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Search Our Stats Using the Play Index

Posted by Neil on October 23, 2013

With the 2013-14 NBA season starting next week it's time for a reminder to check out the Basketball-Reference Play Index. In case you don't already know about the PI, it's a set of research tools that allow you to create customizable queries on our database, save the results, and share them with others. With the PI, you can:

  • Use the Player Season Finder to search through all NBA, ABA, & BAA players' regular season and playoff statistics for performances that match your criteria.
  • Use the Player Game Finder to search through NBA players' regular season and playoff game logs (since 1985-86) for games matching your criteria.
  • Use the Head-to-Head Finder to search for games in which two selected players played against each other.
  • Search for player and team consecutive-game streaks that match your criteria using the Streak Finders.
  • Search for team performances that meet your criteria with the Team Season Finder and Team Game Finder.
  • Use the Draft Finder to search through every NBA/BAA draft for picks that match your criteria.
  • Use the Player Comparison Finder to compare the stats of up to four players through (or in) a given season.

Also, take a look at the Play Index Plus for even more data-searching goodness. The PI+ lets you sift through the play-by-play data of every game since 2001, making it possible to look for specific events, lineup data, and shooting stats (including clutch shots and shot breakdowns by distance).

Best of all, these features are 100% free to use! So go ahead, give them a try, and you'll wonder how you ever got along without them.

4 Responses to “Search Our Stats Using the Play Index”

  1. rrravenred Says:

    Any chance of searchable Whole-League data (both standard and advanced stats)?

    What I'd REALLY love is the ability to do more crosstab stuff like comparing player or team stats to league averages. Very probably a lot of work for a few wonks who know how to use spreadsheets in any case, but...

  2. Neil Says:

    We have advanced stats for everyone in the entire league here:

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2013_advanced.html

    Is that kind of what you were talking about, or something completely different?

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  4. Jason Says:

    looking forward to (hopefully) the lineup and on/off data.