NBA Elo Player Rater
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Who's Better: Fred Brown or Arnie Risen ? Skip
Tale of the Tape
Fred Brown
Arnie Risen
Pos
G
C-F
Height
6-3
6-9
Weight
182
200
Draft
1971 (6th)
Debut
Oct 12, 1971
Nov 6, 1948
Years
13
10
All-Star
1
4
All-NBA
0
1 (0/1/0)
All-Def
0
0
MVP
0
0
Champ
1
2
HoF
No
Yes
Adjusted Win Shares* (Best → Worst)
Rk
Fred Brown
Arnie Risen
1
8.8
14.4
2
7.9
11.2
3
6.7
8.9
4
6.4
8.5
5
6.1
6.8
6
5.2
5.6
7
5.2
4.4
8
4.9
3.1
9
3.9
3.0
10
3.6
2.0
11
2.8
12
2.6
13
-0.9
Wt Sum**
49.9
57.9
* Adjusted for schedule length
** 1 × best + 0.95 × 2nd-best + …
Regular Season
Fred Brown
Arnie Risen
G
963
637
MP
24422
12690
PTS
14018
7633
TRB
2637
5011
AST
3160
1058
STL
1149
BLK
166
TOV
840
Per Game
MP
25.4
28.3
PTS
14.6
12.0
TRB
2.7
9.7
AST
3.3
1.7
STL
1.4
BLK
0.2
TOV
1.6
Shooting
FG%
.478
.381
3P%
.373
eFG%
.482
.381
FT%
.858
.699
TS%
.518
.456
Advanced
PER
17.7
16.6
TRB%
5.5
AST%
20.2
STL%
2.4
BLK%
0.4
TOV%
11.6
USG%
24.2
ORtg
107
DRtg
101
OWS
38.8
32.4
DWS
24.4
23.6
WS
63.2
56.0
WS/48
.124
.119
123 ≡ incomplete data
Playoffs
Fred Brown
Arnie Risen
G
83
61
MP
1900
1023
PTS
1197
790
TRB
196
561
AST
193
86
STL
74
BLK
8
TOV
82
Per Game
MP
22.9
25.0
PTS
14.4
13.0
TRB
2.4
10.2
AST
2.3
1.4
STL
0.9
BLK
0.1
TOV
1.2
Shooting
FG%
.461
.385
3P%
.310
eFG%
.467
.385
FT%
.819
.677
TS%
.506
.462
Advanced
PER
18.7
16.9
TRB%
5.5
AST%
17.7
7.4
STL%
1.9
BLK%
0.2
TOV%
8.6
USG%
27.6
ORtg
106
DRtg
105
OWS
3.6
2.8
DWS
1.3
3.3
WS
5.0
6.1
WS/48
.126
.143
123 ≡ incomplete data