PGPhiladelphiaNBA⛰️ Mountain Arc · 1961

Larry Costello

6'1" · 186 lbsBorn July 2, 19311955–1968College: NiagaraDraft: 1954 · Rd 2, Pick 12 · Philadelphia Warriors

NBA Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

NBA profile

Peak 3Y VAL

9.8

1959, 1960, 1961 avg

Career VAL

68.7

Value Above League

Playoff VAL

34.7

postseason

Career Shape

Balanced

43% in peak 3y

Career arc · VAL by season

12 seasons · peak 10.1 in 1961

All-time standings

Career boards only, within NBA · corpus from 2002

Cross-sport prominence: 93.4th percentile among NBA careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Boards that rank NBA careers

NBA Age Milestones — Youngest to 20 PPG, 10 RPG and 100 Career VAL NBA Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps NBA Career Arc Types NBA Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories NBA Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the Playoffs NBA Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape NBA Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust NBA Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One Scale NBA Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms NBA Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team NBA Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (All Positions)NBA Hall of Very Good — Great Careers on the Hall's Doorstep NBA Journeymen NBA League Leader Marks — Most League-Leading Seasons NBA Loyalty NBA Only Club — Statistical Exclusivity

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Box scores, rosters, and draft data (2002+) come from sportsdataverse's hoopR release. College, international, and pre-2002 per-game rows are backfilled additively from Wikipedia.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	VAL
1955	23	PHW	19	—	24.4	33.1%	—	81.3%	2.6	4.1	—	—	6.2	0.8
1957	25	PHW	72	—	29.3	37.4%	—	78.8%	4.5	3.3	—	—	7.6	3.5
1958	26	SYR	72	—	38.1	42.6%	—	84.7%	5.3	4.4	—	—	14.9	9
1959	27	SYR	70	—	39.3	43.7%	—	80.2%	5.2	5.4	—	—	15.8	9.6
1960	28	SYR	71	—	34.8	45.3%	—	86.2%	5.5	6.3	—	—	14.0	9.8
1961	29	SYR	75	—	28.9	48.2%	—	79.9%	3.9	5.5	—	—	14.5	10.1
1962	30	SYR	63	—	29.4	42.7%	—	83.7%	3.9	5.7	—	—	13.8	6.3
1963	31	SYR	78	—	26.5	43.2%	—	88.1%	3.0	4.3	—	—	11.0	5.8
1964	32	PHI	45	—	25.3	46.8%	—	86.5%	2.3	3.7	—	—	11.8	4.2
1965	33	PHI	64	—	30.7	44.5%	—	87.7%	2.6	4.3	—	—	13.5	6.5
1967	35	PHI	49	—	19.9	44.4%	—	90.2%	2.1	2.9	—	—	7.8	2.2
1968	36	PHI	28	—	17.6	45.3%	—	82.7%	1.8	2.4	—	—	7.2	0.9