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Zaid Abdul-Aziz

Zaid Abdul-Aziz stats, teams and career impact

#849 all-timeCareer averages · 9.0 PPG · 8.0 RPG · 1.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Teams in final NBA season: Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 235 lb (107 kg)
Born: April 7, 1946 (80 yrs old)
College: Iowa State
NBA seasons: 10 seasons · 1968–69 to 1977–78

Career or season view

Career summaryZaid Abdul-Aziz was a center who played 10 NBA seasons, from 1968–69 through 1977–78.

Career PPG: 9.0
Career RPG: 8.0
Career APG: 1.2; #44 in 1973–74; #849 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Zaid Abdul-Aziz ranks #849 all time

Zaid Abdul-Aziz ranks #849 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #68.0. His full-career value ranks #1061, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#44 in 1973–74

Best league finish

Sustained excellence7 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth10 seasons

505 games · Career Value Rank #1061

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, Houston Rockets, Buffalo Braves, and Boston Celtics
Greatest Celtics →Greatest Clippers →Greatest Kings →Greatest Rockets →Greatest Bucks →Greatest Thunder →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 42.8%FG%
Three-point: —3P%
Free throw: 72.8%FT%

505 career games · 11,023 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

Zaid Abdul-Aziz stats by season

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1977–78	3.9	3.1	0.6	-6.68	BOS/HOU	16	0	9.9	38.3%	—	73.9%	—	-15.7
1976–77	3.8	4.1	0.3	-4.79	BUF	22	0	8.9	33.8%	—	76.7%	—	-12.2
1975–76	3.2	2.8	0.6	-1.94	SEA	27	0	8.3	46.7%	—	55.2%	—	0.3
1974–75	9.7	7.5	1.3	+0.11	HOU	65	0	22.3	43.7%	—	78.3%	#79	65.6
1973–74	10.9	11.7	2.1	+0.70	HOU	79	0	31.1	45.9%	—	80.4%	#44	147.0
1972–73	8.7	6.3	1.1	-2.11	HOU	48	0	18.8	39.7%	—	73.5%	#132	-2.3
1971–72	13.8	11.3	2.1	-0.77	SEA	58	0	30.7	42.9%	—	72.0%	#81	50.5
1970–71	10.9	7.7	0.7	-1.17	SEA	61	0	20.9	44.1%	—	73.9%	#109	25.7
1969–70	7.4	7.5	0.8	-1.43	MIL	80	0	20.5	43.4%	—	64.3%	#96	22.4
1968–69	7.3	8.3	0.8	-2.56	CIN/MIL	49	0	19.3	36.9%	—	61.9%	#116	-13.0
Career	9.0	8.0	1.2	—	BOS/BUF/CIN/HOU/MIL/SEA	505	—	21.8	42.8%	—	72.8%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
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.

Career Impact Rank#849

81.8 composite · lower is better

Best 5#843

81.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#1061

268 total value

Career standing

How Zaid Abdul-Aziz ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score81.8

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: 169.0
Qualified seasons: 7
All-time rank: #849

Strongest seasons

Every season

Zaid Abdul-Aziz advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage


1977–78Historical Defense Estimate	BOS/HOU	31	16	158	-6.68	—	—	-15.7	—	Limited
1976–77Historical Defense Estimate	BUF	30	22	195	-4.79	—	—	-12.2	—	Limited
1975–76Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	29	27	223	-1.94	—	—	0.3	—	Limited
1974–75Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	28	65	1,450	+0.11	58.3	#79	65.6	56th	Broad
1973–74Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	27	79	2,459	+0.70	75.6	#44	147.0	77th	Broad
1972–73Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	26	48	900	-2.11	23.8	#132	-2.3	23rd	Modeled
1971–72Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	25	58	1,780	-0.77	51.2	#81	50.5	53rd	Modeled
1970–71Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	24	61	1,276	-1.17	35.3	#109	25.7	34th	Modeled
1969–70Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	23	80	1,637	-1.43	32.6	#96	22.4	33rd	Modeled
1968–69Historical Defense Estimate	CIN/MIL	22	49	945	-2.56	13.5	#116	-13.0	14th	Modeled

Career movement

Zaid Abdul-Aziz's career impact by season

Peak +0.70 in 1973–74 · 10 seasons · 11,023 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

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Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Zaid Abdul-AzizKelvin Cato

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Zaid Abdul-Aziz and Kelvin Cato era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Kelvin Cato
1	-2.6	-1.2
2	-1.4	0.2
3	-1.2	-0.5
4	-0.8	-2.2
5	-2.1	-0.6
6	0.7	-0.2
7	0.1	-0.5
8	-1.9	0.4
9	-4.8	-6.1
10	-6.7	-7.2

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Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Zaid Abdul-Aziz

The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

C · All-Time Career #1409

Kelvin Cato

career similarity score

90/100 closest-season score · 1973–74 ↔ 2001–02 C · All-Time Career #288

Bob Ferry

career similarity score

90/100 closest-season score · 1973–74 ↔ 1962–63 C · All-Time Career #295

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career similarity score

91/100 closest-season score · 1973–74 ↔ 1955–56

How to read this page

Impact 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 →