NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1956–57 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1956–57 regular season.

Season

1956–57 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	Bob Pettit	STL	C	24	71	—	35.1	2,491
2	98.7	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	28	72	—	39.6	2,851
3	97.5	Neil Johnston	PHW	C	27	69	—	36.7	2,531
4	96.2	Maurice Stokes	ROC	PF	23	72	—	38.3	2,761
5	94.9	George Yardley	FTW	SF	28	72	—	37.4	2,691
6	93.7	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	28	64	—	36.9	2,364
7	92.4	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	28	71	—	39.0	2,767
8	91.1	Clyde Lovellette	MNL	C	27	69	—	36.1	2,492
9	89.9	Bill Russell	BOS	C	22	48	—	35.3	1,695
10	88.6	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	30	67	—	35.9	2,403
11	87.3	George Dempsey	PHW	PG	27	71	—	16.2	1,147
12	86.1	Jack Twyman	ROC	SG	22	72	—	32.5	2,338
13	85	Frank Ramsey	BOS	SG	25	35	—	23.1	807
14	83.5	Gene Shue	FTW	PG	25	72	—	34.3	2,470
15	82.3	Bob Houbregs	FTW	C	24	60	—	26.5	1,592
16	81.0	Ed Conlin	SYR	SG	23	71	—	31.7	2,250
17	79.7	Harry Gallatin	NYK	PF	29	72	—	27.0	1,943
18	78.5	Jack Coleman	STL	PF	32	72	—	29.8	2,145
19	77.2	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	PF	22	72	—	29.9	2,150
20	75.9	Ron Sobie	NYK	SG	22	71	—	19.4	1,378
21	74.7	Dave Piontek	ROC	SF	22	71	—	24.8	1,759
22	73.4	Dick Garmaker	MNL	SG	24	72	—	33.4	2,406
23	72.2	Kenny Sears	NYK	SF	23	72	—	34.9	2,516
24	70.9	Red Kerr	SYR	C	24	72	—	30.4	2,191
25	69.6	Ed Macauley	STL	PF	28	72	—	35.9	2,582
26	68.4	Mel Hutchins	FTW	PF	28	72	—	36.8	2,647
27	67.1	Ernie Beck	PHW	SG	25	72	—	24.2	1,743
28	65.8	Billy Kenville	FTW	SG	26	71	—	24.0	1,701
29	64.6	Larry Costello	PHW	PG	25	72	—	29.3	2,111
30	63	Ed Fleming	ROC	SG	23	51	—	18.2	927
31	62.0	Johnny McCarthy	ROC	PG	22	72	—	21.7	1,560
32	60.8	Chuck Share	STL	C	29	72	—	23.2	1,673
33	59.5	Jim Loscutoff	BOS	SF	26	70	—	31.7	2,220
34	58.2	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	PF	28	72	—	30.5	2,198
35	57.0	Med Park	STL	SG	23	66	—	17.1	1,130
36	55.7	Chuck Mencel	MNL	PG	23	72	—	25.7	1,848
37	54.4	Togo Palazzi	BOS / SYR	SF	24	63	—	16.1	1,013
38	53	Tom Marshall	ROC	SF	26	40	—	11.5	460
39	51.9	Richie Guerin	NYK	SG	24	72	—	24.9	1,793
40	50.6	Carl Braun	NYK	PG	29	72	—	32.6	2,345
41	49.4	Dick Hemric	BOS	PF	23	67	—	15.7	1,055
42	48.1	Jack Nichols	BOS	PF	30	61	—	22.5	1,372
43	46.8	Andy Phillip	BOS	PG	34	67	—	22.0	1,476
44	45.6	Larry Foust	FTW	C	28	61	—	25.1	1,533
45	44.3	Jack George	PHW	SG	28	67	—	33.3	2,229
46	43.0	Nat Clifton	NYK	PF	34	71	—	31.4	2,231
47	42	Cliff Hagan	STL	SF	25	67	—	14.5	971
48	40.5	Richie Regan	ROC	PG	26	71	—	29.6	2,100
49	39.2	Earl Lloyd	SYR	SF	28	72	—	27.3	1,965
50	38.0	Slater Martin	NYK / STL	PG	31	66	—	36.4	2,401

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Season summary

1956–57 NBA advanced stats leaders

Bob Pettit ranks first in 1956–57 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Dolph Schayes by 1.3 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.