NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1961–62 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1961–62 regular season.

Season

1961–62 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	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	C	25	80	—	48.5	3,882	32.1	23.1	0.286	—	—
2	98.8	Oscar Robertson	CIN	PG	23	79	—	44.3	3,503	26.2	15.6	0.214	—	—
3	97.7	Jerry West	LAL	PG	23	75	—	41.2	3,087	22.9	12.9	0.201	—	—
4	96.5	Elgin Baylor	LAL	SF	27	48	—	44.4	2,129	26.8	7.9	0.179	—	—
5	95.3	Bill Russell	BOS	C	27	76	—	45.2	3,433	19.6	15.5	0.217	—	—
6	94.2	Bob Pettit	STL	PF	29	78	—	42.1	3,282	24.5	11.5	0.168	—	—
7	93.0	Sam Jones	BOS	SG	28	78	—	30.6	2,388	18.1	9.6	0.193	—	—
8	91.9	Walt Bellamy	CHP	C	22	79	—	42.3	3,344	26.6	16.3	0.233	—	—
9	90.7	Richie Guerin	NYK	SG	29	78	—	42.9	3,348	21.1	12.1	0.174	—	—
10	89.5	Cliff Hagan	STL	SF	30	77	—	36.2	2,784	19.6	8.5	0.146	—	—
11	88.4	Hal Greer	SYR	SG	25	71	—	38.1	2,705	17.6	8.5	0.151	—	—
12	87.2	Red Kerr	SYR	C	29	80	—	34.6	2,768	17.6	7.8	0.136	—	—
13	86.0	Bailey Howell	DET	SF	25	79	—	36.2	2,857	19.2	10.7	0.180	—	—
14	84.9	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	PF	27	79	—	30.2	2,383	20.2	9.3	0.187	—	—
15	83.7	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	33	75	—	28.2	2,114	18.5	6.3	0.144	—	—
16	82.6	Willie Naulls	NYK	SF	27	75	—	39.7	2,978	17.9	5.5	0.089	—	—
17	81.4	Frank Ramsey	BOS	SG	30	79	—	24.2	1,913	16.5	7.3	0.183	—	—
18	80.2	Rudy LaRusso	LAL	PF	24	80	—	34.4	2,754	16.8	8.8	0.153	—	—
19	79.1	Clyde Lovellette	STL	C	32	40	—	29.8	1,192	19.7	3.6	0.145	—	—
20	77.9	Tom Gola	PHW	SG	29	60	—	41.0	2,462	11.5	4.4	0.085	—	—
21	76.7	Al Butler	BOS / NYK	PG	23	59	—	34.2	2,016	13.2	4.1	0.098	—	—
22	75.6	Tom Sanders	BOS	SF	23	80	—	29.1	2,325	12.5	7.2	0.149	—	—
23	74.4	Johnny Green	NYK	PF	28	80	—	34.9	2,789	16.0	5.1	0.088	—	—
24	73.3	Jack Twyman	CIN	SF	27	80	—	37.4	2,991	16.8	8.6	0.138	—	—
25	72.1	Dave Gambee	SYR	SF	24	80	—	28.8	2,301	16.5	7.0	0.145	—	—
26	70.9	Wayne Embry	CIN	C	24	75	—	35.0	2,623	18.1	6.7	0.123	—	—
27	69.8	Bob Ferry	DET	C	24	80	—	24.0	1,918	17.2	4.9	0.122	—	—
28	68.6	K.C. Jones	BOS	PG	29	80	—	25.7	2,054	11.8	4.9	0.115	—	—
29	67.4	Frank Selvy	LAL	SG	29	79	—	35.5	2,806	13.2	5.5	0.094	—	—
30	66.3	Gene Shue	DET	PG	30	80	—	39.3	3,143	14.8	5.6	0.086	—	—
31	65.1	Lee Shaffer	SYR	SF	22	75	—	27.8	2,083	15.6	5.0	0.115	—	—
32	64.0	Al Attles	PHW	PG	25	75	—	32.9	2,468	10.9	5.2	0.101	—	—
33	62.8	Larry Costello	SYR	PG	30	63	—	29.4	1,854	15.7	5.9	0.153	—	—
34	61.6	Fred LaCour	STL	PG	23	73	—	20.6	1,507	11.3	1.7	0.056	—	—
35	60.5	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	33	56	—	26.4	1,480	15.9	3.1	0.099	—	—
36	59.3	Ray Scott	DET	PF	23	75	—	27.8	2,087	15.6	2.5	0.057	—	—
37	58.1	Jim Krebs	LAL	C	26	78	—	25.8	2,012	12.4	4.2	0.100	—	—
38	57.0	Larry Foust	STL	C	33	57	—	20.2	1,153	14.8	3.1	0.129	—	—
39	55.8	Paul Arizin	PHW	SF	33	78	—	35.7	2,785	15.0	6.3	0.109	—	—
40	54.7	Andy Johnson	CHP	SF	29	71	—	30.9	2,193	13.8	4.6	0.100	—	—
41	53.5	Si Green	STL / CHP		28	71	—	33.6	2,388	11.4	1.1	0.022	—	—
42	52.3	Jackie Moreland	DET	PF	23	74	—	16.5	1,219	14.7	2.6	0.101	—	—
43	51	Lenny Wilkens	STL	PG	24	20	—	43.5	870	11.9	0.4	0.022	—	—
44	50.0	Dave Budd	NYK	SF	23	79	—	17.3	1,370	11.8	2.3	0.081	—	—
45	48.8	Don Ohl	DET	SG	25	77	—	32.8	2,526	13.9	4.5	0.085	—	—
46	47.7	Walter Dukes	DET	C	31	77	—	24.6	1,896	13.7	3.3	0.084	—	—
47	47	Johnny Egan	DET	PG	23	58	—	12.0	696	13.9	1.3	0.088	—	—
48	45.3	Paul Neumann	SYR	PG	24	77	—	16.4	1,265	11.8	3.2	0.123	—	—
49	44.2	Bob Boozer	CIN	PF	24	79	—	31.5	2,488	13.5	3.9	0.075	—	—
50	43.0	Howie Jolliff	LAL	PF	23	64	—	17.1	1,094	9.1	1.2	0.053	—	—

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Season summary

1961–62 NBA advanced stats leaders

Wilt Chamberlain ranks first in 1961–62 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Oscar Robertson by 1.2 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.