NBA Predictions
Describing the best NBA players according to RAPTOR
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About this Dataset
NBA Predictions
This folder contains data behind the story Introducing RAPTOR, Our New Metric For The Modern NBA and the interactive The Best NBA Players, According To RAPTOR.
- modern_ RAPTOR_ by_ player.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player broken out by season since 2014, when NBA player-tracking data first became available.
- modern_ RAPTOR_ by_ team.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player broken out by team, season and season_type since 2014, when NBA player-tracking data first became available.
These "modern" data files contain the box score and on/off plus-minus components of RAPTOR, which are then combined into a total RAPTOR rating.
- historical_ RAPTOR_ by_ player.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player broken out by season since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger.
- historical_ RAPTOR_ by_ team.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player broken out by team, season and season_type since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger.
These "historical" data files use full player-tracking RAPTOR for seasons since 2014, a version of RAPTOR that mixes box score value estimates with single-year regularized plus-minus data for seasons from 2001 through 2013, and a version of RAPTOR that only uses a box score estimate of value for the seasons from 1977 through 2000. In each era, the RAPTOR version with the highest level of detail is the version used.
- latest_ RAPTOR_ by_ player.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player in the latest season.
- latest_ RAPTOR_ by_ team.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player broken out by team, season and season_type for the latest season.
These "latest" data files contain the box score and on/off plus-minus components of RAPTOR, which are then combined into a total RAPTOR rating.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| player_name | Player name |
| player_id | Basketball-Reference.com player ID |
| season | Season |
| season_type | Regular season (RS) or playoff (PO) |
| team | Basketball-Reference ID of team |
| poss | Possessions played |
| mp | Minutes played |
| raptor_box_offense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense, based only on box score estimate |
| raptor_box_defense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense, based only on box score estimate |
| raptor_box_total | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player, based only on box score estimate |
| raptor_onoff_offense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense, based only on plus-minus data |
| raptor_onoff_defense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense, based only on plus-minus data |
| raptor_onoff_total | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player, based only on plus-minus data |
| raptor_offense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense, using both box and on-off components |
| raptor_defense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense, using both box and on-off components |
| raptor_total | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on both offense and defense, using both box and on-off components |
| war_total | Wins Above Replacement between regular season and playoffs |
| war_reg_season | Wins Above Replacement for regular season |
| war_playoffs | Wins Above Replacement for playoffs |
| predator_offense | Predictive points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense |
| predator_defense | Predictive points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense |
| predator_total | Predictive points above average per 100 possessions added by player on both offense and defense |
| pace_impact | Player impact on team possessions per 48 minutes |