Game-Level BPM In Play Index + Box Score Mouseovers
Posted by Alex Bonilla on May 4, 2020
In February, Basketball Reference made a major update in incorporating Daniel Myers' BPM 2.0, which aims to estimate a player's performance relative to league average by using a player's box score information and his team's overall performance. This statistic is also calculable at the game level, and we've made it easier to look through this by making BPM searchable in Basketball Reference's Game Finder, one of the many tools you can find in the site's Play Index.
BPM 2.0 is searchable back to the 1984-85 season, when we first have 100% coverage of all the statistical components needed to calculate this. It's important to note that BPM is a rate stat, so setting a minutes played threshold will be important. Here's a look at the top games in our system using a couple of different thresholds:
Minimum 10 MP
Player | Date | Tm | MP | TRB | AST | PTS | BPM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Robinson | 1996-12-30 * | MIN | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 74.6 |
Henry James | 1997-04-15 * | ATL | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 63.9 |
Jrue Holiday | 2009-11-24 * | PHI | 10 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 61.1 |
Minimum 20 MP
Player | Date | Tm | MP | TRB | AST | PTS | BPM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brent Barry | 2006-03-24 * | SAS | 20 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 45.5 |
Manu Ginóbili | 2009-01-20 * | SAS | 21 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 41.9 |
Victor Oladipo | 2018-01-06 * | IND | 24 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 40.6 |
Minimum 30 MP
Player | Date | Tm | MP | TRB | AST | PTS | BPM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikola Jokić | 2018-10-20 * | DEN | 31 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 44.4 |
Gilbert Arenas | 2006-02-25 * | WAS | 30 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 40.5 |
Damian Lillard | 2016-02-19 * | POR | 31 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 38.1 |
Minimum 40 MP
Player | Date | Tm | MP | TRB | AST | PTS | BPM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Damian Lillard | 2017-04-08 * | POR | 42 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 35.7 |
Manu Ginóbili | 2008-02-13 * | SAS | 41 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 34.2 |
Vince Carter | 2001-05-11 * | TOR | 45 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 34.0 |
In addition to the Game Finder addition, Basketball Reference now has mouseovers in the advanced section of box scores that display the offensive and defensive BPM breakdowns, as well as Value Over Replacement Player prorated to 82 games. For more information on how BPM 2.0 is calculated, please consult Daniel Myers' explainer. Stay tuned to the Sports Reference Blog for the latest additions to Basketball Reference!
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