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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.
1953–54 Impact Rate rankings
A backtested impact estimate from the statistics recorded in that era, with uncertainty ranges.
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| 1 | 100.0 | BOS | C | 25 | 71 | — | 39.3 | 2,792 | ||
| 2 | 98.8 | SYR | C | 25 | 72 | — | 36.9 | 2,655 | ||
| 3 | 97.6 | PHW | C | 24 | 72 | — | 45.8 | 3,296 | ||
| 4 | 96.3 | BOS | PG | 25 | 72 | — | 39.7 | 2,857 | ||
| 5 | 95.1 | ROC | SG | 32 | 72 | — | 35.3 | 2,538 | ||
| 6 | 93.9 | MNL | C | 29 | 72 | — | 32.8 | 2,362 | ||
| 7 | 92.7 | NYK | PF | 26 | 72 | — | 37.4 | 2,690 | ||
| 8 | 91.5 | SYR | PG | 23 | 72 | — | 19.5 | 1,405 | ||
| 9 | 90.2 | FTW | SF | 25 | 63 | — | 23.6 | 1,489 | ||
| 10 | 89.0 | MNL | SF | 31 | 71 | — | 35.0 | 2,483 | ||
| 11 | 87.8 | SYR | SG | 26 | 71 | — | 38.4 | 2,727 | ||
| 12 | 86.6 | BOS | SG | 27 | 72 | — | 34.3 | 2,467 | ||
| 13 | 85.4 | ROC | PF | 29 | 71 | — | 33.5 | 2,377 | ||
| 14 | 84.1 | FTW | C | 25 | 72 | — | 37.4 | 2,693 | ||
| 15 | 82.9 | FTW | PF | 25 | 72 | — | 40.8 | 2,934 | ||
| 16 | 82 | FTW | SF | 22 | 32 | — | 29.9 | 958 | ||
| 17 | 80.5 | BLB | PG | 28 | 72 | — | 34.8 | 2,505 | ||
| 18 | 79.3 | MLH | PF | 24 | 72 | — | 34.1 | 2,452 | ||
| 19 | 78.0 | NYK | PG | 28 | 68 | — | 34.5 | 2,343 | ||
| 20 | 76.8 | SYR | PG | 25 | 72 | — | 32.9 | 2,370 | ||
| 21 | 75.6 | FTW | PG | 31 | 71 | — | 38.1 | 2,705 | ||
| 22 | 74.4 | PHW | PG | 25 | 71 | — | 37.3 | 2,648 | ||
| 23 | 73.2 | ROC | PG | 34 | 72 | — | 29.7 | 2,137 | ||
| 24 | 72.0 | NYK | SG | 26 | 72 | — | 33.0 | 2,373 | ||
| 25 | 70.7 | ROC | PG | 25 | 71 | — | 26.6 | 1,891 | ||
| 26 | 69.5 | ROC | C | 29 | 72 | — | 33.1 | 2,385 | ||
| 27 | 68.3 | MLH | PF | 31 | 69 | — | 31.4 | 2,170 | ||
| 28 | 67.1 | BLB | C | 22 | 72 | — | 23.0 | 1,657 | ||
| 29 | 65.9 | ROC | SF | 29 | 72 | — | 22.7 | 1,633 | ||
| 30 | 64.6 | MNL | PF | 25 | 72 | — | 31.2 | 2,247 | ||
| 31 | 63.4 | PHW | PF | 24 | 71 | — | 38.9 | 2,759 | ||
| 32 | 62.2 | BOS | SG | 27 | 68 | — | 21.3 | 1,451 | ||
| 33 | 61.0 | NYK | PF | 31 | 72 | — | 30.3 | 2,179 | ||
| 34 | 59.8 | SYR | SF | 25 | 72 | — | 30.6 | 2,206 | ||
| 35 | 58.5 | PHW | PG | 25 | 68 | — | 23.0 | 1,562 | ||
| 36 | 57.3 | MLH | SF | 26 | 72 | — | 32.9 | 2,370 | ||
| 37 | 56.1 | SYR | PF | 25 | 70 | — | 30.9 | 2,164 | ||
| 38 | 54.9 | BLB | C | 23 | 72 | — | 37.1 | 2,672 | ||
| 39 | 53.7 | PHW | SG | 26 | 64 | — | 32.3 | 2,067 | ||
| 40 | 52.4 | ROC | SF | 26 | 70 | — | 23.6 | 1,654 | ||
| 41 | 51.2 | FTW / MLH | C | 26 | 68 | — | 23.2 | 1,576 | ||
| 42 | 50.0 | PHW | SF | 23 | 71 | — | 25.3 | 1,795 | ||
| 43 | 48.8 | FTW / NYK | SF | 28 | 67 | — | 22.6 | 1,515 | ||
| 44 | 47.6 | MNL | C | 24 | 72 | — | 17.4 | 1,255 | ||
| 45 | 46.3 | MNL | SG | 27 | 71 | — | 26.4 | 1,877 | ||
| 46 | 45.1 | BLB / FTW / MLH | SG | 28 | 65 | — | 28.9 | 1,881 | ||
| 47 | 43.9 | BOS | SF | 26 | 71 | — | 26.7 | 1,898 | ||
| 48 | 42.7 | MLH | SF | 23 | 69 | — | 21.7 | 1,496 | ||
| 49 | 41.5 | BLB / MLH | PF | 21 | 70 | — | 28.1 | 1,970 | ||
| 50 | 40 | 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.
- #1Ed Macauley100.0
- #2Dolph Schayes98.8
- #3Neil Johnston97.6