Impact Contribution Share (ICS)
The percentage of a team’s total production attributed to a single player. A higher ICS signals a player carrying a greater offensive and overall load for their team.
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Impact Success Rate (ISR)
A measure of how much a player’s contributions translate into team success. It weighs a player’s ICS against their team’s win percentage (regular season) or TPS (playoffs), rewarding production that actually wins games.
Team Postseason Score (TPS)
A composite score representing a team’s overall postseason performance. Used in place of win percentage when evaluating playoff-era ISR.
Performance Rating
A 50.0–99.9 score summarizing a player’s statistical output relative to peers in the same season. It’s the foundational measure of how well a player performed on the court.
Franchise Rating
A D– to S+ letter grade representing a player’s total seasonal value. It blends on-court production, peer comparison, postseason performance, and contract context into a single, comprehensive player grade.
Potential Rating
A 0–100 score measuring a player’s upside relative to their role and contract. It identifies players outperforming their pay grade — the higher the score, the more untapped or undervalued the player.
Overpay Index (OPI)
The ratio of a player’s salary per win share to the league average. A value above 1 means overpaid; below 1 means a bargain.
Contract Value Rating (CVR)
A 1–10 scale simplification of the Overpay Index. It translates contract efficiency into an intuitive score, where 10 represents elite value and 1 signals a highly overpaid deal.
RS Score
A score capturing a player’s regular season value across production, efficiency, and impact metrics for a given year.
PS Score
A score capturing a player’s playoff value, weighted for the elevated competition and higher stakes of postseason basketball.
Season Score
The combined RS Score, PS Score, and award recognition for a single season — the definitive summary of how good a player’s year was, start to finish.