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Walter Dukes
Walter Dukes advanced stats and career rankings
48.2 average league finish
180 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Walter Dukes ranks #639 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #44.3. His full-career value ranks #1229, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Walter Dukes's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Walter Dukes 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 Composite47.4
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
- 47.4
- Qualified seasons
- 8
- All-time rank
- #639
Strongest seasons
Every season
Walter Dukes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–63Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 32 | 62 | 913 | -3.10 | 15.4 | #78 | -25.1 | 16th | Modeled |
| 1961–62Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 31 | 77 | 1,896 | -1.10 | 47.7 | #46 | 44.3 | 51st | Modeled |
| 1960–61Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 30 | 73 | 2,044 | -0.59 | 57.0 | #35 | 75.6 | 61st | Modeled |
| 1959–60Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 29 | 66 | 2,140 | -1.66 | 32.1 | #54 | 18.5 | 40th | Modeled |
| 1958–59Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 28 | 72 | 2,338 | -1.62 | 28.8 | #58 | 22.1 | 38th | Modeled |
| 1957–58Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 27 | 72 | 2,184 | -1.60 | 30.3 | #54 | 21.6 | 34th | Modeled |
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | MNL | 26 | 71 | 1,866 | -1.20 | 35.4 | #52 | 35.8 | 42nd | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 25 | 60 | 1,290 | -2.44 | 9.3 | #69 | -12.7 | 9th | Modeled |
Career movement
Walter Dukes's career impact by season
Peak -0.59 in 1960–61 · 8 seasons · 14,671 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
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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Walter DukesJ.J. Hickson
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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