Who are really the best players in the NBA? You came to the right place to find out. The Real Player Rating has been calculated for the top 300 players according to gross player rating. ABOUT THE REAL PLAYER RATING 1 The real player rating is calculated for the top 300 players ranked according to gross player rating. 2 A player must have at least 8 minutes per game to be included. 3 A player must have played in at least 1/4 of the number of games that the player or players who have played in the most games have played to be included. 4 Real Player Rating = Gross Player Rating / Minutes Per Game. 5 Gross Player Rating is the net total of the following: ADD THE FOLLOWING Points Rebounds 1.4 X Assists Steals 1.4 X Blocks # of Field Goals Made 0.5 X # of 3-Pointers Made 0.25 X # of Free Throws Made SUBTRACT THE FOLLOWING 0.7 X Turnovers 0.8 X # of Missed Field Goals 0.8 X # of Missed Free Throws The Real Player Rating reflects reality better than the gross player rating, since it washes out differences in playing times among the players. The straight up player rankings are obviously heavily affected by how many playing minutes the various players get. With many teams, you can rely on the coach to give his various players roughly the playing time that makes the most sense for his team. Unfortunately, some coaches bring other factors besides actual performance into their rotation decisions. Therefore, it makes good sense to introduce a new and extremely important statistic that I call the Real Per Minute Player Rating. As the name implies, this is the gross ESPN player rating divided by the number of minutes. The statistic is called Real Player Rating for short. This statistic allows anyone to see whether or not players who play only a small number of minutes are doing better than their low gross rating will indicate. You can spot diamond in the rough players who are not getting all the respect and playing time due to them. At the same time, it will allow anyone to see whether players with a lot of minutes are playing worse than, as well as, or better than their gross rating shows. In summary, the Real Player Rating allows the reader, at a glance, to see exactly how well each player is doing without regard to playing time, which is subject to coaching error and subjective but less important factors such as a player's personality. The Real Player Rating provides the real truth-pure knowledge not available anywhere else. Nuggets players are highlighted in bold type. TO LOCATE A PLAYER QUICKLY, USE THE FIND FUNCTION (PRESS THE CONTROL KEY AND THE F KEY AT THE SAME TIME). Rank, Player, Team, Pos., Real Player Rating 1 LeBron James, Cle SF 1.261 2 Carlos Boozer, Uta FC 1.253 3 Amare Stoudemire, Pho C 1.196 4 Chris Paul, Nor PG 1.161 5 Kobe Bryant, LAL SG 1.151 6 Dwight Howard, Orl C 1.145 7 Steve Nash, Pho PG 1.145 8 Tim Duncan, SA FC 1.116 9 Kevin Garnett, Bos F 1.110 10 Manu Ginobili, SA SG 1.090 11 Yao Ming, Hou C 1.032 12 Dirk Nowitzki, Dal PF 1.027 13 Carmelo Anthony, Den SF 1.024 14 Al Jefferson, Min FC 1.022 15 Andrew Bynum, LAL C 1.017 16 T.J. Ford, Tor PG 1.015 17 Chris Bosh, Tor FC 1.012 18 Baron Davis, GS PG 1.003 19 Allen Iverson, Den G 1.002 20 Dwyane Wade, Mia G 0.995 21 Tracy McGrady, Hou GF 0.994 22 Tony Parker, SA PG 0.994 23 Chauncey Billups, Det PG 0.979 24 Deron Williams, Uta PG 0.979 25 Chris Kaman, LAC C 0.972 26 Jose Calderon, Tor PG 0.960 27 Josh Smith, Atl F 0.957 28 Caron Butler, Was SF 0.956 29 Marcus Camby, Den C 0.948 30 Josh Howard, Dal GF 0.942 31 Shawn Marion, Pho F 0.932 32 Jermaine O'Neal, Ind FC 0.926 33 Vince Carter, NJ GF 0.918 34 Michael Redd, Mil GF 0.916 35 Andris Biedrins, GS C 0.915 36 Zach Randolph, NY PF 0.915 37 Shaquille O'Neal, Mia C 0.901 38 Paul Pierce, Bos GF 0.901 39 Antawn Jamison, Was F 0.897 40 Mike Dunleavy, Ind GF 0.889 41 Sam Cassell, LAC PG 0.888 42 Jason Kidd, NJ PG 0.887 43 Pau Gasol, Mem FC 0.884 44 Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cle C 0.883 45 Corey Maggette, LAC GF 0.880 46 David West, Nor PF 0.879 47 Richard Jefferson, NJ SF 0.869 48 Kevin Martin, Sac SG 0.865 49 Stromile Swift, Mem FC 0.865 50 LaMarcus Aldridge, Por FC 0.862 51 Leandro Barbosa, Pho G 0.861 52 Hedo Turkoglu, Orl GF 0.856 53 Brandon Roy, Por G 0.853 54 Al Harrington, GS FC 0.852 55 Rudy Gay, Mem GF 0.843 56 Brendan Haywood, Was C 0.835 57 Jamaal Tinsley, Ind PG 0.834 58 Rasheed Wallace, Det FC 0.834 59 Gilbert Arenas, Was PG 0.828 60 Andre Miller, Phi PG 0.825 61 Chris Wilcox, Sea FC 0.825 62 Kevin Durant, Sea GF 0.824 63 Grant Hill, Pho GF 0.821 64 Andres Nocioni, Chi F 0.821 65 Richard Hamilton, Det SG 0.819 66 Louis Williams, Phi G 0.819 67 Craig Smith, Min FC 0.817 68 Andre Iguodala, Phi GF 0.816 69 Joe Johnson, Atl G 0.816 70 Brian Skinner, Pho FC 0.816 71 Jordan Farmar, LAL G 0.816 72 Gerald Wallace, Cha F 0.815 73 Kris Humphries, Tor F 0.815 74 Ron Artest, Sac SF 0.811 75 Mo Williams, Mil PG 0.809 76 Monta Ellis, GS G 0.809 77 Devin Harris, Dal PG 0.806 78 Tyson Chandler, Nor C 0.805 79 Emeka Okafor, Cha FC 0.805 80 Amir Johnson, Det F 0.802 81 Jason Terry, Dal G 0.801 82 Andrei Kirilenko, Uta F 0.799 83 Andray Blatche, Was FC 0.797 84 Marquis Daniels, Ind GF 0.797 85 Mike Miller, Mem GF 0.797 86 Jose Juan Barea, Dal G 0.794 87 Luol Deng, Chi GF 0.794 88 Nick Collison, Sea FC 0.793 89 Joe Smith, Chi PF 0.793 90 David Lee, NY F 0.789 91 Troy Murphy, Ind FC 0.789 92 Sean Williams, NJ FC 0.788 93 Hakim Warrick, Mem F 0.787 94 Andrew Bogut, Mil C 0.784 95 Jason Maxiell, Det FC 0.784 96 Derek Fisher, LAL PG 0.781 97 Paul Millsap, Uta F 0.780 98 Stephen Jackson, GS GF 0.779 99 Jameer Nelson, Orl PG 0.777 100 Samuel Dalembert, Phi C 0.777 101 J.R. Smith, Den SG 0.776 102 Danny Granger, Ind F 0.775 103 Channing Frye, Por FC 0.775 104 Sasha Vujacic, LAL G 0.773 105 Jason Richardson, Cha GF 0.772 106 Trevor Ariza, LAL SF 0.770 107 Alonzo Mourning, Mia C 0.769 108 Brad Miller, Sac C 0.769 109 John Salmons, Sac GF 0.768 110 Ray Allen, Bos SG 0.766 111 Antonio McDyess, Det PF 0.765 112 Kenyon Martin, Den PF 0.764 113 Wally Szczerbiak, Sea GF 0.764 114 Tyrus Thomas, Chi F 0.762 115 Travis Outlaw, Por F 0.761 116 Linas Kleiza, Den GF 0.759 117 Nazr Mohammed, Cha C 0.759 118 Joakim Noah, Chi FC 0.758 119 Raymond Felton, Cha G 0.755 120 Francisco Garcia, Sac GF 0.755 121 Shawne Williams, Ind F 0.750 122 Marvin Williams, Atl GF 0.743 123 Bonzi Wells, Hou SG 0.741 124 Antoine Walker, Min F 0.740 125 Brent Barry, SA G 0.740 126 Charlie Villanueva, Mil F 0.739 127 Rashard Lewis, Orl F 0.737 128 Lamar Odom, LAL F 0.735 129 Matt Harpring, Uta GF 0.731 130 Drew Gooden, Cle PF 0.729 131 Ronnie Brewer, Uta GF 0.729 132 Jeff Foster, Ind FC 0.728 133 Fabricio Oberto, SA C 0.727 134 Kyle Lowry, Mem G 0.726 135 Eddie House, Bos SG 0.725 136 Eddy Curry, NY C 0.724 137 Brandon Bass, Dal F 0.724 138 Nate Robinson, NY G 0.723 139 C.J. Miles, Uta G 0.720 140 Ronald Murray, Det SG 0.720 141 Luis Scola, Hou F 0.719 142 Rajon Rondo, Bos G 0.715 143 Ronny Turiaf, LAL F 0.715 144 Matt Barnes, GS SF 0.713 145 Rashad McCants, Min G 0.712 146 Anthony Carter, Den PG 0.708 147 Yi Jianlian, Mil PF 0.707 148 Delonte West, Sea G 0.707 149 Jake Voskuhl, Mil C 0.706 150 Tayshaun Prince, Det SF 0.705 151 Matt Bonner, SA FC 0.705 152 Carlos Delfino, Tor SG 0.703 153 Glen Davis, Bos F 0.702 154 Thaddeus Young, Phi F 0.702 155 James Jones, Por SF 0.700 156 Al Horford, Atl FC 0.699 157 Jamal Crawford, NY SG 0.696 158 Juan Dixon, Tor G 0.695 159 Gerald Green, Min GF 0.692 160 Aaron Gray, Chi C 0.692 161 Ben Gordon, Chi SG 0.689 162 Damon Stoudamire, Mem PG 0.688 163 Stephon Marbury, NY PG 0.688 164 Marko Jaric, Min GF 0.687 165 Josh Childress, Atl GF 0.686 166 Dorell Wright, Mia GF 0.686 167 Erick Dampier, Dal C 0.681 168 Udonis Haslem, Mia PF 0.680 169 Kelenna Azubuike, GS GF 0.676 170 Beno Udrih, Sac PG 0.675 171 Luke Ridnour, Sea PG 0.672 172 Earl Watson, Sea PG 0.671 173 Jeff Green, Sea F 0.670 174 Juan Carlos Navarro, Mem G 0.669 175 David Harrison, Ind C 0.669 176 Vladimir Radmanovic, LAL PF 0.667 177 Joel Przybilla, Por C 0.667 178 Kirk Hinrich, Chi G 0.665 179 Carlos Arroyo, Orl PG 0.663 180 James Posey, Bos GF 0.662 181 Keyon Dooling, Orl PG 0.661 182 Tim Thomas, LAC F 0.660 183 Jared Dudley, Cha F 0.659 184 Damien Wilkins, Sea GF 0.658 185 Melvin Ely, Nor FC 0.658 186 Mehmet Okur, Uta FC 0.657 187 Anderson Varejao, Cle FC 0.656 188 Willie Green, Phi SG 0.655 189 Daequan Cook, Mia G 0.654 190 Luke Walton, LAL SF 0.652 191 Peja Stojakovic, Nor GF 0.651 192 Ryan Gomes, Min F 0.650 193 Antonio Daniels, Was PG 0.647 194 Damien Wilkins, Sea GF 0.646 195 Daniel Gibson, Cle G 0.644 196 Nick Young, Was GF 0.643 197 Eddie Gill, NJ PG 0.643 198 Jerry Stackhouse, Dal GF 0.639 199 Ricky Davis, Mia GF 0.635 200 Jason Kapono, Tor GF 0.633 201 Chris Mihm, LAL FC 0.632 202 Andrea Bargnani, Tor FC 0.631 203 Roger Mason, Was PG 0.631 204 DeSagana Diop, Dal FC 0.631 205 Johan Petro, Sea C 0.630 206 Marcus Banks, Pho PG 0.630 207 Jarrett Jack, Por PG 0.628 208 Jamario Moon, Tor SF 0.628 209 Anthony Johnson, Atl PG 0.627 210 Mickael Pietrus, GS GF 0.626 211 Kendrick Perkins, Bos C 0.625 212 Dan Dickau, LAC PG 0.624 213 Jarvis Hayes, Det SF 0.624 214 Sebastian Telfair, Min PG 0.623 215 Anthony Parker, Tor GF 0.623 216 Bostjan Nachbar, NJ SF 0.622 217 Luther Head, Hou G 0.622 218 Mike James, Hou PG 0.619 219 Ime Udoka, SA SF 0.616 220 Shannon Brown, Cle GF 0.614 221 Martell Webster, Por GF 0.613 222 Rafer Alston, Hou PG 0.612 223 Al Thornton, LAC F 0.611 224 Royal Ivey, Mil PG 0.606 225 Eduardo Najera, Den F 0.606 226 Boris Diaw, Pho FC 0.605 227 Bobby Jackson, Nor PG 0.604 228 Chris Duhon, Chi PG 0.603 229 Ryan Hollins, Cha C 0.600 230 Morris Peterson, Nor GF 0.599 231 Josh Boone, NJ FC 0.599 232 Ruben Patterson, LAC GF 0.599 233 Malik Allen, NJ PF 0.598 234 Michael Finley, SA GF 0.595 235 Rasho Nesterovic, Tor C 0.594 236 Kareem Rush, Ind SG 0.592 237 Cuttino Mobley, LAC SG 0.591 238 Jason Williams, Mia PG 0.588 239 Steve Blake, Por PG 0.587 240 Shelden Williams, Atl F 0.586 241 Zaza Pachulia, Atl FC 0.585 242 Kyle Korver, Phi SF 0.584 243 Darko Milicic, Mem FC 0.580 244 Desmond Mason, Mil GF 0.579 245 Mikki Moore, Sac FC 0.578 246 Jason Smith, Phi F 0.576 247 Rodney Carney, Phi GF 0.575 248 Francisco Elson, SA FC 0.573 249 Darius Songaila, Was PF 0.569 250 Jannero Pargo, Nor PG 0.564 251 Chuck Hayes, Hou F 0.563 252 Brevin Knight, LAC PG 0.562 253 Steve Francis, Hou PG 0.560 254 Chris Quinn, Mia G 0.558 255 Matt Carroll, Cha GF 0.557 256 Ira Newble, Cle GF 0.557 257 Maurice Evans, Orl GF 0.556 258 Joey Graham, Tor GF 0.556 259 Raja Bell, Pho SG 0.554 260 Hilton Armstrong, Nor FC 0.554 261 Tony Allen, Bos G 0.548 262 Reggie Evans, Phi PF 0.548 263 Keith Bogans, Orl GF 0.545 264 Larry Hughes, Cle G 0.542 265 DeShawn Stevenson, Was SG 0.536 266 Devin Brown, Cle SG 0.536 267 Arron Afflalo, Det G 0.535 268 Tyronn Lue, Atl PG 0.535 269 Ben Wallace, Chi C 0.533 270 Jacque Vaughn, SA PG 0.527 271 Derek Anderson, Cha GF 0.526 272 Fred Jones, NY GF 0.506 273 Antoine Wright, NJ GF 0.497 274 Shane Battier, Hou SF 0.493 275 Charlie Bell, Mil GF 0.487 276 Bobby Simmons, Mil GF 0.486 277 Greg Buckner, Min GF 0.480 278 Quinton Ross, LAC GF 0.478 279 Rasual Butler, Nor GF 0.475 280 Corey Brewer, Min GF 0.473 281 Anfernee Hardaway, Mia GF 0.466 282 Damon Jones, Cle PG 0.459 283 Quentin Richardson, NY GF 0.458 284 Nenad Krstic, NJ FC 0.454 285 Acie Law, Atl G 0.453 286 Jeff McInnis, Cha PG 0.452 287 Smush Parker, Mia PG 0.417 288 Eddie Jones, Dal GF 0.412 289 Bruce Bowen, SA SF 0.412 290 Sasha Pavlovic, Cle GF 0.411 There was 1 player who could not be included because his minutes are less than 8 per game. There were 9 players who could not be included because they have appeared in fewer than 8 games.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Dec 28 2007, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Does your rating account for pace a team plays at? Ike Diogu at #26 looks out of place.</div> Players on teams with faster paces do probably have a small advantage here, except if they turn it over alot like the Nuggets do, that will reduce that advantage to very little if anything. When I saw Diogu's ranking, I said to myself, "there is the ultimate diamond in the rough player." I'll investigate and make sure Diogu's numbers are correct.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chingy0007 @ Dec 28 2007, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Varejao >* He appears in the top 300 twice. Who else can say that?</div> <u>Thanks for noticing that</u>. I made some type of strange unknown goof while I was putting the players into the right order on my excel worksheet. I had two Raja Bells and two Anderson Varejaos, but I only noticed the Raja Bell duplication. I thought it was ESPN's fault but it was not. I have now gone in and made absolutely sure that there is only one of each now, and that their stats are the correct ones. The problem remaining is that there are two players who are supposed to be on the list but who are missing. I am going to have to find the two and insert them into the list.
Ok, I found who was left out: Cuttino Mobley and Willie Green. They have been put in and everything is correct now. Thanks again chingy0007 for noticing the mistake. Now I'll check to make sure the Diogu stats are correct.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Dec 28 2007, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ike Diogu at #26 looks out of place.</div> Most of the players on this list have played in at least 20 games. The most games played is 30. I'm going to go in and remove all players who have not played in at least 1/4 of the games of the players who have played in the most games. This gets rid of players who might have been mostly lucky or mostly unlucky in just a handful of games. The cut-off would be 8 games, and Diogu has only played in 6 games, so he gets removed. There are about a half dozen other players who need to be removed as well. Thanks Shapecity for in effect suggesting another good improvement in this. Chucky Atkins gets removed, and he is a good example of why players with just a handful of games should be removed. He hasn't been able to get up to speed overnight from his long injury out. His real rating should be much higher than what it is right now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Dec 28 2007, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Does your rating account for pace a team plays at? Ike Diogu at #26 looks out of place.</div> I'm sure any Warriors or Pacers fan will tell you that Diogu is very skilled and looking at per minute stats he should be ranked pretty high. The problem is that he is one of the dumbest basketball players out there (ironic considering he was an academic all american and education is very important to him). He can't pass out a double team so he forces up ill-advised shots and when he he is guarded 1 on 1, not many people can stop him, but he decides then to pass instead of punishing his defender. He's a good shotblocker but can't play man defense without fouling.
Ok, I have removed all players who have played in fewer than 8 games. There were 9 of them: <span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Chucky Atkins, Den PG </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Earl Barron, Mia C </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Kwame Brown, LAL FC </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Mike Conley, Mem G </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Ike Diogu, Ind FC </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Richie Frahm, LAC SG </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Nene Hilario, Den FC</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"> <span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"></span></span>Viktor Khryapa, Chi SF </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Theo Ratliff, Min FC </span></span> Two of the 9 who have played in only 7 or fewer games are Nuggets: Nene and Atkins. Now I think the list is as close to perfect as it can be. Thanks again Shapecity and chingy0007.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ryan @ Dec 28 2007, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Dec 28 2007, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Does your rating account for pace a team plays at? Ike Diogu at #26 looks out of place.</div> I'm sure any Warriors or Pacers fan will tell you that Diogu is very skilled and looking at per minute stats he should be ranked pretty high. The problem is that he is one of the dumbest basketball players out there (ironic considering he was an academic all american and education is very important to him). He can't pass out a double team so he forces up ill-advised shots and when he he is guarded 1 on 1, not many people can stop him, but he decides then to pass instead of punishing his defender. He's a good shotblocker but can't play man defense without fouling. </div> He's been scoring alot in limited minutes, so he can't be extremely dumb. He's been out with a torn calf. He's in his third year, and has even started to get some steals as a PF or Center.
