NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1952–53 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1952–53 regular season.

Season

1952–53 Impact Rate rankings

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

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


1	100.0	Ed Macauley	BOS	C	24	69	—	42.1	2,902
2	98.9	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	24	71	—	41.5	2,945
3	97.9	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	24	71	—	37.6	2,668
4	96.8	George Mikan	MNL	C	28	70	—	37.9	2,651
5	95.7	Mel Hutchins	MLH	C	24	71	—	40.7	2,891
6	94.7	Neil Johnston	PHW	C	23	70	—	45.2	3,166
7	93.6	Ernie Vandeweghe	NYK	SG	24	61	—	28.6	1,745
8	92.6	Jack Coleman	ROC	PF	28	70	—	37.5	2,625
9	91.5	Harry Gallatin	NYK	PF	25	70	—	33.3	2,333
10	90.4	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	26	71	—	32.9	2,333
11	89.4	Andy Phillip	FTW / PHW	SG	30	70	—	38.4	2,690
12	88.3	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	PF	24	70	—	35.2	2,465
13	87.2	Leo Barnhorst	INO	SF	28	71	—	40.4	2,871
14	86.2	Jack Nichols	MLH	PF	26	69	—	38.1	2,626
15	85.1	Bobby Wanzer	ROC	SG	31	70	—	36.8	2,577
16	84.0	Dick McGuire	NYK	PG	27	61	—	29.2	1,783
17	83.0	Jim Pollard	MNL	SF	30	66	—	36.4	2,403
18	81.9	Mel Payton	INO	SF	26	66	—	21.6	1,424
19	80.9	George Ratkovicz	BLB / MLH	PF	30	71	—	31.5	2,235
20	79.8	George King	SYR	PG	24	71	—	35.5	2,519
21	78.7	Paul Seymour	SYR	SG	25	67	—	40.1	2,684
22	77.7	Larry Foust	FTW	C	24	67	—	34.4	2,303
23	76.6	Carl Braun	NYK	SG	25	70	—	33.1	2,316
24	75.5	Bob Lavoy	INO	PF	26	70	—	33.2	2,327
25	74.5	Nat Clifton	NYK	PF	30	70	—	35.7	2,496
26	73.4	Danny Finn	PHW	SG	24	31	—	32.7	1,015
27	72.3	Jack Kerris	BLB / FTW	—	28	69	—	20.6	1,424
28	71.3	Dave Minor	BLB / MLH	PG	30	59	—	27.3	1,610
29	70	Dick Groat	FTW	PG	22	26	—	25.5	663
30	69	Jerry Fleishman	PHW	SG	30	33	—	26.7	882
31	68.1	Bob Donham	BOS	SG	26	71	—	20.2	1,435
32	67.0	Red Rocha	SYR	C	29	69	—	35.6	2,454
33	66.0	Fred Schaus	FTW	SF	27	69	—	36.8	2,541
34	64.9	Joe Graboski	INO	C	23	69	—	40.1	2,769
35	63.8	Connie Simmons	NYK	C	27	65	—	26.3	1,707
36	62.8	Paul Walther	INO	SG	25	67	—	36.8	2,468
37	61.7	Bill Calhoun	MLH / SYR	SF	25	62	—	34.6	2,148
38	60.6	Arnie Risen	ROC	C	28	68	—	33.6	2,288
39	59.6	Don Barksdale	BLB	PF	29	65	—	35.4	2,298
40	58.5	Nelson Bobb	PHW	PG	28	55	—	23.4	1,286
41	57.4	Odie Spears	ROC	SF	28	62	—	22.8	1,414
42	56.4	Paul Hoffman	BLB	SG	27	69	—	28.3	1,955
43	55.3	Bob Davies	ROC	PG	33	66	—	33.6	2,216
44	54.3	George Senesky	PHW	PG	30	69	—	33.9	2,336
45	53.2	Bob Harris	BOS	SF	25	70	—	28.2	1,971
46	52.1	Don Henriksen	BLB	C	23	68	—	33.3	2,263
47	51.1	Monk Meineke	FTW	PF	22	68	—	33.1	2,250
48	50.0	Arnie Johnson	ROC	SF	32	70	—	28.3	1,984
49	48.9	Bill Tosheff	INO	PG	26	67	—	36.7	2,459
50	47.9	Don Lofgran	PHW	SF	23	64	—	27.9	1,788

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Season summary

1952–53 NBA advanced stats leaders

Ed Macauley ranks first in 1952–53 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Bob Cousy by 1.1 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.