Who created PER?

The player efficiency rating (PER) is John Hollinger's all-in-one basketball rating, which attempts to collect or boil down all of a player's contributions into one number. Using a detailed formula, Hollinger developed a system that rates every player's statistical performance.
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What is PER in the NBA?

The player efficiency rating (PER) is a rating of a player's per-minute productivity. PER is rightly cited as one of the godfather stats of the advanced analytics movement in basketball.
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When did Hollinger make PER?

John Hollinger helped put advanced statistics in the mainstream and make them a point of interest for both average and serious hoops fans. He started Alleyoop.com in 1995, where he created and developed the formula for PER—player efficiency rating.
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What is PER NBA formula?

PER takes into account accomplishments, such as field goals, free throws, 3-pointers, assists, rebounds, blocks and steals, and negative results, such as missed shots, turnovers and personal fouls. The formula adds positive stats and subtracts negative ones through a statistical point value system.
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What is wrong with PER?

PER claims to be a holistic measure of a player's performance, meaning that it takes into account the offensive and defensive performance of the player. However, as we all know it's more of an offensive statistic because it only takes into account steals, blocks and defensive rebounds.
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Who has the highest pie in NBA?

Nikola Jokic had the best PER in 2020-21, with a 31.3 rating.
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Who has the lowest PER in NBA?

Michael Ruffin has the fewest career points per game, with 1.7 per game.
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Who has better stats LeBron or Curry?

In total, Curry has a 15-7 head-to-head advantage against James in those postseason games. James averaged 33.0 points per game with 11.5 rebounds and 9.3 assists in those 22 games. Curry averages 25.4 points per game with 6.3 assists and 5.9 rebounds.
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What is NBA pie?

Player Impact Estimate aka PIE, is a metric to gauge a player's all-around contribution to the game. Almost all statistical categories in the box score are involved in the PIE formula. PIE answers what % of the events in a game each player contributed.
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What does TS stand for in basketball?

TS% - True Shooting Percentage; the formula is PTS / (2 * TSA). True shooting percentage is a measure of shooting efficiency that takes into account field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws.
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Was Kobe Bryant efficient?

Given that Bryant played in 37 career Finals games, that's remarkable. 25: Kobe Bryant is 25th all-time in career player efficiency rating.
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How efficient was Michael Jordan?

The numbers he put up consistently made him an asset to the Chicago Bulls franchise. After 15 years in the league, Michael Jordan's player efficiency rating is at an average of 27.9, the highest all-time in the NBA.
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When was Player Efficiency Rating invented?

Even though Hollinger began devising the Player Efficiency Rating in the late 1990s, the metric can be used to track player PER all the way back to the 1973 season effectively.
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Who is the oldest NBA player?

Udonis Haslem (41), Heat

Born in 1980, the 41-year-old Haslem is the league's oldest player.
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Who is the best defensive NBA player of all time?

Best NBA Defensive Players of All Time
  • Dwight Howard. Position: Center. ...
  • Patrick Ewing. Positions: Center. ...
  • Nate Thurmond. Position: Center-forward. ...
  • Tim Duncan. Position: Center-forward. ...
  • Hakeem Olajuwon. Position: Center. ...
  • David Robinson. Positions: Center. ...
  • Wilt Chamberlain. Position: Center. ...
  • Bill Russell. Position: Center.
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What NBA player has the best season ever?

Top 5 individual seasons in NBA history
  1. 01 Top 5 individual seasons in NBA history. 1 / 7. ...
  2. 02 No. 5 - LeBron James, 2013. ...
  3. 03 No. 4 - Magic Johnson, 1987. ...
  4. 04 No. 3 - Michael Jordan, 1991. ...
  5. 05 No. 2 - Shaquille O'Neal, 2000. ...
  6. 06 No. 1 - Stephen Curry, 2016.
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Is Dominique Wilkins in the Hall of Fame?

On Sept. 8, 2006, Wilkins was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame alongside other former players from his era: Charles Barkley and Joe Dumars.
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Does NBA have war?

Wins Above Replacement Player (WARP) evaluates a player who belongs to a team that is made up of him and 4 average players. This team is compared to another team made up of, 4 average players and a replacement-level player.
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