NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1964–65 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1964–65 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1965.

Season

Season ending 1965

Who ranks No. 1 in 1964–65?

Jerry West ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1964–65 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 90 qualified players.

The 1964–65 NBA season ended in 1965. If you mean the season that began in 1965, see 1965–66.

#1Jerry WestLAL100.0
#2Wilt ChamberlainSFW / PHI98.9
#3Oscar RobertsonCIN97.8
#4Bill RussellBOS96.6
#5Sam JonesBOS95.5
#6Bob PettitSTL94.4
#7Terry DischingerDET93.3
#8Nate ThurmondSFW92.1
#9Jerry LucasCIN91.0
#10Dave DeBusschereDET89.9

1964–65 Impact Rate rankings

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

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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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