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1960–61 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1960–61 regular season.

Season

1960–61 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	LAL	SF	26	73	—	42.9	3,133	28.2	14.8	0.227	—	—
2	98.7	Oscar Robertson	CIN	PG	22	71	—	42.7	3,032	25.9	13.2	0.210	—	—
3	97.5	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	C	24	79	—	47.8	3,773	27.8	18.8	0.240	—	—
4	96.2	Bob Pettit	STL	PF	28	76	—	39.8	3,027	25.2	14.9	0.237	—	—
5	94.9	Cliff Hagan	STL	SF	29	77	—	35.1	2,701	20.1	10.8	0.193	—	—
6	93.7	Bill Russell	BOS	C	26	78	—	44.3	3,458	18.1	13.0	0.181	—	—
7	92.4	Sam Jones	BOS	SG	27	78	—	26.0	2,028	17.7	8.1	0.191	—	—
8	91.1	Jerry West	LAL	SG	22	79	—	35.4	2,797	16.0	6.6	0.113	—	—
9	89.9	Clyde Lovellette	STL	C	31	67	—	31.5	2,111	20.5	8.5	0.193	—	—
10	88.6	Jack Twyman	CIN	SF	26	79	—	37.0	2,920	19.6	9.6	0.157	—	—
11	87.3	Willie Naulls	NYK	SF	26	79	—	37.7	2,976	19.1	5.7	0.092	—	—
12	86.1	Tom Gola	PHW	SG	28	74	—	36.6	2,712	13.3	6.8	0.121	—	—
13	84.8	Bailey Howell	DET	PF	24	77	—	38.3	2,952	21.2	11.7	0.190	—	—
14	83.5	Richie Guerin	NYK	SG	28	79	—	38.3	3,023	17.8	5.4	0.086	—	—
15	82.3	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	32	79	—	38.1	3,007	19.2	8.5	0.136	—	—
16	81.0	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	PF	26	74	—	30.5	2,256	18.4	6.6	0.141	—	—
17	79.7	Hal Greer	SYR	SG	24	79	—	35.0	2,763	16.3	7.9	0.137	—	—
18	78.5	Bill Sharman	BOS	SG	34	61	—	25.2	1,538	17.0	5.4	0.169	—	—
19	77.2	Frank Ramsey	BOS	SG	29	79	—	25.6	2,019	15.2	6.5	0.155	—	—
20	75.9	Lenny Wilkens	STL	PG	23	75	—	25.3	1,898	13.4	4.9	0.123	—	—
21	74.7	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	32	76	—	32.5	2,468	17.4	7.2	0.140	—	—
22	73.4	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	32	79	—	37.2	2,935	17.1	9.7	0.159	—	—
23	72.2	Tom Sanders	BOS	SF	22	68	—	15.9	1,084	11.7	3.0	0.132	—	—
24	71	Fred LaCour	STL	SF	22	55	—	13.1	722	13.8	1.7	0.113	—	—
25	69.6	Dick Barnett	SYR	SG	24	78	—	26.5	2,070	17.1	5.8	0.135	—	—
26	68.4	Larry Costello	SYR	PG	29	75	—	28.9	2,167	17.2	8.6	0.190	—	—
27	67.1	Guy Rodgers	PHW	PG	25	78	—	37.2	2,905	13.5	4.8	0.080	—	—
28	65.8	Rudy LaRusso	LAL	PF	23	79	—	32.8	2,593	14.8	6.9	0.128	—	—
29	64.6	Bob Ferry	DET	C	23	79	—	21.0	1,657	16.5	3.9	0.113	—	—
30	63.3	Red Kerr	SYR	C	28	79	—	33.9	2,676	13.7	3.9	0.070	—	—
31	62.0	Kenny Sears	NYK	SF	27	52	—	26.8	1,396	16.1	4.0	0.138	—	—
32	60.8	Gene Shue	DET	PG	29	78	—	43.1	3,361	15.9	7.6	0.108	—	—
33	59.5	Si Green	STL	SG	27	76	—	25.9	1,968	10.5	2.6	0.063	—	—
34	58.2	Tom Hawkins	LAL	SF	24	78	—	23.7	1,846	12.1	3.2	0.084	—	—
35	57.0	Walter Dukes	DET	C	30	73	—	28.0	2,044	16.3	3.7	0.088	—	—
36	55.7	Dave Gambee	SYR	SF	23	79	—	26.5	2,090	14.7	5.3	0.121	—	—
37	54.4	K.C. Jones	BOS	PG	28	78	—	20.6	1,605	11.0	3.0	0.089	—	—
38	53.2	Dick Garmaker	NYK	PG	28	71	—	31.5	2,238	13.7	4.7	0.101	—	—
39	51.9	Frank Selvy	LAL	SG	28	77	—	28.0	2,153	11.8	4.1	0.092	—	—
40	50.6	Johnny Green	NYK	PF	27	78	—	22.9	1,784	16.1	1.7	0.045	—	—
41	49.4	Barney Cable	SYR	SF	25	75	—	21.9	1,642	11.4	3.3	0.096	—	—
42	48.1	George Lee	DET	SF	24	74	—	23.4	1,735	14.6	2.6	0.073	—	—
43	46.8	Wayne Embry	CIN	C	23	79	—	28.3	2,233	16.2	3.4	0.073	—	—
44	45.6	Larry Foust	STL	C	32	68	—	17.8	1,208	13.7	3.1	0.124	—	—
45	44.3	Hot Rod Hundley	LAL	PG	26	79	—	27.6	2,179	12.2	1.9	0.041	—	—
46	43	Larry Staverman	CIN	PF	24	66	—	14.3	944	11.8	1.4	0.072	—	—
47	41.8	Shellie McMillon	DET	SF	24	78	—	21.0	1,636	13.3	2.2	0.063	—	—
48	40.5	Johnny McCarthy	STL	PG	26	79	—	31.9	2,519	8.3	1.9	0.036	—	—
49	39.2	Phil Jordon	CIN / NYK	C	27	79	—	26.1	2,064	13.3	0.6	0.015	—	—
50	38.0	Mike Farmer	NYK / CIN	SF	24	59	—	22.1	1,301	10.2	-0.1	-0.004	—	—

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Season summary

1960–61 NBA advanced stats leaders

Elgin Baylor ranks first in 1960–61 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Oscar Robertson by 1.3 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.