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Willie Wise
Willie Wise stats, teams and career impact
#2036 all-timeCareer averages · 8.0 PPG · 3.3 RPG · 1.8 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Small forward
- Final NBA team
- Seattle SuperSonics
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · 210 lb (95 kg)
- Born
- March 3, 1947 (79 yrs old)
- College
- City College of San Francisco, Drake University
- NBA seasons
- 2 seasons · 1976–77 to 1977–78
Career summaryWillie Wise was a small forward who played 2 NBA seasons, from 1976–77 through 1977–78.
- Career PPG
- 8.0
- Career RPG
- 3.3
- Career APG
- 1.8
- #145 in 1976–77
- #2036 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Willie Wise ranks #2036 all time
Willie Wise ranks #2036 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #211.7. His full-career value ranks #1764, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.
450+ minutes required per season
77 games · Career Value Rank #1764
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Denver Nuggets and Seattle SuperSonics
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 45.9%FG%
- Three-point
- —3P%
- Free throw
- 64.4%FT%
77 career games · 1,413 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
Willie Wise 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–78 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -11.15 | SEA | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0% | — | 25.0% | — | -2.0 |
| 1976–77 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | -1.10 | DEN | 75 | 0 | 18.7 | 46.2% | — | 65.1% | #145 | 29.1 |
| Career | 8.0 | 3.3 | 1.8 | — | DEN/SEA | 77 | — | 18.4 | 45.9% | — | 64.4% | — | — |
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.
220.3 composite · lower is better
225.0 average league finish
27 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 Willie Wise 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
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
Career Composite Score220.3
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
- 245.0
- Qualified seasons
- 1
- All-time rank
- #2036
Strongest seasons
Every season
Willie Wise advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
Career movement
Willie Wise's box impact by season
Peak box impact -1.10 points per 100 possessions in 1976–77 · 2 seasons · 1,413 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
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 2 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 2 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Willie WiseMiloš Teodosić
| NBA season | Willie Wise | Miloš Teodosić |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -1.1 | -2.1 |
| 2 | -11.2 | -8.7 |
NBA season number · first 2 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Willie Wise
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 2 seasons and 2,352 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
PG · All-Time Career #2955
Miloš Teodosić
86.2start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: different
Medium evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1976–77 ↔ 2017–18SF · All-Time Career #641Dick Rosenthal
83.2start similarity percentile
Impact: closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: differentRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1976–77 ↔ 1954–55SG · All-Time Career #750Don Sunderlage
74.5start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: closeAge: differentRole: close
Medium evidence · first 2 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1976–77 ↔ 1953–54Impact 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 →