Dick Ricketts
F · 3 seasons · 1955-56 – 1957-58
Two lenses, two verdicts. Dick Ricketts ranks 2464th by career totals and 2202nd per game. The peak came in 1956-57, -1.1, 55th that season and 12557th of 24,555 player-seasons on record. The value came from rebounds (+1.1), assists (+0.6) and points (+0.3). It leaked back out through field-goal percentage (-5.1) and free-throw percentage (-1.8). Switching basis moves him 262 places, which is the whole argument about availability in a single figure.