league finish
2,193 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Tom Gola ranks #56 all time. 4 top-ten finishes give him a sustained run near the top of the league. His full-career value ranks #153, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Tom Gola's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Tom Gola 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 Composite8.9
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
- 8.9
- Qualified seasons
- 10
- All-time rank
- #56
Strongest seasons
Every season
Tom Gola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–66Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 33 | 74 | 1,127 | +0.72 | 73.1 | #26 | 75.9 | 60th | Modeled |
| 1964–65Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 32 | 77 | 1,727 | -0.38 | 52.8 | #43 | 66.3 | 55th | Modeled |
| 1963–64Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 31 | 74 | 2,156 | -0.09 | 70.7 | #28 | 100.7 | 71st | Modeled |
| 1962–63Historical Defense Estimate | NYK/SFW | 30 | 73 | 2,670 | +0.01 | 67.0 | #31 | 133.3 | 75th | Modeled |
| 1961–62Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 29 | 60 | 2,462 | +0.96 | 77.9 | #20 | 198.8 | 81st | Modeled |
| 1960–61Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 28 | 74 | 2,712 | +1.70 | 86.1 | #12 | 276.2 | 86th | Modeled |
| 1959–60Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 27 | 75 | 2,870 | +3.00 | 92.3 | #7 | 398.4 | 96th | Modeled |
| 1958–59Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 26 | 64 | 2,333 | +3.82 | 96.3 | #4 | 334.9 | 94th | Modeled |
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 25 | 59 | 2,126 | +4.13 | 98.7 | #2 | 319.8 | 95th | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | PHW | 23 | 68 | 2,346 | +3.44 | 96.0 | #4 | 288.7 | 93rd | Modeled |
Career movement
Tom Gola's career impact by season
Peak +4.13 in 1957–58 · 10 seasons · 22,529 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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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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