NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1959–60 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1959–60 regular season.

Season

1959–60 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	Elgin Baylor	MNL	SF	25	70	—	41.0	2,873	25.2	11.5	0.192	—	—
2	98.7	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	C	23	72	—	46.4	3,338	28.1	17.0	0.245	—	—
3	97.4	Bill Russell	BOS	C	25	74	—	42.5	3,146	20.2	13.8	0.211	—	—
4	96.2	Cliff Hagan	STL	SF	28	75	—	37.3	2,798	22.1	11.8	0.203	—	—
5	94.9	Sam Jones	BOS	SG	26	74	—	20.4	1,512	17.8	5.9	0.186	—	—
6	93.6	Bob Pettit	STL	PF	27	72	—	40.2	2,896	23.8	11.5	0.191	—	—
7	92.3	Tom Gola	PHW	SG	27	75	—	38.3	2,870	15.4	9.9	0.166	—	—
8	91.0	Kenny Sears	NYK	PF	26	64	—	32.8	2,099	21.8	8.8	0.201	—	—
9	89.7	Richie Guerin	NYK	SG	27	74	—	32.8	2,429	21.5	7.4	0.146	—	—
10	88.5	Jack Twyman	CIN	SF	25	75	—	40.3	3,023	21.1	8.3	0.131	—	—
11	87.2	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	31	75	—	36.5	2,741	20.6	9.5	0.167	—	—
12	85.9	Clyde Lovellette	STL	C	30	68	—	28.7	1,953	23.4	9.0	0.221	—	—
13	84.6	Willie Naulls	NYK	SF	25	65	—	34.6	2,250	20.1	5.3	0.113	—	—
14	83.3	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	31	75	—	34.5	2,588	18.7	7.8	0.145	—	—
15	82.1	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	33	71	—	27.0	1,916	18.5	7.9	0.198	—	—
16	80.8	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	PF	25	75	—	32.3	2,420	18.4	7.7	0.154	—	—
17	79.5	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	31	72	—	36.4	2,618	17.3	9.2	0.168	—	—
18	78.2	George Yardley	SYR	SF	31	73	—	32.9	2,402	18.2	9.0	0.179	—	—
19	76.9	Frank Ramsey	BOS	SG	28	73	—	27.5	2,009	14.5	5.3	0.128	—	—
20	75.6	Larry Costello	SYR	PG	28	71	—	34.8	2,469	15.6	8.0	0.156	—	—
21	74.4	Gene Shue	DET	PG	28	75	—	44.5	3,338	15.6	8.5	0.122	—	—
22	73.1	Dick McGuire	DET	PG	34	68	—	21.6	1,466	16.4	4.0	0.131	—	—
23	71.8	Hal Greer	SYR	SG	23	70	—	28.3	1,979	14.1	5.8	0.141	—	—
24	70.5	Hot Rod Hundley	MNL	PG	25	73	—	31.2	2,279	12.9	1.9	0.041	—	—
25	69.2	Phil Jordon	CIN	C	26	75	—	27.5	2,066	15.3	1.9	0.045	—	—
26	67.9	K.C. Jones	BOS	PG	27	74	—	17.2	1,274	12.6	3.7	0.139	—	—
27	66.7	Red Kerr	SYR	C	27	75	—	31.6	2,372	15.7	3.8	0.078	—	—
28	65.4	Guy Rodgers	PHW	PG	24	68	—	36.5	2,483	11.8	4.3	0.084	—	—
29	64.1	Bailey Howell	DET	PF	23	75	—	31.3	2,346	18.2	7.6	0.156	—	—
30	62.8	Rudy LaRusso	MNL	PF	22	71	—	29.5	2,092	15.0	3.9	0.091	—	—
31	61.5	Joe Graboski	PHW	PF	30	73	—	17.4	1,269	12.9	2.2	0.082	—	—
32	60.3	Larry Foust	MNL / STL	C	31	72	—	27.3	1,964	15.0	4.9	0.119	—	—
33	59.0	Archie Dees	DET	PF	23	73	—	17.0	1,244	17.2	3.7	0.144	—	—
34	57.7	Bucky Bockhorn	CIN	SG	26	75	—	28.0	2,103	11.4	1.3	0.031	—	—
35	56.4	Carl Braun	NYK	PG	32	54	—	28.0	1,514	15.0	3.0	0.095	—	—
36	55.1	Win Wilfong	CIN	PG	26	72	—	27.7	1,992	11.0	0.6	0.015	—	—
37	53.8	Ed Conlin	DET	SG	26	70	—	23.4	1,636	12.4	0.7	0.022	—	—
38	52.6	Med Park	CIN	SG	26	74	—	25.0	1,849	11.2	1.9	0.049	—	—
39	51.3	Frank Selvy	SYR / MNL	SG	27	62	—	21.1	1,308	12.4	2.3	0.084	—	—
40	50.0	Hub Reed	STL / CIN	C	23	71	—	25.6	1,820	12.9	2.8	0.075	—	—
41	48.7	Dick Barnett	SYR	SG	23	57	—	21.7	1,235	15.1	2.2	0.084	—	—
42	47	Boo Ellis	MNL	PF	23	46	—	14.6	671	10.6	0.6	0.041	—	—
43	46.2	Tom Hawkins	MNL	SF	23	69	—	21.3	1,467	10.7	1.2	0.038	—	—
44	44.9	Shellie McMillon	DET	SF	23	75	—	18.9	1,416	13.7	2.5	0.086	—	—
45	44	Larry Staverman	CIN	PF	23	49	—	9.8	479	14.5	1.1	0.112	—	—
46	42.3	Dick Garmaker	MNL / NYK		27	70	—	27.6	1,932	13.1	3.1	0.076	—	—
47	41.0	Phil Rollins	CIN	PG	26	72	—	17.2	1,235	11.7	1.1	0.041	—	—
48	39.7	Si Green	STL	PG	26	70	—	19.3	1,354	9.5	1.0	0.037	—	—
49	38	Ernie Beck	PHW	SG	28	66	—	12.3	809	8.2	0.9	0.051	—	—
50	37.2	Vern Hatton	PHW	SG	24	67	—	15.7	1,049	7.7	0.5	0.025	—	—

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Season summary

1959–60 NBA advanced stats leaders

Elgin Baylor ranks first in 1959–60 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Wilt Chamberlain by 1.3 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.