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1997–98 NBA Player Rankings
Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1997–98 regular season.
1997–98 Impact Rate rankings
Exact-input box-score standing on a 0–100 scale within this season.
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| 1 | 100.0 | SAS | C | 32 | 73 | 73 | 33.7 | 2,457 | 27.8 | 13.8 | 0.269 | 8.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 2 | 99.7 | CHI | SG | 34 | 82 | 82 | 38.8 | 3,181 | 25.2 | 15.8 | 0.238 | 6.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 3 | 99.4 | CHI | SF | 32 | 44 | 44 | 37.5 | 1,652 | 20.4 | 6.6 | 0.193 | 5.0 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 99.1 | UTA | PF | 34 | 81 | 81 | 37.4 | 3,030 | 27.9 | 16.4 | 0.259 | 7.3 | 7.1 | ||
| 5 | 98.7 | LAL | C | 25 | 60 | 57 | 36.3 | 2,175 | 28.8 | 10.2 | 0.224 | 5.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 6 | 98.4 | SEA | PG | 29 | 82 | 82 | 38.4 | 3,145 | 21.6 | 12.5 | 0.190 | 5.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 7 | 98.1 | ORL | SF | 30 | 58 | 44 | 29.3 | 1,701 | 19.6 | 5.3 | 0.149 | 4.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 8 | 97.8 | WAS | C | 24 | 71 | 71 | 39.6 | 2,809 | 20.9 | 8.3 | 0.142 | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 9 | 97.5 | MIN | PF | 21 | 82 | 82 | 39.3 | 3,222 | 20.4 | 9.6 | 0.143 | 4.2 | 5.0 | ||
| 10 | 97.2 | UTA | PG | 35 | 64 | 64 | 29.0 | 1,858 | 21.8 | 8.0 | 0.206 | 5.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 11 | 96.8 | SAC | SG | 32 | 70 | 70 | 36.7 | 2,569 | 20.4 | 7.9 | 0.148 | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 12 | 96.5 | SAS | PF | 21 | 82 | 82 | 39.1 | 3,204 | 22.6 | 12.8 | 0.192 | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 13 | 96.2 | DET | SF | 25 | 81 | 81 | 40.7 | 3,294 | 21.2 | 10.2 | 0.149 | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 14 | 95.9 | MIA | PG | 31 | 81 | 81 | 37.4 | 3,031 | 20.6 | 11.7 | 0.185 | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 15 | 95.6 | BOS | PG | 30 | 80 | 15 | 21.1 | 1,686 | 18.6 | 5.6 | 0.160 | 3.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 16 | 95.3 | POR | C | 33 | 73 | 73 | 32.0 | 2,333 | 20.9 | 9.7 | 0.200 | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 17 | 95.0 | PHI | PG | 22 | 80 | 80 | 39.4 | 3,150 | 20.4 | 9.0 | 0.138 | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 18 | 94.6 | LAL | SG | 26 | 80 | 80 | 36.4 | 2,910 | 18.0 | 10.1 | 0.166 | 4.0 | 4.4 | ||
| 19 | 94.3 | MIL | PG | 27 | 50 | 48 | 35.7 | 1,784 | 20.2 | 5.1 | 0.136 | 3.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 20 | 94.0 | CHI | SF | 29 | 74 | 52 | 30.2 | 2,235 | 17.3 | 7.0 | 0.150 | 3.3 | 3.0 | ||
| 21 | 93.7 | NYK | PG | 27 | 82 | 82 | 28.3 | 2,317 | 15.6 | 7.1 | 0.148 | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 22 | 93.4 | CHI | SF | 27 | 80 | 3 | 13.7 | 1,096 | 15.7 | 3.7 | 0.163 | 2.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 23 | 93.1 | HOU | SG | 35 | 70 | 70 | 35.3 | 2,473 | 19.8 | 6.8 | 0.133 | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 24 | 92.7 | CLE | SG | 26 | 82 | 82 | 39.0 | 3,198 | 15.1 | 10.3 | 0.155 | 3.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 25 | 92.4 | DAL | SF | 24 | 82 | 82 | 41.4 | 3,394 | 19.3 | 7.5 | 0.106 | 2.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 26 | 92.1 | PHO | PG | 24 | 82 | 82 | 38.0 | 3,118 | 16.4 | 8.0 | 0.123 | 3.1 | 4.0 | ||
| 27 | 91.8 | WAS | PG | 31 | 76 | 76 | 39.7 | 3,020 | 19.6 | 8.1 | 0.129 | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 28 | 91 | NYK | C | 35 | 26 | 26 | 32.6 | 848 | 23.3 | 3.0 | 0.168 | 4.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 29 | 91.2 | CLE | PG | 22 | 80 | 76 | 31.0 | 2,483 | 17.1 | 8.4 | 0.163 | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 30 | 90.9 | ORL | PF | 26 | 82 | 76 | 36.0 | 2,953 | 15.5 | 7.6 | 0.124 | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 31 | 90.5 | CHH | C | 29 | 64 | 41 | 28.2 | 1,805 | 19.4 | 5.9 | 0.158 | 4.0 | 2.7 | ||
| 32 | 90.2 | MIN | SF | 28 | 41 | 41 | 38.6 | 1,582 | 20.5 | 5.0 | 0.151 | 3.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 33 | 89.9 | IND | SG | 32 | 81 | 81 | 34.5 | 2,795 | 19.8 | 12.0 | 0.206 | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 34 | 89.6 | HOU | C | 35 | 47 | 45 | 34.7 | 1,633 | 20.8 | 4.5 | 0.131 | 3.0 | 2.1 | ||
| 35 | 89.3 | NJN | PG | 28 | 75 | 72 | 34.7 | 2,606 | 21.0 | 8.3 | 0.152 | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 36 | 89.0 | NJN | SG | 23 | 77 | 76 | 36.5 | 2,814 | 17.5 | 8.4 | 0.144 | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 37 | 89 | CHI | SF | 29 | 74 | 0 | 8.2 | 608 | 14.1 | 1.9 | 0.151 | 2.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 38 | 88.3 | SEA | SG | 31 | 82 | 82 | 31.7 | 2,597 | 15.4 | 8.6 | 0.158 | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 39 | 88.0 | HOU | PF | 34 | 68 | 41 | 33.0 | 2,243 | 21.6 | 8.6 | 0.183 | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 40 | 87.7 | CHI | PG | 34 | 82 | 82 | 27.9 | 2,284 | 14.7 | 7.2 | 0.151 | 1.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 41 | 87.4 | TOR | SF | 18 | 64 | 17 | 18.4 | 1,179 | 17.4 | 2.0 | 0.081 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 42 | 87.1 | MIN | PG | 34 | 82 | 8 | 21.8 | 1,786 | 17.3 | 5.2 | 0.139 | 2.4 | 2.0 | ||
| 43 | 86.8 | IND | SF | 34 | 82 | 82 | 26.5 | 2,177 | 16.9 | 7.6 | 0.168 | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 44 | 86 | BOS | PG | 24 | 52 | 7 | 12.0 | 623 | 17.8 | 1.5 | 0.112 | 1.5 | 0.6 | ||
| 45 | 86.1 | PHO | PF | 31 | 70 | 11 | 25.6 | 1,794 | 19.8 | 6.5 | 0.174 | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 46 | 85.8 | SEA | PG | 30 | 80 | 0 | 12.8 | 1,021 | 16.8 | 2.7 | 0.127 | 2.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 47 | 85.5 | PHO | PF | 23 | 81 | 81 | 30.1 | 2,441 | 20.3 | 9.4 | 0.185 | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 48 | 85.2 | WAS | SF | 26 | 82 | 12 | 27.2 | 2,227 | 17.3 | 6.5 | 0.139 | 2.0 | 2.3 | ||
| 49 | 84.9 | ATL | C | 31 | 82 | 82 | 35.6 | 2,917 | 19.8 | 10.8 | 0.177 | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 50 | 84.5 | UTA | SG | 34 | 80 | 80 | 30.8 | 2,460 | 19.3 | 9.5 | 0.186 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
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Season summary
1997–98 NBA advanced stats leaders
David Robinson ranks first in 1997–98 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Michael Jordan by 0.3 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.
- #1David Robinson100.0
- #2Michael Jordan99.7
- #3Scottie Pippen99.4