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nba-raptor

This folder contains data behind the story Introducing RAPTOR, Our New Metric For The Modern NBA

modern_RAPTOR_by_player.csv contains the RAPTOR data for every player broken out by season since 2014, when NBA player-tracking data first became available.

modern_RAPTOR_by_team.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player broken out by team, season and season_type since 2014, when NBA player-tracking data first became available.

These "modern" data files contain the box score and on/off plus-minus components of RAPTOR, which are then combined into a total RAPTOR rating.

historical_RAPTOR_by_player.csv contains the RAPTOR data for every player broken out by season since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger.

historical_RAPTOR_by_team.csv contains RAPTOR data for every player broken out by team, season and season_type since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger.

These "historical" data files use full player-tracking RAPTOR for seasons since 2014, a version of RAPTOR that mixes box score value estimates with single-year regularized plus-minus data for seasons from 2001 through 2013, and a version of RAPTOR that only uses a box score estimate of value for the seasons from 1977 through 2000. In each era, the RAPTOR version with the highest level of detail is the version used.

Column | Description -------|--------------- player_name | Player name player_id | Basketball-Reference.com player ID season | Season season_type | Regular season (RS) or playoff (PO) team | Basketball-Reference ID of team poss | Possessions played mp | Minutes played raptor_box_offense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense, based only on box score estimate raptor_box_defense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense, based only on box score estimate raptor_box_total | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player, based only on box score estimate raptor_onoff_offense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense, based only on plus-minus data raptor_onoff_defense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense, based only on plus-minus data raptor_onoff_total | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player, based only on plus-minus data raptor_offense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense, using both box and on-off components raptor_defense | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense, using both box and on-off components raptor_total | Points above average per 100 possessions added by player on both offense and defense, using both box and on-off components war_total | Wins Above Replacement between regular season and playoffs war_reg_season | Wins Above Replacement for regular season war_playoffs | Wins Above Replacement for playoffs predator_offense | Predictive points above average per 100 possessions added by player on offense predator_defense | Predictive points above average per 100 possessions added by player on defense predator_total | Predictive points above average per 100 possessions added by player on both offense and defense pace_impact | Player impact on team possessions per 48 minutes

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