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1985–86 NBA Player Rankings
Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1985–86 regular season.
1985–86 Impact Rate rankings
Exact-input box-score standing on a 0–100 scale within this season.
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| 1 | 100.0 | BOS | SF | 29 | 82 | 81 | 38.0 | 3,113 | 25.6 | 15.8 | 0.244 | 8.7 | 8.4 | ||
| 2 | 100 | CHI | SG | 22 | 18 | 7 | 25.1 | 451 | 27.5 | 1.5 | 0.160 | 9.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 99.2 | LAL | PG | 26 | 72 | 70 | 35.8 | 2,578 | 24.0 | 12.1 | 0.226 | 6.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 4 | 98.8 | UTA | SF | 30 | 76 | 75 | 36.1 | 2,744 | 24.6 | 12.8 | 0.223 | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 98.4 | HOU | C | 23 | 68 | 68 | 36.3 | 2,467 | 24.2 | 9.5 | 0.186 | 4.0 | 3.8 | ||
| 6 | 98.0 | DET | PG | 24 | 77 | 77 | 36.2 | 2,790 | 21.2 | 8.8 | 0.151 | 5.0 | 4.9 | ||
| 7 | 97.6 | PHI | PF | 22 | 80 | 80 | 36.9 | 2,952 | 22.4 | 10.8 | 0.176 | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 8 | 97.2 | MIL | SF | 27 | 80 | 80 | 33.8 | 2,704 | 18.6 | 9.8 | 0.174 | 5.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 9 | 96.9 | SAS | SG | 23 | 82 | 82 | 35.1 | 2,878 | 19.5 | 8.6 | 0.143 | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 10 | 96.5 | WSB | PF | 27 | 30 | 24 | 37.1 | 1,114 | 20.0 | 3.5 | 0.151 | 3.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 11 | 96.1 | LAL | C | 38 | 79 | 79 | 33.3 | 2,629 | 22.7 | 10.8 | 0.197 | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 12 | 95.7 | MIL | PG | 28 | 73 | 72 | 35.2 | 2,567 | 20.0 | 11.7 | 0.219 | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 13 | 95.3 | BOS | PF | 28 | 68 | 62 | 35.3 | 2,397 | 21.6 | 11.0 | 0.220 | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 14 | 94.9 | POR | SG | 23 | 75 | 58 | 34.3 | 2,576 | 19.8 | 6.7 | 0.124 | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 15 | 94.5 | PHO | PF | 26 | 73 | 69 | 34.0 | 2,484 | 20.5 | 8.4 | 0.163 | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 16 | 94.1 | UTA | PG | 23 | 82 | 38 | 23.6 | 1,935 | 17.0 | 5.9 | 0.146 | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 17 | 93.7 | DEN | SF | 32 | 81 | 81 | 37.3 | 3,024 | 21.7 | 9.8 | 0.156 | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 18 | 93.3 | GSW | PG | 25 | 82 | 82 | 33.7 | 2,764 | 20.0 | 7.5 | 0.130 | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 19 | 93 | SAS | PG | 27 | 28 | 23 | 30.6 | 856 | 18.3 | 2.1 | 0.119 | 4.0 | 1.3 | ||
| 20 | 92.5 | ATL | SF | 26 | 78 | 78 | 39.1 | 3,049 | 23.3 | 10.8 | 0.170 | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 21 | 92.1 | PHI | PG | 29 | 82 | 82 | 39.9 | 3,270 | 17.9 | 10.6 | 0.155 | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 22 | 91.7 | ATL | PG | 24 | 53 | 50 | 29.6 | 1,571 | 17.4 | 4.2 | 0.128 | 3.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 23 | 91.3 | LAL | SF | 24 | 75 | 73 | 32.7 | 2,454 | 20.4 | 9.5 | 0.185 | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 24 | 90.9 | DAL | PG | 24 | 79 | 39 | 27.2 | 2,150 | 18.8 | 6.2 | 0.138 | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 25 | 91 | MIL | SF | 23 | 55 | 8 | 9.2 | 508 | 15.2 | 1.0 | 0.096 | 3.6 | 0.7 | ||
| 26 | 90.2 | DEN | PG | 25 | 78 | 77 | 33.5 | 2,616 | 15.7 | 4.5 | 0.082 | 1.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 27 | 89.8 | BOS | C | 33 | 80 | 2 | 19.3 | 1,546 | 17.0 | 5.0 | 0.157 | 3.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 28 | 89.4 | LAC | SG | 29 | 75 | 75 | 34.7 | 2,605 | 18.9 | 5.9 | 0.108 | 1.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 29 | 89.0 | SEA | C | 30 | 80 | 78 | 34.9 | 2,790 | 17.6 | 7.8 | 0.134 | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 30 | 88.6 | DEN | PF | 29 | 69 | 62 | 29.1 | 2,007 | 18.6 | 6.1 | 0.146 | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 31 | 88.2 | NJN | PG | 30 | 47 | 39 | 34.1 | 1,604 | 16.9 | 3.3 | 0.099 | 2.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 32 | 87.8 | ATL | PG | 22 | 79 | 8 | 15.6 | 1,229 | 18.5 | 3.5 | 0.137 | 2.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 33 | 87.4 | PHI | SG | 35 | 74 | 74 | 33.4 | 2,474 | 17.4 | 5.9 | 0.114 | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 34 | 87.0 | NJN | C | 26 | 81 | 78 | 31.2 | 2,525 | 19.0 | 9.2 | 0.175 | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 35 | 86.6 | WSB | SF | 25 | 78 | 78 | 32.9 | 2,563 | 18.3 | 5.6 | 0.104 | 0.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 36 | 86.2 | CLE | SG | 32 | 75 | 75 | 33.8 | 2,535 | 19.0 | 6.1 | 0.115 | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 37 | 85.8 | HOU | SG | 26 | 82 | 82 | 29.8 | 2,444 | 17.7 | 6.3 | 0.124 | 1.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 38 | 85.4 | HOU | PG | 32 | 65 | 65 | 32.6 | 2,120 | 17.4 | 5.7 | 0.130 | 1.8 | 2.0 | ||
| 39 | 85 | IND | PF | 24 | 19 | 12 | 29.9 | 568 | 18.2 | 0.9 | 0.080 | 1.1 | 0.5 | ||
| 40 | 84.6 | WSB | C | 23 | 80 | 60 | 26.1 | 2,090 | 11.2 | 3.9 | 0.089 | 0.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 41 | 84.3 | IND | C | 27 | 78 | 74 | 35.5 | 2,770 | 17.9 | 6.2 | 0.107 | 1.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 42 | 83.9 | BOS | C | 32 | 81 | 80 | 31.7 | 2,567 | 18.8 | 9.2 | 0.171 | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 43 | 83.5 | NJN | C | 29 | 51 | 3 | 23.7 | 1,207 | 19.5 | 4.4 | 0.175 | 2.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 44 | 83.1 | SEA | PG | 23 | 82 | 29 | 23.2 | 1,901 | 13.7 | 4.8 | 0.121 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 45 | 82.7 | NYK | PG | 24 | 81 | 35 | 25.0 | 2,023 | 14.0 | 2.1 | 0.050 | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 46 | 82 | NYK | PF | 24 | 30 | 6 | 20.9 | 627 | 13.7 | 1.6 | 0.122 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||
| 47 | 81.9 | UTA | PG | 31 | 80 | 44 | 25.1 | 2,012 | 16.4 | 5.2 | 0.124 | 1.0 | 1.5 | ||
| 48 | 81.5 | IND | C | 25 | 79 | 65 | 30.3 | 2,397 | 15.9 | 5.9 | 0.118 | 1.4 | 2.0 | ||
| 49 | 81.1 | NYK | C | 23 | 50 | 50 | 35.4 | 1,771 | 17.4 | 3.1 | 0.084 | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 50 | 80.7 | POR | SF | 23 | 79 | 2 | 15.4 | 1,217 | 18.5 | 3.6 | 0.143 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
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Season summary
1985–86 NBA advanced stats leaders
Larry Bird ranks first in 1985–86 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Michael Jordan by 0.4 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.
- #1Larry Bird100.0
- #2Michael Jordan99.6
- #3Magic Johnson99.2