In honor of the soon to begin NBA Playoffs, I've put together a list of the greatest NBA Playoff scorers of all time (or at least since the 3-point era). Shout out to Andres Alvarez at WOW for the idea of "Net Points", which will be the primary tool used to rank each player. I've tweaked it a little bit to reflect the HDR concept, but the general idea is exactly the same.
Net Points = (Total Points - FGA*.93) - FTA*.98 *.44
Net points is a much better gauge of scoring ability then PPG (Points per Game), but easier to understand and apply then TS% (True Shooting Percentage). The idea is, that points are good. However, every time you take a shot, miss or make, you lose your team a possession (-1). If you are both a volume scorer, as well as an efficient scorer, your Net Points will be high regardless. However, if you are one without the other, you won't fare so well.
As you can see, I didn't use -1 as the value of a field goal or free throw attempt. This reflects the ideology behind my HDR, which is that based on offensive rebounding percentages across the league, a used shot isn't worth -1, but -.93 (-.98 for FTA). Not a huge difference, but notable.
To qualify for the ranking, you had to be in the top 100 of playoff point totals (all time). From there I just ran each player through the Net Points Formula, courtesy of Wages of Wins, to uncover the greatest Playoff scorers of all time. I'm posting the data on the side tab under "Net Points".
Net Points = (Total Points - FGA*.93) - FTA*.98 *.44
Net points is a much better gauge of scoring ability then PPG (Points per Game), but easier to understand and apply then TS% (True Shooting Percentage). The idea is, that points are good. However, every time you take a shot, miss or make, you lose your team a possession (-1). If you are both a volume scorer, as well as an efficient scorer, your Net Points will be high regardless. However, if you are one without the other, you won't fare so well.
As you can see, I didn't use -1 as the value of a field goal or free throw attempt. This reflects the ideology behind my HDR, which is that based on offensive rebounding percentages across the league, a used shot isn't worth -1, but -.93 (-.98 for FTA). Not a huge difference, but notable.
To qualify for the ranking, you had to be in the top 100 of playoff point totals (all time). From there I just ran each player through the Net Points Formula, courtesy of Wages of Wins, to uncover the greatest Playoff scorers of all time. I'm posting the data on the side tab under "Net Points".