NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1952–53 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1952–53 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1953.

Season

Season ending 1953

Who ranks No. 1 in 1952–53?

Ed Macauley ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1952–53 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 95 qualified players.

The 1952–53 NBA season ended in 1953. If you mean the season that began in 1953, see 1953–54.

#1Ed MacauleyBOS100.0
#2Bob CousyBOS98.9
#3Dolph SchayesSYR97.9
#4George MikanMNL96.8
#5Mel HutchinsMLH95.7
#6Neil JohnstonPHW94.7
#7Ernie VandewegheNYK93.6
#8Jack ColemanROC92.6
#9Harry GallatinNYK91.5
#10Bill SharmanBOS90.4

1952–53 Impact Rate rankings

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

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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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