NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1985–86 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate and Season Value rankings for the 1985–86 regular season—the NBA season ending in 1986.

Season

Season ending 1986

Who ranks No. 1 in 1985–86?

Larry Bird ranks No. 1 in hussEyquation Impact Rate for the 1985–86 regular season. This is a model-based impact ranking, not the NBA scoring-leader or standings table. The top ten compare on-court performance on a 0–100 score within this season across 255 qualified players.

The 1985–86 NBA season ended in 1986. If you mean the season that began in 1986, see 1986–87.

#1Larry BirdBOS100.0
#2Michael JordanCHI99.6
#3Magic JohnsonLAL99.2
#4Adrian DantleyUTA98.8
#5Hakeem OlajuwonHOU98.4
#6Isiah ThomasDET98.0
#7Charles BarkleyPHI97.6
#8Paul PresseyMIL97.2
#9Alvin RobertsonSAS96.9
#10Jeff RulandWSB96.5

1985–86 Impact Rate rankings

Exact-input box-score standing on a 0–100 scale within this season.

Impact Rate: 0–100 score, not points per possession. Higher is better. No. 1 is the best rank.

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	0–100 · higher is better
1	100.0	Larry Bird	BOS	SF	29	82	81	38.0	3,113	25.6	15.8	0.244	8.7	8.4
2	99.6	Michael Jordan	CHI	SG	22	18	7	25.1	451	27.5	1.5	0.160	9.7	1.3
3	99.2	Magic Johnson	LAL	PG	26	72	70	35.8	2,578	24.0	12.1	0.226	6.7	5.7
4	98.8	Adrian Dantley	UTA	SF	30	76	75	36.1	2,744	24.6	12.8	0.223	4.9	4.8
5	98.4	Hakeem Olajuwon	HOU	C	23	68	68	36.3	2,467	24.2	9.5	0.186	4.0	3.8
6	98.0	Isiah Thomas	DET	PG	24	77	77	36.2	2,790	21.2	8.8	0.151	5.0	4.9
7	97.6	Charles Barkley	PHI	PF	22	80	80	36.9	2,952	22.4	10.8	0.176	5.1	5.3
8	97.2	Paul Pressey	MIL	SF	27	80	80	33.8	2,704	18.6	9.8	0.174	5.7	5.3
9	96.9	Alvin Robertson	SAS	SG	23	82	82	35.1	2,878	19.5	8.6	0.143	4.7	4.9
10	96.5	Jeff Ruland	WSB	PF	27	30	24	37.1	1,114	20.0	3.5	0.151	3.5	1.5
11	96.1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	C	38	79	79	33.3	2,629	22.7	10.8	0.197	5.4	4.9
12	95.7	Sidney Moncrief	MIL	PG	28	73	72	35.2	2,567	20.0	11.7	0.219	4.9	4.5
13	95.3	Kevin McHale	BOS	PF	28	68	62	35.3	2,397	21.6	11.0	0.220	4.4	3.9
14	94.9	Clyde Drexler	POR	SG	23	75	58	34.3	2,576	19.8	6.7	0.124	4.3	4.1
15	94.5	Larry Nance	PHO	PF	26	73	69	34.0	2,484	20.5	8.4	0.163	3.9	3.7
16	94.1	John Stockton	UTA	PG	23	82	38	23.6	1,935	17.0	5.9	0.146	2.4	2.1
17	93.7	Alex English	DEN	SF	32	81	81	37.3	3,024	21.7	9.8	0.156	2.9	3.7
18	93.3	Sleepy Floyd	GSW	PG	25	82	82	33.7	2,764	20.0	7.5	0.130	3.5	3.9
19	92.9	Johnny Moore	SAS	PG	27	28	23	30.6	856	18.3	2.1	0.119	4.0	1.3
20	92.5	Dominique Wilkins	ATL	SF	26	78	78	39.1	3,049	23.3	10.8	0.170	4.2	4.8
21	92.1	Maurice Cheeks	PHI	PG	29	82	82	39.9	3,270	17.9	10.6	0.155	3.6	4.6
22	91.7	Doc Rivers	ATL	PG	24	53	50	29.6	1,571	17.4	4.2	0.128	3.4	2.1
23	91.3	James Worthy	LAL	SF	24	75	73	32.7	2,454	20.4	9.5	0.185	3.9	3.6
24	90.9	Derek Harper	DAL	PG	24	79	39	27.2	2,150	18.8	6.2	0.138	3.4	2.9
25	90.6	Jerry Reynolds	MIL	SF	23	55	8	9.2	508	15.2	1.0	0.096	3.6	0.7
26	90.2	Fat Lever	DEN	PG	25	78	77	33.5	2,616	15.7	4.5	0.082	1.6	2.4
27	89.8	Bill Walton	BOS	C	33	80	2	19.3	1,546	17.0	5.0	0.157	3.0	2.0
28	89.4	Marques Johnson	LAC	SG	29	75	75	34.7	2,605	18.9	5.9	0.108	1.7	2.5
29	89.0	Jack Sikma	SEA	C	30	80	78	34.9	2,790	17.6	7.8	0.134	2.5	3.1
30	88.6	Calvin Natt	DEN	PF	29	69	62	29.1	2,007	18.6	6.1	0.146	1.3	1.7
31	88.2	Michael Ray Richardson	NJN	PG	30	47	39	34.1	1,604	16.9	3.3	0.099	2.8	1.9
32	87.8	Spud Webb	ATL	PG	22	79	8	15.6	1,229	18.5	3.5	0.137	2.9	1.5
33	87.4	Julius Erving	PHI	SG	35	74	74	33.4	2,474	17.4	5.9	0.114	2.1	2.6
34	87.0	Mike Gminski	NJN	C	26	81	78	31.2	2,525	19.0	9.2	0.175	2.5	2.9
35	86.6	Cliff Robinson	WSB	SF	25	78	78	32.9	2,563	18.3	5.6	0.104	0.7	1.7
36	86.2	World B. Free	CLE	SG	32	75	75	33.8	2,535	19.0	6.1	0.115	2.3	2.8
37	85.8	Lewis Lloyd	HOU	SG	26	82	82	29.8	2,444	17.7	6.3	0.124	1.4	2.1
38	85.4	John Lucas	HOU	PG	32	65	65	32.6	2,120	17.4	5.7	0.130	1.8	2.0
39	85.0	Clark Kellogg	IND	PF	24	19	12	29.9	568	18.2	0.9	0.080	1.1	0.5
40	84.6	Manute Bol	WSB	C	23	80	60	26.1	2,090	11.2	3.9	0.089	0.9	1.5
41	84.3	Herb Williams	IND	C	27	78	74	35.5	2,770	17.9	6.2	0.107	1.4	2.4
42	83.9	Robert Parish	BOS	C	32	81	80	31.7	2,567	18.8	9.2	0.171	2.1	2.6
43	83.5	Darryl Dawkins	NJN	C	29	51	3	23.7	1,207	19.5	4.4	0.175	2.1	1.2
44	83.1	Danny Young	SEA	PG	23	82	29	23.2	1,901	13.7	4.8	0.121	1.9	1.9
45	82.7	Darrell Walker	NYK	PG	24	81	35	25.0	2,023	14.0	2.1	0.050	1.3	1.7
46	82.3	Chris McNealy	NYK	PF	24	30	6	20.9	627	13.7	1.6	0.122	0.1	0.3
47	81.9	Rickey Green	UTA	PG	31	80	44	25.1	2,012	16.4	5.2	0.124	1.0	1.5
48	81.5	Steve Stipanovich	IND	C	25	79	65	30.3	2,397	15.9	5.9	0.118	1.4	2.0
49	81.1	Patrick Ewing	NYK	C	23	50	50	35.4	1,771	17.4	3.1	0.084	1.1	1.4
50	80.7	Jerome Kersey	POR	SF	23	79	2	15.4	1,217	18.5	3.6	0.143	1.1	0.9

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