NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1972–73 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1972–73 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1973.

Season

Season ending 1973

Who ranks No. 1 in 1972–73?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1972–73 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 173 qualified players.

The 1972–73 NBA season ended in 1973. If you mean the season that began in 1973, see 1973–74.

#1Kareem Abdul-JabbarMIL100.0
#2Wilt ChamberlainLAL99.4
#3Jerry WestLAL98.8
#4Walt FrazierNYK98.3
#5Clifford RayCHI97.7
#6Wes UnseldBAL97.1
#7Rick BarryGSW96.5
#8Jerry LucasNYK95.9
#9Bob LanierDET95.3
#10Lenny WilkensCLE94.8

1972–73 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	25	76	—	42.8	3,254	28.5	21.9	0.322	—	—
2	99.4	Wilt Chamberlain	LAL	C	36	82	—	43.2	3,542	19.1	18.2	0.247	—	—
3	98.8	Jerry West	LAL	PG	34	69	—	35.7	2,460	23.2	10.6	0.206	—	—
4	98.3	Walt Frazier	NYK	PG	27	78	78	40.8	3,181	19.7	13.0	0.196	—	—
5	97.7	Clifford Ray	CHI	C	24	73	—	27.5	2,009	17.4	8.1	0.194	—	—
6	97.1	Wes Unseld	BAL	C	26	79	—	39.1	3,085	18.1	10.7	0.166	—	—
7	96.5	Rick Barry	GSW	SF	28	82	—	37.5	3,075	20.4	10.2	0.159	—	—
8	95.9	Jerry Lucas	NYK	PF	32	71	38	28.2	2,001	17.3	7.8	0.188	—	—
9	95.3	Bob Lanier	DET	C	24	81	—	38.9	3,150	22.1	10.6	0.161	—	—
10	94.8	Lenny Wilkens	CLE	PG	35	75	—	39.6	2,973	19.3	9.5	0.154	—	—
11	94.2	Dave Cowens	BOS	C	24	82	—	41.8	3,425	18.1	12.0	0.168	—	—
12	93.6	John Havlicek	BOS	SF	32	80	—	42.1	3,367	18.6	12.1	0.172	—	—
13	93.0	Bob Kauffman	BUF	SF	26	77	—	39.6	3,049	18.4	7.9	0.124	—	—
14	92.4	Chet Walker	CHI	SF	32	79	—	31.1	2,455	20.3	10.9	0.213	—	—
15	91.9	Paul Silas	BOS	PF	29	80	—	32.7	2,618	17.9	11.5	0.210	—	—
16	91.3	Norm Van Lier	CHI	PG	25	80	—	36.0	2,882	15.7	7.7	0.129	—	—
17	90.7	Nate Thurmond	GSW	C	31	79	—	43.3	3,419	17.3	9.9	0.140	—	—
18	90.1	Don Chaney	BOS	SG	26	79	—	31.5	2,488	13.6	8.7	0.168	—	—
19	89.5	Tiny Archibald	KCO	PG	24	80	—	46.0	3,681	25.2	14.2	0.186	—	—
20	89.0	Connie Hawkins	PHO	SF	30	75	—	36.9	2,768	16.2	7.5	0.129	—	—
21	88.4	Spencer Haywood	SEA	PF	23	77	—	42.3	3,259	22.7	10.2	0.150	—	—
22	88	Art Williams	BOS	PG	33	81	—	12.0	974	13.2	2.8	0.138	—	—
23	87.2	Sidney Wicks	POR	PF	23	80	—	39.4	3,152	20.3	5.6	0.085	—	—
24	86.6	Barry Clemens	CLE	SF	29	72	—	15.5	1,119	14.9	3.5	0.150	—	—
25	86.0	Lou Hudson	ATL	SF	28	75	—	40.4	3,027	19.0	9.3	0.148	—	—
26	85.5	Elmore Smith	BUF	C	23	76	—	37.2	2,829	16.5	3.9	0.067	—	—
27	84.9	Bingo Smith	CLE	SG	26	73	—	14.6	1,068	16.3	1.6	0.074	—	—
28	84.3	Earl Monroe	NYK	SG	28	75	74	31.6	2,370	16.1	7.8	0.158	—	—
29	83.7	Oscar Robertson	MIL	PG	34	73	—	37.5	2,737	17.2	8.4	0.148	—	—
30	83.1	Willis Reed	NYK	C	30	69	44	27.2	1,876	15.4	5.8	0.149	—	—
31	82.6	Dean Meminger	NYK	SG	24	80	8	18.2	1,453	12.4	4.4	0.144	—	—
32	82.0	Chris Ford	DET	SG	24	74	—	20.8	1,537	12.1	2.5	0.079	—	—
33	81.4	Jeff Mullins	GSW	SG	30	81	—	37.1	3,005	15.5	8.3	0.133	—	—
34	81	Happy Hairston	LAL	PF	30	28	—	33.5	939	20.0	4.2	0.214	—	—
35	80.2	Ollie Johnson	POR	SF	23	78	—	27.4	2,138	13.5	4.1	0.093	—	—
36	79.7	Mike Riordan	BAL	SF	27	82	—	42.3	3,466	15.6	11.1	0.154	—	—
37	79.1	Dave DeBusschere	NYK	PF	32	77	77	36.7	2,827	16.0	6.6	0.113	—	—
38	78.5	Archie Clark	BAL	PG	31	39	—	37.9	1,477	18.3	5.6	0.181	—	—
39	77.9	Herm Gilliam	ATL	PG	26	76	—	36.1	2,741	14.0	4.9	0.086	—	—
40	77.3	Jim Fox	SEA	C	29	74	—	33.0	2,439	16.0	6.4	0.126	—	—
41	76.7	Fred Brown	SEA	SG	24	79	—	29.4	2,320	16.0	2.8	0.057	—	—
42	76.2	Elvin Hayes	BAL	PF	27	81	—	41.3	3,347	17.5	7.6	0.109	—	—
43	75.6	Jim Barnett	GSW	PG	28	82	—	27.0	2,215	15.2	6.1	0.132	—	—
44	75.0	Dennis Awtrey	PHI / CHI	C	24	82	2	20.6	1,687	12.1	5.0	0.141	—	—
45	74.4	Jerry Sloan	CHI	SG	30	69	—	35.0	2,412	9.3	2.9	0.058	—	—
46	73.8	Austin Carr	CLE	SG	24	82	—	37.8	3,097	15.4	5.9	0.091	—	—
47	73.3	Lucius Allen	MIL	PG	25	80	—	33.7	2,693	16.0	7.6	0.135	—	—
48	72.7	Bob Weiss	CHI	PG	30	82	—	25.4	2,086	12.0	4.3	0.099	—	—
49	72.1	Phil Chenier	BAL	SG	22	71	—	39.1	2,776	15.2	5.5	0.095	—	—
50	71.5	Don Nelson	BOS	SF	32	72	—	19.8	1,425	16.8	5.8	0.194	—	—

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