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2-point field goals 2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. 3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drtg fg free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. fta dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. g l pyth mvp ortg orb orb% ows personal fouls pprod pts points roy rookie of the year sixth man of the year steal percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (stl * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * opp poss). steal percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while he was on the floor. tov% usg% w pyth w-l% ws/48 the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..
3p% age the formula is (award points) / (maximum number of award points). for example, in the 2002-03 mvp voting tim duncan had 962 points out of a possible 1190. his mvp award share is 962 / 1190 = 0.81. drb% effective field goal percentage; the formula is (fg + 0.5 * 3p) / fga. this statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. for example, suppose player a goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while player b goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. each player would have 10 points from field goals, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%). fg field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) games behind; the formula is ((first w - w) + (l - first l)) / 2, where first w and first l stand for wins and losses by the first place team, respectively. games started (available since the 1982 season) l orb% per 36 minutes pts strength of schedule; a rating of strength of schedule. the rating is denominated in points above/below average, where zero is average. my colleague doug drinen of pro-football-reference.com has written a great explanation of this method. srs trb total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) wins w-l% won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..
Field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. gs pythagorean wins; the formula is g * (tm pts14 / (tm pts14 + opp pts14)). the formula was obtained by fitting a logistic regression model with log(tm pts / opp pts) as the explanatory variable. using this formula for all baa, nba, and aba seasons, the root mean-square error (rmse) is 3.14 wins. using an exponent of 16.5 (a common choice), the rmse is 3.48 wins. (note: an exponent of 10 is used for the wnba.).
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3p% age the formula is (award points) / (maximum number of award points). for example, in the 2002-03 mvp voting tim duncan had 962 points out of a possible 1190. his mvp award share is 962 / 1190 = 0.81. drb% effective field goal percentage; the formula is (fg + 0.5 * 3p) / fga. this statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. for example, suppose player a goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while player b goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. each player would have 10 points from field goals, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%). fg field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) games behind; the formula is ((first w - w) + (l - first l)) / 2, where first w and first l stand for wins and losses by the first place team, respectively. games started (available since the 1982 season) l orb% per 36 minutes pts strength of schedule; a rating of strength of schedule. the rating is denominated in points above/below average, where zero is average. my colleague doug drinen of pro-football-reference.com has written a great explanation of this method. srs trb total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) wins w-l% won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..
Field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. gs pythagorean wins; the formula is g * (tm pts14 / (tm pts14 + opp pts14)). the formula was obtained by fitting a logistic regression model with log(tm pts / opp pts) as the explanatory variable. using this formula for all baa, nba, and aba seasons, the root mean-square error (rmse) is 3.14 wins. using an exponent of 16.5 (a common choice), the rmse is 3.48 wins. (note: an exponent of 10 is used for the wnba.).