Statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...

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

Examples

Examples of basketball statistics include: * GM, GP; GS: games played; games started * PTS: points * FGM, FGA, FG%:

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s made, attempted and

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* FTM, FTA, FT%:

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s made, attempted and percentage * 3FGM, 3FGA, 3FG%:

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s made, attempted and percentage * REB, OREB, DREB:

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, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds * AST: assists * STL: steals * BLK: blocks * TO: turnovers * TD:

triple double In basketball, a double-double is a single-game performance in which a player accumulates ten or more in two of the following five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The first "double" in the term ...

* EFF:

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: NBA's efficiency rating: (PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK − ((FGA − FGM) + (FTA − FTM) + TO)) * PF: personal fouls * MIN:

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* AST/TO: assist to turnover ratio * PER:

Player Efficiency Rating 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 p ...

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's Player Efficiency Rating * PIR:

Performance Index Rating Performance Index Rating (PIR) is a basketball mathematical statistical formula that is used by the Euroleague Basketball Company's first and second tier competitions, the EuroLeague and the EuroCup, as well as various European national dom ...

: 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

; in four statistics, a

quadruple double In basketball, a double-double is a single-game performance in which a player accumulates ten or more in two of the following five statistical categories: point (basketball), points, rebound (basketball), rebounds, assist (basketball), assists ...

. 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

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also posts to the statistics section of its Web site a simple composite

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)). While conveniently distilling most of a player's key statistics in one numerical score, the formula is not highly regarded by the statistics community, with the alternative

developed by ESPN

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being more widely used to compare the overall efficiency of players.

Tempo-free statistics

Examples of tempo-free statistics including the following * Pace: Possessions per game (typically ranges from 60 to 75) * PPP: Points per possession, the points a team score for each possession regardless of a team's pace * TO%: Turnover percentage, the measure of how often a team loses possession of the ball before creating a scoring opportunity

Fantasy leagues

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, statistics are used in a formula as the measurement of a player's performance.

References

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Tempo-free statistics

Fantasy leagues

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