NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1971–72 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1971–72 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1972.

Season

Season ending 1972

Who ranks No. 1 in 1971–72?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1971–72 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 165 qualified players.

The 1971–72 NBA season ended in 1972. If you mean the season that began in 1972, see 1972–73.

#1Kareem Abdul-JabbarMIL100.0
#2Walt FrazierNYK99.4
#3Wilt ChamberlainLAL98.8
#4Jerry WestLAL98.2
#5John HavlicekBOS97.6
#6Chet WalkerCHI97.0
#7Jerry LucasNYK96.3
#8Clifford RayCHI95.7
#9Billy CunninghamPHI95.1
#10Elvin HayesHOU94.5

1971–72 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	24	81	—	44.2	3,583	29.9	25.4	0.340	—	—
2	99.4	Walt Frazier	NYK	PG	26	77	77	40.6	3,126	21.6	14.5	0.223	—	—
3	98.8	Wilt Chamberlain	LAL	C	35	82	—	42.3	3,469	18.5	15.8	0.219	—	—
4	98.2	Jerry West	LAL	PG	33	77	—	38.6	2,973	23.1	13.3	0.216	—	—
5	97.6	John Havlicek	BOS	SF	31	82	—	45.1	3,698	20.1	12.4	0.162	—	—
6	97.0	Chet Walker	CHI	SF	31	78	—	33.2	2,588	21.8	14.5	0.268	—	—
7	96.3	Jerry Lucas	NYK	C	31	77	68	38.0	2,926	19.5	11.2	0.184	—	—
8	95.7	Clifford Ray	CHI	C	23	82	—	22.8	1,872	17.3	8.7	0.222	—	—
9	95.1	Billy Cunningham	PHI	SF	28	75	75	38.7	2,900	21.3	8.3	0.137	—	—
10	94.5	Elvin Hayes	HOU	C	26	82	—	42.2	3,461	19.4	7.3	0.101	—	—
11	93.9	Tom Boerwinkle	CHI	C	26	80	—	25.3	2,022	15.9	7.4	0.175	—	—
12	93.3	Connie Hawkins	PHO	SF	29	76	—	36.8	2,798	18.7	9.6	0.165	—	—
13	92.7	Wes Unseld	BAL	C	25	76	—	41.7	3,171	16.7	8.3	0.125	—	—
14	92.1	Bob Lanier	DET	C	23	80	—	38.6	3,092	23.1	8.4	0.130	—	—
15	91.5	Dave Cowens	BOS	C	23	79	—	40.3	3,186	17.1	10.4	0.156	—	—
16	90.9	Paul Silas	PHO	PF	28	80	—	38.5	3,082	18.3	11.0	0.172	—	—
17	90.2	Nate Thurmond	GSW	C	30	78	—	43.1	3,362	18.7	9.0	0.128	—	—
18	89.6	Art Williams	BOS	PG	32	81	—	16.4	1,326	14.7	4.4	0.159	—	—
19	89.0	Lou Hudson	ATL	SG	27	77	—	39.5	3,042	19.1	9.7	0.154	—	—
20	88.4	Jeff Mullins	GSW	SG	29	80	—	40.2	3,214	18.0	9.9	0.148	—	—
21	87.8	Lenny Wilkens	SEA	PG	34	80	—	37.4	2,989	20.3	9.6	0.154	—	—
22	87.2	Norm Van Lier	CIN / CHI	PG	24	79	—	30.6	2,415	16.0	7.7	0.152	—	—
23	86.6	Dale Schlueter	POR	C	26	81	—	33.2	2,693	15.8	6.3	0.112	—	—
24	86.0	Larry Steele	POR	SG	22	72	—	18.2	1,311	10.9	1.6	0.057	—	—
25	85.4	Jerry Sloan	CHI	SG	29	82	—	37.0	3,035	13.4	7.2	0.114	—	—
26	84.8	Don Chaney	BOS	SG	25	79	—	28.8	2,275	12.5	6.3	0.132	—	—
27	84.1	Oscar Robertson	MIL	PG	33	64	—	37.3	2,390	18.9	8.3	0.167	—	—
28	83.5	Tiny Archibald	CIN	PG	23	76	—	43.1	3,272	23.0	12.9	0.189	—	—
29	82.9	Calvin Murphy	HOU	PG	23	82	—	31.0	2,538	18.1	8.3	0.157	—	—
30	82.3	Rudy Tomjanovich	HOU	PF	23	78	—	34.5	2,689	16.6	8.4	0.150	—	—
31	81.7	Walt Bellamy	ATL	C	32	82	—	38.9	3,187	19.0	10.3	0.155	—	—
32	81.1	Bill Bridges	ATL / PHI	PF	32	78	62	35.3	2,756	15.3	6.5	0.113	—	—
33	80.5	Bob Kauffman	BUF	PF	25	77	—	41.6	3,205	17.7	8.0	0.119	—	—
34	79.9	Archie Clark	PHI / BAL	PG	30	77	1	42.7	3,285	20.5	11.0	0.160	—	—
35	79.3	Gail Goodrich	LAL	SG	28	82	—	37.1	3,040	20.1	12.3	0.194	—	—
36	78.7	Dave DeBusschere	NYK	PF	31	80	80	38.4	3,072	15.0	4.8	0.075	—	—
37	78.0	Cazzie Russell	GSW	SF	27	79	—	36.7	2,902	17.3	7.3	0.120	—	—
38	77.4	Jack Marin	BAL	SF	27	78	—	37.5	2,927	18.2	9.1	0.149	—	—
39	76.8	Sidney Wicks	POR	PF	22	82	—	39.6	3,245	19.2	2.3	0.034	—	—
40	76.2	John Johnson	CLE	SF	24	82	—	37.1	3,041	15.4	4.6	0.073	—	—
41	75.6	Clem Haskins	PHO	PG	28	79	—	31.1	2,453	15.4	6.8	0.133	—	—
42	75.0	Butch Beard	CLE	PG	24	68	—	35.8	2,434	15.7	5.9	0.115	—	—
43	74.4	Dave Sorenson	CLE	PF	23	76	—	15.3	1,162	14.6	2.1	0.086	—	—
44	73.8	Stu Lantz	HOU	SG	25	81	—	38.2	3,097	15.0	7.4	0.114	—	—
45	73.2	Bingo Smith	CLE	SF	25	82	—	33.3	2,734	13.5	3.3	0.057	—	—
46	72.6	Don Nelson	BOS	PF	31	82	—	25.4	2,086	17.7	8.8	0.202	—	—
47	72.0	Bob Weiss	CHI	PG	29	82	—	29.9	2,450	12.4	5.6	0.110	—	—
48	71.3	Gary Gregor	POR	SF	26	82	—	28.9	2,371	12.7	1.4	0.029	—	—
49	70.7	Happy Hairston	LAL	PF	29	80	—	34.4	2,748	15.7	9.2	0.161	—	—
50	70.1	Spencer Haywood	SEA	PF	22	73	—	43.4	3,167	19.7	8.7	0.131	—	—

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