150.2 composite · lower is better
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Wayne Selden
Wayne Selden advanced stats and career rankings
143.6 average league finish
-101 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Wayne Selden ranks #2479 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #222.7. His full-career value ranks #4515, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Wayne Selden's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Wayne Selden 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
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
- 150.2
- Qualified seasons
- 2
- All-time rank
- #2479
Every season
Wayne Selden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | NYK | 27 | 3 | 19 | -12.44 | — | — | -4.0 | — | Limited |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | CHI/MEM | 24 | 75 | 1,439 | -4.48 | 3.8 | #355 | -73.2 | 1st | Strong |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 23 | 35 | 692 | -2.34 | 20.5 | #288 | -4.6 | 23rd | Established |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | MEM/NOP | 22 | 14 | 236 | -6.11 | — | — | -18.9 | — | Limited |
Career movement
Wayne Selden's career impact by season
Peak -2.34 in 2017–18 · 4 seasons · 2,386 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.
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 4 seasons
Only the first 4 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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