NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1958–59 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1958–59 regular season.

Season

1958–59 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	PF	26	72	—	39.9	2,873
2	98.8	Elgin Baylor	MNL	SF	24	70	—	40.8	2,855
3	97.5	Bill Russell	BOS	C	24	70	—	42.6	2,979
4	96.3	Tom Gola	PHW	SG	26	64	—	36.5	2,333
5	95.0	Sam Jones	BOS	SG	25	71	—	20.6	1,466
6	93.8	Cliff Hagan	STL	SF	27	72	—	37.5	2,702
7	92.5	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	30	70	—	40.0	2,799
8	91.3	Kenny Sears	NYK	PF	25	71	—	35.2	2,498
9	90.0	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	30	65	—	37.0	2,403
10	88.8	Jack Twyman	CIN	SF	24	72	—	37.7	2,713
11	87.5	Richie Guerin	NYK	SG	26	71	—	36.0	2,558
12	86.3	Clyde Lovellette	STL	C	29	70	—	22.8	1,599
13	85.0	Red Kerr	SYR	C	26	72	—	37.1	2,671
14	83.8	George Yardley	DET / SYR	SF	30	61	—	30.1	1,839
15	82.5	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	30	72	—	36.7	2,645
16	81.3	Frank Ramsey	BOS	SG	27	72	—	28.0	2,013
17	80.0	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	PF	24	66	—	31.7	2,089
18	78.8	Guy Rodgers	PHW	PG	23	45	—	34.8	1,565
19	78	George Dempsey	PHW / SYR	PG	29	57	—	12.2	694
20	76.3	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	32	72	—	33.1	2,382
21	75.0	Phil Jordon	DET	PF	25	72	—	28.6	2,058
22	73.8	Dick McGuire	DET	PG	33	71	—	29.1	2,063
23	72.5	Gene Shue	DET	PG	27	72	—	38.1	2,745
24	71.3	Ed Fleming	MNL	SG	25	71	—	15.9	1,132
25	70	Larry Staverman	CIN	PF	22	57	—	11.9	681
26	68.8	Bucky Bockhorn	CIN	SG	25	71	—	31.7	2,251
27	67.5	Larry Costello	SYR	PG	27	70	—	39.3	2,750
28	66.3	Joe Graboski	PHW	PF	29	72	—	34.5	2,482
29	65.0	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	PF	30	72	—	29.7	2,139
30	63.8	Boo Ellis	MNL	PF	22	72	—	16.7	1,202
31	62.5	Carl Braun	NYK	PG	31	72	—	27.2	1,959
32	61	K.C. Jones	BOS	PG	26	49	—	12.4	609
33	60.0	Med Park	CIN / STL	SG	25	62	—	18.2	1,126
34	58.8	Dick Farley	DET	SG	26	70	—	18.3	1,280
35	57.5	Frank Selvy	NYK	SG	26	68	—	21.3	1,448
36	56.3	Willie Naulls	NYK	SF	24	68	—	30.3	2,061
37	55.0	Ernie Beck	PHW	SG	27	70	—	14.5	1,017
38	53.8	Chuck Share	STL	C	31	72	—	23.8	1,713
39	53	Phil Rollins	CIN / PHW	PG	25	44	—	15.7	691
40	51.3	Larry Foust	MNL	C	30	72	—	26.8	1,933
41	50.0	Jack George	NYK / PHW	PG	30	71	—	26.5	1,881
42	48.8	Hot Rod Hundley	MNL	PG	24	71	—	23.4	1,664
43	47.5	Hal Greer	SYR	SG	22	68	—	23.9	1,625
44	46	Ron Sobie	NYK	PG	24	50	—	17.1	857
45	45.0	Bob Hopkins	SYR	PF	24	67	—	22.7	1,518
46	43.8	Dick Garmaker	MNL	SG	26	72	—	34.6	2,493
47	42.5	Dave Piontek	CIN	PF	24	72	—	23.3	1,674
48	41.3	Jim Palmer	CIN	C	25	67	—	24.2	1,624
49	40.0	Johnny McCarthy	CIN	PG	24	47	—	38.9	1,827
50	38.8	Si Green	CIN / STL	—	25	46	—	24.1	1,109

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Season summary

1958–59 NBA advanced stats leaders

Bob Pettit ranks first in 1958–59 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Elgin Baylor by 1.3 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.