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Walt Wesley
Walt Wesley advanced stats and career rankings
109.4 average league finish
-173 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Walt Wesley ranks #1835 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #102.7. His full-career value ranks #4682, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Walt Wesley's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Walt Wesley 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
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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
- 101.2
- Qualified seasons
- 7
- All-time rank
- #1835
Strongest seasons
Every season
Walt Wesley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 31 | 1 | 7 | -11.53 | — | — | -1.5 | — | Limited |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | MIL/PHI | 30 | 45 | 247 | -5.95 | — | — | -20.8 | — | Limited |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | CAP | 29 | 39 | 400 | -2.02 | — | — | -0.2 | — | Limited |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | CLE/PHO | 28 | 57 | 474 | -5.19 | 1.7 | #170 | -35.2 | 11th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 27 | 82 | 2,185 | -1.80 | 28.0 | #119 | 10.2 | 29th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 26 | 82 | 2,425 | -0.75 | 47.3 | #89 | 69.9 | 54th | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 25 | 72 | 1,407 | -2.56 | 16.3 | #119 | -19.2 | 15th | Modeled |
| 1968–69Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 24 | 82 | 1,334 | -2.94 | 8.3 | #123 | -29.5 | 8th | Modeled |
| 1967–68Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 23 | 66 | 918 | -4.65 | 0.8 | #120 | -58.1 | 3rd | Modeled |
| 1966–67Historical Defense Estimate | CIN | 22 | 64 | 909 | -5.95 | 1.0 | #100 | -88.6 | 0th | Modeled |
Career movement
Walt Wesley's career impact by season
Peak -0.75 in 1970–71 · 10 seasons · 10,306 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.
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Career comparison
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Walt WesleyAndrew DeClercq
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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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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