NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1951–52 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1951–52 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1952.

Season

Season ending 1952

Who ranks No. 1 in 1951–52?

Paul Arizin ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1951–52 regular season. This is a model-based impact ranking, not the NBA scoring-leader or standings table. The top ten below compare per-possession impact within this season across 96 qualified players.

The 1951–52 NBA season ended in 1952. If you mean the season that began in 1952, see 1952–53.

#1Paul ArizinPHW100.0
#2George MikanMNL98.9
#3Bob CousyBOS97.9
#4Dick McGuireNYK96.8
#5Bobby WanzerROC95.8
#6Ed MacauleyBOS94.7
#7Vern MikkelsenMNL93.7
#8Dolph SchayesSYR92.6
#9Jim PollardMNL91.6
#10Andy PhillipPHW90.5

1951–52 Impact Rate rankings

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

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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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