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1961–62 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1961–62 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1962.

Season

Season ending 1962

Who ranks No. 1 in 1961–62?

Wilt Chamberlain ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1961–62 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 87 qualified players.

The 1961–62 NBA season ended in 1962. If you mean the season that began in 1962, see 1962–63.

#1Wilt ChamberlainPHW100.0
#2Oscar RobertsonCIN98.8
#3Jerry WestLAL97.7
#4Elgin BaylorLAL96.5
#5Bill RussellBOS95.3
#6Bob PettitSTL94.2
#7Sam JonesBOS93.0
#8Walt BellamyCHP91.9
#9Richie GuerinNYK90.7
#10Cliff HaganSTL89.5

1961–62 Impact Rate rankings

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

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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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