NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1964–65 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1964–65 regular season.

Season

1964–65 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	Jerry West	LAL	PG	26	74	—	41.4	3,066	25.0	16.7	0.261	—	—
2	98.9	Wilt Chamberlain	SFW / PHI	C	28	73	—	45.2	3,301	28.6	15.1	0.220	—	—
3	97.8	Oscar Robertson	CIN	PG	26	75	—	45.6	3,421	26.7	17.0	0.238	—	—
4	96.6	Bill Russell	BOS	C	30	78	—	44.4	3,466	19.5	16.9	0.233	—	—
5	95.5	Sam Jones	BOS	SG	31	80	—	36.1	2,885	20.7	12.8	0.213	—	—
6	94.4	Bob Pettit	STL	PF	32	50	—	35.1	1,754	22.6	7.1	0.193	—	—
7	93.3	Terry Dischinger	DET	SG	24	80	—	33.7	2,698	17.7	10.3	0.183	—	—
8	92.1	Nate Thurmond	SFW	PF	23	77	—	41.2	3,173	16.5	6.1	0.092	—	—
9	91.0	Jerry Lucas	CIN	PF	24	66	—	43.4	2,864	20.9	9.9	0.166	—	—
10	89.9	Dave DeBusschere	DET	PF	24	79	—	35.1	2,769	17.4	6.6	0.114	—	—
11	88.8	Walt Bellamy	BAL	C	25	80	—	41.3	3,301	21.7	12.1	0.175	—	—
12	87.6	Elgin Baylor	LAL	SF	30	74	—	41.3	3,056	20.5	4.9	0.078	—	—
13	86.5	Bob Boozer	NYK	SF	27	80	51	26.7	2,139	17.8	5.3	0.119	—	—
14	85.4	Bailey Howell	BAL	PF	28	80	—	37.2	2,975	18.9	10.9	0.175	—	—
15	84.3	Zelmo Beaty	STL	C	25	80	—	36.5	2,916	17.2	10.8	0.178	—	—
16	83.1	John Havlicek	BOS	SG	24	75	—	28.9	2,169	16.3	4.5	0.100	—	—
17	82.0	Rudy LaRusso	LAL	PF	27	77	—	33.6	2,588	16.2	7.3	0.136	—	—
18	80.9	Hal Greer	PHI	SG	28	70	—	37.1	2,600	16.3	6.6	0.121	—	—
19	79.8	Gus Johnson	BAL	SF	26	76	—	38.1	2,899	16.6	2.2	0.036	—	—
20	78.7	Lenny Wilkens	STL	PG	27	78	—	36.6	2,854	15.6	8.1	0.135	—	—
21	77.5	Rod Thorn	DET	SG	23	74	—	23.9	1,770	14.2	3.4	0.093	—	—
22	76.4	Reggie Harding	DET	C	22	78	—	34.6	2,699	13.0	3.1	0.056	—	—
23	75.3	Ray Scott	DET	PF	26	66	—	32.8	2,167	15.0	1.3	0.029	—	—
24	74.2	Johnny Green	NYK	PF	31	78	33	22.1	1,720	17.5	3.8	0.107	—	—
25	73.0	Willis Reed	NYK	C	22	80	80	38.0	3,042	17.8	5.5	0.087	—	—
26	71.9	Dave Budd	NYK	SF	26	62	4	19.2	1,188	15.2	3.2	0.130	—	—
27	71	Don Kojis	DET	SF	26	65	—	12.9	836	15.5	1.5	0.085	—	—
28	69.7	Red Kerr	PHI	C	32	80	—	22.6	1,810	13.2	0.9	0.024	—	—
29	68.5	Tom Sanders	BOS	PF	26	80	—	30.7	2,459	12.2	7.4	0.145	—	—
30	67	Larry Siegfried	BOS	SG	25	72	—	13.8	996	14.0	3.2	0.152	—	—
31	66.3	Tom Meschery	SFW	SF	26	79	—	30.5	2,408	12.9	4.1	0.081	—	—
32	65.2	Eddie Miles	DET	PG	24	76	—	27.3	2,074	13.8	4.0	0.092	—	—
33	64.0	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	SF	30	67	—	25.5	1,706	14.3	3.6	0.102	—	—
34	62.9	Paul Neumann	PHI / SFW	PG	27	76	—	26.8	2,034	14.9	6.5	0.153	—	—
35	61.8	Bill Bridges	STL	PF	25	79	—	29.9	2,362	14.1	3.1	0.063	—	—
36	60.7	Guy Rodgers	SFW	SG	29	79	—	34.2	2,699	14.2	2.8	0.051	—	—
37	59.6	Cliff Hagan	STL	SF	33	77	—	22.6	1,739	16.5	4.7	0.129	—	—
38	58.4	Gene Wiley	LAL	C	27	80	—	25.0	2,002	10.3	2.4	0.058	—	—
39	57.3	Luke Jackson	PHI	PF	23	76	—	34.1	2,590	15.2	4.8	0.088	—	—
40	56	Jeff Mullins	STL	SG	22	44	—	11.2	492	13.2	0.8	0.079	—	—
41	55.1	Johnny Egan	NYK	PG	26	74	26	22.5	1,664	15.4	5.1	0.146	—	—
42	53.9	K.C. Jones	BOS	PG	32	78	—	31.2	2,434	10.9	6.7	0.132	—	—
43	52.8	Tom Gola	NYK	SG	32	77	41	22.4	1,727	12.0	3.4	0.094	—	—
44	51.7	Mike Farmer	STL	SF	28	60	—	21.2	1,272	10.7	1.8	0.069	—	—
45	50.6	Richie Guerin	STL	SG	32	57	—	29.4	1,678	16.4	5.7	0.162	—	—
46	49.4	Dave Gambee	PHI	SF	27	80	—	24.9	1,993	14.7	4.6	0.110	—	—
47	48.3	Joe Caldwell	DET	SF	23	66	—	23.4	1,543	13.0	0.3	0.008	—	—
48	47.2	Chet Walker	PHI	SF	24	79	—	27.7	2,187	14.3	3.7	0.081	—	—
49	46.1	Leroy Ellis	LAL	C	24	80	—	25.3	2,026	14.2	3.8	0.090	—	—
50	44.9	Larry Costello	PHI	PG	33	64	—	30.7	1,967	14.0	5.7	0.138	—	—

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Season summary

1964–65 NBA advanced stats leaders

Jerry West ranks first in 1964–65 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Wilt Chamberlain by 1.1 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.