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1962–63 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1962–63 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1963.

Season

Season ending 1963

Who ranks No. 1 in 1962–63?

Wilt Chamberlain ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1962–63 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 92 qualified players.

The 1962–63 NBA season ended in 1963. If you mean the season that began in 1963, see 1963–64.

#1Wilt ChamberlainSFW100.0
#2Elgin BaylorLAL98.9
#3Oscar RobertsonCIN97.8
#4Jerry WestLAL96.7
#5Bob PettitSTL95.6
#6Bailey HowellDET94.5
#7Bill RussellBOS93.4
#8Sam JonesBOS92.3
#9Cliff HaganSTL91.2
#10Terry DischingerCHZ90.1

1962–63 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	SFW	C	26	80	—	47.6	3,806	31.8	20.9	0.264	—	—
2	98.9	Elgin Baylor	LAL	SF	28	80	—	42.1	3,370	26.6	14.4	0.205	—	—
3	97.8	Oscar Robertson	CIN	PG	24	80	—	44.0	3,521	24.6	16.8	0.229	—	—
4	96.7	Jerry West	LAL	PG	24	55	—	39.3	2,163	21.9	8.1	0.180	—	—
5	95.6	Bob Pettit	STL	PF	30	79	—	39.1	3,090	25.0	14.3	0.222	—	—
6	94.5	Bailey Howell	DET	SF	26	79	—	37.6	2,971	21.6	14.0	0.226	—	—
7	93.4	Bill Russell	BOS	C	28	78	—	44.9	3,500	18.2	13.5	0.185	—	—
8	92.3	Sam Jones	BOS	SG	29	76	—	30.6	2,323	19.1	9.6	0.198	—	—
9	91.2	Cliff Hagan	STL	SF	31	79	—	21.7	1,716	21.2	6.5	0.183	—	—
10	90.1	Terry Dischinger	CHZ	SF	22	57	—	40.2	2,294	20.8	9.2	0.192	—	—
11	89.0	Walt Bellamy	CHZ	C	23	80	—	41.3	3,306	24.9	13.7	0.199	—	—
12	87.9	Red Kerr	SYR	C	30	80	—	32.0	2,561	18.6	7.7	0.144	—	—
13	86.8	John Havlicek	BOS	SF	22	80	—	27.5	2,200	15.4	6.4	0.139	—	—
14	85.7	Hal Greer	SYR	SG	26	80	—	32.9	2,631	17.3	8.2	0.149	—	—
15	84.6	Richie Guerin	NYK	SG	30	79	—	34.3	2,712	18.8	7.2	0.128	—	—
16	83.5	Johnny Green	NYK	PF	29	80	—	31.9	2,553	19.0	5.1	0.096	—	—
17	82.4	Jack Twyman	CIN	SF	28	80	—	32.8	2,623	17.7	7.3	0.133	—	—
18	81.3	Tom Sanders	BOS	SF	24	80	—	26.9	2,148	12.6	6.8	0.152	—	—
19	80.2	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	PF	28	76	—	26.4	2,004	18.7	6.8	0.163	—	—
20	79.1	Dave DeBusschere	DET	SF	22	80	—	29.4	2,352	14.5	3.6	0.074	—	—
21	78.0	Lenny Wilkens	STL	PG	25	75	—	34.3	2,569	12.1	4.0	0.075	—	—
22	76.9	Mike Farmer	STL	SF	26	80	—	21.6	1,724	12.0	3.2	0.089	—	—
23	75.8	John Barnhill	STL	SG	24	77	—	35.0	2,692	11.7	4.6	0.082	—	—
24	74.7	Dave Budd	NYK	SF	24	78	—	22.1	1,725	13.8	4.1	0.113	—	—
25	73.6	Dick Barnett	LAL	SG	26	80	—	31.8	2,544	16.3	8.0	0.150	—	—
26	72.5	Bob Cousy	BOS	PG	34	76	—	26.0	1,975	16.6	5.2	0.126	—	—
27	71.4	Rudy LaRusso	LAL	PF	25	75	—	33.4	2,505	13.6	5.4	0.103	—	—
28	70.3	Chico Vaughn	STL	SG	22	77	—	24.0	1,845	13.2	3.4	0.090	—	—
29	69.2	Ray Scott	DET	PF	24	76	—	33.4	2,538	15.1	3.5	0.066	—	—
30	68.1	Kenny Sears	NYK / SFW	SF	29	77	—	14.8	1,141	13.8	3.7	0.155	—	—
31	67.0	Tom Gola	SFW / NYK	SG	30	73	—	36.6	2,670	12.0	4.4	0.078	—	—
32	65.9	Wayne Embry	CIN	C	25	76	—	33.0	2,511	18.2	5.6	0.108	—	—
33	64.8	Tom Hawkins	CIN	SF	26	79	—	21.8	1,721	14.0	2.9	0.082	—	—
34	64	Billy McGill	CHZ	C	23	60	—	9.8	590	21.5	2.2	0.176	—	—
35	62.6	Dolph Schayes	SYR	PF	34	66	—	21.8	1,438	14.2	2.4	0.081	—	—
36	61.5	Al Butler	NYK	PG	24	74	—	20.1	1,488	13.8	2.1	0.068	—	—
37	60.4	Zelmo Beaty	STL	C	23	80	—	24.0	1,918	14.3	5.2	0.131	—	—
38	59.3	Chet Walker	SYR	SF	22	78	—	25.5	1,992	14.8	5.3	0.129	—	—
39	58.2	K.C. Jones	BOS	PG	30	79	—	24.6	1,945	9.8	3.6	0.088	—	—
40	57.1	Guy Rodgers	SFW	PG	27	79	—	41.1	3,249	12.9	2.5	0.037	—	—
41	56.0	Willie Naulls	NYK / SFW	SF	28	70	—	27.2	1,901	13.4	1.8	0.046	—	—
42	54.9	Frank Selvy	LAL	SG	30	80	—	29.6	2,369	11.5	3.6	0.074	—	—
43	53.8	Jackie Moreland	DET	PF	24	78	—	19.4	1,516	13.9	2.5	0.078	—	—
44	52.7	Paul Neumann	SYR	PG	25	80	—	19.8	1,581	13.4	4.6	0.139	—	—
45	51.6	Frank Ramsey	BOS	SG	31	77	—	20.0	1,541	12.8	3.6	0.113	—	—
46	50.5	Willie Jones	DET	PG	26	79	—	18.6	1,470	13.1	1.3	0.043	—	—
47	49.5	Bob Ferry	DET	C	25	79	—	31.4	2,479	12.6	3.1	0.061	—	—
48	48.4	Gene Wiley	LAL	C	25	75	—	19.8	1,488	7.7	1.8	0.058	—	—
49	47	Larry Staverman	CHZ	PF	26	33	—	18.2	602	13.5	1.2	0.093	—	—
50	46.2	Johnny Cox	CHZ	SG	26	73	—	23.1	1,685	10.3	0.5	0.015	—	—

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