About Wins Produced

Wins Produced, developed by economist David Berri, turns a player's box score into the number of team wins it accounts for. Each stat gets a value from how much it moves a team's point differential: made shots, rebounds, steals and blocks add wins; missed shots, turnovers and fouls that lead to free throws cost them.

A player's line is then adjusted for what the team does together (shared defense, rebounds and assists that come from teammates) and compared with the average player at the positions he plays, since centers naturally rebound more and guards assist more. The result is Wins Above Average; adding what an average player produces in the same minutes gives Wins Produced.

WP48 is Wins Produced per 48 minutes. An average player is 0.100; stars sit well above 0.200. Across a season, a league's Wins Produced adds up to the games played.

Numbers here are computed game by game from every box score since 1983-84 and summed for the span you pick. Box scores come from basketball-reference.com; positions from its play-by-play data where available.