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1970–71 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1970–71 regular season.

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1970–71 Impact Rate rankings

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

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1	100.0	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	MIL	C	23	82	—	40.1	3,288	29.0	22.3	0.326	—	—
2	99.4	Jerry West	LAL	PG	32	69	—	41.2	2,845	23.5	12.8	0.215	—	—
3	98.8	Tom Boerwinkle	CHI	C	25	82	—	28.9	2,370	20.4	9.0	0.182	—	—
4	98.2	Wilt Chamberlain	LAL	C	34	82	—	44.3	3,630	20.3	12.6	0.167	—	—
5	97.6	John Havlicek	BOS	SF	30	81	—	45.4	3,678	20.8	12.5	0.164	—	—
6	97.0	Walt Frazier	NYK	PG	25	80	80	43.2	3,455	19.5	15.6	0.217	—	—
7	96.4	Connie Hawkins	PHO	SF	28	71	—	37.5	2,662	19.0	8.6	0.155	—	—
8	95.8	Wes Unseld	BAL	C	24	74	—	39.2	2,904	17.9	10.0	0.166	—	—
9	95.2	Bob Kauffman	BUF	C	24	78	—	35.6	2,778	20.9	7.9	0.137	—	—
10	94.6	Billy Cunningham	PHI	SF	27	81	80	38.1	3,090	20.5	10.0	0.156	—	—
11	94.0	Willis Reed	NYK	C	28	73	72	39.1	2,855	19.3	10.6	0.179	—	—
12	93.4	Elvin Hayes	SDR	C	25	82	—	44.3	3,633	19.4	7.8	0.102	—	—
13	92.8	Jerry Lucas	SFW	PF	30	80	—	40.6	3,251	20.6	10.5	0.156	—	—
14	92.2	Dave Bing	DET	PG	27	82	—	37.4	3,065	22.5	11.7	0.183	—	—
15	91.6	Calvin Murphy	SDR	PG	22	82	—	24.6	2,020	19.4	8.0	0.191	—	—
16	91.0	Oscar Robertson	MIL	PG	32	81	—	39.4	3,194	19.6	12.4	0.186	—	—
17	90.4	Gus Johnson	BAL	PF	32	66	—	38.5	2,538	18.9	7.2	0.136	—	—
18	89.8	Nate Thurmond	SFW	C	29	82	—	40.9	3,351	18.5	7.2	0.103	—	—
19	89.2	Jim Fox	CHI	C	27	82	—	19.9	1,628	19.5	6.1	0.181	—	—
20	88.6	Don Chaney	BOS	SG	24	81	—	28.3	2,289	13.0	5.9	0.124	—	—
21	88.0	Johnny Green	CIN	PF	37	75	—	28.6	2,147	19.4	9.5	0.212	—	—
22	87.4	Jerry Sloan	CHI	SG	28	80	—	39.3	3,140	14.6	6.0	0.092	—	—
23	86.8	Stu Lantz	SDR	SG	24	82	—	37.8	3,102	16.8	10.5	0.162	—	—
24	86.2	Jim Barnett	POR	SG	26	78	—	30.4	2,371	17.0	4.7	0.094	—	—
25	85.6	Bingo Smith	CLE	SG	24	77	—	30.3	2,332	15.5	2.4	0.049	—	—
26	85.0	Chet Walker	CHI	SF	30	81	—	36.1	2,927	18.9	10.9	0.178	—	—
27	84.4	Archie Clark	PHI	PG	29	82	82	39.6	3,245	17.7	11.4	0.169	—	—
28	83.8	Leroy Ellis	POR	C	30	74	—	34.9	2,581	15.6	4.7	0.087	—	—
29	83.2	Lenny Wilkens	SEA	PG	33	71	—	37.2	2,641	19.0	5.7	0.104	—	—
30	82.6	Norm Van Lier	CIN	SG	23	82	—	40.5	3,324	16.2	6.0	0.086	—	—
31	82.0	Don May	BUF	SF	25	76	—	35.1	2,666	17.1	6.1	0.110	—	—
32	81.4	Dale Schlueter	POR	C	25	80	—	22.8	1,823	14.0	4.4	0.116	—	—
33	80.8	Paul Silas	PHO	PF	27	81	—	36.3	2,944	14.1	6.7	0.110	—	—
34	80.2	Dick Snyder	SEA	SG	26	82	—	34.4	2,824	17.4	10.0	0.170	—	—
35	79.6	Clem Haskins	PHO	PG	27	82	—	33.7	2,764	15.9	6.4	0.111	—	—
36	79.0	Dave Sorenson	CLE	PF	22	79	—	24.6	1,940	15.2	2.6	0.065	—	—
37	78.4	John Block	SDR	PF	26	73	—	20.1	1,464	15.2	4.1	0.133	—	—
38	77.8	Dave Cowens	BOS	C	22	81	—	38.0	3,076	15.4	6.4	0.100	—	—
39	77.2	Bob Lanier	DET	C	22	82	—	24.6	2,017	20.0	5.2	0.124	—	—
40	77	Rod Thorn	SEA	SG	29	63	—	12.2	767	17.2	1.5	0.096	—	—
41	76.0	Terry Dischinger	DET	SF	30	65	—	28.5	1,855	14.4	5.9	0.153	—	—
42	75.4	Jeff Mullins	SFW	SG	28	75	—	38.8	2,909	17.1	8.2	0.135	—	—
43	74.9	Dave DeBusschere	NYK	PF	30	81	81	35.7	2,891	15.4	6.2	0.102	—	—
44	74.3	Rick Adelman	POR	PG	24	81	—	28.4	2,303	13.4	3.4	0.071	—	—
45	73.7	Bob Dandridge	MIL	SF	23	79	—	36.2	2,862	16.9	9.5	0.160	—	—
46	73.1	Art Williams	BOS	PG	31	74	—	15.4	1,141	12.5	2.7	0.114	—	—
47	72.5	Jo Jo White	BOS	PG	24	75	—	37.2	2,787	16.2	6.7	0.116	—	—
48	71.9	Bob Weiss	CHI	PG	28	82	—	27.3	2,237	12.6	4.7	0.102	—	—
49	71.3	Earl Monroe	BAL	PG	26	81	—	35.1	2,843	17.1	7.1	0.119	—	—
50	70.7	Mel Counts	PHO	C	29	80	—	20.9	1,669	15.8	4.2	0.121	—	—

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1970–71 NBA advanced stats leaders

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks first in 1970–71 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Jerry West by 0.6 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.