NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1953–54 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1953–54 regular season.

Season

1953–54 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	25	71	—	39.3	2,792
2	98.8	Dolph Schayes	SYR	C	25	72	—	36.9	2,655
3	97.6	Neil Johnston	PHW	C	24	72	—	45.8	3,296
4	96.3	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	25	72	—	39.7	2,857
5	95.1	Bobby Wanzer	ROC	SG	32	72	—	35.3	2,538
6	93.9	George Mikan	MNL	C	29	72	—	32.8	2,362
7	92.7	Harry Gallatin	NYK	PF	26	72	—	37.4	2,690
8	91.5	Billy Kenville	SYR	PG	23	72	—	19.5	1,405
9	90.2	George Yardley	FTW	SF	25	63	—	23.6	1,489
10	89.0	Jim Pollard	MNL	SF	31	71	—	35.0	2,483
11	87.8	Paul Seymour	SYR	SG	26	71	—	38.4	2,727
12	86.6	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	27	72	—	34.3	2,467
13	85.4	Jack Coleman	ROC	PF	29	71	—	33.5	2,377
14	84.1	Larry Foust	FTW	C	25	72	—	37.4	2,693
15	82.9	Mel Hutchins	FTW	PF	25	72	—	40.8	2,934
16	82	Jack Molinas	FTW	SF	22	32	—	29.9	958
17	80.5	Paul Hoffman	BLB	PG	28	72	—	34.8	2,505
18	79.3	Lew Hitch	MLH	PF	24	72	—	34.1	2,452
19	78.0	Dick McGuire	NYK	PG	28	68	—	34.5	2,343
20	76.8	George King	SYR	PG	25	72	—	32.9	2,370
21	75.6	Andy Phillip	FTW	PG	31	71	—	38.1	2,705
22	74.4	Jack George	PHW	PG	25	71	—	37.3	2,648
23	73.2	Bob Davies	ROC	PG	34	72	—	29.7	2,137
24	72.0	Carl Braun	NYK	SG	26	72	—	33.0	2,373
25	70.7	Jack McMahon	ROC	PG	25	71	—	26.6	1,891
26	69.5	Arnie Risen	ROC	C	29	72	—	33.1	2,385
27	68.3	George Ratkovicz	MLH	PF	31	69	—	31.4	2,170
28	67.1	Eddie Miller	BLB	C	22	72	—	23.0	1,657
29	65.9	Odie Spears	ROC	SF	29	72	—	22.7	1,633
30	64.6	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	PF	25	72	—	31.2	2,247
31	63.4	Joe Graboski	PHW	PF	24	71	—	38.9	2,759
32	62.2	Bob Donham	BOS	SG	27	68	—	21.3	1,451
33	61.0	Nat Clifton	NYK	PF	31	72	—	30.3	2,179
34	59.8	Earl Lloyd	SYR	SF	25	72	—	30.6	2,206
35	58.5	Danny Finn	PHW	PG	25	68	—	23.0	1,562
36	57.3	Bill Calhoun	MLH	SF	26	72	—	32.9	2,370
37	56.1	Wally Osterkorn	SYR	PF	25	70	—	30.9	2,164
38	54.9	Ray Felix	BLB	C	23	72	—	37.1	2,672
39	53.7	Paul Walther	PHW	SG	26	64	—	32.3	2,067
40	52.4	Cal Christensen	ROC	SF	26	70	—	23.6	1,654
41	51.2	Chuck Share	FTW / MLH	C	26	68	—	23.2	1,576
42	50.0	Zeke Zawoluk	PHW	SF	23	71	—	25.3	1,795
43	48.8	Fred Schaus	FTW / NYK	SF	28	67	—	22.6	1,515
44	47.6	Clyde Lovellette	MNL	C	24	72	—	17.4	1,255
45	46.3	Whitey Skoog	MNL	SG	27	71	—	26.4	1,877
46	45.1	Max Zaslofsky	BLB / FTW / MLH	SG	28	65	—	28.9	1,881
47	43.9	Bob Harris	BOS	SF	26	71	—	26.7	1,898
48	42.7	Irv Bemoras	MLH	SF	23	69	—	21.7	1,496
49	41.5	Bob Houbregs	BLB / MLH	PF	21	70	—	28.1	1,970
50	40	Frankie Brian	FTW	SG	30	64	—	15.2	973

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Season summary

1953–54 NBA advanced stats leaders

Ed Macauley ranks first in 1953–54 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Dolph Schayes by 1.2 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.