NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1956–57 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1956–57 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1957.

Season

Season ending 1957

Who ranks No. 1 in 1956–57?

Bob Pettit ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1956–57 regular season. This is a model-based impact ranking, not the NBA scoring-leader or standings table. The top ten compare on-court performance on a 0–100 score within this season across 80 qualified players.

The 1956–57 NBA season ended in 1957. If you mean the season that began in 1957, see 1957–58.

#1Bob PettitSTL100.0
#2Dolph SchayesSYR98.7
#3Neil JohnstonPHW97.5
#4Maurice StokesROC96.2
#5George YardleyFTW94.9
#6Bob CousyBOS93.7
#7Paul ArizinPHW92.4
#8Clyde LovelletteMNL91.1
#9Bill RussellBOS89.9
#10Bill SharmanBOS88.6

1956–57 Impact Rate rankings

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

Impact Rate: 0–100 score, not points per possession. Higher is better. No. 1 is the best rank.

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	0–100 · higher is better
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	84.8	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	63.3	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	53.2	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	41.8	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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