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1965–66 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1965–66 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1966.

Season

Season ending 1966

Who ranks No. 1 in 1965–66?

Wilt Chamberlain ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1965–66 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 94 qualified players.

The 1965–66 NBA season ended in 1966. If you mean the season that began in 1966, see 1966–67.

#1Wilt ChamberlainPHI100.0
#2Jerry WestLAL98.9
#3Oscar RobertsonCIN97.8
#4Sam JonesBOS96.8
#5Bill RussellBOS95.7
#6Rick BarrySFW94.6
#7Ray ScottDET93.5
#8Red KerrBAL92.5
#9Dave DeBusschereDET91.4
#10Guy RodgersSFW90.3

1965–66 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	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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