NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1954–55 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1954–55 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1955.

Season

Season ending 1955

Who ranks No. 1 in 1954–55?

Bob Pettit ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1954–55 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 77 qualified players.

The 1954–55 NBA season ended in 1955. If you mean the season that began in 1955, see 1955–56.

#1Bob PettitMLH100.0
#2Dolph SchayesSYR98.7
#3Bob CousyBOS97.4
#4Neil JohnstonPHW96.1
#5Jack ColemanROC94.7
#6Larry FoustFTW93.4
#7Harry GallatinNYK92.1
#8Ed MacauleyBOS90.8
#9Paul ArizinPHW89.5
#10George YardleyFTW88.2

1954–55 Impact Rate rankings

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

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1	100.0	Bob Pettit	MLH	PF	22	72	—	36.9	2,659
2	98.7	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	26	72	—	35.1	2,526
3	97.4	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	26	71	—	38.7	2,747
4	96.1	Neil Johnston	PHW	C	25	72	—	40.5	2,917
5	94.7	Jack Coleman	ROC	PF	30	72	—	34.5	2,482
6	93.4	Larry Foust	FTW	C	26	70	—	32.3	2,264
7	92.1	Harry Gallatin	NYK	PF	27	72	—	35.4	2,548
8	90.8	Ed Macauley	BOS	C	26	71	—	38.1	2,706
9	89.5	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	26	72	—	41.0	2,953
10	88.2	George Yardley	FTW	SF	26	60	—	35.8	2,150
11	86.8	Dick McGuire	NYK	PG	29	71	—	32.5	2,310
12	85.5	Paul Seymour	SYR	SG	27	72	—	41.0	2,950
13	84.2	Billy Kenville	SYR	SG	24	70	—	19.7	1,380
14	82.9	Bobby Wanzer	ROC	SG	33	72	—	33.0	2,376
15	81.6	Red Kerr	SYR	C	22	72	—	21.2	1,529
16	80.3	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	28	68	—	36.1	2,453
17	78.9	Clyde Lovellette	MNL	C	25	70	—	33.7	2,361
18	77.6	Tom Marshall	ROC	SF	24	72	—	18.6	1,337
19	76.3	Andy Phillip	FTW	PG	32	64	—	36.4	2,332
20	75.0	Lew Hitch	MLH / MNL	PF	25	74	—	24.0	1,774
21	73.7	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	PF	26	71	—	36.0	2,559
22	72.4	Frank Selvy	BLB / MLH	SF	22	71	—	37.6	2,668
23	71.1	George King	SYR	PG	26	67	—	30.1	2,015
24	69.7	Jim Pollard	MNL	SF	32	63	—	31.1	1,960
25	68.4	Mel Hutchins	FTW	PF	26	72	—	39.7	2,860
26	67.1	Bob Davies	ROC	PG	35	72	—	26.0	1,870
27	65.8	Carl Braun	NYK	SG	27	71	—	34.9	2,479
28	64.5	Nat Clifton	NYK	PF	32	72	—	33.2	2,390
29	63.2	Jack George	PHW	PG	26	68	—	36.5	2,480
30	61.8	George Dempsey	PHW	SG	25	48	—	28.9	1,387
31	60.5	Earl Lloyd	SYR	SF	26	72	—	30.7	2,212
32	59.2	Red Rocha	SYR	C	31	72	—	34.3	2,473
33	58	Paul Walther	FTW	SG	27	68	—	12.1	820
34	56.6	Dick Rosenthal	FTW	SF	25	67	—	21.0	1,406
35	55.3	Frank Ramsey	BOS	SF	23	64	—	27.4	1,754
36	53.9	Dick Farley	SYR	SG	22	69	—	16.1	1,113
37	53	Togo Palazzi	BOS	SG	22	53	—	9.5	504
38	51.3	Chuck Share	MLH	C	27	69	—	24.4	1,685
39	50.0	Chuck Cooper	MLH	PF	28	70	—	25.0	1,749
40	49	Gene Shue	NYK / PHW	PG	23	62	—	15.3	947
41	47.4	Dick Schnittker	MNL	SF	26	72	—	25.0	1,798
42	46.1	Cal Christensen	ROC	SF	27	71	—	17.0	1,204
43	44.7	Frankie Brian	FTW	SG	31	71	—	19.5	1,381
44	43	Danny Finn	PHW	PG	26	43	—	19.1	820
45	42.1	Jim Baechtold	NYK	SF	27	72	—	35.2	2,536
46	40.8	Bill Calhoun	MLH	SG	27	69	—	30.6	2,109
47	39.5	Ray Felix	NYK	C	24	72	—	28.1	2,024
48	38.2	Slater Martin	MNL	PG	29	72	—	38.7	2,784
49	36.8	Zeke Zawoluk	PHW	PF	24	67	—	16.7	1,117
50	35.5	Whitey Skoog	MNL	SG	28	72	—	32.8	2,365

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