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eW+ per36 rates tm Eff% Sco Reb Ast e484 '24: Eff% Sco Reb Ast e484
2.00 Darius Garland Cle .629 24.9 3.1 6.7 1.73 .554 18.2 3.0 5.2 .84
1.68 Karl-A Towns NYK .651 26.7 15.6 2.9 2.51 Min .615 25.2 9.5 2.6 1.86
1.67 Josh Hart NYK .652 14.1 9.5 4.5 1.31 .517 9.2 9.5 3.3 .74
1.40 C Cunningham Det .546 21.5 7.1 7.8 1.70 .539 20.4 4.7 5.4 1.14
1.16 Franz Wagner Orl .564 26.1 6.7 5.7 2.14 .566 21.0 6.6 3.1 1.46
1.10 Ty Jerome Cle .617 19.2 4.3 5.5 1.44 *GSW .589 12.3 3.3 4.6 .60
1.08 Jaren Jackson Mem .585 26.0 8.0 2.1 2.00 .542 22.5 6.3 1.9 1.50
1.06 Norman Powell LAC .615 25.9 3.9 2.2 1.43 .618 18.7 3.6 1.1 .91
1.05 Ochai Agbaji Tor .603 11.5 4.7 1.7 .51 .493 7.8 4.8 1.2 .05
.95 Santi Aldama Mem .598 16.7 10.1 3.2 1.46 .535 12.9 8.0 2.2 .90
eW+ per36 rates tm Eff% Sco Reb Ast e484 '24: Eff% Sco Reb Ast e484
.90 Malik Beasley Det .564 17.9 4.0 2.0 .91 Mil .601 12.8 4.5 1.2 .50
.90 Quentin Grimes Dal .597 15.5 6.4 2.7 .92 Det .512 11.4 3.7 1.7 .39
.85 Jalen Williams OKC .553 23.0 5.9 5.1 1.80 .614 21.6 4.5 3.7 1.46
.84 Jordan Poole Was .591 21.3 2.9 4.3 1.10 .523 16.5 3.1 3.3 .65
.82 James Harden LAC .551 21.2 6.7 7.3 1.53 .600 16.7 5.4 6.4 1.20
.81 Cody Martin Cha .526 9.5 6.6 2.8 .69 .456 7.6 5.2 3.4 .22
.81 Jaden Ivey Det .561 18.9 5.3 3.9 1.04 .527 15.8 4.4 3.2 .60
.80 Jul Champagnie SAS .587 14.8 5.8 1.4 .78 .563 10.8 4.9 1.7 .40
.79 Jeremy Sochan SAS .579 15.7 9.7 2.7 1.21 .508 11.5 7.6 2.7 .61
.77 Gradey Dick Tor .537 15.5 4.1 1.9 .63 .542 12.2 3.7 1.3 .26
eW+ per36 rates tm Eff% Sco Reb Ast e484 '24: Eff% Sco Reb Ast e484
.77 Wembanyama SAS .596 26.4 11.4 3.5 2.44 .556 22.5 12.6 3.1 2.09
.76 LaMelo Ball Cha .546 28.3 5.9 6.6 2.05 .554 22.9 5.7 6.0 1.59
.75 Goga Bitadze Orl .630 14.9 13.4 3.2 1.71 .616 11.9 12.0 2.2 1.29
.74 Chris Paul SAS .566 11.1 5.2 8.8 1.19 GSW .541 11.0 5.3 6.4 .85
.74 Jalen Suggs Orl .531 19.2 5.6 4.2 1.29 .595 16.6 4.5 2.7 .93
.74 Andrew Wiggins GSW .565 18.8 5.4 2.4 1.21 .537 15.4 6.0 1.5 .82
.71 Dyson Daniels Atl .507 10.7 5.4 3.1 .85 NOP .524 8.4 6.3 3.2 .55
.69 Nikola Vučević Chi .640 20.9 10.8 2.9 1.75 .537 16.7 11.3 2.5 1.47
.68 Anthony Black Orl .501 11.3 4.1 4.7 .57 .551 9.2 4.8 2.1 .18
.67 Bilal Coulibaly Was .511 10.1 5.3 2.9 .48 .535 9.0 5.1 1.5 .18
The list is top-heavy with players who are bouncing back from a relatively bad 2023-24 season, or at least have had better years in the past. So they are more like 'comeback players', which was an NBA award at one time, but was changed into 'most improved'.
When I look up previous best seasons and compare to those numbers, we get quite a different list. Going with PER, WS and BPM for this, and the year is given. (Blank = last year.)
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xyzW+ best year Team TS% PER WS/48 BPM Eff% PER WS/48 BPM
1.31 Josh Hart NYK .672 17.7 .185 3.7 22 .610 16.1 .117 0.9
1.24 Franz Wagner Orl .573 22.9 .185 6.2 .566 17.6 .131 1.2
1.20 Tyler Herro Mia .625 19.8 .146 3.4 22 .561 16.2 .084 0.7
1.15 Wembanyama SAS .612 26.1 .160 8.4 .556 23.1 .085 5.2
1.13 Pritchard Bos .656 19.2 .210 4.4 .594 15.3 .160 1.0
1.01 Ty Jerome Cle .626 20.5 .211 3.7 23 .589 12.8 .124 -0.8
.93 Santi Aldama Mem .611 18.2 .179 4.1 23 .591 13.9 .130 0.5
.93 Jake LaRavia Mem .608 13.8 .136 1.5 .530 12.6 .062 -2.5
.89 Jeremy Sochan SAS .582 16.8 .121 0.4 .508 11.4 .030 -3.4
.89 De'A Hunter Atl .640 18.2 .138 0.8 * .585 12.7 .062 -2.4
xyzW+ best year Team TS% PER WS/48 BPM Eff% PER WS/48 BPM
.88 C Cunningham Det .542 18.9 .089 2.7 .539 17.1 .041 0.3
.83 D Garland Cle .628 21.3 .199 3.9 22 .576 19.0 .125 2.6
.84 Shai G-A OKC .638 30.3 .302 11.7 .622 29.3 .275 9.0
.81 Jaden Ivey Det .569 15.3 .060 -0.6 .527 12.4 .010 -3.1
.74 Gradey Dick Tor .550 12.4 .037 -2.8 .542 8.9 .010 -5.4
.73 Tari Eason Hou .557 20.2 .207 5.3 .523 17.1 .125 1.6
.73 J Strawther Den .591 11.3 .073 -3.0 .478 8.2 .015 -6.0
Now the list is more populated by 2nd/3rd-year players, who are often excluded from consideration.
Hart gained a lot of fame from last year's playoffs, so that might give people the impression he was already this good. This was the case with Curry some years ago.
This is not the first showing by SGA in such lists.