NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1951–52 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1951–52 regular season.

Season

1951–52 Impact Rate rankings

A backtested impact estimate from the statistics recorded in that era, with uncertainty ranges.

50 players match Low samples hidden

0 low samples hidden · Backtested within-season impact percentile; rank ranges available. Click a row to inspect.


1	100.0	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	23	66	—	44.5	2,939
2	98.9	George Mikan	MNL	C	27	64	—	40.2	2,572
3	97.9	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	23	66	—	40.6	2,681
4	96.8	Dick McGuire	NYK	PG	26	64	—	31.5	2,018
5	95.8	Bobby Wanzer	ROC	SG	30	66	—	37.8	2,498
6	94.7	Ed Macauley	BOS	C	23	66	—	39.9	2,631
7	93.7	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	PF	23	66	—	35.5	2,345
8	92.6	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	23	63	—	31.8	2,004
9	91.6	Jim Pollard	MNL	SF	29	65	—	39.2	2,545
10	90.5	Andy Phillip	PHW	SG	29	66	—	44.4	2,933
11	89.5	Mel Hutchins	MLH	C	23	66	—	39.7	2,618
12	88.4	Larry Foust	FTW	C	23	66	—	39.6	2,615
13	87.4	Harry Gallatin	NYK	PF	24	66	—	29.3	1,931
14	86.3	George King	SYR	PG	23	66	—	28.6	1,889
15	85.3	Leo Barnhorst	INO	SF	27	66	—	35.5	2,344
16	84	Brady Walker	BLB	PF	30	35	—	20.0	699
17	83.2	Jack Coleman	ROC	PF	27	66	—	39.5	2,606
18	82.1	Fred Schaus	FTW	SF	26	62	—	41.6	2,581
19	81.1	Ernie Vandeweghe	NYK	SF	23	57	—	26.4	1,507
20	80.0	Dave Minor	BLB	SG	29	57	—	27.3	1,558
21	78.9	Bob Donham	BOS	SG	25	66	—	30.0	1,980
22	77.9	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	25	63	—	22.0	1,389
23	76.8	Nat Clifton	NYK	PF	29	62	—	33.9	2,101
24	75.8	Jack Kerris	FTW	PF	27	66	—	32.5	2,148
25	74.7	Paul Walther	INO	SG	24	55	—	34.6	1,903
26	73.7	Bob Lavoy	INO	PF	25	63	—	29.0	1,829
27	72.6	Arnie Johnson	ROC	SF	31	66	—	32.7	2,158
28	71.6	Arnie Risen	ROC	C	27	66	—	36.3	2,396
29	70.5	George Senesky	PHW	PG	29	57	—	33.8	1,925
30	69.5	Joe Graboski	INO	C	22	66	—	37.0	2,439
31	68	Don Rehfeldt	BLB / MLH	SF	25	39	—	20.2	788
32	67.4	Bill Calhoun	BLB	SG	24	55	—	29.0	1,594
33	66.3	Bob Harris	BOS	PF	24	66	—	28.8	1,899
34	65	Lew Hitch	MNL	PF	22	61	—	13.9	849
35	64.2	Stan Miasek	BLB	PF	28	66	—	32.9	2,174
36	63.2	Red Rocha	SYR	C	28	66	—	38.5	2,543
37	62.1	Don Otten	FTW / MLH	C	30	64	—	28.0	1,789
38	61.1	Wah Wah Jones	INO	PF	25	58	—	22.8	1,320
39	60.0	Chuck Cooper	BOS	SF	25	66	—	29.9	1,976
40	58.9	Fred Scolari	BLB	PG	29	64	—	35.0	2,242
41	58	George Kaftan	NYK	SF	23	52	—	18.4	955
42	56.8	Frankie Brian	FTW	SG	28	66	—	40.5	2,672
43	55.8	Connie Simmons	NYK	C	26	66	—	23.6	1,558
44	54.7	Pep Saul	BLB / MNL	SG	27	64	—	23.1	1,479
45	53.7	Slater Martin	MNL	PG	26	66	—	37.6	2,480
46	52.6	Don Barksdale	BLB	PF	28	62	—	32.5	2,014
47	51.6	Don Boven	MLH	SG	26	66	—	30.0	1,982
48	50.5	Bob Davies	ROC	PG	32	65	—	36.8	2,394
49	49.5	Odie Spears	ROC	SF	27	66	—	25.3	1,673
50	48.4	Frank Kudelka	BLB	SF	26	65	—	24.4	1,583

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Season summary

1951–52 NBA advanced stats leaders

Paul Arizin ranks first in 1951–52 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of George Mikan by 1.1 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.