Ranking NBA Players Using New Statistical Analysis

By Michael Schneid

MotleySports has spent time researching and developing a new formula to determine the best players in all sports.

Starting with the NBA, we rank all of the players using statistical analysis. The formula accounts for points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers, field goal percentage, and free throw percentage.

The system is known as the Motley Stats System (MSS). And variations of it will be used among all sports.

Below are the top 20 players in the NBA ranked according to the Motley Stats System.

(NOTE: Team is the last team played for in 2012-13 season)
*Also note, only players with more than 20 games played in 2012-13 are eligible for the list.

	PLAYER	TEAM	MSS SCORE
1	LeBron James	MIA	9.45
2	Kevin Durant	OKC	9.42
3	Kobe Bryant	LAL	8.96
4	Carmelo Anthony	NYK	8.90
5	James Harden	HOU	8.54
6	Russell Westbrook	OKC	8.11
7	Stephen Curry	GSW	7.75
8	Kyrie Irving	CLE	7.45
9	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	7.40
10	Kevin Love	MIN	7.32
11	Dwyane Wade	MIA	7.28
12	David Lee	GSW	7.14
13	Tony Parker	SAS	6.96
14	Dwight Howard	LAL	6.88
15	Tim Duncan	SAS	6.86
16	John Wall	WAS	6.78
17	Al Horford	ATL	6.75
18	Monta Ellis	MIL	6.74
19	Josh Smith	ATL	6.74
20	Chris Paul	LAC	6.70

Click to read more as we unveil the entire list (#21-435) of NBA players and their MSS rank.

21	Jrue Holiday	PHI	6.68
22	Deron Williams	BRK	6.67
23	Blake Griffin	LAC	6.66
24	Paul Pierce	BOS	6.65
25	Anderson Varejao	CLE	6.57
26	DeMarcus Cousins	SAC	6.57
27	Paul George	IND	6.57
28	Al Jefferson	UTA	6.54
29	Damian Lillard	POR	6.52
30	Brook Lopez	BRK	6.46
31	Greg Monroe	DET	6.35
32	Rajon Rondo	BOS	6.35
33	Tobias Harris	ORL	6.30
34	Rudy Gay	TOR	6.29
35	David West	IND	6.25
36	Kemba Walker	CHA	6.23
37	Brandon Jennings	MIL	6.16
38	Carlos Boozer	CHI	6.15
39	J.R. Smith	NYK	6.04
40	Zach Randolph	MEM	6.04
41	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	6.03
42	Ty Lawson	DEN	5.94
43	Luol Deng	CHI	5.84
44	Nikola Pekovic	MIN	5.84
45	Chris Bosh	MIA	5.83
46	DeMar DeRozan	TOR	5.78
47	Greivis Vasquez	NOH	5.77
48	Joakim Noah	CHI	5.75
49	Marc Gasol	MEM	5.74
50	Nikola Vucevic	ORL	5.69
51	Pau Gasol	LAL	5.68
52	Jameer Nelson	ORL	5.67
53	Goran Dragic	PHO	5.64
54	Nicolas Batum	POR	5.60
55	Kevin Garnett	BOS	5.59
56	Chandler Parsons	HOU	5.51
57	Danilo Gallinari	DEN	5.50
58	Paul Millsap	UTA	5.49
59	Glen Davis	ORL	5.48
60	Thaddeus Young	PHI	5.47
61	Jeff Teague	ATL	5.45
62	Arron Afflalo	ORL	5.44
63	Ryan Anderson	NOH	5.43
64	Mike Conley	MEM	5.42
65	Klay Thompson	GSW	5.37
66	O.J. Mayo	DAL	5.35
67	Tyreke Evans	SAC	5.34
68	Eric Gordon	NOH	5.33
69	Joe Johnson	BRK	5.30
70	Andre Iguodala	DEN	5.25
71	Anthony Davis	NOH	5.21
72	Evan Turner	PHI	5.21
73	J.J. Hickson	POR	5.19
74	Gerald Henderson	CHA	5.14
75	George Hill	IND	5.11
76	Jeremy Lin	HOU	5.09
77	Raymond Felton	NYK	5.07
78	Jamal Crawford	LAC	5.06
79	Serge Ibaka	OKC	5.04
80	Kyle Lowry	TOR	4.93
81	Shawn Marion	DAL	4.92
82	Roy Hibbert	IND	4.91
83	Nene Hilario	WAS	4.90
84	Ersan Ilyasova	MIL	4.90
85	Steve Nash	LAL	4.88
86	Tristan Thompson	CLE	4.84
87	Ramon Sessions	CHA	4.83
88	Mo Williams	UTA	4.82
89	Wesley Matthews	POR	4.82
90	Ricky Rubio	MIN	4.81
91	Luis Scola	PHO	4.81
92	Jarrett Jack	GSW	4.80
93	Andrei Kirilenko	MIN	4.77
94	Dion Waiters	CLE	4.77
95	Kenneth Faried	DEN	4.76
96	Omer Asik	HOU	4.75
97	Gordon Hayward	UTA	4.74
98	Bradley Beal	WAS	4.72
99	Brandon Knight	DET	4.70
100	Tyson Chandler	NYK	4.69
101	Louis Williams	ATL	4.69
102	Amar'e Stoudemire	NYK	4.67
103	J.J. Redick	MIL	4.66
104	Isaiah Thomas	SAC	4.65
105	Vince Carter	DAL	4.64
106	Marcin Gortat	PHO	4.62
107	Jose Calderon	DET	4.58
108	Nate Robinson	CHI	4.55
109	Larry Sanders	MIL	4.55
110	Wilson Chandler	DEN	4.51
111	Spencer Hawes	PHI	4.50
112	Darren Collison	DAL	4.50
113	Kawhi Leonard	SAS	4.49
114	Manu Ginobili	SAS	4.46
115	Metta World Peace	LAL	4.43
116	Jeff Green	BOS	4.34
117	Kevin Martin	OKC	4.32
118	Amir Johnson	TOR	4.27
119	Emeka Okafor	WAS	4.20
120	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4.16
121	Jason Thompson	SAC	4.16
122	Derrick Williams	MIN	4.16
123	Robin Lopez	NOH	4.15
124	Byron Mullens	CHA	4.11
125	Tiago Splitter	SAS	4.10
126	Luke Ridnour	MIN	4.10
127	Rodney Stuckey	DET	4.09
128	Jordan Crawford	BOS	4.08
129	Jose Barea	MIN	4.05
130	Andre Miller	DEN	4.00
131	Marcus Thornton	SAC	3.99
132	Corey Brewer	DEN	3.99
133	Derrick Favors	UTA	3.98
134	Martell Webster	WAS	3.97
135	Carl Landry	GSW	3.97
136	Kyle Korver	ATL	3.93
137	Chris Kaman	DAL	3.88
138	Tayshaun Prince	MEM	3.86
139	Jared Dudley	PHO	3.84
140	Andray Blatche	BRK	3.82
141	Matt Barnes	LAC	3.82
142	Mike Dunleavy	MIL	3.74
143	Patrick Patterson	HOU	3.73
144	Jason Richardson	PHI	3.73
145	Alonzo Gee	CLE	3.72
146	Trevor Ariza	WAS	3.71
147	Carlos Delfino	HOU	3.70
148	Danny Green	SAS	3.68
149	DeAndre Jordan	LAC	3.67
150	Ray Allen	MIA	3.67
151	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	CHA	3.67
152	C.J. Miles	CLE	3.61
153	Devin Harris	ATL	3.58
154	Ben Gordon	CHA	3.58
155	Andre Drummond	DET	3.58
156	Jonas Valanciunas	TOR	3.57
157	Michael Beasley	PHO	3.57
158	Shannon Brown	PHO	3.54
159	Al-Farouq Aminu	NOH	3.53
160	Randy Foye	UTA	3.49
161	Lance Stephenson	IND	3.49
162	Alan Anderson	TOR	3.48
163	Jason Terry	BOS	3.47
164	Tony Allen	MEM	3.46
165	Will Bynum	DET	3.46
166	Nick Young	PHI	3.43
167	Dorell Wright	PHI	3.43
168	JaVale McGee	DEN	3.42
169	Caron Butler	LAC	3.41
170	Kosta Koufos	DEN	3.41
171	Eric Bledsoe	LAC	3.40
172	Brandon Bass	BOS	3.40
173	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	3.39
174	Gerald Wallace	BRK	3.36
175	Mario Chalmers	MIA	3.36
176	Antawn Jamison	LAL	3.36
177	Dante Cunningham	MIN	3.34
178	Harrison Barnes	GSW	3.34
179	Alexey Shved	MIN	3.32
180	Jermaine O'Neal	PHO	3.32
181	John Salmons	SAC	3.31
182	Kevin Seraphin	WAS	3.31
183	Tyler Zeller	CLE	3.31
184	Richard Hamilton	CHI	3.28
185	Markieff Morris	PHO	3.28
186	Beno Udrih	ORL	3.28
187	Andrew Bogut	GSW	3.27
188	Avery Bradley	BOS	3.27
189	Taj Gibson	CHI	3.25
190	Jerryd Bayless	MEM	3.25
191	Jimmy Butler	CHI	3.24
192	Marco Belinelli	CHI	3.22
193	Chase Budinger	MIN	3.21
194	Kyle Singler	DET	3.21
195	Ed Davis	MEM	3.18
196	Elton Brand	DAL	3.17
197	Gary Neal	SAS	3.17
198	Marreese Speights	CLE	3.15
199	Maurice Harkless	ORL	3.14
200	Reggie Evans	BRK	3.12
201	Brandan Wright	DAL	3.11
202	Earl Clark	LAL	3.08
203	Steve Blake	LAL	3.08
204	Thabo Sefolosha	OKC	3.04
205	Jason Maxiell	DET	3.00
206	Jason Smith	NOH	2.98
207	A.J. Price	WAS	2.98
208	Jason Kidd	NYK	2.98
209	E'Twaun Moore	ORL	2.96
210	Kenyon Martin	NYK	2.96
211	Zaza Pachulia	ATL	2.92
212	Samuel Dalembert	MIL	2.91
213	Courtney Lee	BOS	2.90
214	Chauncey Billups	LAC	2.87
215	Jonas Jerebko	DET	2.86
216	Jordan Hill	LAL	2.83
217	Marcus Morris	HOU	2.80
218	Andrew Nicholson	ORL	2.79
219	Enes Kanter	UTA	2.78
220	Josh McRoberts	CHA	2.77
221	Chris Copeland	NYK	2.76
222	Toney Douglas	SAC	2.75
223	Marvin Williams	UTA	2.75
224	Jared Sullinger	BOS	2.73
225	P.J. Tucker	PHO	2.72
226	Shaun Livingston	CLE	2.71
227	Tyler Hansbrough	IND	2.71
228	Wayne Ellington	CLE	2.70
229	Bismack Biyombo	CHA	2.70
230	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	2.70
231	Wesley Johnson	PHO	2.69
232	Jodie Meeks	LAL	2.67
233	Iman Shumpert	NYK	2.65
234	Rasheed Wallace	NYK	2.63
235	Brian Roberts	NOH	2.59
236	Kris Humphries	BRK	2.58
237	Boris Diaw	SAS	2.58
238	Lavoy Allen	PHI	2.56
239	Ivan Johnson	ATL	2.56
240	Aaron Brooks	SAC	2.55
241	Hakim Warrick	CHA	2.55
242	Charlie Villanueva	DET	2.54
243	Alec Burks	UTA	2.53
244	Linas Kleiza	TOR	2.53
245	Patrick Beverley	HOU	2.51
246	C.J. Watson	BRK	2.51
247	John Henson	MIL	2.51
248	Kendrick Perkins	OKC	2.47
249	Greg Smith	HOU	2.47
250	Josh Howard	MIN	2.47
251	Gerald Green	IND	2.44
252	Mike James	DAL	2.43
253	Trevor Booker	WAS	2.43
254	Stephen Jackson	SAS	2.43
255	Jeremy Pargo	PHI	2.42
256	Lamar Odom	LAC	2.41
257	Shane Battier	MIA	2.40
258	Nick Collison	OKC	2.37
259	Jimmer Fredette	SAC	2.35
260	Jannero Pargo	CHA	2.32
261	DeMarre Carroll	UTA	2.31
262	Austin Rivers	NOH	2.30
263	Damien Wilkins	PHI	2.30
264	Terrence Jones	HOU	2.30
265	Quincy Pondexter	MEM	2.29
266	Darrell Arthur	MEM	2.28
267	Cartier Martin	WAS	2.28
268	Garrett Temple	WAS	2.26
269	DeJuan Blair	SAS	2.23
270	Sebastian Telfair	TOR	2.23
271	Meyers Leonard	POR	2.22
272	Terrence Ross	TOR	2.21
273	Chris Andersen	MIA	2.19
274	Thomas Robinson	HOU	2.19
275	Steve Novak	NYK	2.18
276	Landry Fields	TOR	2.17
277	Khris Middleton	DET	2.17
278	Reggie Jackson	OKC	2.16
279	Norris Cole	MIA	2.16
280	Jeff Taylor	CHA	2.16
281	Ian Mahinmi	IND	2.16
282	Marquis Daniels	MIL	2.15
283	James Johnson	SAC	2.14
284	John Jenkins	ATL	2.08
285	Francisco Garcia	HOU	2.07
286	Willie Green	LAC	2.06
287	Jamaal Tinsley	UTA	2.05
288	Udonis Haslem	MIA	2.05
289	Luke Walton	CLE	2.02
290	Jae Crowder	DAL	2.02
291	Daniel Gibson	CLE	2.02
292	Mike Miller	MIA	2.01
293	Troy Murphy	DAL	2.01
294	Donatas Motiejunas	HOU	2.01
295	Al Harrington	ORL	2.01
296	Malcolm Lee	MIN	2.00
297	Roger Mason	NOH	1.99
298	Mickael Gelabale	MIN	1.98
299	Shavlik Randolph	BOS	1.95
300	Ekpe Udoh	MIL	1.94
301	MarShon Brooks	BRK	1.93
302	Derek Fisher	OKC	1.92
303	Cory Joseph	SAS	1.91
304	Tyrus Thomas	CHA	1.90
305	Jordan Hamilton	DEN	1.90
306	Kyle O'Quinn	ORL	1.90
307	Greg Stiemsma	MIN	1.90
308	DeShawn Stevenson	ATL	1.90
309	Rashard Lewis	MIA	1.89
310	Mickael Pietrus	TOR	1.89
311	Brendan Haywood	CHA	1.89
312	John Lucas	TOR	1.89
313	Jeff Adrien	CHA	1.88
314	Leandro Barbosa	BOS	1.88
315	D.J. Augustin	IND	1.88
316	Corey Maggette	DET	1.86
317	Pablo Prigioni	NYK	1.86
318	Shelvin Mack	ATL	1.85
319	Dominique Jones	DAL	1.85
320	Gustavo Ayon	MIL	1.85
321	Eric Maynor	POR	1.85
322	Evan Fournier	DEN	1.84
323	Terrence Williams	BOS	1.83
324	Chris Singleton	WAS	1.82
325	Travis Outlaw	SAC	1.82
326	Chris Wilcox	BOS	1.81
327	Austin Daye	MEM	1.77
328	Patrick Mills	SAS	1.76
329	Mike Scott	ATL	1.75
330	Nando De Colo	SAS	1.75
331	Johan Petro	ATL	1.71
332	Quincy Acy	TOR	1.70
333	Omri Casspi	CLE	1.69
334	Chuck Hayes	SAC	1.69
335	Jerry Stackhouse	BRK	1.68
336	Jeff Pendergraph	IND	1.67
337	Rodrigue Beaubois	DAL	1.66
338	Anthony Tolliver	ATL	1.65
339	Victor Claver	POR	1.64
340	Orlando Johnson	IND	1.62
341	Will Barton	POR	1.62
342	Keith Bogans	BRK	1.61
343	Arnett Moultrie	PHI	1.61
344	Matt Bonner	SAS	1.60
345	Darius Morris	LAL	1.60
346	Earl Watson	UTA	1.60
347	James Anderson	SAS	1.59
348	Anthony Randolph	DEN	1.57
349	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	1.57
350	Chris Johnson	MIN	1.57
351	Hamed Haddadi	PHX	1.55
352	Luke Babbitt	POR	1.54
353	Chris Duhon	LAL	1.53
354	Draymond Green	GSW	1.53
355	Kendall Marshall	PHO	1.50
356	Festus Ezeli	GSW	1.50
357	Donald Sloan	CLE	1.46
358	Aaron Gray	TOR	1.46
359	Ryan Hollins	LAC	1.45
360	Xavier Henry	NOH	1.44
361	Devin Ebanks	LAL	1.40
362	DeQuan Jones	ORL	1.40
363	Mirza Teletovic	BRK	1.39
364	Bernard James	DAL	1.39
365	Nazr Mohammed	CHI	1.39
366	Ronnie Brewer	OKC	1.39
367	Reggie Williams	CHA	1.39
368	Grant Hill	LAC	1.37
369	Hasheem Thabeet	OKC	1.35
370	Drew Gooden	MIL	1.34
371	Anthony Morrow	DAL	1.33
372	Ronnie Price	POR	1.32
373	Kevin Jones	CLE	1.30
374	Dahntay Jones	ATL	1.29
375	Timofey Mozgov	DEN	1.28
376	Sam Young	IND	1.28
377	Viacheslav Kravtsov	DET	1.27
378	Richard Jefferson	GSW	1.26
379	Samardo Samuels	CLE	1.24
380	Dominic McGuire	TOR	1.23
381	Kurt Thomas	NYK	1.22
382	Jan Vesely	WAS	1.22
383	Royal Ivey	PHI	1.21
384	Joel Freeland	POR	1.21
385	Doron Lamb	ORL	1.21
386	Marcus Camby	NYK	1.20
387	Kwame Brown	PHI	1.20
388	Aron Baynes	SAS	1.19
389	Cole Aldrich	SAC	1.18
390	Ishmael Smith	MIL	1.17
391	Daniel Orton	OKC	1.14
392	Sasha Pavlovic	POR	1.13
393	Darius Miller	NOH	1.13
394	Lance Thomas	NOH	1.13
395	Kim English	DET	1.12
396	Tony Wroten	MEM	1.12
397	Louis Amundson	HOU	1.09
398	Daequan Cook	CHI	1.09
399	Jeremy Lamb	OKC	1.08
400	Ronny Turiaf	LAC	1.08
401	Nolan Smith	POR	1.07
402	Maalik Wayns	PHI	1.05
403	Diante Garrett	PHO	1.05
404	Perry Jones	OKC	1.01
405	Marquis Teague	CHI	1.00
406	D.J. White	BOS	0.99
407	Jeremy Evans	UTA	0.97
408	James White	NYK	0.89
409	Ben Hansbrough	IND	0.88
410	Joel Anthony	MIA	0.87
411	Jon Leuer	MEM	0.86
412	Tyshawn Taylor	BRK	0.86
413	Charles Jenkins	PHI	0.80
414	DeAndre Liggins	OKC	0.79
415	Andris Biedrins	GSW	0.78
416	Josh Selby	MEM	0.76
417	Kent Bazemore	GSW	0.75
418	DeSagana Diop	CHA	0.75
419	Tornike Shengelia	BRK	0.74
420	Malcolm Thomas	CHI	0.71
421	Jason Collins	WAS	0.71
422	Jared Jeffries	POR	0.71
423	Vladimir Radmanovic	CHI	0.70
424	Robert Sacre	LAL	0.66
425	James Jones	MIA	0.64
426	Miles Plumlee	IND	0.61
427	Terrel Harris	NOH	0.58
428	Josh Childress	BRK	0.57
429	Jeremy Tyler	GSW	0.54
430	Kris Joseph	BRK	0.46
431	Luke Zeller	PHO	0.45
432	Jarvis Varnado	MIA	0.42
433	Joel Przybilla	MIL	0.41
434	Dexter Pittman	MIA	0.39
435	Kevin Murphy	UTA	0.31