Basketball statistics

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Statistics in basketball are kept to evaluate a player or a team's performance.

Some statistics are

GM, GP; GS: games played; games started
PTS: points
FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage
3FGM, 3FGA, 3FG%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
REB, OREB, DREB: rebounds, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds
AST: assists
STL: steals
BLK: blocks
TO: turnovers
EFF: efficiency: NBA's efficiency rating: (PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK − ((FGA − FGM) + (FTA − FTM) + TO))
PF: personal fouls
MIN: minutes
AST/TO: assist to turnover ratio
PER: Player Efficiency Rating: John Hollinger's Player Efficiency Rating
PIR: Performance Index Rating: Euroleague's and Eurocup's Performance Index Rating: (Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks + Fouls Drawn) − (Missed Field Goals + Missed Free Throws + Turnovers + Shots Rejected + Fouls Committed)

Averages per game are denoted by *PG (e.g. BLKPG or BPG, STPG or SPG, APG, RPG and MPG). Sometime the players statistics are divided by minutes played and multiplied by 48 minutes (had he played the entire game), denoted by * per 48 min. or *48M.

A player who makes double digits in a game in any two of the PTS, REB, AST, STL, and BLK statistics is said to make a double double; in three statistics, a triple double; in four statistics, a quadruple double. A quadruple double is extremely rare (and has only occurred four times in the NBA). There is also a 5x5, when a player records at least a 5 in each of the 5 statistics.

The NBA also posts to the statistics section of its Web site a simple composite efficiency statistic, denoted EFF and derived by the formula, ((Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks) − ((Field Goals Attempted − Field Goals Made) + (Free Throws Attempted − Free Throws Made) + Turnovers)).^[1] While conveniently distilling most of a players key statistics in one numerical score, the formula is not highly regarded by the statistics community, with the alternative Player Efficiency Rating developed by ESPN basketball statistician John Hollinger being more widely used to compare the overall efficiency of players.

Lovers of basketball statistics often enjoy comparing dozens of more arcane statistics, many of which show how well a player works within the team context. Continually updated databases hosted by Web sites can generate sortable charts and graphs in an interactive fashion. A few clicks can show, for example, who among shooting guards gets blocked the most per shot attempt, or who leads a particular team in any given category.

In fantasy basketball,^[2] statistics are used in a formula as the measurement of a player's performance.

References

↑ "NBA Stats - Glossary". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ Fantasy basketball, fantasybasketballmoneyleagues.com, October 10, 2013, retrieved 2013-10-10

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Basic	Games played Games started Minute Point Rebound (Offensive Defensive) Assist Steal Block Foul Turnover

Field goal & free throw	Field goal made 3-point field goal made Free throw made Field goal attempted 3-point field goal attempted Free throw attempted Field goal percentage 3-point field goal percentage Free throw percentage

Doubles	Double-double Triple-double Quadruple-double Quintuple-double Five-by-five

Sabermetrics	Offense efficiency rating Player efficiency rating Offensive rating Defensive rating True shooting percentage Rebound rate Economy Performance Index Rating Efficiency Player tracking

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