Magic Metric Player ratings

[DickMays]

I used to run a website, magicmetric.com, that listed the NBA player ratings on a per minute and per game basis. I could never decide which of the two were more important, so I ranked players by a product of the two. The average player had a per minute rating of .4/minute with good players averaging over .5 per minute. .6/minute was an all star and .7 was a candidate for league MVP.

But I tried to find a stats site to run the metric, and either I made a mistake in my ratings, or NBA players are now playing at a much higher average than historical averages. if anyone is motivated to check my math, you can google Magicmetric.
Here are the top 100 players if my math is not mistaken (ranked according to the product of the per minute/per game)

Rk MM/G MM/min Player
1 33.5939 0.907943 Anthony Davis
2 33.3413 0.891686 James Harden
3 30.01222 0.903983 Giannis Antetokounmpo
4 28.26413 0.843705 Joel Embiid
5 28.06026 0.820352 Stephen Curry
6 28.09706 0.81233 LeBron James
7 27.437 0.772873 Kevin Durant
8 25.65313 0.819807 Nikola Jokic
9 27.02763 0.769903 Kawhi Leonard
10 25.694 0.773916 Karl-Anthony Towns
11 26.54792 0.737442 Paul George
12 24.4 0.781949 Nikola Vucevic
13 25.77073 0.728187 Russell Westbrook
14 24.6814 0.75699 Kyrie Irving
15 24.411 0.69153 Damian Lillard
16 24.6913 0.68012 Blake Griffin
17 22.04216 0.695207 Rudy Gobert
18 22.39184 0.67025 Ben Simmons
19 22.26905 0.651323 Clint Capela
20 20.76212 0.692071 John Collins
21 20.51277 0.693098 Julius Randle
22 22.03776 0.642385 Kemba Walker
23 22.785 0.619158 Jrue Holiday
24 22.60102 0.607488 Bradley Beal
25 17.3 0.793578 DeMarcus Cousins
26 20.93235 0.643878 LaMarcus Aldridge
27 19.1049 0.697459 Jusuf Nurkic
28 21.28431 0.615014 Tobias Harris
29 17.87553 0.715021 Domantas Sabonis
30 19.80532 0.642852 Deandre Ayton
31 20.90385 0.605684 Devin Booker
32 21.13646 0.597145 DeMar DeRozan
33 20.09271 0.62586 Luka Doncic
34 20.30222 0.615219 Andre Drummond
35 20.69219 0.599774 John Wall
36 20.13421 0.608188 Jimmy Butler
37 19.959 0.594018 Mike Conley
38 18.42 0.626531 D'Angelo Russell
39 17.19216 0.661237 Montrezl Harrell
40 19.6 0.576471 Kevin Love
41 17.20238 0.653846 Enes Kanter
42 16.97857 0.66089 Hassan Whiteside
43 19.329 0.573561 Marc Gasol
44 18.58864 0.593972 Danilo Gallinari
45 18.72361 0.587152 Victor Oladipo
46 18.62551 0.589567 De'Aaron Fox
47 14.17333 0.753901 Jonas Valanciunas
48 19.06951 0.556081 Kyle Lowry
49 17.46719 0.60427 Nikola Mirotic
50 17.58021 0.600178 Eric Bledsoe
51 18.8375 0.555529 Zach LaVine
52 18.88229 0.553665 Steven Adams
53 16.35667 0.638932 Lou Williams
54 18.47778 0.561824 Chris Paul
55 17.93571 0.574787 DeAndre Jordan
56 18.43191 0.555321 Donovan Mitchell
57 17.866 0.56538 Buddy Hield
58 16.96316 0.584936 Derrick Rose
59 17.47941 0.558553 Pascal Siakam
60 17.03214 0.573197 Caris LeVert
61 17.31848 0.556709 Khris Middleton
62 18.15 0.530702 Klay Thompson
63 16.499 0.578912 Willie Cauley-Stein
64 16.52292 0.573878 Serge Ibaka
65 16.2775 0.573151 Al Horford
66 15.79268 0.582808 Rudy Gay
67 16.19222 0.550756 Malcolm Brogdon
68 15.88469 0.555567 Spencer Dinwiddie
69 17.342 0.508563 CJ McCollum
70 15.64659 0.556998 Myles Turner
71 16.94255 0.513411 Kyle Kuzma
72 17.05 0.507309 Aaron Gordon
73 16.95 0.50581 Jamal Murray
74 15.89857 0.533509 Tristan Thompson
75 14.94184 0.559748 Jarrett Allen
76 16.22093 0.513245 T.J. Warren
77 16.16296 0.514623 Lauri Markkanen
78 14.31667 0.560217 Dwight Howard
79 15.775 0.507235 Jayson Tatum
80 14.24146 0.558222 Paul Millsap
81 14.60761 0.533294 Marcus Morris
82 15.02609 0.518141 Jeremy Lamb
83 13.419 0.578405 Derrick Favors
84 13.06512 0.593869 JaVale McGee
85 15.48125 0.497723 J.J. Redick
86 13.755 0.559146 Will Barton
87 16.22283 0.470227 Josh Richardson
88 15.08061 0.504403 Trae Young
89 14.58289 0.518867 Bogdan Bogdanovic
90 11.98462 0.630769 Thomas Bryant
91 15.36143 0.490557 Draymond Green
92 13.63171 0.538959 Larry Nance
93 15.49444 0.473675 Tim Hardaway
94 13.31795 0.539356 Dewayne Dedmon
95 14.37297 0.493779 Otto Porter
96 14.64677 0.483546 Jeff Teague
97 13.566 0.515817 Jordan Clarkson
98 13.53438 0.514371 Rajon Rondo
99 14.62292 0.474899 Kris Dunn
100 13.78714 0.50318 Kent Bazemore

[Mike G]

Is this a per minute thing?
I've never heard of Thomas Bryant.

[Crow]

He said MM is per minute * per game product.

Thomas Bryant is a 2017 draftee of Lakers, waived, picked up by Wizards. Was doing well early this season. Hit a game winner recently. Free agent this summer.

There was a revival thread here on MM in 2012 if one wants more detail.

[DickMays]

I was hoping someone else would do the math and find my error.
I can't believe the performance per minute has increased that much.
Perhaps it has, with the rule changes to the NBA.

It may be interesting to contrast the Magic Metric Player rating system with Player Efficiency.
Here is the current ranking based on efficiency. The top three players remain the same
but notably Kevin Durant slips from 7th to 14th.


1
Anthony Davis, NO
2
James Harden, HOU
3
Giannis Antetokounmpo, MIL
4
Nikola Jokic, DEN
5
Kawhi Leonard, TOR
6
Stephen Curry, GS
7
LeBron James, LAL
8
Joel Embiid, PHI
9
Nikola Vucevic, ORL
10
Kyrie Irving, BOS
11
Karl-Anthony Towns, MIN
12
Boban Marjanovic, LAC
13
Jonas Valanciunas, TOR
14
Kevin Durant, GS
15
Paul George, OKC
16
Clint Capela, HOU
17
Rudy Gobert, UTAH
18
Damian Lillard, POR
19
Montrezl Harrell, LAC
20
Jusuf Nurkic, POR
21
Domantas Sabonis, IND
22
LaMarcus Aldridge, SA
23
Richaun Holmes, PHX
24
Enes Kanter, NY
25
John Collins, ATL
26
Blake Griffin, DET
27
Julius Randle, NO
28
Hassan Whiteside, MIA
29
Deandre Ayton, PHX
30
Ben Simmons, PHI
31
Jimmy Butler, MIN/PHI
32
Thomas Bryant, WSH
33
Lou Williams, LAC
34
Andre Drummond, DET
35
Kemba Walker, CHA
36
Willy Hernangomez, CHA
37
Derrick Favors, UTAH
38
Ivica Zubac, LAL
39
Russell Westbrook, OKC
40
JaVale McGee, LAL
441
Mike Conley, MEM
42
Jahlil Okafor, NO
43
Steven Adams, OKC
44
Nerlens Noel, OKC
45
Dwight Powell, DAL
46
Bradley Beal, WSH
47
Derrick Rose, MIN
48
Danilo Gallinari, LAC
49
Jrue Holiday, NO
50
Al Horford, BOS

[Crow]

Here is a link to the old thread, paper about the metric and formula if anyone wants to understand and / or check the math. http://apbr.org/metrics/viewtopic.php?f ... 600#p12600



I can understand the debate about value by per minute or per game. Taking the product is one option but I'd rather know and keep them separate. The product will increase the spread beyond the real world difference by either measure alone.