I’m a stats guy, always have been and always will be.
However, it’s clear for the NBA that +/- doesn’t cut it, box scores don’t tell the full story, and advanced stats with negative numbers don’t make a lot of sense and are hard to interpret.
So, I made my own, and I’m pretty damn proud of it. I’ve worked on the backend and produced a list of impact scores for all NBA players taking all stats across the box score into account at various weights.
I know, it’s early in the season, but stats evolve over time and it’s good to see where players are at in the moment. Have a look at my Top 100:
100. Bobby Portis
99: Rudy Gobert
98: Chris Paul
97: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
96: Christian Wood
95: Trey Murphy III
94: Darius Garland
93: Ayo Dosunmu
92: Jusuf Nurkic
91: Jarrett Allen
90: Jokob Poeltl
89: Aaron Gordon
88: Mike Conley
87: Max Strus
86: Evan Mobley
85: John Collins
84: P.J. Washington
83: Lonnie Walker IV
82: Jonas Valanciunas
81: Kelly Oubre Jr.
80: Jaden Ivey
79: Scottie Barnes
78: Kyle Lowry
77: Tre Jones
76: Wendell Carter Jr.
75: Russell Westbrook
74: Marcus Morris
73: Brook Lopez
72: Tobias Harris
71: RJ Barrett
70: Demontas Sabonis
69: Myles Turner
68: Gary Trent Jr.
67: Michael Porter Jr.
66: Spencer Dinwiddie Jr.
65: Kevin Huerter
64: Kyle Kuzma
63: Bam Adebayo
62: CJ McCollum
61: Jordan Clarkson
60: Andrew Wiggins
59: Jerami Grant
58: Gordon Hayward
57: Nikola Vucevic
56: Bennedict Mathurin
55: Anthony Edwards
54: OG Anunoby
53: Saddiq Bey
52: Kevin Porter Jr.
51: Franz Wagner
50: Julius Randle
49: Alperen Sengun
48: Kristaps Porzingis
47: Jalen Green
46: Paolo Banchero
45: Tyler Herro
44: Cade Cunningham
43: Mikal Bridges
42: Buddy Hield
41: Brandon Ingram
40: Jaylen Brown
39: Anfernee Simons
38: Zach LaVine
37: Terry Rozier
36. Bojan Bogdanovic
35: Devin Vassell
34: Zion Williamson
33: Jalen Brunson
32. Tyrese Maxey
31: Keldon Johnson
30: Jrue Holiday
29: Karl-Anthony Towns
28: Fred VanVleet
27: Jimmy Butler
26: Anthony Davis
25: Bradley Beal
24: DeMar DeRozan
23: Lauri Markkanen
22: LeBron James
21: Pascal Siakam
20: Trae Young
19: De’Aaron Fox
18: Desmond Bane
17: Paul George
16: Dejounte Murray
15: Joel Embiid
14: James Harden
13: Devin Booker
12: Tyrese Haliburton
11: Kyrie Irving
10: Nikola Jokic
9: Ja Morant
8: Damian Lillard
7: Giannis Antetokounmpo
6: Jayson Tatum
5: Kevin Durant
4: Donovan Mitchell
3: Luka Doncic
2: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1: Steph Curry
These players will most certainly move around throughout the season, so need to come after me right away, but looking forward to sharing an update to this list with updates on where these players have moved (along with any newcomers) halfway to the All Star Break!