NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1955–56 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1955–56 regular season.

Season

1955–56 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	Maurice Stokes	ROC	C	22	67	—	34.7	2,323
2	98.7	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	27	72	—	35.0	2,517
3	97.3	Bob Pettit	STL	C	23	72	—	38.8	2,794
4	96.0	Tom Gola	PHW	SG	23	68	—	34.5	2,346
5	94.7	Neil Johnston	PHW	C	26	70	—	37.1	2,594
6	93.3	Ed Fleming	ROC	SG	22	71	—	28.6	2,028
7	92.0	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	27	72	—	38.4	2,767
8	90.7	Bob Houbregs	FTW	C	23	70	—	21.9	1,535
9	89.3	Clyde Lovellette	MNL	C	26	71	—	35.5	2,518
10	88.0	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	27	72	—	37.8	2,724
11	86.7	George Yardley	FTW	SF	27	71	—	33.1	2,353
12	85.3	Larry Foust	FTW	C	27	72	—	28.1	2,024
13	84.0	Billy Kenville	SYR	PG	25	72	—	17.8	1,278
14	82.7	Jack Coleman	ROC / STL	PF	31	75	—	36.5	2,738
15	81.3	George Dempsey	PHW	PG	26	72	—	20.1	1,444
16	80.0	Jack Twyman	ROC	SF	21	72	—	30.4	2,186
17	78.7	Harry Gallatin	NYK	SF	28	72	—	33.0	2,378
18	77.3	Mel Hutchins	FTW	PF	27	66	—	33.9	2,240
19	76.0	Ed Conlin	SYR	SF	22	66	—	21.6	1,423
20	74.7	Ed Macauley	BOS	C	27	71	—	33.2	2,354
21	73.3	Jack Stephens	STL	SG	22	72	—	30.8	2,219
22	72.0	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	29	72	—	37.5	2,698
23	70.7	Bobby Wanzer	ROC	PG	34	72	—	27.5	1,980
24	69.3	Jack Nichols	BOS	PF	29	60	—	32.7	1,964
25	68.0	Kenny Sears	NYK	PF	22	70	—	29.6	2,069
26	66.7	George King	SYR	PG	27	72	—	32.5	2,343
27	65.3	Red Kerr	SYR	C	23	72	—	29.4	2,114
28	64.0	Andy Phillip	FTW	PG	33	70	—	29.7	2,078
29	62.7	Lew Hitch	MNL	PF	26	69	—	16.4	1,129
30	61.3	Chuck Share	STL	C	28	72	—	27.4	1,975
31	60.0	Monk Meineke	ROC	PF	25	69	—	18.1	1,248
32	58.7	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	PF	27	72	—	29.2	2,100
33	57.3	Ernie Beck	PHW	SG	24	67	—	15.0	1,007
34	56.0	Jack George	PHW	PG	27	72	—	39.4	2,840
35	54.7	Nat Clifton	NYK	PF	33	64	—	24.0	1,537
36	53.3	Gene Shue	NYK	PG	24	72	—	24.3	1,750
37	52.0	Carl Braun	NYK	SG	28	72	—	32.2	2,316
38	50.7	Whitey Skoog	MNL	SG	29	72	—	32.1	2,311
39	49.3	Earl Lloyd	SYR	SF	27	72	—	25.5	1,837
40	48.0	Red Rocha	SYR	C	32	72	—	26.2	1,883
41	46.7	Ernie Barrett	BOS	SG	26	72	—	20.2	1,451
42	45.3	Art Spoelstra	ROC	C	23	72	—	22.8	1,640
43	44.0	Slater Martin	MNL	PG	30	72	—	39.4	2,838
44	42.7	Dick Farley	SYR	SG	23	72	—	19.8	1,429
45	41.3	Paul Seymour	SYR	SG	28	57	—	32.0	1,826
46	40.0	Ed Kalafat	MNL	SF	23	72	—	22.8	1,639
47	38.7	Dick Hemric	BOS	PF	22	71	—	18.7	1,329
48	37.3	Chuck Noble	FTW	SG	24	72	—	28.0	2,013
49	36.0	Dick McGuire	NYK	PG	30	62	—	27.2	1,685
50	34.7	Corky Devlin	FTW	SG	24	69	—	22.2	1,535

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Season summary

1955–56 NBA advanced stats leaders

Maurice Stokes ranks first in 1955–56 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Dolph Schayes by 1.3 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.