Last updated Jul 22, 2026
NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present
1986–87 NBA Player Rankings
Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1986–87 regular season.
1986–87 Impact Rate rankings
Exact-input box-score standing on a 0–100 scale within this season.
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| 1 | 100.0 | Michael Jordan | CHI | SG | 23 | 82 | 82 | 40.0 | 3,281 | 29.8 | 16.9 | 0.247 | 10.8 | 10.6 | |
| 2 | 99.6 | Larry Bird | BOS | SF | 30 | 74 | 73 | 40.6 | 3,005 | 26.4 | 15.2 | 0.243 | 9.4 | 8.6 | |
| 3 | 99.2 | Magic Johnson | LAL | PG | 27 | 80 | 80 | 36.3 | 2,904 | 27.0 | 15.9 | 0.263 | 8.8 | 8.0 | |
| 4 | 98.8 | Fat Lever | DEN | PG | 26 | 82 | 82 | 37.2 | 3,054 | 20.8 | 9.7 | 0.153 | 5.0 | 5.4 | |
| 5 | 98.4 | Hakeem Olajuwon | HOU | C | 24 | 75 | 75 | 36.8 | 2,760 | 23.8 | 10.9 | 0.189 | 5.8 | 5.4 | |
| 6 | 98.0 | John Stockton | UTA | PG | 24 | 82 | 2 | 22.7 | 1,858 | 19.0 | 6.7 | 0.174 | 5.3 | 3.4 | |
| 7 | 97.7 | Charles Barkley | PHI | PF | 23 | 68 | 62 | 40.3 | 2,740 | 25.1 | 12.0 | 0.210 | 6.7 | 6.0 | |
| 8 | 97.3 | Doc Rivers | ATL | PG | 25 | 82 | 82 | 31.6 | 2,590 | 19.9 | 10.3 | 0.191 | 6.0 | 5.3 | |
| 9 | 96.9 | Larry Nance | PHO | PF | 27 | 69 | 67 | 37.2 | 2,569 | 22.2 | 10.2 | 0.190 | 5.0 | 4.5 | |
| 10 | 96 | Carey Scurry | UTA | SF | 24 | 69 | 5 | 10.9 | 753 | 18.3 | 2.6 | 0.168 | 3.9 | 1.1 | |
| 11 | 96.1 | Kevin McHale | BOS | PF | 29 | 77 | 77 | 39.7 | 3,060 | 24.0 | 14.8 | 0.232 | 5.1 | 5.5 | |
| 12 | 95.7 | Derek Harper | DAL | PG | 25 | 77 | 76 | 33.2 | 2,556 | 20.0 | 9.4 | 0.177 | 5.2 | 4.6 | |
| 13 | 95.3 | Dominique Wilkins | ATL | SF | 27 | 79 | 79 | 37.6 | 2,969 | 23.5 | 12.2 | 0.197 | 5.5 | 5.6 | |
| 14 | 94.9 | Clyde Drexler | POR | SG | 24 | 82 | 82 | 38.0 | 3,114 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 0.158 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |
| 15 | 94.5 | Alvin Robertson | SAS | SG | 24 | 81 | 78 | 33.3 | 2,697 | 18.5 | 5.3 | 0.094 | 3.0 | 3.4 | |
| 16 | 94.1 | Sleepy Floyd | GSW | PG | 26 | 82 | 82 | 37.4 | 3,064 | 20.2 | 10.0 | 0.157 | 4.3 | 4.9 | |
| 17 | 93.8 | Moses Malone | WSB | C | 31 | 73 | 70 | 34.1 | 2,488 | 23.8 | 9.4 | 0.182 | 2.8 | 3.0 | |
| 18 | 93.4 | John Lucas | MIL | PG | 33 | 43 | 40 | 31.6 | 1,358 | 19.4 | 4.3 | 0.152 | 3.7 | 2.0 | |
| 19 | 93.0 | Terry Cummings | MIL | PF | 25 | 82 | 77 | 33.8 | 2,770 | 20.5 | 8.8 | 0.152 | 3.3 | 3.7 | |
| 20 | 92.6 | Paul Pressey | MIL | SF | 28 | 61 | 60 | 33.7 | 2,057 | 16.7 | 5.5 | 0.129 | 3.5 | 2.9 | |
| 21 | 92.2 | Maurice Cheeks | PHI | PG | 30 | 68 | 68 | 38.6 | 2,624 | 18.3 | 7.9 | 0.145 | 3.2 | 3.4 | |
| 22 | 91.8 | Ron Harper | CLE | SG | 23 | 82 | 82 | 37.4 | 3,064 | 17.2 | 4.2 | 0.066 | 1.8 | 3.0 | |
| 23 | 91.4 | Rodney McCray | HOU | SF | 25 | 81 | 81 | 38.7 | 3,136 | 15.7 | 9.4 | 0.144 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| 24 | 91.0 | Alex English | DEN | SF | 33 | 82 | 82 | 37.6 | 3,085 | 20.5 | 8.1 | 0.126 | 1.9 | 3.1 | |
| 25 | 90.6 | John Williams | WSB | SF | 20 | 78 | 6 | 22.7 | 1,773 | 15.5 | 3.5 | 0.096 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
| 26 | 90.2 | Rickey Green | UTA | PG | 32 | 81 | 80 | 25.8 | 2,090 | 15.9 | 5.6 | 0.128 | 1.5 | 1.9 | |
| 27 | 89.8 | Steve Stipanovich | IND | C | 26 | 81 | 81 | 34.1 | 2,761 | 15.9 | 9.0 | 0.156 | 1.8 | 2.6 | |
| 28 | 89.5 | Nate McMillan | SEA | PG | 22 | 71 | 50 | 27.8 | 1,972 | 14.1 | 4.1 | 0.099 | 2.6 | 2.3 | |
| 29 | 89.1 | Isiah Thomas | DET | PG | 25 | 81 | 81 | 37.2 | 3,013 | 18.8 | 7.6 | 0.121 | 3.3 | 4.0 | |
| 30 | 88.7 | Mark Aguirre | DAL | SF | 27 | 80 | 80 | 33.3 | 2,663 | 22.1 | 8.9 | 0.160 | 3.1 | 3.4 | |
| 31 | 88.3 | Vern Fleming | IND | PG | 24 | 82 | 82 | 31.1 | 2,549 | 15.8 | 7.0 | 0.131 | 1.9 | 2.5 | |
| 32 | 87.9 | Hot Rod Williams | CLE | PF | 24 | 80 | 80 | 33.9 | 2,714 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 0.132 | 1.4 | 2.3 | |
| 33 | 87.5 | Julius Erving | PHI | SG | 36 | 60 | 60 | 32.0 | 1,918 | 17.0 | 3.5 | 0.088 | 1.7 | 1.8 | |
| 34 | 87.1 | Trent Tucker | NYK | SG | 27 | 70 | 15 | 24.2 | 1,691 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 0.096 | 1.8 | 1.6 | |
| 35 | 87 | Sidney Moncrief | MIL | SG | 29 | 39 | 30 | 25.4 | 992 | 15.9 | 2.9 | 0.142 | 1.7 | 0.9 | |
| 36 | 86.3 | Dale Ellis | SEA | SG | 26 | 82 | 76 | 37.5 | 3,073 | 19.0 | 9.3 | 0.145 | 2.4 | 3.4 | |
| 37 | 85.9 | Ricky Pierce | MIL | SG | 27 | 79 | 31 | 31.7 | 2,505 | 18.5 | 9.4 | 0.180 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 38 | 85.5 | Michael Adams | WSB | PG | 24 | 63 | 0 | 20.7 | 1,303 | 14.3 | 2.7 | 0.099 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |
| 39 | 85.2 | Darrell Walker | DEN | PG | 25 | 81 | 25 | 24.9 | 2,020 | 15.8 | 3.8 | 0.090 | 0.4 | 1.3 | |
| 40 | 84.8 | Karl Malone | UTA | PF | 23 | 82 | 82 | 34.8 | 2,857 | 18.0 | 6.9 | 0.116 | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
| 41 | 84.4 | James Worthy | LAL | SF | 25 | 82 | 82 | 34.4 | 2,819 | 18.4 | 9.3 | 0.158 | 2.6 | 3.3 | |
| 42 | 84.0 | Jerome Kersey | POR | SF | 24 | 82 | 8 | 25.5 | 2,088 | 16.9 | 6.4 | 0.147 | 2.0 | 2.1 | |
| 43 | 83.6 | Darrell Griffith | UTA | SG | 28 | 76 | 10 | 24.3 | 1,843 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 0.066 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| 44 | 83 | Dudley Bradley | MIL | SG | 29 | 68 | 2 | 13.2 | 900 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 0.090 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |
| 45 | 82.8 | Bill Laimbeer | DET | C | 29 | 82 | 82 | 34.8 | 2,854 | 17.4 | 10.5 | 0.176 | 2.3 | 3.0 | |
| 46 | 82.4 | Dave Greenwood | SAS | PF | 29 | 79 | 78 | 32.7 | 2,587 | 15.2 | 6.2 | 0.115 | 0.0 | 1.3 | |
| 47 | 82.0 | Michael Cage | LAC | PF | 25 | 80 | 76 | 36.5 | 2,922 | 17.1 | 7.2 | 0.119 | -0.2 | 1.3 | |
| 48 | 81.6 | Walter Davis | PHO | SG | 32 | 79 | 79 | 33.5 | 2,646 | 19.3 | 5.8 | 0.105 | 1.4 | 2.2 | |
| 49 | 81.3 | Otis Thorpe | SAC | PF | 24 | 82 | 82 | 36.0 | 2,956 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 0.146 | 1.2 | 2.4 | |
| 50 | 80.9 | Terry Porter | POR | PG | 23 | 80 | 80 | 33.9 | 2,714 | 16.2 | 6.8 | 0.120 | 1.9 | 2.7 |
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Season summary
1986–87 NBA advanced stats leaders
Michael Jordan ranks first in 1986–87 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Larry Bird by 0.4 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.
- #1Michael Jordan100.0
- #2Larry Bird99.6
- #3Magic Johnson99.2