NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1953–54 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1953–54 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1954.

Season

Season ending 1954

Who ranks No. 1 in 1953–54?

Ed Macauley ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1953–54 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 83 qualified players.

The 1953–54 NBA season ended in 1954. If you mean the season that began in 1954, see 1954–55.

#1Ed MacauleyBOS100.0
#2Dolph SchayesSYR98.8
#3Neil JohnstonPHW97.6
#4Bob CousyBOS96.3
#5Bobby WanzerROC95.1
#6George MikanMNL93.9
#7Harry GallatinNYK92.7
#8Billy KenvilleSYR91.5
#9George YardleyFTW90.2
#10Jim PollardMNL89.0

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	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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