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TOP NBA POINT GUARDS OF 2011-2012 (complete regular season)
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Here we have the leading point guards of the NBA in 2011-2012 ranked according to number of plays made per 36 minutes playing time. This is "AST" in the chart. The assists and all other items shown in the chart other than the percentages and the minutes played are per 36 minutes, which is much smarter to use than per game numbers.

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Here now are how the best point guards in the NBA in 2011-2012 rated and ranked:
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Steve Nash          PHO 1961  5.4 10.2 1.0 2.6 2.3 2.6 0.5 2.9 12.2 0.7 0.1 4.2 1.0 14.2 .532 .390 .894
Rajon Rondo         BOS 1957  4.7 10.5 0.2 0.8 2.0 3.3 1.1 3.6 11.4 1.7 0.1 3.6 1.8 11.6 .448 .238 .597
Jose Calderon       TOR 1799  4.4  9.5 1.2 3.2 1.2 1.4 0.4 2.8  9.4 0.9 0.1 2.1 1.9 11.1 .457 .371 .882
Chris Paul          LAC 2181  7.0 14.7 1.3 3.5 4.3 5.0 0.7 2.8  9.0 2.5 0.1 2.0 2.3 19.6 .478 .371 .861
Andre Miller        DEN 1809  4.8 11.0 0.4 1.7 2.7 3.4 1.1 3.3  8.8 1.3 0.2 3.5 2.6 12.7 .438 .217 .811
Tony Parker         SAS 1923  8.0 16.7 0.3 1.1 4.2 5.3 0.4 2.8  8.7 1.1 0.1 2.9 1.4 20.5 .480 .230 .799
Jamaal Tinsley      UTA  507  4.0 10.0 0.7 2.6 0.9 1.2 0.4 2.8  8.7 1.2 0.6 3.7 3.3  9.7 .404 .270 .765
Deron Williams      NJN 1999  7.0 17.3 2.1 6.2 4.6 5.5 0.4 2.9  8.7 1.2 0.4 3.9 2.2 20.8 .407 .336 .843
Ricky Rubio         MIN 1404  3.6 10.0 0.8 2.4 3.2 4.0 0.5 3.8  8.6 2.3 0.2 3.4 2.5 11.2 .357 .340 .803
Jonny Flynn         TOT  416  4.0 11.3 0.9 2.9 2.5 3.4 0.7 2.7  8.3 0.5 0.2 3.1 2.0 11.3 .351 .294 .744
Jeremy Lin          NYK  940  6.5 14.7 0.9 2.9 5.6 7.0 0.7 3.4  8.3 2.1 0.3 4.8 3.0 19.6 .446 .320 .798
Baron Davis         NYK  595  4.1 11.1 1.6 5.1 1.0 1.5 0.8 2.6  8.2 2.1 0.2 4.6 3.7 10.8 .370 .306 .667
Jose Barea          MIN 1032  5.8 14.6 1.8 5.0 2.7 3.4 0.5 3.5  8.1 0.7 0.0 3.6 2.1 16.2 .400 .371 .776
Derrick Rose        CHI 1375  7.9 18.2 1.4 4.5 5.1 6.3 0.7 2.7  8.0 0.9 0.7 3.1 1.4 22.3 .435 .312 .812
John Wall           WAS 2386  5.7 13.5 0.0 0.6 4.8 6.1 0.7 3.8  8.0 1.4 0.9 3.8 2.1 16.2 .423 .071 .789
D.J. Augustin       CHA 1408  4.7 12.5 1.6 4.6 2.7 3.1 0.6 2.2  7.8 0.9 0.0 2.8 1.7 13.6 .376 .341 .875
Beno Udrih          MIL 1080  4.9 11.1 0.6 2.0 1.3 1.8 0.9 2.5  7.6 1.2 0.0 2.6 2.3 11.6 .440 .288 .709
Greivis Vasquez     NOH 1706  4.7 11.0 0.9 2.8 2.0 2.5 0.5 3.2  7.6 1.3 0.2 3.1 2.7 12.4 .430 .319 .821
Earl Watson         UTA 1033  1.9  5.6 0.3 1.8 1.1 1.6 1.0 3.2  7.6 1.9 0.8 3.0 3.7  5.2 .338 .192 .674
Ramon Sessions      TOT 1707  5.1 11.9 0.9 2.0 4.1 5.2 0.7 3.8  7.5 0.9 0.1 3.0 2.1 15.2 .428 .443 .782
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Raymond Felton      POR 1906  4.9 12.1 1.2 3.8 1.9 2.3 0.5 2.3  7.4 1.5 0.2 3.2 2.3 12.9 .407 .305 .806
Kyle Lowry          HOU 1510  5.0 12.2 1.9 5.0 4.1 4.7 0.9 4.2  7.4 1.7 0.3 3.1 3.2 16.0 .409 .374 .864
Goran Dragic        HOU 1752  5.7 12.3 1.4 4.2 3.1 3.9 1.1 2.4  7.2 1.7 0.2 3.2 3.4 15.9 .462 .337 .805
Nate Robinson       GSW 1192  6.2 14.6 2.0 5.5 2.8 3.4 0.5 2.6  7.0 1.8 0.1 2.3 3.6 17.2 .424 .365 .832
Manu Ginobili       SAS  792  6.8 13.0 2.4 5.7 4.0 4.6 0.8 4.5  6.9 1.1 0.5 2.9 2.5 20.0 .526 .413 .871
Charles Jenkins     GSW  893  5.2 11.7 0.1 0.8 1.4 1.6 0.3 2.4  6.9 1.3 0.2 2.4 3.4 12.0 .447 .150 .872
Jason Kidd          DAL 1379  2.6  7.1 2.1 5.8 0.6 0.7 0.4 4.8  6.9 2.1 0.3 2.4 2.2  7.8 .363 .354 .786
Jameer Nelson       ORL 1706  5.5 12.8 1.8 4.9 1.5 1.9 0.6 3.2  6.9 0.8 0.1 2.8 2.7 14.3 .427 .377 .807
Stephen Curry       GSW  732  7.1 14.6 2.7 6.0 1.9 2.3 0.7 3.6  6.8 1.9 0.4 3.2 3.0 18.8 .490 .455 .809
Ty Lawson           DEN 2124  6.3 13.0 1.2 3.4 3.0 3.7 0.9 2.9  6.8 1.4 0.1 2.5 1.6 16.9 .488 .365 .824
Mike Conley         MEM 2174  4.9 11.3 1.0 2.6 2.3 2.6 0.4 2.2  6.7 2.3 0.2 2.1 2.2 13.0 .433 .377 .861
Jarrett Jack        NOH 1530  6.3 13.7 0.9 2.6 3.0 3.5 0.5 3.6  6.7 0.7 0.2 2.5 2.2 16.5 .456 .348 .872
Devin Harris        UTA 1741  5.0 11.2 1.6 4.4 3.2 4.3 0.2 2.1  6.5 1.3 0.3 2.5 2.8 14.8 .445 .362 .746
Kyrie Irving        CLE 1558  8.1 17.3 1.7 4.2 4.0 4.5 1.0 3.4  6.4 1.2 0.5 3.7 2.5 21.8 .469 .399 .872
C.J. Watson         CHI 1159  5.0 13.6 2.1 5.4 2.6 3.2 0.7 2.6  6.2 1.4 0.2 3.0 3.2 14.7 .368 .393 .808
Shelvin Mack        WAS  779  4.1 10.2 0.6 1.9 1.9 2.7 0.6 3.7  6.1 1.3 0.1 2.2 2.3 10.6 .400 .286 .712
Jerryd Bayless      TOR  705  6.0 14.1 2.2 5.3 3.8 4.5 0.4 3.0  6.0 1.2 0.2 2.7 3.6 18.0 .424 .423 .852
LeBron James        MIA 2326  9.6 18.1 0.8 2.3 6.0 7.8 1.5 6.2  6.0 1.8 0.8 3.3 1.5 26.0 .531 .362 .771



Saturday, July 24, 2010

NBA Power Forwards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

NBA POWER FORWARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are power forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA POWER FORWARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of power forwards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .370
--All NBA power forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
None: power forwards will never be in this range

.800 to .899
None: power forwards will never be in this range

.700 to .799
None: power forwards will rarely if ever be in this range

.600 to .699
1 Tim Duncan SANA PF 0.623

.500 to .599
2 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.598
3 Pau Gasol LALK PF 0.584
4 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 0.584
5 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.567
6 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.547
7 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.528
8 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.520
9 David West NORL PF 0.515
10 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.513
11 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 0.502

.400 to .499
12 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.478
13 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.471
14 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.459
15 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.458
16 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.444
17 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.444
18 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.443
19 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.435
20 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.433
21 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.431
22 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.430
23 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.428
24 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.423
25 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.422
26 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.413
27 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.411
28 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.409
29 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.406

.300 to .399
30 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.396
31 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.391
32 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.385
33 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.381
34 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.379
35 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.378
36 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.376
37 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.372
38 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.370
39 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.370

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POWER FORWARDS IS ABOUT .370

40 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.365
41 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.363
42 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.361
43 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.359
44 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.340
45 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.331
46 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.331
47 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.330
48 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.327
49 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.326
50 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.323
51 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.322
52 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.318
53 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.318
54 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.315
55 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.315
56 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.314
57 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.311
58 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.309
59 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.309
60 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.307
61 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.306
62 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.302
63 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.301

.200 to .299
64 Sean May SACR PF 0.288
65 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.283
66 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.282
67 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.275
68 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.274
69 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.273
70 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.272
71 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.271
72 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.267
73 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.259
74 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.256
75 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.253
76 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.249
77 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.247
78 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.236
79 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.236
80 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.231
81 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.229
82 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.205

.100 to .199
83 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.148

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA POWER FORWARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of power forwards' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .340
--All NBA power forwards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None

.640 to .719
1 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.648

.560 to .639
2 Tim Duncan SANA PF 0.631
3 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.615
4 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.575
5 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.569

.480 to .559
6 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.552
7 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.546
8 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 0.530
9 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.525
10 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.482
11 Pau Gasol LALK PF 0.480

.400 to .479
12 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.463
13 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 0.450
14 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.450
15 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.448
16 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.438
17 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.438
18 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.434
19 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.430
20 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.427
21 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.426
22 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.423
23 Sean May SACR PF 0.422
24 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.421
25 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.416
26 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.411
27 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.407

.320 to .399
28 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.387
29 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.385
30 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.380
31 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.375
32 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.375
33 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.373
34 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.362
35 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.361
36 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.361
37 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.359
38 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.359
39 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.358
40 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.354
41 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.351

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POWER FORWARDS IS ABOUT .340

42 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.339
43 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.336
44 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.334
45 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.328

.240 to .319
46 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.316
47 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.314
48 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.311
49 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.309
50 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.305
51 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.302
52 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.299
53 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.297
54 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.293
55 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.268
56 David West NORL PF 0.266
57 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.254
58 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.252
59 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.251
60 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.246
61 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.245
62 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.244
63 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.242

.160 to .239
64 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.235
65 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.234
66 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.234
67 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.222
68 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.220
69 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.217
70 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.216
71 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.208
72 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.199
73 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.193
74 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.192
75 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.191
76 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.189
77 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.183
78 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.180

.080 to .159
79 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.159
80 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.154
81 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.138
82 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.131

LESS THAN .080
83 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.076

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Posted by The Quest for the Ring at 6:00 AM

Friday, July 23, 2010

NBA Power Forwards Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

NBA POWER FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are power forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR POWER FORWARDS
Major Historic Super Star Power Forward / Virtually Perfect Player 1.120 and more
Historic Super Star Power Forward 1.020 1.119
Super Star Power Forward 0.920 1.019
A Star Power Forward / A well above normal starter 0.840 0.919
Very Good Power Forward / A solid starter 0.780 0.839
Major Role Player Power Forward / Good enough to start 0.720 0.779
Good Role Player Power Forward / Often a good 6th man 0.660 0.719
Satisfactory Role Player Power Forward / Generally should not start 0.600 0.659
Marginal Role Player Power Forward / Should never start 0.540 0.599
Poor Power Forward 0.480 0.539
Very Poor Power Forward 0.420 0.479
Extremely Poor Power Forward .419 and less

NBA POWER FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of power forwards
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .720
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for power forwards
--All power forwards who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR POWER FORWARDS
1 Tim Duncan SANA PF 1.254

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR POWER FORWARDS
2 Pau Gasol LALK PF 1.065
3 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 1.034
4 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 1.033

SUPERSTAR POWER FORWARDS
5 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.994
6 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.982
7 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.972
8 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.934
9 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.934

STAR POWER FORWARDS
10 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.904
11 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.885
12 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.870
13 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.866
14 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.865
15 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.855
16 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.849
17 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.840

VERY GOOD POWER FORWARDS / SOLID STARTERS
18 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.839
19 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.828
20 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.820
21 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.819
22 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.817
23 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.816
24 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.816
25 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.812
26 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.784
27 David West NORL PF 0.781

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
28 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.774
29 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.765
30 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.763
31 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.763
32 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.757
33 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.748
34 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.746
35 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.741
36 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.731
37 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.726
38 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.724
39 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.721

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA POWER FORWARDS
for all power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .720

GOOD ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
40 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.716
41 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.714
42 Sean May SACR PF 0.710
43 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.709
44 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.709
45 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.698
46 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.689
47 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.686
48 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.678
49 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.674
50 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.665
51 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.661

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / GENERALLY SHOULD NOT START
52 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.659
53 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.659
54 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.655
55 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.648
56 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.646
57 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.642
58 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.627
59 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.613
60 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.608

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / SHOULD NEVER START
61 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.599
62 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.582
63 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.576
64 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.575
65 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.575
66 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.571
67 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.561
68 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.554

POOR POWER FORWARDS
69 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.532
70 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.523
71 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.520
72 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.514
73 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.508
74 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.493
75 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.487
76 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.482

VERY POOR POWER FORWARDS
77 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.466
78 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.462
79 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.453
80 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.443
81 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.432

EXTREMELY POOR POWER FORWARDS
82 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.386
83 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.282

NBA POWER FORWARDS' REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value power forwards really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All power forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
None

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
1 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 3142.54
2 Tim Duncan SANA PF 3058.38

2,500 to 2,999
3 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 2700.30
4 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 2657.36
5 Pau Gasol LALK PF 2558.36
6 Lamar Odom LALK PF 2538.29

2,000 to 2,499
7 Chris Bosh TORO PF 2456.19
8 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 2387.69
9 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 2349.14
10 David West NORL PF 2302.04
11 Troy Murphy INDI PF 2189.98
12 Luis Scola HOUS PF 2180.54
13 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 2169.10
14 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 2127.62
15 Jeff Green OKLA PF 2006.23

1,500 to 1,999
16 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 1970.95
17 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 1767.92
18 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 1708.74
19 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 1684.43
20 Elton Brand PHIL PF 1667.73
21 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 1662.03
22 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 1633.34
23 Jason Thompson SACR PF 1617.24
24 Kevin Love MINN PF 1600.31

1,000 to 1,499
25 Al Harrington NWYR PF 1438.54
26 Chris Andersen DENV PF 1436.69
27 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 1407.70
28 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 1356.57
29 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 1356.36
30 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 1347.58
31 Nick Collison OKLA PF 1264.03
32 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 1171.20
33 Carl Landry HOUS PF 1155.21
34 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 1131.82
35 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 1075.76
36 Craig Smith LACL PF 1065.25
37 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 1060.86
38 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 1012.93
39 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 1009.15

500 to 999
40 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 952.02
41 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 916.44
42 Matt Bonner SANA PF 886.30
43 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 853.80
44 Juwan Howard PORT PF 847.85
45 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 824.48
46 Darius Songaila NORL PF 790.45
47 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 765.18
48 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 759.84
49 Carl Landry SACR PF 725.82
50 Drew Gooden DALL PF 694.41
51 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 664.18
52 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 637.38
53 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 623.11
54 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 614.13
55 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 613.10
56 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 585.12
57 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 585.09

LESS THAN 500
58 Drew Gooden LACL PF 491.60
59 Glen Davis BOST PF 473.83
60 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 471.41
61 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 450.81
62 Shelden Williams BOST PF 446.73
63 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 419.83
64 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 369.87
65 James Johnson CHIC PF 368.56
66 Jon Brockman SACR PF 362.63
67 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 345.22
68 Solomon Jones INDI PF 332.97
69 Jason Smith PHIL PF 306.76
70 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 273.84
71 Joe Smith ATLA PF 268.34
72 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 245.77
73 Reggie Evans TORO PF 237.31
74 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 236.81
75 Sean May SACR PF 235.04
76 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 231.63
77 Josh Powell LALK PF 224.10
78 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 202.63
79 Kris Humphries DALL PF 202.17
80 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 174.92
81 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 163.57
82 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 153.53
83 Malik Allen DENV PF 128.47

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these power forwards follow in the next Report.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Posted by The Quest for the Ring at 6:00 AM

Thursday, July 22, 2010

NBA Small Forwards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

NBA SMALL FORWARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are small forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA SMALL FORWARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of small forwards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .345
--All NBA small forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
None: small forwards will rarely if ever be in this range

.800 to .899
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 0.884

.700 to .799
None

.600 to .699
2 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 0.611

.500 to .599
3 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.595
4 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.572
5 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.525
6 John Salmons MILW SF 0.504
7 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.503

.400 to .499
8 Josh Smith ATLA SF 0.493
9 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.487
10 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.468
11 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.460
12 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.446
13 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.444
14 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.444
15 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.440
16 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.428
17 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.413
18 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.408
19 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.403
20 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.403

.300 to .399
21 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.391
22 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.389
23 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.387
24 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.382
25 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.379
26 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.372
27 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.370
28 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.370
29 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.369
30 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.355
31 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.354
32 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.354
33 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.353
34 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.351
35 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.348
36 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.345
37 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.345

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SMALL FORWARDS IS ABOUT .345

38 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.341
39 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.341
40 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.333
41 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.333
42 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.328
43 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.325
44 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.325
45 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.324
46 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.324
47 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.322
48 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.318
49 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.318
50 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.316
51 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.314
52 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.301
53 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.301
54 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.300

.200 to .299
55 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.296
56 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.289
57 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.279
58 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.279
59 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.279
60 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.277
61 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.269
62 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.268
63 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.265
64 James Posey NORL SF 0.264
65 James Singleton WASH SF 0.259
66 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.258
67 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.256
68 James Jones MIAM SF 0.244
69 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.241
70 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.233
71 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.233
72 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.226
73 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.210
74 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.208
75 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.205

.100 to .199
76 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.189
77 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.186
78 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.174

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA SMALL FORWARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of small forwards' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .290
--All NBA small forwards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None: small forwards will never be in this range

.640 to .719
None: small forwards will rarely if ever be in this range

.560 to .639
None

.480 to .559
1 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.548
2 Josh Smith ATLA SF 0.540
3 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.516
4 LeBron James CLEV SF 0.498

.400 to .479
5 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.466
6 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.458
7 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 0.440
8 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.438
9 James Singleton WASH SF 0.437
10 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.436
11 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.435
12 John Salmons MILW SF 0.434
13 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.421
14 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.420
15 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.403
16 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.400

.320 to .399
17 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.398
18 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.385
19 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.382
20 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.376
21 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.360
22 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.360
23 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.356
24 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.351
25 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.351
26 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.349
27 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.323

.240 to .319
28 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.314
29 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.305
30 James Posey NORL SF 0.300
31 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.298
32 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.296
33 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.292
34 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.290

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SMALL FORWARDS IS ABOUT .290

35 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.286
36 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.285
37 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.283
38 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.281
39 James Jones MIAM SF 0.281
40 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.278
41 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.276
42 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.275
43 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.269
44 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.268
45 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.261
46 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.261
47 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.259
48 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.257
49 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.256
50 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.253
51 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.248
52 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.247

.160 to .239
53 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.232
54 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.226
55 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.213
56 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.208
57 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.207
58 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.206
59 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.206
60 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.204
61 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.198
62 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.196
63 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.195
64 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.192
65 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.182
66 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.170
67 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.168

.080 to .159
68 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.159
69 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.153
70 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.148
71 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.145
72 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.135
73 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.131
74 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.127
75 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.112
76 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.111
77 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.109

LESS THAN .080
78 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.057

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Posted by The Quest for the Ring at 6:00 AM

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

NBA Small Forwards Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

NBA SMALL FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are small forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR SMALL FORWARDS
Major Historic Super Star Small Forward / Virtually Perfect Player 1.040 and more
Historic Super Star Small Forward .940 1.039
Super Star Small Forward 0.840 0.939
A Star Small Forward / A well above normal starter 0.760 0.839
Very Good Small Forward / A solid starter 0.700 0.759
Major Role Player Small Forward / Good enough to start 0.640 0.699
Good Role Player Small Forward / Often a good 6th man 0.580 0.639
Satisfactory Role Player Small Forward / Generally should not start 0.520 0.579
Marginal Role Player Small Forward / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Poor Small Forward 0.400 0.459
Very Poor Small Forward 0.340 0.399
Extremely Poor Small Forward .339 and less

NBA SMALL FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of small forwards
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for small forwards
--All small forwards who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SMALL FORWARDS
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 1.382
2 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 1.051

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SMALL FORWARDS
3 Josh Smith ATLA SF 1.033
4 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.976

SUPERSTAR SMALL FORWARDS
5 John Salmons MILW SF 0.937
6 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.918
7 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.885
8 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.874

STAR SMALL FORWARDS
9 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.836
10 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.828
11 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.817
12 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.776
13 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.775
14 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.772
15 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.769

VERY GOOD SMALL FORWARDS / SOLID STARTERS
16 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.754
17 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.754
18 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.752
19 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.732
20 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.724
21 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.721
22 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.721
23 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.715
24 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.704
25 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.703
26 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.702

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
27 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.699
28 James Singleton WASH SF 0.696
29 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.686
30 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.676
31 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.675
32 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.675
33 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.673
34 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.669
35 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.668
36 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.664
37 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.664
38 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.660
39 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.653

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA SMALL FORWARDS
for all small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640

GOOD ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
40 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.635
41 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.621
42 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.617
43 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.615
44 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.610
45 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.609
46 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.607
47 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.601
48 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.589
49 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.589
50 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.585

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / USUALLY DO NOT START
51 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.575
52 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.569
53 James Posey NORL SF 0.564
54 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.551
55 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.549
56 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.547
57 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.545
58 James Jones MIAM SF 0.525
59 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.524

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / RARELY START
60 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.518
61 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.508
62 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.507
63 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.494
64 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.474
65 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.473
66 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.464
67 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.462
68 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.460

POOR SMALL FORWARDS / SHOULD NEVER START
69 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.451
70 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.438
71 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.437
72 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.406

VERY POOR SMALL FORWARDS
73 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.369
74 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.357
75 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.345
76 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.342

EXTREMELY POOR SMALL FORWARDS
77 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.321
78 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.266

NBA SMALL FORWARDS' REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value small forwards really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All small forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 4097.84

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
2 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 3404.77

2,500 to 2,999
3 Josh Smith ATLA SF 2965.81
4 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 2861.74

2,000 to 2,499
5 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 2300.83
6 Luol Deng CHIC SF 2166.74
7 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 2142.25
8 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 2132.81
9 Danny Granger INDI SF 2016.13
10 Paul Pierce BOST SF 2015.80

1,500 to 1,999
11 Ron Artest LALK SF 1958.85
12 Shawn Marion DALL SF 1842.04
13 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 1824.97
14 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 1817.11
15 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 1640.85
16 Grant Hill PHNX SF 1626.55
17 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 1625.33
18 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 1571.13
19 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 1540.35
20 Shane Battier HOUS SF 1523.98

1,000 to 1,499
21 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 1453.88
22 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 1443.65
23 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 1382.35
24 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 1361.35
25 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 1345.35
26 Mike Miller WASH SF 1321.76
27 John Salmons CHIC SF 1315.97
28 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 1314.87
29 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 1302.63
30 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 1301.98
31 Corey Brewer MINN SF 1285.98
32 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 1205.43
33 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 1197.02
34 Omri Casspi SACR SF 1175.40
35 Caron Butler WASH SF 1142.50
36 Amir Johnson TORO SF 1116.89
37 John Salmons MILW SF 1058.39
38 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 1019.32

500 to 999
39 James Posey NORL SF 976.69
40 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 923.91
41 Donte Greene SACR SF 854.28
42 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 822.12
43 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 792.93
44 Al Thornton LACL SF 768.15
45 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 684.61
46 Sam Young MEMP SF 670.63
47 Caron Butler DALL SF 664.94
48 Antoine Wright TORO SF 628.26
49 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 608.52
50 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 599.86
51 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 577.10
52 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 564.46
53 James Singleton WASH SF 533.31
54 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 526.03
55 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 514.93

LESS THAN 500
56 Julian Wright NORL SF 474.70
57 Austin Daye DETR SF 463.64
58 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 451.98
59 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 389.75
60 Al Thornton WASH SF 383.21
61 Josh Howard DALL SF 380.39
62 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 378.37
63 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 374.40
64 Joey Graham DENV SF 358.68
65 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 333.36
66 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 307.83
67 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 283.64
68 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 273.72
69 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 267.12
70 James Jones MIAM SF 264.21
71 Ricky Davis LACL SF 217.83
72 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 211.35
73 Michael Finley BOST SF 183.77
74 Earl Clark PHNX SF 181.40
75 Michael Finley SANA SF 126.73
76 Steve Novak LACL SF 124.89
77 Quinton Ross DALL SF 122.12
78 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 107.58

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these small forwards follow in the next Report.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Posted by The Quest for the Ring at 10:00 AM

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

NBA Shooting Guards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are shooting guards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of shooting guards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .375
--All NBA shooting guards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
None

.800 to .899
None

.700 to .799
1 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 0.746

.600 to .699
2 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 0.695
3 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 0.617
4 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.603
5 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.601

.500 to .599
6 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.550
7 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.543
8 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.529
9 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.511
10 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.507

.400 to .499
11 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.493
12 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.479
13 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.470
14 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.463
15 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.459
16 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.454
17 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.452
18 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.449
19 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.439
20 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.438
21 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.430
22 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.428
23 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.427
24 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.420
25 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.418
26 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.416
27 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.413
28 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.410

.300 to .399
29 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.391
30 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.386

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SHOOTING GUARDS IS ABOUT .375

31 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.373
32 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.372
33 James Harden OKLA SG 0.371
34 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.371
35 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.367
36 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.367
37 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.365
38 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.363
39 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.362
40 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.361
41 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.360
42 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.357
43 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.356
44 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.351
45 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.337
46 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.333
47 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.329
48 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.328
49 Devean George GOLS SG 0.326
50 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.326
51 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.325
52 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.322
53 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.318
54 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.314
55 Nick Young WASH SG 0.303
56 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.302
57 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.302
58 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.302

.200 to .299
59 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.299
60 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.299
61 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.296
62 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.294
63 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.283
64 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.280
65 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.275
66 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.271
67 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.271
68 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.267
69 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.262
70 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.260
71 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.253
72 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.242
73 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.229
74 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.217

.100 to .199
75 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.191
76 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.172
77 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.128

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of shooting guards' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .255
--All NBA shooting guards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None: shooting guards will never be in this range

.640 to .719
None: shooting guards will never be in this range

.560 to .639
None: shooting guards will very rarely if ever be in this range

.480 to .559
None: shooting guards will rarely be in this range

.400 to .479
1 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.473
2 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.463
3 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.451
4 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.446
5 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.440
6 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.417

.320 to .399
7 James Harden OKLA SG 0.399
8 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 0.388
9 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.372
10 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.366
11 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.358
12 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.353
13 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.352
14 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.350
15 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.348
16 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.347
17 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.342
18 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.339
19 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.335
20 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 0.330
21 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 0.328

.240 to .319
22 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.315
23 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.314
24 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.310
25 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.309
26 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.308
27 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.305
28 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.297
29 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.282
30 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.282
31 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.281
32 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.275
33 Devean George GOLS SG 0.266
34 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.262
35 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.261

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SHOOTING GUARDS IS ABOUT .255

36 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.252
37 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.247
38 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.242

.160 to .239
39 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.238
40 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.233
41 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.231
42 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.231
43 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.227
44 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.226
45 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.225
46 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.222
47 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.220
48 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.220
49 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.213
50 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.210
51 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.206
52 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.196
53 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.194
54 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.194
55 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.188
56 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.187
57 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.186
58 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.184
59 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.178
60 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.170
61 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.169
62 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.165
63 Nick Young WASH SG 0.160

.080 to .159
64 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.159
65 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.158
66 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.152
67 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.147
68 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.143
69 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.137
70 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.137
71 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.132
72 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.123
73 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.113
74 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.111
75 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.097
76 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.093

LESS THAN .080
77 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.074

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Posted by The Quest for the Ring at 6:00 AM

Monday, July 19, 2010

NBA Shooting Guards Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are shooting guards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR SHOOTING GUARDS
Perfect Shooting Guard for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.040 and more
Historic Super Star Shooting Guard .940 1.039
Super Star Shooting Guard 0.840 0.939
A Star Shooting Guard / A well above normal starter 0.760 0.839
Very Good Shooting Guard / A solid starter 0.700 0.759
Major Role Player Shooting Guard / Good enough to start 0.640 0.699
Good Role Player Shooting Guard / Often a good 6th man 0.580 0.639
Satisfactory Role Player Shooting Guard / Generally should not start 0.520 0.579
Marginal Role Player Shooting Guard / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Poor Shooting Guard / 0.400 0.459
Very Poor Shooting Guard 0.340 0.399
Extremely Poor Shooting Guard .339 and less

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of shooting guards
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for shooting guards
--All shooting guards who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SHOOTING GUARDS
1 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 1.075

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SHOOTING GUARDS
2 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 1.023
3 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 1.005

SUPERSTAR SHOOTING GUARDS
4 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.928
5 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.883
6 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.858
7 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.856
8 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.842

STAR SHOOTING GUARDS
9 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.824
10 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.817
11 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.809
12 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.791
13 James Harden OKLA SG 0.770
14 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.770

VERY GOOD SHOOTING GUARDS / SOLID STARTERS
15 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.756
16 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.738
17 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.724
18 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.723
19 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.722
20 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.721
21 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.718
22 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.712

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
23 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.698
24 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.693
25 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.691
26 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.678
27 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.675
28 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.675
29 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.671
30 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.664
31 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.663
32 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.661
33 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.658

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA SHOOTING GUARDS
for all shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640

GOOD ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
34 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.631
35 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.626
36 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.622
37 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.619
38 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.606
39 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.601
40 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.598
41 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.596
42 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.592
43 Devean George GOLS SG 0.592
44 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.592
45 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.591
46 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.588
47 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.587
48 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.583

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / USUALLY DO NOT START
49 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.574
50 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.573
51 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.572
52 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.554
53 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.551
54 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.550
55 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.543
56 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.542
57 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.541
58 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.537
59 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.533
60 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.532
61 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.528
62 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.521

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / RARELY START
63 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.518
64 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.509
65 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.504
66 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.491
67 Nick Young WASH SG 0.462
68 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.462

POOR SHOOTING GUARDS / SHOULD NEVER START
69 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.454
70 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.433
71 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.428
72 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.414
73 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.413

VERY POOR SHOOTING GUARDS
74 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.394
75 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.383

EXTREMELY POOR SHOOTING GUARDS
76 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.314
77 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.287


NBA SHOOTING GUARDS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value shooting guards really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All shooting guards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
None

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
1 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 3002.66

2,500 to 2,999
2 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 2850.10
3 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 2741.07
4 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 2548.44

2,000 to 2,499
5 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 2199.01
6 Ray Allen BOST SG 2169.76
7 Vince Carter ORLA SG 2143.91
8 Brandon Roy PORT SG 2036.15
9 Jason Terry DALL SG 2007.89

1,500 to 1,999
10 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 1936.44
11 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 1901.12
12 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 1842.93
13 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 1783.62
14 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 1773.46
15 J.R. Smith DENV SG 1532.17
16 Brandon Rush INDI SG 1509.65

1,000 to 1,499
17 Lou Williams PHIL SG 1445.93
18 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 1405.27
19 Rasual Butler LACL SG 1374.59
20 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 1363.95
21 James Harden OKLA SG 1338.83
22 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 1333.56
23 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 1297.54
24 Delonte West CLEV SG 1284.28
25 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 1277.11
26 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 1253.07
27 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 1231.94
28 Eric Gordon LACL SG 1224.99
29 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 1222.64
30 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 1199.44
31 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 1188.80
32 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 1183.32
33 Martell Webster PORT SG 1168.54
34 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 1065.28
35 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 1025.18

500 to 999
36 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 977.31
37 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 952.40
38 Roger Mason SANA SG 937.98
39 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 936.56
40 Willie Green PHIL SG 928.04
41 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 919.04
42 Ben Gordon DETR SG 850.23
43 Charlie Bell MILW SG 835.08
44 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 784.18
45 Sonny Weems TORO SG 735.00
46 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 720.80
47 Keith Bogans SANA SG 719.93
48 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 689.47
49 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 666.75
50 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 658.43
51 Nick Young WASH SG 656.81
52 Tony Allen BOST SG 589.60
53 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 575.96
54 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 553.83
55 Ime Udoka SACR SG 542.31
56 Devin Brown NORL SG 515.13
57 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 509.08

LESS THAN 500
58 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 492.42
59 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 491.54
60 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 477.75
61 Kevin Martin SACR SG 457.23
62 Devean George GOLS SG 450.65
63 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 416.41
64 Bill Walker NWYR SG 392.93
65 Morris Peterson NORL SG 383.58
66 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 373.51
67 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 368.92
68 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 342.64
69 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 318.80
70 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 275.80
71 Michael Redd MILW SG 271.18
72 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 235.61
73 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 200.53
74 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 176.51
75 Eddie House NWYR SG 168.50
76 Malik Hairston SANA SG 137.26
77 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 129.59

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these shooting guards follow in the next Report.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Posted by The Quest for the Ring at 6:00 AM

Sunday, July 18, 2010

NBA Point Guards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

NBA POINT GUARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are point guards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA POINT GUARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of point guards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA point guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .500
--All NBA point guards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
1 Steve Nash PHNX PG 0.934

.800 to .899
2 Chris Paul NORL PG 0.859
3 Deron Williams UTAH PG 0.817

.700 to .799
4 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 0.701

.600 to .699
5 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.677
6 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.663
7 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.651
8 Jason Kidd DALL PG 0.650
9 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.644
10 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.639
11 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.622
12 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.610
13 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.610
14 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.607

.500 to .599
15 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.597
16 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.592
17 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.587
18 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.577
19 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.575
20 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.573
21 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.569
22 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.568
23 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.564
24 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.563
25 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.559
26 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.548
27 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.547
28 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.546
29 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.543
30 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.540
31 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.531
32 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.526
33 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.517
34 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.508
35 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.508
36 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.507
37 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.504
38 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.504

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POINT GUARDS IS ABOUT .500

.400 to .499
39 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.497
40 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.496
41 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.485
42 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.478
43 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.474
44 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.472
45 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.470
46 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.470
47 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.469
48 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.466
49 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.466
50 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.465
51 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.457
52 George Hill SANA PG 0.455
53 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.449
54 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.447
55 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.444
56 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.436
57 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.434
58 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.434
59 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.432
60 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.428
61 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.427
62 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.425
63 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.419
64 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.415
65 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.413
66 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.409
67 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.403
68 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.403
69 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.402

.300 to .399
70 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.375
71 Luther Head INDI PG 0.369
72 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.362
73 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.360
74 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.357
75 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.338
76 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.324
77 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.317
78 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.308
79 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.307

.200 to .299
80 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.267

.100 to .199
81 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.190

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA POINT GUARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of players' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA point guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .245
--All NBA point guards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None: point guards will never be in this range

.640 to .719
None: point guards will never be in this range

.560 to .639
None: point guards will very rarely if ever be in this range

.480 to .559
None: point guards will very rarely be in this range

.400 to .479
1 Jason Kidd DALL PG 0.443
2 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.403

.320 to .399
3 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 0.384
4 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.376
5 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.372
6 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.367
7 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.360
8 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.353
9 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.349
10 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.348
11 Chris Paul NORL PG 0.342
12 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.337
13 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.331
14 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.328

.240 to .319
15 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.315
16 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.309
17 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.302
18 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.298
19 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.297
20 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.296
21 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.293
22 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.288
23 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.286
24 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.286
25 Luther Head INDI PG 0.285
26 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.281
27 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.279
28 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.277
29 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.276
30 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.274
31 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.273
32 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.273
33 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.273
34 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.271
35 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.271
36 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.267
37 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.267
38 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.260
39 Deron Williams UTAH PG 0.259
40 George Hill SANA PG 0.259
41 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.258
42 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.257
43 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.255
44 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.253
45 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.246

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POINT GUARDS IS ABOUT .245

.160 to .239
46 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.239
47 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.234
48 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.232
49 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.230
50 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.220
51 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.217
52 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.216
53 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.208
54 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.205
55 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.197
56 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.194
57 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.192
58 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.187
59 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.186
60 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.183
61 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.180
62 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.178
63 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.172
64 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.164
65 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.164
66 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.164
67 Steve Nash PHNX PG 0.161

.080 to .159
68 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.153
69 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.142
70 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.140
71 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.134
72 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.130
73 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.129
74 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.122
75 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.120
76 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.115
77 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.111
78 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.100
79 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.100
80 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.090

LESS THAN .080
81 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.069

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

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TOP NBA SCORERS CHART 1 OF 3 >>> TOP VOLUME SCORERS in 2011-2012 (complete regular season)
Each year QFTR publishes Real Player Ratings for every player in the NBA who has played at least 300 minutes. Real Player Ratings are comprehensive player ratings that are very carefully designed and quality controlled. Starting in 2012, the Ratings are supplemented by seven per 36 minutes charts which show player performance in seven of the very most important performance measures, all of which are components of Real Player Ratings (but there are other components that go into Real Player Ratings). These charts are stationed on the home page at all times. This is most likely the only place on the Internet where this key player information is shown in this optimal way.

Here we have the top scorers of the NBA in 2011-2012 as indicated by points per 36 minutes playing time. This is "PTS" in the chart. The points and all other items shown in the chart other than the percentages and the minutes played are per 36 minutes, which is much smarter to use than per game numbers.

For this and all the other charts, a minimum of 300 minutes of playing time is required. A player must have scored at least 18 points per 36 minutes (which is 1 point every 2 minutes) to be shown here. Also, a minimum shooting percentage (field goal percentage) of .400 is required. Players with field goal (shooting) percentages of .399 or less are disqualified from being on this list of top scorers.

This is one of the seven "7/36 Charts". A short user guide for these is found in this Report.

Here now are how the top scorers in the NBA in 2011-2012 rated and ranked:

Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Kevin Durant        OKC 2546  9.1 18.3 1.9 4.9 6.1 7.1 0.6  6.9 3.3 1.2 1.1 3.5 1.9 26.2 .496 .387 .860
Kobe Bryant         LAL 2232  9.3 21.5 1.4 4.6 6.1 7.3 1.1  4.0 4.3 1.1 0.3 3.3 1.7 26.1 .430 .303 .845
LeBron James        MIA 2326  9.6 18.1 0.8 2.3 6.0 7.8 1.5  6.2 6.0 1.8 0.8 3.3 1.5 26.0 .531 .362 .771
Russell Westbrook   OKC 2331  8.9 19.6 1.0 3.0 5.3 6.4 1.5  3.2 5.6 1.7 0.3 3.7 2.3 24.1 .457 .316 .823
Kevin Love          MIN 2145  8.0 17.8 1.8 4.7 6.4 7.7 3.8  8.5 1.9 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.6 24.0 .448 .372 .824
Dwyane Wade         MIA 1625  9.2 18.5 0.3 1.2 5.2 6.6 1.6  3.6 5.0 1.8 1.4 2.9 2.4 24.0 .497 .268 .791
Carmelo Anthony     NYK 1876  8.5 19.7 1.3 3.9 5.7 7.0 1.7  4.9 3.8 1.2 0.5 2.8 3.0 23.9 .430 .335 .804
Dirk Nowitzki       DAL 2079  8.2 17.9 1.4 3.7 5.5 6.1 0.8  6.5 2.4 0.7 0.5 2.0 2.2 23.2 .457 .368 .896
Derrick Rose        CHI 1375  7.9 18.2 1.4 4.5 5.1 6.3 0.7  2.7 8.0 0.9 0.7 3.1 1.4 22.3 .435 .312 .812
Kyrie Irving        CLE 1558  8.1 17.3 1.7 4.2 4.0 4.5 1.0  3.4 6.4 1.2 0.5 3.7 2.5 21.8 .469 .399 .872
LaMarcus Aldridge   POR 1994  8.7 17.0 0.0 0.2 4.0 4.9 2.7  5.3 2.4 0.9 0.8 2.0 2.8 21.5 .512 .182 .814
Eric Gordon         NOH  310  7.3 16.3 1.2 4.6 5.7 7.5 0.2  2.7 3.6 1.5 0.5 2.8 2.3 21.5 .450 .250 .754
DeMarcus Cousins    SAC 1950  8.3 18.4 0.0 0.3 4.8 6.9 4.9  8.1 1.9 1.7 1.4 3.1 4.7 21.4 .448 .143 .702
Andrea Bargnani     TOR 1032  7.3 16.9 1.2 4.0 5.3 6.0 0.8  5.2 2.1 0.6 0.5 2.4 1.8 21.0 .432 .296 .873
Deron Williams      NJN 1999  7.0 17.3 2.1 6.2 4.6 5.5 0.4  2.9 8.7 1.2 0.4 3.9 2.2 20.8 .407 .336 .843
Blake Griffin       LAC 2392  8.4 15.4 0.0 0.2 3.7 7.0 3.3  7.5 3.2 0.8 0.7 2.3 3.3 20.6 .549 .125 .521
Tony Parker         SAS 1923  8.0 16.7 0.3 1.1 4.2 5.3 0.4  2.8 8.7 1.1 0.1 2.9 1.4 20.5 .480 .230 .799
Paul Pierce         BOS 2075  6.8 15.4 1.7 4.7 5.1 6.0 0.6  4.9 4.8 1.2 0.5 3.0 2.6 20.5 .443 .366 .852
Louis Williams      PHI 1682  6.8 16.7 1.8 4.9 5.1 6.2 0.6  2.7 4.7 1.1 0.4 1.5 1.9 20.5 .407 .362 .812
Al Jefferson        UTA 2075  9.0 18.2 0.0 0.1 2.4 3.1 2.3  7.8 2.3 0.8 1.8 1.1 2.7 20.3 .492 .250 .774
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Danny Granger       IND 2062  6.8 16.4 2.1 5.6 4.4 5.1 1.4  4.0 1.9 1.1 0.7 1.9 2.5 20.2 .416 .381 .873
Monta Ellis         TOT 2120  7.6 17.7 1.1 3.4 3.7 4.7 0.3  3.1 5.9 1.4 0.3 3.0 2.3 20.1 .433 .308 .796
Manu Ginobili       SAS  792  6.8 13.0 2.4 5.7 4.0 4.6 0.8  4.5 6.9 1.1 0.5 2.9 2.5 20.0 .526 .413 .871
Tim Duncan          SAS 1634  8.0 16.1 0.0 0.1 3.8 5.5 2.4  9.0 2.9 0.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 19.7 .492 .000 .695
Jeremy Lin          NYK  940  6.5 14.7 0.9 2.9 5.6 7.0 0.7  3.4 8.3 2.1 0.3 4.8 3.0 19.6 .446 .320 .798
Chris Paul          LAC 2181  7.0 14.7 1.3 3.5 4.3 5.0 0.7  2.8 9.0 2.5 0.1 2.0 2.3 19.6 .478 .371 .861
Brandon Jennings    MIL 2331  7.2 17.3 2.0 6.0 3.0 3.7 0.8  2.7 5.6 1.6 0.3 2.3 1.8 19.5 .418 .332 .808
David Lee           GSW 2121  7.9 15.6 0.0 0.1 3.7 4.8 2.9  6.3 2.7 0.9 0.4 2.5 3.0 19.5 .503 .000 .782
Michael Redd        PHO  770  6.7 16.8 2.0 6.2 4.1 5.2 0.7  2.9 1.5 0.6 0.0 1.7 1.4 19.5 .400 .318 .793
Dwight Howard       ORL 2070  7.2 12.6 0.0 0.1 4.9 9.9 3.5 10.2 1.8 1.4 2.0 3.0 2.8 19.4 .573 .000 .491
Kevin Martin        HOU 1264  6.3 15.3 2.2 6.4 4.6 5.1 0.4  2.6 3.1 0.8 0.1 2.0 2.0 19.4 .413 .347 .894
Jordan Crawford     WAS 1753  7.2 17.9 1.6 5.6 3.3 4.2 0.9  2.5 3.9 1.2 0.1 2.9 2.3 19.3 .400 .289 .793
James Harden        OKC 1946  5.7 11.6 2.1 5.4 5.8 6.8 0.6  4.1 4.2 1.1 0.3 2.5 2.8 19.3 .491 .390 .846
Marcus Thornton     SAC 1780  7.1 16.2 2.2 6.3 2.9 3.3 1.7  2.1 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.7 2.2 19.3 .438 .345 .865
Josh Smith          ATL 2329  7.8 17.0 0.4 1.7 3.1 5.0 2.1  7.7 4.0 1.4 1.8 2.5 2.7 19.2 .458 .257 .630
Amare Stoudemire    NYK 1543  7.4 15.3 0.1 0.5 4.3 5.7 2.5  6.1 1.2 0.9 1.0 2.6 3.2 19.2 .483 .238 .765
Andrew Bynum        LAL 2112  7.6 13.6 0.0 0.1 4.0 5.8 3.3  8.8 1.4 0.5 2.0 2.6 1.8 19.1 .558 .200 .692
Joe Johnson         ATL 2127  7.2 15.8 2.1 5.4 2.7 3.1 0.9  2.8 3.9 0.8 0.2 2.0 1.3 19.1 .454 .388 .849
Stephen Curry       GSW  732  7.1 14.6 2.7 6.0 1.9 2.3 0.7  3.6 6.8 1.9 0.4 3.2 3.0 18.8 .490 .455 .809
Drew Gooden         MIL 1469  7.0 16.1 0.4 1.3 4.3 5.1 3.2  5.7 3.5 1.1 0.8 2.7 2.7 18.8 .437 .291 .846
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Antawn Jamison      CLE 2151  7.0 17.5 1.5 4.5 3.1 4.5 2.1  4.8 2.2 0.9 0.7 1.5 2.7 18.7 .403 .341 .683
Al Harrington       DEN 1761  7.1 15.8 2.1 6.2 2.4 3.6 1.5  6.5 1.8 1.2 0.2 2.3 3.7 18.6 .446 .333 .676
Nikola Pekovic      MIN 1264  7.3 12.9 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.3 5.2  4.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 2.5 2.8 18.5 .564      .743
Klay Thompson       GSW 1608  7.1 16.1 2.5 6.0 1.8 2.0 0.5  3.1 3.0 1.1 0.4 2.3 3.5 18.5 .443 .414 .868
Leandro Barbosa     TOT 1382  7.1 16.6 1.7 4.4 2.6 3.2 0.9  2.5 2.5 1.5 0.2 2.4 3.5 18.4 .425 .382 .815
Chris Bosh          MIA 2007  7.0 14.5 0.2 0.6 4.1 5.0 1.7  6.4 1.8 0.9 0.8 2.1 2.3 18.4 .487 .286 .821
Gerald Green        NJN  781  7.1 14.8 2.0 5.1 2.3 3.0 0.7  4.3 1.6 1.3 0.8 2.5 3.7 18.4 .481 .391 .754
Carl Landry         NOH  999  6.6 13.0 0.0 0.1 5.3 6.6 2.8  4.9 1.4 0.5 0.4 2.3 3.2 18.4 .503 .000 .799
Carlos Boozer       CHI 1948  8.3 15.6 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.5 2.1  8.3 2.3 1.2 0.4 2.1 3.1 18.3 .532 .000 .693
Kevin Garnett       BOS 1864  7.6 15.0 0.1 0.2 3.1 3.7 1.3  8.3 3.4 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.7 18.3 .503 .333 .857
Rudy Gay            MEM 2422  7.2 15.9 0.8 2.6 3.1 3.9 1.9  4.3 2.2 1.4 0.8 2.4 2.1 18.3 .455 .312 .791
Nick Young          TOT 1729  6.6 16.3 2.1 5.9 3.0 3.5 0.6  2.1 1.2 0.9 0.4 1.7 2.9 18.3 .403 .365 .852
Paul Millsap        UTA 2100  7.3 14.8 0.1 0.5 3.5 4.4 3.1  6.6 2.6 2.0 0.9 1.9 3.8 18.2 .495 .226 .792
Jerryd Bayless      TOR  705  6.0 14.1 2.2 5.3 3.8 4.5 0.4  3.0 6.0 1.2 0.2 2.7 3.6 18.0 .424 .423 .852

TOP NBA SCORERS 2012 CHART 2 OF 3 >>> MOST EFFICIENT SCORERS in 2011-2012 (complete regular season)
Each year QFTR publishes Real Player Ratings for every player in the NBA who has played at least 300 minutes. Real Player Ratings are comprehensive player ratings that are very carefully designed and quality controlled. Starting in 2012, the Ratings are supplemented by seven per 36 minutes charts which show player performance in seven of the very most important performance measures, all of which are components of Real Player Ratings (but there are other components that go into Real Player Ratings). These charts are stationed on the home page at all times. This is most likely the only place on the Internet where this key player information is shown in this optimal way.

Here we have the most efficient scorers of the NBA in 2011-2012 as indicated by shooting percentage or in other words field goal percentage. This is "FG%" in the chart. All items shown in the chart other than the percentages and the minutes played are per 36 minutes, which is much smarter to use than per game numbers.

For this and all the other charts, a minimum of 300 minutes of playing time is required. To be on this chart, players had to have a shooting percentage of .500 or higher AND they have to have scored at least 9 points per 36 minutes.

This is one of the seven "7/36 Charts". A short user guide for these is found in this Report.

Here now are how the most efficient scorers in the NBA in 2011-2012 rated and ranked:
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Tyson Chandler      NYK 2061  4.2  6.2 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.5 3.7  7.0  1.0 1.0 1.6 1.8 3.2 12.2 .679 .000 .689
DeAndre Jordan      LAC 1798  4.1  6.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.8 4.0  6.9  0.3 0.6 2.7 1.5 3.8  9.7 .632 .000 .525
Tiago Splitter      SAS 1121  6.8 11.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.8 3.0  6.8  2.1 0.7 1.5 2.8 4.3 17.6 .618      .691
Brandan Wright      DAL  791  6.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.7 2.8  5.1  0.6 1.0 2.9 1.0 2.8 15.5 .618 .000 .634
Andris Biedrins     GSW  739  1.9  3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.2  6.4  0.8 1.1 2.2 0.7 6.1  3.8 .609      .111
Kosta Koufos        DEN  792  5.2  8.7 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 4.3  7.4  0.7 1.1 1.9 1.5 4.4 12.0 .599      .600
Chris Wilcox        BOS  481  4.8  8.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.9 2.8  6.3  0.9 0.8 0.7 2.2 4.8 11.4 .598      .615
Nick Collison       OKC 1307  3.3  5.5 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.7 3.3  4.3  2.3 0.9 0.8 1.7 4.2  7.8 .597 .000 .710
Kenneth Faried      DEN 1037  6.3 10.7 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.7 4.9  7.3  1.2 1.2 1.6 1.9 4.0 16.4 .586      .665
Amir Johnson        TOR 1553  4.5  7.9 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.9 3.5  6.0  1.8 0.8 1.6 2.2 4.8 10.5 .576 .400 .690
Dwight Howard       ORL 2070  7.2 12.6 0.0 0.1 4.9 9.9 3.5 10.2  1.8 1.4 2.0 3.0 2.8 19.4 .573 .000 .491
Nikola Pekovic      MIN 1264  7.3 12.9 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.3 5.2  4.7  0.9 0.8 0.9 2.5 2.8 18.5 .564      .743
Joel Anthony        MIA 1349  2.3  4.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.9 2.7  4.0  0.2 1.0 2.2 1.2 3.4  5.8 .559      .690
Andrew Bynum        LAL 2112  7.6 13.6 0.0 0.1 4.0 5.8 3.3  8.8  1.4 0.5 2.0 2.6 1.8 19.1 .558 .200 .692
JaVale McGee        TOT 1535  7.2 12.9 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.9 3.8  7.4  0.7 0.8 3.1 2.0 3.9 16.2 .556      .461
Marcin Gortat       PHO 2114  7.3 13.1 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 3.2  8.1  1.0 0.8 1.7 1.5 2.4 17.3 .555 .000 .649
Al Horford          ATL  348  5.9 10.7 0.0 0.1 2.3 3.1 2.7  5.3  2.5 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.2 14.1 .553 .000 .733
Blake Griffin       LAC 2392  8.4 15.4 0.0 0.2 3.7 7.0 3.3  7.5  3.2 0.8 0.7 2.3 3.3 20.6 .549 .125 .521
Ryan Hollins        TOT  522  3.2  5.8 0.0 0.0 2.7 5.2 2.3  3.3  0.6 0.3 1.2 2.4 5.4  9.0 .548      .520
Chris Andersen      DEN  486  4.4  8.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 6.1 3.6  7.4  0.4 1.4 3.4 1.3 3.9 12.4 .546      .610
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Ian Mahinmi         DAL 1139  4.1  7.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.6 3.4  5.7  0.4 1.2 1.0 1.6 5.6 11.2 .546 .000 .639
Greg Stiemsma       BOS  766  3.1  5.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 2.3  6.1  1.3 1.7 4.0 1.6 6.8  7.6 .545      .707
Nene Hilario        TOT 1110  6.8 12.7 0.0 0.1 3.7 5.4 2.0  7.4  2.6 1.4 1.2 3.1 3.1 17.4 .537 .000 .673
Jan Vesely          WAS 1078  3.9  7.3 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.1 3.4  4.9  1.6 1.3 1.1 2.0 5.2  8.9 .537 .000 .532
Gustavo Ayon        NOH 1088  4.6  8.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.1 2.8  5.9  2.4 1.8 1.5 1.5 3.9 10.6 .536 .000 .619
Serge Ibaka         OKC 1792  5.3  9.8 0.0 0.1 1.6 2.4 3.9  6.1  0.6 0.7 4.8 1.6 3.6 12.1 .535 .333 .661
Jason Thompson      SAC 1657  5.1  9.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.9 3.6  6.0  1.7 0.9 1.0 1.5 3.2 12.7 .535 .000 .602
DeJuan Blair        SAS 1363  7.1 13.3 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.1 4.1  5.2  2.1 1.6 0.3 2.4 4.4 16.1 .534 .000 .613
Emeka Okafor        NOH  781  5.3  9.9 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.4 3.2  6.6  1.1 0.7 1.2 1.7 3.4 12.3 .533      .514
Carlos Boozer       CHI 1948  8.3 15.6 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.5 2.1  8.3  2.3 1.2 0.4 2.1 3.1 18.3 .532 .000 .693
Steve Nash          PHO 1961  5.4 10.2 1.0 2.6 2.3 2.6 0.5  2.9 12.2 0.7 0.1 4.2 1.0 14.2 .532 .390 .894
Trevor Booker       WAS 1261  5.2  9.7 0.0 0.1 1.6 2.7 3.4  5.9  1.1 1.4 1.2 1.7 3.9 12.0 .531 .500 .602
LeBron James        MIA 2326  9.6 18.1 0.8 2.3 6.0 7.8 1.5  6.2  6.0 1.8 0.8 3.3 1.5 26.0 .531 .362 .771
Kevin Seraphin      WAS 1176  6.2 11.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 3.2  5.4  1.0 0.6 2.3 2.0 4.1 13.9 .531 .000 .671
Semih Erden         CLE  333  4.2  8.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.4 2.2  5.6  1.0 1.1 0.5 1.7 6.5 10.7 .527      .512
Manu Ginobili       SAS  792  6.8 13.0 2.4 5.7 4.0 4.6 0.8  4.5  6.9 1.1 0.5 2.9 2.5 20.0 .526 .413 .871
Timofey Mozgov      DEN  687  5.2 10.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 2.8  6.6  1.2 0.8 2.2 2.8 4.5 12.5 .526      .684
Greg Monroe         DET 2082  7.0 13.5 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.7 4.1  6.9  2.6 1.4 0.8 2.8 3.1 17.6 .521 .000 .739
Jason Smith         NOH  947  6.9 13.2 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.8 2.7  4.7  1.3 0.8 1.6 1.5 3.9 15.1 .520 .111 .702
Derrick Brown       CHA 1443  5.3 10.2 0.1 0.6 2.3 3.5 2.4  3.5  1.7 1.2 0.3 1.4 2.4 13.1 .518 .250 .667
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Brendan Haywood     DAL 1146  3.7  7.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 3.0 4.4  5.8  0.6 0.8 1.7 1.4 3.8  8.8 .518      .469
Dante Cunningham    MEM 1124  4.6  8.9 0.0 0.1 1.4 2.2 2.9  5.0  1.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 3.1 10.7 .516 .000 .652
Aaron Gray          TOR  813  3.7  7.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.1 3.7  8.8  1.2 1.0 0.8 2.3 5.6  8.5 .516      .532
Anderson Varejao    CLE  785  5.2 10.2 0.0 0.2 2.0 2.9 5.0  8.2  2.0 1.6 0.8 2.1 2.8 12.4 .514 .000 .672
Ed Davis            TOR 1534  4.0  7.9 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.5 3.1  7.1  1.4 0.9 1.5 1.6 3.7  9.7 .513 .000 .670
Ivan Johnson        ATL  934  5.4 10.6 0.1 0.2 2.8 3.9 2.5  6.2  1.2 1.7 0.7 2.7 4.5 13.7 .513 .333 .720
LaMarcus Aldridge   POR 1994  8.7 17.0 0.0 0.2 4.0 4.9 2.7  5.3  2.4 0.9 0.8 2.0 2.8 21.5 .512 .182 .814
Luc Mbah a Moute    MIL 1009  4.7  9.3 0.0 0.1 2.4 3.7 2.7  5.4  1.0 1.4 0.8 1.4 3.3 11.9 .510 .250 .641
Jon Leuer           MIL  555  6.3 12.4 0.2 0.6 1.4 1.8 2.9  4.9  1.6 0.9 1.1 1.2 4.3 14.1 .508 .333 .750
Joakim Noah         CHI 1945  4.6  9.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 4.5  7.2  3.0 0.8 1.7 1.7 3.0 12.1 .508 .000 .748
Jordan Williams     NJN  635  4.4  8.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.7 3.7  5.1  0.6 1.2 0.9 1.3 3.5 11.2 .507      .652
Thaddeus Young      PHI 1755  7.1 14.1 0.0 0.1 2.3 3.0 2.8  3.9  1.5 1.3 0.8 1.1 2.6 16.6 .507 .250 .771
Omer Asik           CHI  971  2.9  5.8 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.8 4.7  8.3  1.2 1.1 2.5 2.5 4.5  7.6 .506      .456
Samuel Dalembert    HOU 1446  5.0  9.8 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 3.9  7.4  0.8 0.9 2.8 2.0 4.0 12.2 .506 .000 .796
Craig Smith         POR  464  4.6  9.1 0.0 0.1 2.9 4.1 2.6  6.0  1.5 1.2 0.4 1.9 4.3 12.1 .504 .000 .717
Kevin Garnett       BOS 1864  7.6 15.0 0.1 0.2 3.1 3.7 1.3  8.3  3.4 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.7 18.3 .503 .333 .857
Carl Landry         NOH  999  6.6 13.0 0.0 0.1 5.3 6.6 2.8  4.9  1.4 0.5 0.4 2.3 3.2 18.4 .503 .000 .799
David Lee           GSW 2121  7.9 15.6 0.0 0.1 3.7 4.8 2.9  6.3  2.7 0.9 0.4 2.5 3.0 19.5 .503 .000 .782
Pau Gasol           LAL 2430  6.8 13.6 0.1 0.4 3.0 3.9 2.7  7.3  3.5 0.5 1.3 2.1 1.9 16.7 .501 .259 .782
Brandon Rush        GSW 1717  4.9  9.8 2.1 4.6 1.4 1.7 0.7  4.6  1.8 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.3 13.3 .501 .452 .793

TOP NBA SCORERS CHART 3 OF 3 >>> BEST THREE-POINT SCORERS in 2011-2012 (complete regular season)
Each year QFTR publishes Real Player Ratings for every player in the NBA who has played at least 300 minutes. Real Player Ratings are comprehensive player ratings that are very carefully designed and quality controlled. Starting in 2012, the Ratings are supplemented by seven per 36 minutes charts which show player performance in seven of the very most important performance measures, all of which are components of Real Player Ratings (but there are other components that go into Real Player Ratings). These charts are stationed on the home page at all times. This is most likely the only place on the Internet where this key player information is shown in this optimal way.

Here we have the best 3-point scorers of the NBA in 2011-2012 as indicated by 3-point shooting percentage. This is "3P%" in the chart. All items shown in the chart other than the percentages and the minutes played are per 36 minutes, which is much smarter to use than per game numbers.

For this and all the other charts, a minimum of 300 minutes of playing time is required. Players who make at least 2.2 three-point shots per 36 minutes and who have at least a .300 (30%) three-point shot shooting percentage are the only ones qualified to be on this list.

This is one of the seven "7/36 Charts". A short user guide for these is found in this Report.

Here now are how the best 3-point scorers in the NBA in 2011-2012 rated and ranked:

Player                 Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P  3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Steve Novak           NYK 1020  5.7 11.9 4.7 10.0 0.8 0.9 0.3 3.4 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 2.1 16.8 .478 .472 .846
Stephen Curry         GSW  732  7.1 14.6 2.7  6.0 1.9 2.3 0.7 3.6 6.8 1.9 0.4 3.2 3.0 18.8 .490 .455 .809
Ray Allen             BOS 1565  5.2 11.3 2.4  5.4 2.2 2.4 0.3 2.9 2.5 1.1 0.2 1.6 1.9 15.1 .458 .453 .915
Mike Miller           MIA  752  4.4 10.0 2.5  5.6 0.1 0.2 1.1 5.1 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.4 2.8 11.3 .435 .453 .400
Jordan Farmar         NJN  831  6.4 13.6 2.4  5.4 2.5 2.7 0.3 2.3 5.6 1.0 0.1 2.9 2.1 17.6 .467 .440 .905
Danny Green           SAS 1522  5.0 11.3 2.4  5.5 1.9 2.4 1.3 4.1 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.6 2.5 14.3 .442 .436 .790
Kyle Korver           CHI 1469  4.4 10.1 2.9  6.6 1.3 1.6 0.6 3.3 2.7 0.9 0.4 1.3 2.7 13.0 .432 .435 .833
Luke Babbitt          POR  537  4.8 11.6 2.9  6.7 1.1 1.3 1.1 5.3 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.8 3.1 13.5 .410 .430 .850
Jerryd Bayless        TOR  705  6.0 14.1 2.2  5.3 3.8 4.5 0.4 3.0 6.0 1.2 0.2 2.7 3.6 18.0 .424 .423 .852
Matt Bonner           SAS 1326  4.2  9.5 2.9  6.8 0.4 0.6 0.8 5.0 1.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.8 11.6 .440 .420 .762
Richard Jefferson     TOT 1748  4.2 10.1 2.3  5.5 1.2 1.8 0.5 4.0 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.0 2.5 11.9 .416 .420 .694
Gary Neal             SAS 1206  6.3 14.5 2.5  5.9 1.5 1.9 0.4 3.2 3.5 0.8 0.1 1.8 2.2 16.6 .436 .419 .781
J.J. Redick           ORL 1765  5.1 11.9 2.3  5.5 2.9 3.2 0.4 2.7 3.3 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.9 15.3 .425 .418 .911
Klay Thompson         GSW 1608  7.1 16.1 2.5  6.0 1.8 2.0 0.5 3.1 3.0 1.1 0.4 2.3 3.5 18.5 .443 .414 .868
Manu Ginobili         SAS  792  6.8 13.0 2.4  5.7 4.0 4.6 0.8 4.5 6.9 1.1 0.5 2.9 2.5 20.0 .526 .413 .871
James Jones           MIA  666  3.1  8.1 2.5  6.2 1.4 1.6 0.3 2.3 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 2.4 10.0 .380 .404 .833
Chase Budinger        HOU 1298  5.8 13.1 2.4  6.1 1.5 1.9 1.1 5.0 2.1 0.8 0.2 1.5 1.8 15.5 .442 .402 .771
Ryan Anderson         ORL 1964  6.1 13.9 3.0  7.7 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.5 1.0 0.9 0.5 1.0 2.7 18.0 .439 .393 .877
John Lucas            CHI  726  7.1 17.8 2.7  6.9 1.4 1.6 1.1 2.7 5.4 0.9 0.0 2.1 2.1 18.3 .399 .393 .875
Mo Williams           LAC 1472  6.4 14.9 2.3  5.8 1.8 2.0 0.6 1.9 3.9 1.2 0.2 2.1 2.5 16.8 .426 .389 .900
Player                 Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P  3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Cartier Martin        WAS  391  5.4 12.3 2.7  6.9 1.0 1.7 1.1 4.2 0.9 1.0 0.2 1.2 3.2 14.5 .440 .387 .579
Randy Foye            LAC 1682  5.5 13.8 2.7  7.0 1.6 1.8 0.5 2.4 3.1 1.0 0.5 1.6 2.8 15.2 .398 .386 .859
Chauncey Billups      LAC  607  4.9 13.5 2.8  7.4 5.0 5.6 0.2 2.7 4.7 0.5 0.2 2.3 2.4 17.7 .364 .384 .895
Jannero Pargo         ATL  671  5.6 13.6 2.8  7.4 1.0 1.1 0.5 3.4 5.2 1.1 0.1 2.6 3.4 15.1 .415 .384 .950
Roger Mason           WAS  697  5.3 13.3 3.0  8.0 1.1 1.4 0.4 3.2 2.4 0.7 0.3 1.7 1.7 14.8 .399 .383 .778
Jason Terry           DAL 2000  6.4 14.9 2.5  6.6 1.8 2.0 0.3 2.4 4.1 1.3 0.2 2.3 1.2 17.1 .430 .378 .883
Andrew Goudelock      LAL  419  5.8 14.9 2.4  6.4 0.9 1.0 0.4 2.2 1.7 0.3 0.0 1.8 2.7 15.0 .391 .373 .917
Anthony Morrow        NJN 1636  6.0 14.5 2.3  6.3 2.1 2.3 0.7 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.2 1.5 1.9 16.4 .413 .371 .933
Vladimir Radmanovic   ATL  755  3.5  9.4 2.4  6.4 1.0 1.4 1.6 5.2 2.6 1.0 0.7 1.7 3.0 10.5 .376 .370 .759
Jason Richardson      ORL 1591  5.5 13.5 2.3  6.3 0.9 1.6 0.8 3.6 2.4 1.2 0.5 1.4 2.1 14.2 .408 .368 .594
Jimmer Fredette       SAC 1135  5.5 14.1 2.5  6.9 1.3 1.5 0.5 1.8 3.4 1.0 0.1 2.1 2.3 14.7 .386 .361 .833
Dorell Wright         GSW 1650  4.8 11.5 2.3  6.4 1.7 2.1 1.3 4.8 2.1 1.3 0.6 1.1 2.1 13.7 .422 .360 .816
Kevin Martin          HOU 1264  6.3 15.3 2.2  6.4 4.6 5.1 0.4 2.6 3.1 0.8 0.1 2.0 2.0 19.4 .413 .347 .894
J.R. Smith            NYK  967  6.1 15.1 2.5  7.2 1.5 2.0 1.1 4.0 3.1 2.0 0.2 1.7 3.2 16.2 .407 .347 .709
Daequan Cook          OKC  989  4.0 10.8 2.9  8.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 4.0 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 2.5 11.3 .368 .346 .636
Mickael Pietrus       BOS  921  4.1 10.6 2.4  7.1 0.8 1.2 0.7 4.4 1.0 0.8 0.4 1.3 3.2 11.3 .385 .335 .645

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TOP NBA DEFENDERS CHART 1 OF 3 >>> TOP REBOUNDERS in 2011-2012 (complete regular season)
Each year QFTR publishes Real Player Ratings for every player in the NBA who has played at least 300 minutes. Real Player Ratings are comprehensive player ratings that are very carefully designed and quality controlled. Starting in 2012, the Ratings are supplemented by seven per 36 minutes charts which show player performance in seven of the very most important performance measures, all of which are components of Real Player Ratings (but there are other components that go into Real Player Ratings). These charts are stationed on the home page at all times. This is most likely the only place on the Internet where this key player information is shown in this optimal way.

Here we have the best defensive rebounders of the NBA in 2011-2012 as indicated by defensive rebounds per 36 minutes playing time. This is "DRB" in the chart. All items shown in the chart other than the percentages and the minutes played are per 36 minutes are per 36 minutes, which is much smarter to use than per game numbers.

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This is one of the seven "7/36 Charts". A short user guide for these is found in this Report.

Here now are how the best defensive rebounders in the NBA in 2011-2012 rated and ranked:
Player              Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Dwight Howard      ORL 2070  7.2 12.6 0.0 0.1 4.9 9.9 3.5 10.2 1.8 1.4 2.0 3.0 2.8 19.4 .573 .000 .491
Marcus Camby       TOT 1352  3.4  7.6 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.7 4.2  9.9 2.8 1.3 2.3 1.5 3.4  7.6 .446 .400 .453
Tim Duncan         SAS 1634  8.0 16.1 0.0 0.1 3.8 5.5 2.4  9.0 2.9 0.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 19.7 .492 .000 .695
Andrew Bynum       LAL 2112  7.6 13.6 0.0 0.1 4.0 5.8 3.3  8.8 1.4 0.5 2.0 2.6 1.8 19.1 .558 .200 .692
Aaron Gray         TOR  813  3.7  7.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.1 3.7  8.8 1.2 1.0 0.8 2.3 5.6  8.5 .516      .532
Joel Przybilla     POR  449  1.8  3.8 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 2.3  8.7 0.5 0.3 1.3 1.8 5.3  4.4 .458      .611
Kevin Love         MIN 2145  8.0 17.8 1.8 4.7 6.4 7.7 3.8  8.5 1.9 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.6 24.0 .448 .372 .824
Jamaal Magloire    TOR  374  1.6  4.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.6 2.4  8.5 0.6 0.4 1.0 2.1 6.4  3.9 .378      .259
Omer Asik          CHI  971  2.9  5.8 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.8 4.7  8.3 1.2 1.1 2.5 2.5 4.5  7.6 .506      .456
Carlos Boozer      CHI 1948  8.3 15.6 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.5 2.1  8.3 2.3 1.2 0.4 2.1 3.1 18.3 .532 .000 .693
Kevin Garnett      BOS 1864  7.6 15.0 0.1 0.2 3.1 3.7 1.3  8.3 3.4 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.7 18.3 .503 .333 .857
Jordan Hill        TOT  551  5.4 10.8 0.0 0.2 2.0 3.1 4.0  8.2 1.0 0.9 1.8 2.0 4.6 12.7 .497 .000 .638
Anderson Varejao   CLE  785  5.2 10.2 0.0 0.2 2.0 2.9 5.0  8.2 2.0 1.6 0.8 2.1 2.8 12.4 .514 .000 .672
DeMarcus Cousins   SAC 1950  8.3 18.4 0.0 0.3 4.8 6.9 4.9  8.1 1.9 1.7 1.4 3.1 4.7 21.4 .448 .143 .702
Marcin Gortat      PHO 2114  7.3 13.1 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 3.2  8.1 1.0 0.8 1.7 1.5 2.4 17.3 .555 .000 .649
Reggie Evans       LAC  771  1.6  3.4 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.3 4.7  8.0 0.8 1.4 0.3 2.1 5.5  4.9 .472      .507
Udonis Haslem      MIA 1589  3.4  8.1 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.3 2.7  8.0 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.4 3.2  8.7 .423      .814
Al Jefferson       UTA 2075  9.0 18.2 0.0 0.1 2.4 3.1 2.3  7.8 2.3 0.8 1.8 1.1 2.7 20.3 .492 .250 .774
Andrew Bogut       MIL  364  6.0 13.5 0.0 0.1 1.4 2.3 2.2  7.7 3.1 1.2 2.4 2.4 3.6 13.5 .449 .000 .609
Josh Smith         ATL 2329  7.8 17.0 0.4 1.7 3.1 5.0 2.1  7.7 4.0 1.4 1.8 2.5 2.7 19.2 .458 .257 .630
Player              Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Blake Griffin      LAC 2392  8.4 15.4 0.0 0.2 3.7 7.0 3.3  7.5 3.2 0.8 0.7 2.3 3.3 20.6 .549 .125 .521
Spencer Hawes      PHI  920  6.1 12.5 0.1 0.5 1.6 2.2 3.1  7.5 3.8 0.6 1.9 2.2 3.9 13.9 .489 .250 .727
Kris Humphries     NJN 2162  5.4 11.2 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.6 3.9  7.5 1.5 0.8 1.2 2.0 2.9 14.2 .481      .752
Chris Andersen     DEN  486  4.4  8.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 6.1 3.6  7.4 0.4 1.4 3.4 1.3 3.9 12.4 .546      .610
Samuel Dalembert   HOU 1446  5.0  9.8 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 3.9  7.4 0.8 0.9 2.8 2.0 4.0 12.2 .506 .000 .796
Nene Hilario       TOT 1110  6.8 12.7 0.0 0.1 3.7 5.4 2.0  7.4 2.6 1.4 1.2 3.1 3.1 17.4 .537 .000 .673
Kosta Koufos       DEN  792  5.2  8.7 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 4.3  7.4 0.7 1.1 1.9 1.5 4.4 12.0 .599      .600
JaVale McGee       TOT 1535  7.2 12.9 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.9 3.8  7.4 0.7 0.8 3.1 2.0 3.9 16.2 .556      .461
Kenneth Faried     DEN 1037  6.3 10.7 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.7 4.9  7.3 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.9 4.0 16.4 .586      .665
Pau Gasol          LAL 2430  6.8 13.6 0.1 0.4 3.0 3.9 2.7  7.3 3.5 0.5 1.3 2.1 1.9 16.7 .501 .259 .782
Evan Turner        PHI 1713  5.5 12.4 0.2 1.0 1.5 2.3 0.6  7.3 3.8 0.8 0.4 2.2 2.5 12.8 .446 .224 .676
Lavoy Allen        PHI  624  4.6  9.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 2.7  7.2 2.0 0.7 1.0 1.2 4.2  9.7 .473      .786
Ersan Ilyasova     MIL 1655  6.4 13.0 1.1 2.4 3.1 4.0 4.3  7.2 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.7 2.9 17.0 .492 .455 .781
Chris Kaman        NOH 1372  7.0 15.7 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 2.3  7.2 2.7 0.7 2.0 3.4 2.8 16.2 .446      .785
Joakim Noah        CHI 1945  4.6  9.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 4.5  7.2 3.0 0.8 1.7 1.7 3.0 12.1 .508 .000 .748
Zach Randolph      MEM  735  6.5 14.0 0.1 0.4 2.8 4.3 3.8  7.2 2.4 1.0 0.2 2.0 2.8 15.9 .463 .250 .659
Ed Davis           TOR 1534  4.0  7.9 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.5 3.1  7.1 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.6 3.7  9.7 .513 .000 .670
Tyson Chandler     NYK 2061  4.2  6.2 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.5 3.7  7.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.8 3.2 12.2 .679 .000 .689
Derrick Favors     UTA 1376  5.8 11.6 0.0 0.0 3.3 5.1 4.1  7.0 1.1 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.8 14.9 .499      .649
Marc Gasol         MEM 2370  5.4 11.2 0.0 0.2 3.6 4.8 1.8  7.0 3.1 0.9 1.8 1.8 3.1 14.5 .482 .083 .748
Player              Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Enes Kanter        UTA  874  4.8  9.7 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.3 4.4  7.0 0.3 0.7 0.9 2.2 3.6 12.5 .496 .000 .667
Nikola Vucevic     PHI  812  5.8 12.9 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.5 3.9  7.0 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.5 4.9 12.5 .450 .375 .529
Kevin Durant       OKC 2546  9.1 18.3 1.9 4.9 6.1 7.1 0.6  6.9 3.3 1.2 1.1 3.5 1.9 26.2 .496 .387 .860
DeAndre Jordan     LAC 1798  4.1  6.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.8 4.0  6.9 0.3 0.6 2.7 1.5 3.8  9.7 .632 .000 .525
Greg Monroe        DET 2082  7.0 13.5 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.7 4.1  6.9 2.6 1.4 0.8 2.8 3.1 17.6 .521 .000 .739
Ben Wallace        DET  980  1.2  3.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.7 3.0  6.9 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.2 2.2  3.1 .395 .250 .340
Tiago Splitter     SAS 1121  6.8 11.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.8 3.0  6.8 2.1 0.7 1.5 2.8 4.3 17.6 .618      .691
Roy Hibbert        IND 1937  6.2 12.4 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.4 4.0  6.7 2.0 0.6 2.4 2.4 3.6 15.5 .497 .000 .711
Zaza Pachulia      ATL 1640  3.7  7.4 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.5 3.4  6.7 1.7 1.2 0.6 1.8 3.8 10.0 .499      .741
Kurt Thomas        POR  803  3.3  7.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 1.7  6.7 2.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 5.5  7.2 .465      .700
Channing Frye      PHO 1669  5.5 13.2 2.0 5.7 1.6 1.8 1.5  6.6 1.9 0.9 1.5 1.4 3.8 14.5 .416 .346 .890
Paul Millsap       UTA 2100  7.3 14.8 0.1 0.5 3.5 4.4 3.1  6.6 2.6 2.0 0.9 1.9 3.8 18.2 .495 .226 .792
Timofey Mozgov     DEN  687  5.2 10.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 2.8  6.6 1.2 0.8 2.2 2.8 4.5 12.5 .526      .684
Emeka Okafor       NOH  781  5.3  9.9 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.4 3.2  6.6 1.1 0.7 1.2 1.7 3.4 12.3 .533      .514
Al Harrington      DEN 1761  7.1 15.8 2.1 6.2 2.4 3.6 1.5  6.5 1.8 1.2 0.2 2.3 3.7 18.6 .446 .333 .676

TOP NBA DEFENDERS CHART 2 OF 3 >>> TOP BLOCKERS in 2011-2012 (complete regular season)
Each year QFTR publishes Real Player Ratings for every player in the NBA who has played at least 300 minutes. Real Player Ratings are comprehensive player ratings that are very carefully designed and quality controlled. Starting in 2012, the Ratings are supplemented by seven per 36 minutes charts which show player performance in seven of the very most important performance measures, all of which are components of Real Player Ratings (but there are other components that go into Real Player Ratings). These charts are stationed on the home page at all times. This is most likely the only place on the Internet where this key player information is shown in this optimal way.

Here we have the best (defensive) blockers of the NBA in 2011-2012 as indicated by blocks per 36 minutes playing time. This is "BLK" in the chart. All items shown in the chart other than the percentages and the minutes played are per 36 minutes, which is much smarter to use than per game numbers.

For this and all the other charts, a minimum of 300 minutes of playing time is required. Only players who made at least 1.5 blocks per 36 minutes are shown here.

This is one of the seven "7/36 Charts". A short user guide for these is found in this Report.

Here now are how the best blockers in the NBA in 2011-2012 rated and ranked:
Player              Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Serge Ibaka        OKC 1792  5.3  9.8 0.0 0.1 1.6 2.4 3.9  6.1 0.6 0.7 4.8 1.6 3.6 12.1 .535 .333 .661
Larry Sanders      MIL  643  4.7 10.3 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.1 3.5  5.5 1.8 1.8 4.3 2.4 7.4 10.4 .457 .000 .474
Greg Stiemsma      BOS  766  3.1  5.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 2.3  6.1 1.3 1.7 4.0 1.6 6.8  7.6 .545      .707
Chris Andersen     DEN  486  4.4  8.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 6.1 3.6  7.4 0.4 1.4 3.4 1.3 3.9 12.4 .546      .610
JaVale McGee       TOT 1535  7.2 12.9 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.9 3.8  7.4 0.7 0.8 3.1 2.0 3.9 16.2 .556      .461
Brandan Wright     DAL  791  6.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.7 2.8  5.1 0.6 1.0 2.9 1.0 2.8 15.5 .618 .000 .634
Bismack Biyombo    CHA 1455  3.2  6.9 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.5 2.8  6.3 0.7 0.5 2.8 1.8 3.6  8.1 .464      .483
Samuel Dalembert   HOU 1446  5.0  9.8 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 3.9  7.4 0.8 0.9 2.8 2.0 4.0 12.2 .506 .000 .796
Ekpe Udoh          TOT 1290  3.5  8.2 0.0 0.1 2.4 3.2 2.8  4.3 1.6 1.1 2.8 1.5 4.9  9.5 .431 .000 .754
DeAndre Jordan     LAC 1798  4.1  6.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.8 4.0  6.9 0.3 0.6 2.7 1.5 3.8  9.7 .632 .000 .525
Jermaine ONeal     BOS  570  3.3  7.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 2.3  6.2 0.6 0.5 2.7 1.3 5.1  7.9 .433      .677
Omer Asik          CHI  971  2.9  5.8 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.8 4.7  8.3 1.2 1.1 2.5 2.5 4.5  7.6 .506      .456
Andrew Bogut       MIL  364  6.0 13.5 0.0 0.1 1.4 2.3 2.2  7.7 3.1 1.2 2.4 2.4 3.6 13.5 .449 .000 .609
Roy Hibbert        IND 1937  6.2 12.4 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.4 4.0  6.7 2.0 0.6 2.4 2.4 3.6 15.5 .497 .000 .711
Robin Lopez        PHO  895  5.0 10.8 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.6 3.6  4.8 0.8 0.7 2.4 1.7 5.1 14.0 .461      .714
Anthony Randolph   MIN  517  6.5 13.9 0.0 0.1 4.5 5.8 2.9  5.6 1.3 0.9 2.4 2.8 3.9 17.5 .470 .000 .762
Marcus Camby       TOT 1352  3.4  7.6 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.7 4.2  9.9 2.8 1.3 2.3 1.5 3.4  7.6 .446 .400 .453
Taj Gibson         CHI 1284  5.6 11.3 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.8 3.8  5.5 1.3 0.8 2.3 1.7 3.7 13.6 .495      .622
Kevin Seraphin     WAS 1176  6.2 11.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 3.2  5.4 1.0 0.6 2.3 2.0 4.1 13.9 .531 .000 .671
Joel Anthony       MIA 1349  2.3  4.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.9 2.7  4.0 0.2 1.0 2.2 1.2 3.4  5.8 .559      .690
Player              Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Andris Biedrins    GSW  739  1.9  3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.2  6.4 0.8 1.1 2.2 0.7 6.1  3.8 .609      .111
Timofey Mozgov     DEN  687  5.2 10.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 2.8  6.6 1.2 0.8 2.2 2.8 4.5 12.5 .526      .684
Louis Amundson     IND  753  4.3  9.9 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.9 4.5  6.1 0.7 1.3 2.1 2.2 6.0 10.2 .430      .427
Earl Clark         ORL  559  3.3  9.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 2.3  5.7 1.2 0.8 2.1 1.6 4.6  7.9 .367      .724
Tyrus Thomas       CHA 1013  4.3 11.6 0.0 0.1 2.2 2.9 1.7  5.4 1.2 1.3 2.1 1.9 5.1 10.8 .367 .333 .759
Elton Brand        PHI 1732  6.0 12.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.4 3.0  5.9 2.0 1.2 2.0 1.4 3.7 13.7 .494 .000 .733
Andrew Bynum       LAL 2112  7.6 13.6 0.0 0.1 4.0 5.8 3.3  8.8 1.4 0.5 2.0 2.6 1.8 19.1 .558 .200 .692
Dwight Howard      ORL 2070  7.2 12.6 0.0 0.1 4.9 9.9 3.5 10.2 1.8 1.4 2.0 3.0 2.8 19.4 .573 .000 .491
Chris Kaman        NOH 1372  7.0 15.7 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 2.3  7.2 2.7 0.7 2.0 3.4 2.8 16.2 .446      .785
Tim Duncan         SAS 1634  8.0 16.1 0.0 0.1 3.8 5.5 2.4  9.0 2.9 0.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 19.7 .492 .000 .695
Spencer Hawes      PHI  920  6.1 12.5 0.1 0.5 1.6 2.2 3.1  7.5 3.8 0.6 1.9 2.2 3.9 13.9 .489 .250 .727
James Johnson      TOR 1561  5.4 11.9 0.4 1.4 1.9 2.7 1.7  5.0 2.8 1.6 1.9 2.3 4.1 13.1 .450 .317 .704
Kosta Koufos       DEN  792  5.2  8.7 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 4.3  7.4 0.7 1.1 1.9 1.5 4.4 12.0 .599      .600
Darko Milicic      MIN  472  4.5  9.9 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.8 2.7  4.7 1.3 0.7 1.9 2.4 4.5 10.2 .454      .432
Nazr Mohammed      OKC  692  4.1  8.8 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.2 3.1  5.8 0.7 1.0 1.9 1.4 5.3  8.9 .467 .000 .565
Ben Wallace        DET  980  1.2  3.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.7 3.0  6.9 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.2 2.2  3.1 .395 .250 .340
Marc Gasol         MEM 2370  5.4 11.2 0.0 0.2 3.6 4.8 1.8  7.0 3.1 0.9 1.8 1.8 3.1 14.5 .482 .083 .748
Jordan Hill        TOT  551  5.4 10.8 0.0 0.2 2.0 3.1 4.0  8.2 1.0 0.9 1.8 2.0 4.6 12.7 .497 .000 .638
Al Jefferson       UTA 2075  9.0 18.2 0.0 0.1 2.4 3.1 2.3  7.8 2.3 0.8 1.8 1.1 2.7 20.3 .492 .250 .774
Josh Smith         ATL 2329  7.8 17.0 0.4 1.7 3.1 5.0 2.1  7.7 4.0 1.4 1.8 2.5 2.7 19.2 .458 .257 .630
Player              Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB  DRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Derrick Favors     UTA 1376  5.8 11.6 0.0 0.0 3.3 5.1 4.1  7.0 1.1 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.8 14.9 .499      .649
Francisco Garcia   SAC  798  3.9 10.3 1.7 5.9 1.1 1.4 0.5  4.0 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.0 3.3 10.6 .376 .290 .800
Marcin Gortat      PHO 2114  7.3 13.1 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 3.2  8.1 1.0 0.8 1.7 1.5 2.4 17.3 .555 .000 .649
Brendan Haywood    DAL 1146  3.7  7.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 3.0 4.4  5.8 0.6 0.8 1.7 1.4 3.8  8.8 .518      .469
Joakim Noah        CHI 1945  4.6  9.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 4.5  7.2 3.0 0.8 1.7 1.7 3.0 12.1 .508 .000 .748
Tyson Chandler     NYK 2061  4.2  6.2 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.5 3.7  7.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.8 3.2 12.2 .679 .000 .689
Kenneth Faried     DEN 1037  6.3 10.7 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.7 4.9  7.3 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.9 4.0 16.4 .586      .665
Amir Johnson       TOR 1553  4.5  7.9 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.9 3.5  6.0 1.8 0.8 1.6 2.2 4.8 10.5 .576 .400 .690
Kenyon Martin      LAC  940  3.7  8.4 0.1 0.5 0.8 2.1 1.9  5.1 0.7 1.7 1.6 1.2 3.9  8.3 .441 .231 .370
Jason Smith        NOH  947  6.9 13.2 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.8 2.7  4.7 1.3 0.8 1.6 1.5 3.9 15.1 .520 .111 .702
Tristan Thompson   CLE 1424  4.9 11.2 0.0 0.1 2.7 4.9 4.7  5.1 0.7 0.7 1.6 2.0 3.4 12.5 .439 .000 .552
Gustavo Ayon       NOH 1088  4.6  8.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.1 2.8  5.9 2.4 1.8 1.5 1.5 3.9 10.6 .536 .000 .619
Channing Frye      PHO 1669  5.5 13.2 2.0 5.7 1.6 1.8 1.5  6.6 1.9 0.9 1.5 1.4 3.8 14.5 .416 .346 .890
Travis Outlaw      SAC  500  4.3 12.6 1.2 4.3 2.2 3.3 1.4  3.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.4 2.4 12.0 .343 .267 .674
Kendrick Perkins   OKC 1744  2.6  5.4 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 2.5  6.3 1.6 0.5 1.5 2.4 3.9  6.8 .489      .652
Tiago Splitter     SAS 1121  6.8 11.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.8 3.0  6.8 2.1 0.7 1.5 2.8 4.3 17.6 .618      .691
Nikola Vucevic     PHI  812  5.8 12.9 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.5 3.9  7.0 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.5 4.9 12.5 .450 .375 .529

TOP NBA DEFENDERS CHART 3 OF 3 >>> TOP THIEVES / FAST BREAKERS in 2011-2012 (complete regular season)
Each year QFTR publishes Real Player Ratings for every player in the NBA who has played at least 300 minutes. Real Player Ratings are comprehensive player ratings that are very carefully designed and quality controlled. Starting in 2012, the Ratings are supplemented by seven per 36 minutes charts which show player performance in seven of the very most important performance measures, all of which are components of Real Player Ratings (but there are other components that go into Real Player Ratings). These charts are stationed on the home page at all times. This is most likely the only place on the Internet where this key player information is shown in this optimal way.

Here we have the best thieves / fast breakers of the NBA in 2011-2012 as indicated by steals per 36 minutes playing time. This is "STL" in the chart. All items shown in the chart other than the percentages and the minutes played are per 36 minutes, which is much smarter to use than per game numbers.

For this and all the other charts, a minimum of 300 minutes of playing time is required. Only players who made at least 1.7 steals per 36 minutes are shown here.

This is one of the seven "7/36 Charts". A short user guide for these is found in this Report.

Here now are how the best thieves / fast breakers in the NBA in 2011-2012 rated and ranked:
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Tony Allen          MEM 1525  5.0 10.6 0.2 0.6 3.3 4.1 2.3 3.2  1.9 2.5 0.8 2.2 3.4 13.4 .469 .308 .800
Sundiata Gaines     NJN  793  4.6 12.3 1.3 3.7 2.7 4.4 1.2 3.7  5.7 2.5 0.1 2.4 2.6 13.2 .376 .341 .615
Chris Paul          LAC 2181  7.0 14.7 1.3 3.5 4.3 5.0 0.7 2.8  9.0 2.5 0.1 2.0 2.3 19.6 .478 .371 .861
Eric Bledsoe        LAC  464  3.8  9.8 0.5 2.3 2.2 3.4 1.7 3.3  5.1 2.4 1.1 3.6 4.5 10.2 .389 .200 .636
Ronnie Price        PHO  517  3.4  9.1 0.9 3.1 1.4 1.7 1.3 2.6  4.7 2.4 0.2 3.2 5.0  9.1 .377 .295 .800
Mike Conley         MEM 2174  4.9 11.3 1.0 2.6 2.3 2.6 0.4 2.2  6.7 2.3 0.2 2.1 2.2 13.0 .433 .377 .861
Ricky Rubio         MIN 1404  3.6 10.0 0.8 2.4 3.2 4.0 0.5 3.8  8.6 2.3 0.2 3.4 2.5 11.2 .357 .340 .803
Baron Davis         NYK  595  4.1 11.1 1.6 5.1 1.0 1.5 0.8 2.6  8.2 2.1 0.2 4.6 3.7 10.8 .370 .306 .667
Jason Kidd          DAL 1379  2.6  7.1 2.1 5.8 0.6 0.7 0.4 4.8  6.9 2.1 0.3 2.4 2.2  7.8 .363 .354 .786
Jeremy Lin          NYK  940  6.5 14.7 0.9 2.9 5.6 7.0 0.7 3.4  8.3 2.1 0.3 4.8 3.0 19.6 .446 .320 .798
Iman Shumpert       NYK 1705  4.5 11.3 1.0 3.3 1.8 2.3 0.9 3.0  3.5 2.1 0.2 2.3 3.7 11.9 .401 .306 .798
Corey Brewer        DEN 1287  5.6 13.0 0.9 3.6 2.5 3.6 1.2 3.0  2.5 2.0 0.5 1.6 3.2 14.7 .434 .260 .692
Paul George         IND 1958  5.2 11.7 1.7 4.3 2.7 3.3 1.0 5.8  2.9 2.0 0.7 2.2 3.5 14.7 .440 .385 .802
Kawhi Leonard       SAS 1534  4.7  9.5 1.0 2.6 1.6 2.1 2.4 5.2  1.6 2.0 0.6 1.0 2.1 11.9 .493 .376 .773
Paul Millsap        UTA 2100  7.3 14.8 0.1 0.5 3.5 4.4 3.1 6.6  2.6 2.0 0.9 1.9 3.8 18.2 .495 .226 .792
J.R. Smith          NYK  967  6.1 15.1 2.5 7.2 1.5 2.0 1.1 4.0  3.1 2.0 0.2 1.7 3.2 16.2 .407 .347 .709
Delonte West        DAL 1060  5.6 12.2 0.9 2.6 2.1 2.4 0.4 3.0  4.7 2.0 0.4 2.6 2.3 14.3 .461 .355 .886
Mario Chalmers      MIA 1825  4.4  9.8 2.0 5.1 1.6 2.0 0.3 3.1  4.4 1.9 0.2 2.8 3.3 12.4 .448 .388 .792
Stephen Curry       GSW  732  7.1 14.6 2.7 6.0 1.9 2.3 0.7 3.6  6.8 1.9 0.4 3.2 3.0 18.8 .490 .455 .809
Carlos Delfino      MIL 1537  4.3 10.6 2.0 5.6 0.9 1.1 0.5 4.4  2.9 1.9 0.2 1.5 2.3 11.4 .402 .360 .792
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Earl Watson         UTA 1033  1.9  5.6 0.3 1.8 1.1 1.6 1.0 3.2  7.6 1.9 0.8 3.0 3.7  5.2 .338 .192 .674
Trevor Ariza        NOH 1350  4.5 10.7 0.8 2.3 2.1 2.7 1.1 4.6  3.6 1.8 0.7 2.0 1.9 11.8 .417 .333 .775
Gustavo Ayon        NOH 1088  4.6  8.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.1 2.8 5.9  2.4 1.8 1.5 1.5 3.9 10.6 .536 .000 .619
Rodrigue Beaubois   DAL 1151  5.9 13.9 1.2 4.1 1.8 2.2 0.6 4.1  4.8 1.8 0.9 2.2 3.1 14.8 .422 .288 .841
Reggie Jackson      OKC  501  3.7 11.4 0.9 4.5 1.8 2.1 1.0 2.8  5.1 1.8 0.1 2.6 2.2 10.1 .321 .210 .862
LeBron James        MIA 2326  9.6 18.1 0.8 2.3 6.0 7.8 1.5 6.2  6.0 1.8 0.8 3.3 1.5 26.0 .531 .362 .771
Nate Robinson       GSW 1192  6.2 14.6 2.0 5.5 2.8 3.4 0.5 2.6  7.0 1.8 0.1 2.3 3.6 17.2 .424 .365 .832
Walker Russell      DET  357  3.3  9.6 0.4 1.3 1.4 2.2 0.7 1.9  5.8 1.8 0.1 3.3 2.9  8.5 .347 .308 .636
Larry Sanders       MIL  643  4.7 10.3 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.1 3.5 5.5  1.8 1.8 4.3 2.4 7.4 10.4 .457 .000 .474
Chris Singleton     WAS 1431  2.9  7.8 1.1 3.2 0.8 1.1 1.1 4.8  1.2 1.8 0.8 1.0 4.4  7.7 .372 .346 .682
Dwyane Wade         MIA 1625  9.2 18.5 0.3 1.2 5.2 6.6 1.6 3.6  5.0 1.8 1.4 2.9 2.4 24.0 .497 .268 .791
DeMarcus Cousins    SAC 1950  8.3 18.4 0.0 0.3 4.8 6.9 4.9 8.1  1.9 1.7 1.4 3.1 4.7 21.4 .448 .143 .702
Goran Dragic        HOU 1752  5.7 12.3 1.4 4.2 3.1 3.9 1.1 2.4  7.2 1.7 0.2 3.2 3.4 15.9 .462 .337 .805
Andre Iguodala      PHI 2209  4.7 10.3 1.2 3.1 2.0 3.2 0.9 5.3  5.5 1.7 0.5 1.9 1.5 12.6 .454 .394 .617
Kyle Lowry          HOU 1510  5.0 12.2 1.9 5.0 4.1 4.7 0.9 4.2  7.4 1.7 0.3 3.1 3.2 16.0 .409 .374 .864
Rajon Rondo         BOS 1957  4.7 10.5 0.2 0.8 2.0 3.3 1.1 3.6 11.4 1.7 0.1 3.6 1.8 11.6 .448 .238 .597
Lance Stephenson    IND  442  3.8 10.2 0.3 2.4 0.7 1.4 1.0 3.3  3.7 1.7 0.4 2.9 2.4  8.6 .376 .133 .471
Greg Stiemsma       BOS  766  3.1  5.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 2.3 6.1  1.3 1.7 4.0 1.6 6.8  7.6 .545      .707
Jeff Teague         ATL 2183  5.3 11.1 0.8 2.5 2.3 3.1 0.3 2.3  5.3 1.7 0.6 2.2 2.4 13.7 .476 .342 .757
Ben Wallace         DET  980  1.2  3.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.7 3.0 6.9  1.6 1.7 1.9 1.2 2.2  3.1 .395 .250 .340
Player               Tm   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB  AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%
Russell Westbrook   OKC 2331  8.9 19.6 1.0 3.0 5.3 6.4 1.5 3.2  5.6 1.7 0.3 3.7 2.3 24.1 .457 .316 .823

From day one we knew that QFTR would never be a hang out place, a place where people come to comment on basketball news and blogs and what not. For one thing, we knew it could never possibly be even a moderate traffic Site (let alone a high traffic Site) regardless of the quality or quantity of basketball content loaded on to it. (It took years and about 15 books worth of content just to go from zero traffic to low traffic). Although you wouldn't expect it to be all that popular, it seems that a serious and unique basketball Site has even a lower potential audience than one would expect.

For another thing, QFTR is too serious for the quick little comments that are a dime a dozen at basketball Sites and blogs around the Internet. And most people who comment like to make only short little comments.

And of course it is well known that only a tiny percentage of blogs get more than a tiny number of comments and that essentially all of the blogs that do get comments are part of blog networks and/or they are run by celebrities.

And there are other reasons but those are the main ones.

The truth though is that your QFTR producer never had the resources to moderate and / or to participate in discussions at QFTR. Before there was a QFTR we participated in forums, and for about 18 months after there was a QFTR we still posted at a couple of forums, but we had to discontinue due to lack of time and because posting at forums was useless for getting traffic to QFTR that would return for future visits. As mentioned above in "Your Ball, Take Your Best Shot, Option 3," QFTR has only roughly 1/10 of the time it would like for producing content and for getting the background work done. So we are not even close to having the time to deal with comments that would go directly onto QFTR. So actually, we are glad that there has been very little interest.

Having said that, until January 2012 there was an option for commenting on Reports etc.. There was a page called "QFTR Discussions" where all comments on all Reports would appear in one place. These were going to be more serious and lengthy comments than the ones you see around the Internet.

Along with the discussion page there was to be an "open blog" called "My Quest for the Ring". Anyone who demonstrated the ability to make important, interesting, and/or useful contributions toward explaining how playoff games are won and lost would be given the keys and would be allowed to post whatever whenever. These would be full posts and not just comments. This would be a collaboration blog.

Both Discussions and My Quest for the Ring were nice, creative ideas, but there were no takers because of some combination of the following:

--Hardly anyone is qualified to discuss basketball at a high level.
--No one who is qualified has the time.
--QFTR traffic has been too low and/or it has the wrong people visiting, so therefore those who might have posted have never seen the option.

Although all of the links to these pages are removed from the QFTR home page as of January 2012 (except for the ones just above) the pages themselves are not being taken down. So if anyone (and it can be just one single person) is interested in posting to either of these Sites, please send an email to:
thequestforthering1 @ gmail dot com
[Remove the spaces and replace "dot" with an actual (.)

If even one person is interested and posts at either of those sites, we will restore all of the links that were removed.

RICKY RUBIO, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES POINT GUARD

RICKY RUBIO, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES POINT GUARD

>>>I WANT TO STICK WITH THE WAY OTHER SITES PRESENT POSTS
Due to the number of, uniqueness of, and importance of the many other home page features we have, only one Report loads at a time, currently the one just above. To see the next Report (which would be the one that came out just before the one above) on this home page, click "Older Posts" that is at the very bottom of the Report showing above, just above the section header "Your Ball: Take Your Best Shot".

>>ALTERNATIVE HOME PAGES
There are three home pages, all of which have all of the Reports but which have completely different features appearing on the sidebar and below the one Report that is shown at a time. These pages have been designed so that they fully load in about 10 seconds (no more super long load times we used to be known for.)

HOME PAGE A: ALL REPORTS, READERS CONTAINING REPORTS 1-100, AND UNIQUE FEATURES
HOME PAGE B: ALL REPORTS, READERS CONTAINING REPORTS 1-100, AND UNIQUE FEATURES
HOME PAGE C: ALL REPORTS, READERS CONTAINING REPORTS 1-100, AND UNIQUE FEATURES

>>REPORT READERS: Complete freedom to rapidly choose and read what you need or want to read. The latest 40 Reports are found near the top of all three of the primary home pages (linked to just above) while Reports #41-#100 are found in three separate readers placed at various points down the page on all three primary home pages.

>>EXPRESS VERSION: Every Single Report but no Features: a Fast Loading Page: Click Here



>>FAST BREAK VERSION: The Latest 100 Reports via Report Readers Only; no Features, a Fast Loading Page: Click Here

>>QUEST ARCHIVE HOME PAGES--REPORT ARCHIVES AND A SMALL NUMBER OF CLASSIC FEATURES THAT WON'T FIT ON OTHER HOME PAGES
QUEST 4: REPORTS 101-200
QUEST 5: REPORTS 201-300
QUEST 6: REPORTS 301-400
QUEST 7: REPORTS 401-500
QUEST 8: REPORTS 501-600
QUEST 9: REPORTS 601-700
QUEST 10: REPORTS 701-800

>>FEATURES ONLY HOME PAGES: NO REPORTS, JUST FEATURES THAT WE CAN'T FIT ANYWHERE ELSE
QUEST OVERTIME
QUEST CLASSIC

>>COMPLETE TITLE INDEX: : A Complete Report Title Index, with Express Version Links to all Reports

>>LATEST 25 Reports: Direct links to the latest 25 Reports (with no truncated titles as you find with the poorly designed Google archive). This is located near the very bottom of this page.

>>GOOGLE ARCHIVE you will find this, with Reports shown by week not very far below.

>>I'M NEW AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WANT TO GO: Welcome to the Real Zone. Simply browse the page and see for yourself what is here. You will not be disappointed.

>>OR YOU CAN DO A CUSTOM GOOGLE SEARCH OF THE 20 BOOKS AND COUNTING CONTAINED ON THIS SITE>>>>>

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COMPLETE AND ALWAYS UPDATED DIRECTORY OF ALL QUEST FOR THE RING REPORTS ON ONE PAGE

COMPLETE AND ALWAYS UPDATED DIRECTORY OF ALL QUEST FOR THE RING REPORTS ON ONE PAGE>>> CLICK HERE TO SEE LINKS TO EVERY REPORT EVER POSTED. This is now often working even in Internet Explorer, imagine that!

TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT HOW LONG QUEST FOR THE RING HAS BEEN KEEPING IT REAL >>>

The above shows you in two different ways the exact amount of time since The Quest for the Ring began to completely explain how the Quest is won, while having as much fun as possible at the expense of basketball pretenders and player haters. The first panel shows how long it has been in each of seven units. The second panel shows how long it has been in the more usual "remainder" way.

QUEST FOR THE RING SOMETIMES GOES INTO HIATUS
Regardless of any temporary unavoidable absences, the Quest is in this project to explain in detail for the very long term--indefinitely, for many, many, many years ahead. At this writing we have the equivalent of 15 basketball books under our belt and we plan on doing dozens more. Count on us being right where basketball is at, which is here, actually.

GOOGLE ARCHIVE



QUEST FOR THE RING USER GUIDE

QUEST FOR THE RING USER GUIDE: YOU CAN QUICKLY LOCATE AND GET THE SITE INFORMATION YOU NEED OR WANT RIGHT HERE






WELCOME TO THE QUEST--THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT HERE

WELCOME TO THE QUEST FOR THE RING, ALSO KNOWN AS THE REAL ZONE
This is one of the most serious basketball sites on the internet, focusing on how and why playoff games and NBA Championships are won and lost. We also love to take comedy and music breaks, but not every day.

WELCOME TO THE QUEST FOR THE RING (QFTR). YOU HAVE LEFT THE HYPE ZONE AND HAVE ARRIVED IN THE REAL ZONE. Please check any rose colored glasses at the door. The Hype Zone that you most likely just came from is where you can find out about the personalities and the styles and how popular they are and what they are up to lately. The QFTR Real Zone is where we DO NOT think personalities and styles and how popular or unpopular they are things to waste time on just for ratings or traffic.

Instead of hype, here we post as much truth about how NBA playoff games and Championships are won as we can 365 days a year and at at any hour of the day or night. Please have a productive visit, and a nice trip back to the Hype Zone when your visit is over.

UNIQUE SITE DESIGN
The Quest is organized in a completely different way from what you are used to on the Internet. We have combined the best features of the blog and the conventional web site formats, the latter being the norm for large organizations. However, since we do not like the idea of using flash to "wow" visitors, we do not use flash except within video and other discrete components. So we are state of the art in terms of expanding the power of visitors to get exactly what they want very quickly, but we do not have the latest flash gadgetry just to "keep up with the Joneses".

More broadly, you will find that Quest for the Ring never seeks to keep up with the Joneses, simply because the Joneses never had the nerve and the intelligence to do what we do.

Unlike many Internet operations QFTR is never going to quit due to low traffic; we have learned over the last decade that traffic is about 95% determined by variables completely out of our control. The 5% that we do control is not enough to change traffic in any significant way. The corporate, hype, and porn sites get all the easy (and sleazy!) traffic. QFTR gets a relatively small amount of traffic but how could it possibly be otherwise? QFTR gets high quality traffic from serious, intelligent people (who are in limited supply) and that is exactly how it was inevitably going to be.

2009: A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION COMES TO QUEST
The QFTR Home Page consists of numerous types of content, organized carefully into clearly labelled sections. Features can be any educational and / or entertaining basketball content you can think of, including everything from music players to videos to photos to breaking NBA news readers to top teams performance breakdown pages.

Quest for the Ring has a world class link system for easy access to many of the Worlds' most important basketball resources. (We don't give a damn that all the outbound links might hurt our placement in search results, because we are not going to cheat visitors just to get more "fly by night" visitors.) But the Quest visitor does not HAVE to hunt for links to have an intelligent and entertaining experience because QFTR is a massive resource in and of itself.

THERE MUST BE FIFTY WAYS TO READ REPORTS [AS PAUL SIMON SANG YEARS AGO, LOL]
Well, maybe not fifty, but there are close to ten ways to find out about, select, and read Quest Reports! The standard, traditional blog presentation is available as one of the many ways to choose, access, and read reports. On the Home Page, only one report loads in the traditional format in order to keep this page as quick loading as possible. See the "Total Freedom of Navigation" section not far below the main Report you have loaded for complete details about how to find, choose, and read reports.

THE QUEST USER GUIDE VERSUS THE MERE ABOUT PAGE
Other sites very often have undeveloped and limited in scope "about pages" which is usually all they have for what we call a "User Guide". The QFTR User Guide is a little blog in itself with several dozen articles explaining aspects of the Site and how you can benefit from them. This approach is a vast improvement, quantitatively and qualitatively, over a mere "about page" While many other sites don't help their visitors to make the best use of the content, we do. Also, the User Guide is chock loaded with invitations to visitors to participate in all kinds of ways, including for example advertising for free, link exchange, and getting a team site supported by Quest. You can access User Guide articles either by visiting the User Guide dedicated page or by locating the list of User Guide articles right on the primary QFTR Home Page.

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RECOMMENDED SCHOOL--CLICK FOR DETAILS

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QUEST FOR THE RING VIDEOS--The primary Quest video page with video juke boxes for all 30 teams

QUEST FOR THE RING VIDEOS #2--Specially chosen video juke boxes and individual videos

QUEST FOR THE RING PRIMARY HOME PAGE B--A few key video players are here

LATEST NBA.COM NBA VIDEOS
LATEST YAHOO SPORTS NBA / BASKETBALL VIDEOS
LATEST CBS SPORTSLINE NBA VIDEOS

MOST RECENT LEAGUE WIDE REAL PLAYER RATINGS

Note: This is generally a once a year, end of season Report. For many teams and players, more recent ratings are often available.

NBA REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.900 0.999
A Star Player / A well above normal starter 0.820 0.899
Very Good Player / A solid starter 0.760 0.819
Major Role Player / Good enough to start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a good 6th man 0.640 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player / Preferably should not start 0.580 0.639
Marginal Role Player / Generally should not start 0.520 0.579
Poor Player / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.459
Extremely Poor Player .399 and less

NBA REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of players
--Includes all tracked actions and also includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for all players who play 300 minutes or more is about .700.
--All players who have played at least 300 minutes are included here and in all other ratings to follow in coming days

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTARS
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 1.382
2 Tim Duncan SANA PF 1.254
3 Chris Paul NORL PG 1.202
4 Dwight Howard ORLA C 1.121
5 Andrew Bogut MILW C 1.112

HISTORIC SUPERSTARS
6 Steve Nash PHNX PG 1.095
7 Jason Kidd DALL PG 1.092
8 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 1.084
9 Deron Williams UTAH PG 1.076
10 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 1.075
11 Marcus Camby LACL C 1.071
12 Pau Gasol LALK PF 1.065
13 Greg Oden PORT C 1.060
14 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 1.051
15 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 1.034
16 Josh Smith ATLA SF 1.033
17 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 1.033
18 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 1.023
19 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 1.005

SUPERSTARS
20 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.994
21 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.982
22 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.976
23 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.972
24 David Lee NWYR C 0.971
25 Al Horford ATLA C 0.970
26 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.967
27 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.959
28 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.955
29 John Salmons MILW SF 0.937
30 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.936
31 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.934
32 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.934
33 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.933
34 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.929
35 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.928
36 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.918
37 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.908
38 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.904
39 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.903

STARS
40 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.899
41 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.897
42 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.885
43 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.885
44 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.885
45 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.883
46 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.883
47 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.880
48 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.877
49 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.874
50 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.874
51 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.870
52 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.870
53 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.868
54 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.866
55 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.865
56 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.864
57 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.858
58 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.857
59 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.856
60 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.856
61 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.856
62 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.855
63 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.852
64 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.849
65 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.842
66 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.842
67 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.840
68 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.839
69 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.837
70 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.836
71 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.835
72 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.835
73 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.828
74 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.828
75 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.827
76 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.826
77 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.825
78 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.825
79 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.824
80 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.820

VERY GOOD PLAYERS / SOLID STARTERS
81 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.819
82 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.819
83 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.819
84 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.818
85 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.817
86 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.817
87 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.817
88 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.816
89 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.816
90 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.812
91 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.809
92 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.807
93 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.805
94 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.804
95 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.803
96 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.803
97 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.803
98 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.800
99 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.797
100 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.791
101 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.784
102 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.784
103 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.783
104 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.783
105 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.782
106 David West NORL PF 0.781
107 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.776
108 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.775
109 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.775
110 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.774
111 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.774
112 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.772
113 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.771
114 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.771
115 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.770
116 James Harden OKLA SG 0.770
117 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.770
118 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.770
119 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.769
120 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.768
121 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.768
122 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.765
123 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.763
124 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.763
125 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.760

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
126 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.758
127 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.757
128 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.756
129 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.754
130 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.754
131 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.754
132 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.752
133 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.749
134 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.748
135 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.748
136 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.747
137 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.746
138 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.746
139 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.744
140 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.742
141 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.741
142 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.738
143 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.732
144 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.731
145 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.731
146 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.726
147 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.725
148 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.724
149 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.724
150 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.724
151 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.723
152 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.722
153 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.721
154 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.721
155 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.721
156 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.721
157 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.720
158 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.718
159 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.718
160 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.717
161 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.716
162 David Andersen HOUS C 0.715
163 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.715
164 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.714
165 George Hill SANA PG 0.713
166 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.712
167 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.712
168 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.711
169 Sean May SACR PF 0.710
170 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.709
171 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.709
172 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.709
173 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.707
174 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.704
175 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.703
176 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.702
177 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.702
178 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.701
179 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.700

GOOD ROLE PLAYERS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
180 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.699
181 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.699
182 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.698
183 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.698
184 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.698
185 James Singleton WASH SF 0.696
186 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.694
187 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.694
188 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.693
189 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.691
190 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.689
191 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.689
192 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.689
193 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.687
194 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.686
195 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.686
196 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.686
197 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.684
198 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.680
199 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.678
200 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.678
201 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.677
202 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.676
203 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.675
204 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.675
205 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.675
206 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.675
207 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.674
208 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.674
209 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.673
210 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.671
211 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.669
212 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.668
213 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.668
214 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.667
215 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.665
216 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.665
217 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.664
218 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.664
219 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.664
220 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.663
221 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.662
222 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.661
223 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.661
224 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.660
225 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.660
226 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.659
227 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.659
228 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.658
229 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.658
230 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.655
231 Luther Head INDI PG 0.654
232 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.653
233 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.650
234 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.648
235 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.648
236 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.646
237 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.643
238 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.642
239 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.642

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYERS / USUALLY DO NOT START
240 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.637
241 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.635
242 Johan Petro DENV C 0.635
243 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.634
244 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.633
245 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.631
246 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.627
247 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.626
248 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.624
249 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.622
250 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.621
251 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.619
252 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.617
253 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.615
254 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.613
255 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.613
256 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.611
257 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.610
258 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.609
259 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.608
260 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.607
261 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.606
262 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.605
263 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.601
264 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.601
265 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.599
266 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.599
267 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.598
268 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.596
269 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.594
270 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.592
271 Devean George GOLS SG 0.592
272 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.592
273 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.591
274 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.591
275 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.589
276 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.589
277 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.589
278 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.588
279 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.587
280 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.585
281 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.583
282 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.583
283 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.582

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYERS / RARELY START
284 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.578
285 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.577
286 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.577
287 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.576
288 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.575
289 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.575
290 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.575
291 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.574
292 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.574
293 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.573
294 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.572
295 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.571
296 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.569
297 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.568
298 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.568
299 James Posey NORL SF 0.564
300 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.561
301 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.561
302 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.556
303 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.554
304 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.554
305 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.551
306 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.551
307 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.550
308 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.549
309 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.547
310 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.545
311 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.544
312 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.543
313 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.542
314 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.541
315 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.538
316 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.538
317 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.537
318 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.533
319 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.532
320 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.532
321 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.528
322 James Jones MIAM SF 0.525
323 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.524
324 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.523
325 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.521
326 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.520

POOR PLAYERS / SHOULD NEVER START
327 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.518
328 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.518
329 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.514
330 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.512
331 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.509
332 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.508
333 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.508
334 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.507
335 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.504
336 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.494
337 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.493
338 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.491
339 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.487
340 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.482
341 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.482
342 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.477
343 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.474
344 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.473
345 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.468
346 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.466
347 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.464
348 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.462
349 Nick Young WASH SG 0.462
350 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.462
351 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.462
352 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.460

VERY POOR PLAYERS
353 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.454
354 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.453
355 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.452
356 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.451
357 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.443
358 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.438
359 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.437
360 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.436
361 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.433
362 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.432
363 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.428
364 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.417
365 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.414
366 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.413
367 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.406

EXTREMELY POOR PLAYERS
368 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.394
369 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.386
370 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.383
371 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.369
372 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.357
373 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.351
374 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.345
375 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.342
376 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.329
377 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.321
378 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.314
379 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.287
380 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.282
381 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.266

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.900 0.999
A Star Player / A well above normal starter 0.820 0.899
Very Good Player / A solid starter 0.760 0.819
Major Role Player / Good enough to start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a good 6th man 0.640 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player / Usually do not start 0.580 0.639
Marginal Role Player / Rarely start 0.520 0.579
Poor Player / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.459
Extremely Poor Player .399 and less

AVERAGE RATINGS BY POSITION
Not all positions are created equal. These are the average ratings by position among all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more. There are very few small forwards and shooting guards who are superstars. Most (but definitely not all) superstars are players who can play point guard, power forward, or center.

Point Guard .750
Shooting Guard .640
Small Forward .640
Power Forward .720
Center .750
All Positions / All Players (NBA Overall Average) .700

PLAYOFF GRADE PLAYERS
Playoff Grade Players have ratings of .560 and higher. Players with ratings below .560 should not play in the playoffs unless the team is forced to play them so that they have two players at a position and/or so that the team has at least eight players playing in the playoffs and/or because the coach is absolutely certain the low rating player will play better in the playoffs than he did in the regular season.

REGULAR SEASON STARTING PLAYERS
All starters on all teams should have ratings of .575 and higher. If a team has no player at a postion with at least a .575 rating, then it is extremely deficient at that position due to injuries or due to management incompetence.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
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