LG Hoops Advanced Metric 2.0

Check out the most recently updated LG Hoops Advanced Metric! I’ve updated the logic to include Plus/Minus% and stats like deflections, along with cutting down on some more double-counted statistics. The stats are all pulled from the NBA API (the NBA website), and are considered free data.

The metric is found through the use of the “random forest” algorithm which I used in the Python programming language. I then put the players in percentiles to normalize the data and calculate a total number (the LGMetric).

Some aspects that I will look into adjusting for the next release of the metric are accounting for luck and minute disparity. Hopefully that will normalize some of the surprise players we are seeing in different spots on this list. Reach out if you have any recommendations or comments!

(NOTE: To qualify for this list the players must have played 65 games)

Rank	Player	OFF%	DEF%	PLUS/MINUS%	LGMETRIC
1	Joel Embiid	96	58	69	79
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo	100	38	58	78
3	Nikola Jokic	86	45	100	74
4	Jayson Tatum	92	36	69	73
5	Luka Doncic	98	41	20	72
6	Ja Morant	95	33	54	71
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	94	55	24	70
8	Damian Lillard	97	25	19	68
9	Donovan Mitchell	87	40	54	66
10	Trae Young	91	27	15	66
11	De’Aaron Fox	84	34	26	64
12	Desmond Bane	73	34	66	62
13	Kyrie Irving	80	39	40	62
14	Jrue Holiday	70	38	77	61
15	Jaren Jackson Jr.	63	100	62	61
16	James Harden	74	35	52	60
17	Kristaps Porzingis	72	55	13	59
18	Lauri Markkanen	76	27	27	58
19	Darius Garland	73	29	68	58
20	Jaylen Brown	79	32	41	58
21	Jamal Murray	71	28	49	58
22	Jalen Brunson	77	24	24	57
23	Jimmy Butler	76	47	8	56
24	Anthony Edwards	72	49	13	55
25	Julius Randle	72	19	24	55
26	DeMar DeRozan	73	34	10	54
27	Brook Lopez	52	80	55	53
28	Myles Turner	60	79	-9	52
29	Pascal Siakam	70	29	18	52
30	Jordan Poole	74	28	-1	52
31	Russell Westbrook	71	39	-3	52
32	Zach LaVine	72	24	2	52
33	Malik Monk	70	31	10	51
34	Malcolm Brogdon	67	30	29	51
35	Michael Porter Jr.	58	28	72	50
36	Fred VanVleet	62	49	30	49
37	Domantas Sabonis	69	29	29	49
38	Chris Paul	62	45	15	49
39	Derrick White	51	44	65	48
40	D’Angelo Russell	67	33	13	48
41	Tyrese Maxey	64	21	43	48
42	Klay Thompson	66	26	26	48
43	CJ McCollum	67	30	9	47
44	Norman Powell	64	32	-23	47
45	Mikal Bridges	59	38	4	46
46	Christian Wood	64	45	-8	46
47	Tyler Herro	63	22	27	46
48	T.J. McConnell	60	46	-9	46
49	Jordan Clarkson	69	17	6	46
50	Bam Adebayo	59	42	17	46
51	Buddy Hield	57	37	-12	45
52	Immanuel Quickley	56	31	42	45
53	Nic Claxton	44	88	17	45
54	Tyus Jones	58	34	13	45
55	Evan Mobley	49	52	46	44
56	Terry Rozier	66	32	-49	44
57	Kevin Huerter	55	37	32	44
58	Dejounte Murray	66	38	-9	44
59	Zach Collins	56	46	-41	44
60	Jerami Grant	58	35	-6	43
61	Jarrett Allen	44	47	55	43
62	Naz Reid	62	57	-20	43
63	Franz Wagner	61	28	6	43
64	Walker Kessler	39	87	11	43
65	Tre Jones	59	39	-52	42
66	Scottie Barnes	51	41	25	42
67	Gary Trent Jr.	56	44	-9	42
68	Marcus Smart	49	46	42	42
69	Terence Davis	53	51	8	42
70	Cole Anthony	57	33	-4	42
71	Kelly Olynyk	51	38	2	42
72	Josh Giddey	65	29	-15	42
73	Deandre Ayton	58	35	-1	41
74	Jonas Valanciunas	58	31	-1	41
75	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	38	48	70	41
76	Markelle Fultz	59	48	-24	41
77	Anfernee Simons	65	20	-13	41
78	Kyle Kuzma	64	25	2	41
79	Jose Alvarado	50	47	18	41
80	Spencer Dinwiddie	61	24	-1	41
81	O.G. Anunoby	47	55	22	41
82	Jaylen Nowell	60	29	-1	40
83	Nikola Vucevic	55	33	-2	40
84	Talen Horton-Tucker	64	38	-1	40
85	Thomas Bryant	55	33	-17	40
86	Isaiah Jackson	43	90	-22	40
87	Jakob Poeltl	51	59	-22	40
88	Andre Drummond	46	63	4	40
89	Paolo Banchero	63	30	-32	40
90	Paul Reed	38	86	-2	39
91	Isaiah Joe	50	32	31	39
92	Jalen Williams	51	47	-8	39
93	Aaron Gordon	57	40	82	39
94	Kyle Anderson	44	54	14	39
95	Chimezie Metu	47	45	14	39
96	Jordan Goodwin	46	55	-20	39
97	Draymond Green	39	44	51	39
98	Austin Reaves	50	22	35	39
99	Onyeka Okongwu	42	63	9	39
100	Josh Okogie	42	52	16	39
101	Herbert Jones	38	55	25	38
102	Clint Capela	44	54	-5	38
103	Chris Boucher	45	53	-2	38
104	Alperen Sengun	56	51	-41	38
105	Tari Eason	43	61	-20	38
106	Jonathan Kuminga	51	40	-9	38
107	Xavier Tillman	40	58	0	38
108	Bojan Bogdanovic	68	18	-60	38
109	Daniel Gafford	44	65	-12	37
110	Kendrick Nunn	54	28	-9	37
111	Kevin Porter Jr.	65	38	-62	37
112	Jaden McDaniels	41	48	10	37
113	Bruce Brown	46	45	4	37
114	De’Anthony Melton	41	55	14	37
115	Jalen Smith	50	50	-15	37
116	Rudy Gobert	43	54	-1	37
117	Coby White	48	26	20	37
118	Bobby Portis	55	18	2	37
119	Jalen Johnson	41	53	-1	37
120	Derrick Jones Jr.	38	55	20	37
121	Larry Nance Jr.	36	53	30	37
122	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	48	46	-10	36
123	Harrison Barnes	46	19	33	36
124	Tim Hardaway Jr.	48	23	25	36
125	Donte DiVincenzo	44	42	18	36
126	Cedi Osman	46	23	32	36
127	Jock Landale	47	34	22	36
128	Mike Conley	49	31	10	36
129	Alex Caruso	32	69	32	36
130	Luke Kennard	44	21	39	36
131	Tobias Harris	47	32	43	36
132	Al Horford	37	39	53	36
133	Bismack Biyombo	32	85	9	36
134	Trey Murphy III	46	38	5	35
135	Goran Dragic	54	16	1	35
136	Mike Muscala	41	31	34	35
137	Dennis Schroder	51	22	20	35
138	Keegan Murray	41	33	13	35
139	Jevon Carter	43	42	9	35
140	Luke Kornet	35	58	10	35
141	Dillon Brooks	50	30	30	35
142	Luguentz Dort	46	32	5	35
143	Seth Curry	49	28	-12	35
144	Monte Morris	48	25	1	35
145	AJ Griffin	46	31	10	35
146	Nick Richards	42	53	-18	35
147	Sam Hauser	41	33	29	35
148	Trey Lyles	45	36	15	35
149	Bennedict Mathurin	58	21	-25	35
150	Josh Hart	37	35	44	35
151	Josh Christopher	50	43	-38	35
152	RJ Barrett	59	14	-9	34
153	Santi Aldama	43	41	13	34
154	Bol Bol	43	57	-23	34
155	Shake Milton	49	19	20	34
156	Josh Richardson	49	45	-27	34
157	Drew Eubanks	35	71	-18	34
158	Reggie Jackson	50	25	-13	34
159	Georges Niang	44	24	11	34
160	Cory Joseph	46	24	-19	34
161	Quentin Grimes	40	28	28	34
162	Saddiq Bey	50	31	-20	34
163	Jalen Green	66	23	-63	34
164	Obi Toppin	48	25	10	33
165	Keldon Johnson	68	21	-84	33
166	Jordan Nwora	47	24	-44	33
167	P.J. Washington	49	47	-55	33
168	John Collins	43	42	-3	33
169	Grayson Allen	41	30	34	33
170	Patrick Williams	38	50	-18	33
171	Malik Beasley	49	27	-12	33
172	Mitchell Robinson	28	86	33	33
173	Ivica Zubac	38	47	-4	33
174	Kevin Love	45	20	19	32
175	Miles McBride	35	45	9	32
176	Tre Mann	49	35	10	32
177	Christian Koloko	24	77	29	32
178	Caris LeVert	46	33	28	32
179	Joe Harris	39	26	-3	32
180	Nicolas Batum	32	46	23	32
181	Rui Hachimura	47	24	-4	32
182	Mason Plumlee	48	35	-37	32
183	De’Andre Hunter	48	19	-3	32
184	John Konchar	28	51	31	32
185	Isaiah Hartenstein	28	54	19	32
186	Damion Lee	42	19	12	32
187	Aaron Wiggins	39	34	1	32
188	Dwight Powell	36	36	24	31
189	Grant Williams	34	26	28	31
190	Jalen McDaniels	41	44	-20	31
191	Royce O’Neale	35	36	11	31
192	Ish Wainright	30	49	16	31
193	Josh Green	38	25	14	31
194	Corey Kispert	39	15	-18	31
195	Eric Gordon	48	27	-32	31
196	Terance Mann	43	27	0	31
197	Wenyen Gabriel	38	47	-5	31
198	Aaron Holiday	34	45	3	31
199	Devonte’ Graham	47	33	-24	31
200	Yuta Watanabe	36	33	-1	31
201	Kevon Looney	35	38	20	30
202	Marcus Morris Sr.	42	24	-2	30
203	Gabe Vincent	42	32	-4	30
204	Killian Hayes	49	48	-71	30
205	Keita Bates-Diop	46	36	-43	30
206	Anthony Lamb	38	32	5	30
207	Pat Connaughton	34	26	24	30
208	Davion Mitchell	39	33	0	30
209	Jarred Vanderbilt	37	44	-14	30
210	Isaac Okoro	31	38	18	30
211	Jaden Ivey	60	25	-94	29
212	Oshae Brissett	38	32	3	29
213	Caleb Martin	35	36	-1	29
214	Anthony Gill	33	24	-2	29
215	Moses Moody	39	23	-1	29
216	Doug McDermott	50	14	-40	29
217	Ayo Dosunmu	38	32	-11	29
218	Aaron Nesmith	41	40	-31	29
219	Vlatko Cancar	38	31	-12	29
220	Christian Braun	32	34	-16	28
221	Ochai Agbaji	40	24	-3	28
222	Deni Avdija	41	37	-8	28
223	Matisse Thybulle	26	71	-2	28
224	Terrence Ross	42	29	-13	28
225	Trendon Watford	44	29	-31	28
226	Jalen Duren	38	47	-45	27
227	David Roddy	38	29	-10	27
228	Torrey Craig	32	44	-24	27
229	Max Strus	42	19	-19	27
230	Andrew Nembhard	45	31	-38	27
231	Shaedon Sharpe	45	28	-40	26
232	Naji Marshall	44	30	1	26
233	Malaki Branham	47	20	-59	26
234	Patrick Beverley	30	43	-13	26
235	Kevin Knox II	43	30	-39	26
236	Dyson Daniels	30	39	-1	26
237	Kenyon Martin Jr.	46	25	-48	26
238	JT Thor	29	32	-26	26
239	Dorian Finney-Smith	29	32	-1	25
240	Troy Brown Jr.	31	31	-2	25
241	Lamar Stevens	29	30	1	25
242	Usman Garuba	27	59	-37	24
243	Jabari Smith Jr.	41	36	-75	21
244	Reggie Bullock	27	23	-12	21
245	P.J. Tucker	18	21	19	20

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