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Bill Russell
1956–1968 · 13 seasons · BOS
11 rings · 5 MVP
Total score
50.5 out of 100
All-time percentile
99.8%
of everyone with box scores
Data coverage
95%
11 of 12 categories measured
Breakdown by category
Peak
42
Impact
79
Dominance
0
Success as the man
100
Longevity
26
Playoffs
30
Honours
76
Years in the elite
20
Defenceno data
Availability
95
Under pressure
63
Efficiency
36
“n/d” = his era did not record it. It does not count as zero.
All-time comparison
Bill Russell Top 10 average
Season by season · rank in his league
56
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Golden bar = he was the best in the league that year. He was in the top five for 3 seasons.
Stats that did not exist do NOT count as zero. When a category could not be measured in his era, its weight is spread across the ones that could — and the coverage above tells you how much was really measured. We prefer saying “we do not know” to making it up.