Who is the best player ever in terms of efficiency ever in the NBA?
If we use the efficiency formula
(pts+reb+ast+stl+blks-((fga+fgm)+(fta-ftm)+to)/games
on all players and their season stats since 1946 we find that Wilt Chamberlin blows everyone out of the water. He had an efficiency rating of 41.5 over his 1045 game career. To manage a score of 41.5 in a game is considered a great game, to do it over your career is just phenomenal.
The Top 10 efficient players over their career are:
Wilt Chamberlin 41.5
Spencer Haywood 37.8 (only played 84 games)
Artis Gilmore 33.1
Julius (Dr J) Erving 32.3
Bill Russell 31.7
Oscar Robertson 31.6
Bob Pettit 31.1
Kareen Abdul-Jabbar 30.9
Connie Hawkins 30.3
Larry Bird 29.8
The player that most consider the greatest ever in Michael Jordan finished 12th with 29.2. Of current day players Shaquille O'Neal led the way finishing 14th with 28.3, new Boston veteran Kevin Garnett (20th) with 27.3 and star Spur Tim Duncan (25th)with 26.8.
These results are only up until the 2005 season so I am sure that Garnett has increased his position in this time, Duncan would have stayed quite constant and Shaq most likely would have dropped.
This shows what dominance Wilt had over the league in the 60's. He was unstoppable, or was it that the league was just not up to scratch. That brings the age old question, how would he go in today's game. Would he be as dominate today in the league with some much size and physical skill. Something we will never know. But let me point this fact out at well, these stats are based on the stats kindly provided by www.databasebasketball.com but unfortunately stats like steals and blocks weren't collected in Wilts day. Either were turnovers but the block factor is a big one, a guy 7-1 who scores over 20 rebounds a game would have been a block machine as well so maybe add a few extra points to his efficiency rating while your at it, or remove some from the modern day players. The guy was a freak!!
But lets not take away from some of his amazing feats. We all know of his 100 point game and the reported 20,000 odd women he has been with but what about some other facts.
If we look at his individual seasons he leads the all time list with his monster 1961 season. Where he averaged 50.4ppg shooting at .0505 from the field, pulled in 25.7rpg and had an efficiency rating of 52.3.
But wait there is more, the next 6 best efficient seasons of all time are also held by him. In fact he holds 8 of the top ten most efficient season of all time. (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the other 2) Even in his rookie season (1959) he managed 33.8ppg and 24.3rpg. The guy is a statisticians dream he is full of mind boggling stats.
Will anyone ever be this dominant of a league? Could anyone ever be this dominant of a league? I personally don't think so.
Coach Onski
This article was orginally posted on www.onski.blogspot.com on the 13/12/2007.
Thanks to www.databasebasketball.com for the raw stats that I worked with to bring you some of these interesting NBA facts. stay tuned sports fans there will be more to come.
If we use the efficiency formula
(pts+reb+ast+stl+blks-((fga+fgm)+(fta-ftm)+to)/games
on all players and their season stats since 1946 we find that Wilt Chamberlin blows everyone out of the water. He had an efficiency rating of 41.5 over his 1045 game career. To manage a score of 41.5 in a game is considered a great game, to do it over your career is just phenomenal.
The Top 10 efficient players over their career are:
Wilt Chamberlin 41.5
Spencer Haywood 37.8 (only played 84 games)
Artis Gilmore 33.1
Julius (Dr J) Erving 32.3
Bill Russell 31.7
Oscar Robertson 31.6
Bob Pettit 31.1
Kareen Abdul-Jabbar 30.9
Connie Hawkins 30.3
Larry Bird 29.8
The player that most consider the greatest ever in Michael Jordan finished 12th with 29.2. Of current day players Shaquille O'Neal led the way finishing 14th with 28.3, new Boston veteran Kevin Garnett (20th) with 27.3 and star Spur Tim Duncan (25th)with 26.8.
These results are only up until the 2005 season so I am sure that Garnett has increased his position in this time, Duncan would have stayed quite constant and Shaq most likely would have dropped.
This shows what dominance Wilt had over the league in the 60's. He was unstoppable, or was it that the league was just not up to scratch. That brings the age old question, how would he go in today's game. Would he be as dominate today in the league with some much size and physical skill. Something we will never know. But let me point this fact out at well, these stats are based on the stats kindly provided by www.databasebasketball.com but unfortunately stats like steals and blocks weren't collected in Wilts day. Either were turnovers but the block factor is a big one, a guy 7-1 who scores over 20 rebounds a game would have been a block machine as well so maybe add a few extra points to his efficiency rating while your at it, or remove some from the modern day players. The guy was a freak!!
But lets not take away from some of his amazing feats. We all know of his 100 point game and the reported 20,000 odd women he has been with but what about some other facts.
If we look at his individual seasons he leads the all time list with his monster 1961 season. Where he averaged 50.4ppg shooting at .0505 from the field, pulled in 25.7rpg and had an efficiency rating of 52.3.
But wait there is more, the next 6 best efficient seasons of all time are also held by him. In fact he holds 8 of the top ten most efficient season of all time. (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the other 2) Even in his rookie season (1959) he managed 33.8ppg and 24.3rpg. The guy is a statisticians dream he is full of mind boggling stats.
Will anyone ever be this dominant of a league? Could anyone ever be this dominant of a league? I personally don't think so.
Coach Onski
This article was orginally posted on www.onski.blogspot.com on the 13/12/2007.
Thanks to www.databasebasketball.com for the raw stats that I worked with to bring you some of these interesting NBA facts. stay tuned sports fans there will be more to come.
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