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3p 3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. blk blk% drb drb% efg% free throw attempts game score; the formula is pts + 0.4 * fg - 0.7 * fga - 0.4*(fta - ft) + 0.7 * orb + 0.3 * drb + stl + 0.7 * ast + 0.7 * blk - 0.4 * pf - tov. game score was created by john hollinger to give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game. the scale is similar to that of points scored, (40 is an outstanding performance, 10 is an average performance, etc.). lg orb pprod points tov turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..
Age; player age on february 1 of the given season. blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive player of the year defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drtg 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%). per 36 minutes stl tm trb true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta..
3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 3p% age; player age on february 1 of the given season. 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. fg% free throw attempts gs ortg orb ows pprod points 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. stl% stops total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) ts% w won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws/48.
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Age; player age on february 1 of the given season. blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive player of the year defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drtg 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%). per 36 minutes stl tm trb true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta..
3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 3p% age; player age on february 1 of the given season. 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. fg% free throw attempts gs ortg orb ows pprod points 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. stl% stops total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) ts% w won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws/48.