*Box Plus/Minus, Version 2.0 (BPM) is a* ***basketball box score-based metric*** *that estimates a basketball player’s contribution to the team when that player is on the court. It is based only on the information in the traditional basketball box score–no play-by-play data or non-traditional box score data (like dunks or deflections) are included.*
*BPM uses a player’s box score information, position, and the team’s overall performance to estimate the player’s contribution in* ***points above league average per 100 possessions played****. BPM does not take into account playing time –* ***it is purely a rate stat!*** *Playing time is included in Value Over Replacement Player (VORP) which is discussed below.*
***League average is defined as 0.0****, meaning 0 points above average or below average. Because above-average players play more minutes, there are far more below-average players than above-average players in the league at any time. A value of +5.0 means the team is 5 points per 100 possessions better with the player on the floor than with average production from another player. (In the 2018-19 season, teams averaged around 100 possessions per 48 minute game.)*
*To give a sense of the scale:*
* *+10.0 is an all-time season (think peak Jordan or LeBron)* * *+8.0 is an MVP season (think peak Dirk or peak Shaq)* * *+6.0 is an all-NBA season* * *+4.0 is in all-star consideration* * *+2.0 is a good starter* * *+0.0 is a decent starter or solid 6th man* * *-2.0 is a bench player (this is also defined as “replacement level”)* * *Below -2.0 are many end-of-bench players*
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*Box Plus/Minus, Version 2.0 (BPM) is a* ***basketball box score-based metric*** *that estimates a basketball player’s contribution to the team when that player is on the court. It is based only on the information in the traditional basketball box score–no play-by-play data or non-traditional box score data (like dunks or deflections) are included.*
*BPM uses a player’s box score information, position, and the team’s overall performance to estimate the player’s contribution in* ***points above league average per 100 possessions played****. BPM does not take into account playing time –* ***it is purely a rate stat!*** *Playing time is included in Value Over Replacement Player (VORP) which is discussed below.*
***League average is defined as 0.0****, meaning 0 points above average or below average. Because above-average players play more minutes, there are far more below-average players than above-average players in the league at any time. A value of +5.0 means the team is 5 points per 100 possessions better with the player on the floor than with average production from another player. (In the 2018-19 season, teams averaged around 100 possessions per 48 minute game.)*
*To give a sense of the scale:*
* *+10.0 is an all-time season (think peak Jordan or LeBron)*
* *+8.0 is an MVP season (think peak Dirk or peak Shaq)*
* *+6.0 is an all-NBA season*
* *+4.0 is in all-star consideration*
* *+2.0 is a good starter*
* *+0.0 is a decent starter or solid 6th man*
* *-2.0 is a bench player (this is also defined as “replacement level”)*
* *Below -2.0 are many end-of-bench players*
[https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/bpm2.html](https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/bpm2.html)
Jokic is on another planet man
Cool stat table 🙂