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3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) fga field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) ft% four factors dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. minutes played (available since the 1951-52 season) offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. pace factor (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 48 * ((tm poss + opp poss) / (2 * (tm mp / 5))). pace factor is an estimate of the number of possessions per 48 minutes by a team. (note: 40 minutes is used in the calculation for the wnba.) per per 36 minutes possessions (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula for teams is 0.5 * ((tm fga + 0.4 * tm fta - 1.07 * (tm orb / (tm orb + opp drb)) * (tm fga - tm fg) + tm tov) + (opp fga + 0.4 * opp fta - 1.07 * (opp orb / (opp orb + tm drb)) * (opp fga - opp fg) + opp tov)). this formula estimates possessions based on both the team's statistics and their opponent's statistics, then averages them to provide a more stable estimate. the formula for players is rather lengthy and can be found in dean oliver's book. stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. trb% win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. 3p 3p% 3pa ast% assist percentage (available since the 1964-65 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * ast / (((mp / (tm mp / 5)) * tm fg) - fg). assist percentage is an estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on on the floor. award share defensive player of the year defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. fga ft free throw attempts four factors l ortg ows pace factor (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 48 * ((tm poss + opp poss) / (2 * (tm mp / 5))). pace factor is an estimate of the number of possessions per 48 minutes by a team. (note: 40 minutes is used in the calculation for the wnba.) per game pf points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. points simple rating system; a rating that takes into account average point differential and 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. total rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (trb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm trb + opp trb)). total rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. tsa w > .500 wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2. ws.

2-point field goal attempts 3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. assists defensive rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (drb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm drb + opp orb)). defensive rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. efg% free throws losses l pyth most valuable player 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. stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. 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.) w-l% won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..