NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1959–60 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1959–60 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1960.

Season

Season ending 1960

Who ranks No. 1 in 1959–60?

Elgin Baylor ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1959–60 regular season. This is a model-based impact ranking, not the NBA scoring-leader or standings table. The top ten below compare per-possession impact within this season across 79 qualified players.

The 1959–60 NBA season ended in 1960. If you mean the season that began in 1960, see 1960–61.

#1Elgin BaylorMNL100.0
#2Wilt ChamberlainPHW98.7
#3Bill RussellBOS97.4
#4Cliff HaganSTL96.2
#5Sam JonesBOS94.9
#6Bob PettitSTL93.6
#7Tom GolaPHW92.3
#8Kenny SearsNYK91.0
#9Richie GuerinNYK89.7
#10Jack TwymanCIN88.5

1959–60 Impact Rate rankings

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

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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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