NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1965–66 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1965–66 regular season.

Season

1965–66 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	PHI	C	29	79	—	47.3	3,737	28.3	21.4	0.275	—	—
2	98.9	Jerry West	LAL	SG	27	79	—	40.7	3,218	24.6	17.1	0.256	—	—
3	97.8	Oscar Robertson	CIN	PG	27	76	—	46.0	3,493	25.2	16.9	0.232	—	—
4	96.8	Sam Jones	BOS	SG	32	67	—	32.2	2,155	21.7	10.0	0.222	—	—
5	95.7	Bill Russell	BOS	C	31	78	—	43.4	3,386	17.3	11.7	0.165	—	—
6	94.6	Rick Barry	SFW	SF	21	80	—	37.4	2,990	20.0	10.4	0.167	—	—
7	93.5	Ray Scott	DET	PF	27	79	—	33.6	2,652	17.1	5.3	0.096	—	—
8	92.5	Red Kerr	BAL	C	33	71	—	24.9	1,770	16.3	3.1	0.085	—	—
9	91.4	Dave DeBusschere	DET	SF	25	79	—	34.1	2,696	15.7	3.7	0.065	—	—
10	90.3	Guy Rodgers	SFW	SG	30	79	—	36.7	2,902	16.9	2.3	0.039	—	—
11	89.2	Johnny Green	NYK / BAL	PF	32	79	14	20.8	1,645	19.3	5.6	0.164	—	—
12	88.2	Zelmo Beaty	STL	C	26	80	—	38.4	3,072	18.5	10.3	0.161	—	—
13	87.1	Larry Siegfried	BOS	PG	26	71	—	23.6	1,675	16.5	5.8	0.166	—	—
14	86.0	Hal Greer	PHI	SG	29	80	—	41.6	3,326	15.9	9.5	0.138	—	—
15	84.9	Dick Barnett	NYK	SG	29	75	74	34.5	2,589	18.4	8.0	0.149	—	—
16	83.9	Nate Thurmond	SFW	C	24	73	—	39.6	2,891	15.0	4.3	0.072	—	—
17	82.8	Gus Johnson	BAL	SF	27	41	—	31.3	1,284	17.4	1.6	0.060	—	—
18	81.7	Bailey Howell	BAL	PF	29	78	—	29.8	2,328	19.0	8.7	0.179	—	—
19	80.6	Elgin Baylor	LAL	SF	31	65	—	30.4	1,975	16.9	2.6	0.062	—	—
20	79.6	John Havlicek	BOS	SF	25	71	—	30.6	2,175	16.7	4.3	0.094	—	—
21	78.5	Lenny Wilkens	STL	PG	28	69	—	39.0	2,692	15.9	7.6	0.135	—	—
22	77.4	Al Attles	SFW	PG	29	79	—	26.0	2,053	13.2	5.6	0.131	—	—
23	76.3	Jerry Lucas	CIN	PF	25	79	—	44.5	3,517	18.8	8.1	0.110	—	—
24	75.3	Walt Bellamy	BAL / NYK	C	26	80	72	41.9	3,352	19.3	9.5	0.136	—	—
25	74.2	Eddie Miles	DET	PG	25	80	—	34.9	2,788	15.1	6.0	0.104	—	—
26	73.1	Tom Gola	NYK	SG	33	74	1	15.2	1,127	12.2	1.7	0.071	—	—
27	72.0	Rudy LaRusso	LAL	PF	28	76	—	30.5	2,316	16.4	7.0	0.146	—	—
28	71.0	Bob Boozer	LAL	PF	28	78	—	23.7	1,847	16.4	5.8	0.151	—	—
29	69.9	Dave Stallworth	NYK	SF	24	80	10	23.7	1,893	16.3	3.7	0.095	—	—
30	68.8	Chet Walker	PHI	SF	25	80	—	32.5	2,603	15.3	7.8	0.143	—	—
31	67.7	Luke Jackson	PHI	PF	24	79	—	24.9	1,966	12.3	3.6	0.088	—	—
32	66.7	Paul Neumann	SFW	PG	28	66	—	26.2	1,729	14.8	4.0	0.112	—	—
33	65.6	Richie Guerin	STL	SG	33	80	—	29.5	2,363	16.3	5.7	0.115	—	—
34	64.5	Joe Caldwell	DET / STL	SF	24	79	—	23.5	1,857	15.3	3.3	0.087	—	—
35	63.4	Bill Bridges	STL	PF	26	78	—	34.3	2,677	13.9	3.9	0.070	—	—
36	62	Don Kojis	DET	SF	27	60	—	13.1	783	15.4	0.7	0.044	—	—
37	61.3	Tom Meschery	SFW	PF	27	80	—	29.8	2,383	13.2	5.2	0.105	—	—
38	60	Jerry Sloan	BAL	SG	23	59	—	16.1	952	11.1	1.4	0.072	—	—
39	59.1	Tom Sanders	BOS	PF	27	72	—	26.3	1,896	13.6	5.5	0.139	—	—
40	58.1	McCoy McLemore	SFW	SF	23	80	—	18.3	1,467	12.6	2.7	0.090	—	—
41	57	John Tresvant	STL / DET	PF	26	61	—	15.9	969	16.8	2.7	0.136	—	—
42	55.9	Don Ohl	BAL	PG	29	73	—	36.2	2,645	14.9	5.1	0.092	—	—
43	54.8	K.C. Jones	BOS	PG	33	80	—	33.9	2,710	10.9	6.6	0.117	—	—
44	53.8	Billy Cunningham	PHI	SF	22	80	—	26.7	2,134	15.7	5.0	0.112	—	—
45	52.7	Joe Strawder	DET	C	25	79	—	27.6	2,180	11.6	3.6	0.078	—	—
46	51.6	Jim King	LAL	PG	24	76	—	19.7	1,499	11.8	2.3	0.073	—	—
47	50.5	Johnny Egan	NYK / BAL	PG	27	76	0	21.6	1,644	13.7	3.6	0.104	—	—
48	49.5	Walt Hazzard	LAL	SG	23	80	—	27.5	2,198	14.9	4.5	0.099	—	—
49	48.4	Darrall Imhoff	LAL	C	27	77	—	18.4	1,413	10.8	2.1	0.072	—	—
50	47	Gene Tormohlen	STL	C	28	71	—	10.9	775	15.4	1.4	0.088	—	—

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Season summary

1965–66 NBA advanced stats leaders

Wilt Chamberlain ranks first in 1965–66 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Jerry West by 1.1 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.