NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1960–61 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1960–61 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1961.

Season

Season ending 1961

Who ranks No. 1 in 1960–61?

Elgin Baylor ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1960–61 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 80 qualified players.

The 1960–61 NBA season ended in 1961. If you mean the season that began in 1961, see 1961–62.

#1Elgin BaylorLAL100.0
#2Oscar RobertsonCIN98.7
#3Wilt ChamberlainPHW97.5
#4Bob PettitSTL96.2
#5Cliff HaganSTL94.9
#6Bill RussellBOS93.7
#7Sam JonesBOS92.4
#8Jerry WestLAL91.1
#9Clyde LovelletteSTL89.9
#10Jack TwymanCIN88.6

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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