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The Best Players in the NBA, According to Our Points Created Metric
By Zach Kram
We can identify the players spearheading this movement with
our points created metric, which combines points scored, points created via assist, and points created via screen assist into one umbrella metric, scaled per 36 minutes. This isn’t just an arbitrary, meaningless stat; in five of the last six seasons, the points created leader also won MVP. (The one exception was 2018-19, when Giannis Antetokounmpo won while ranking second.)
So who tops the points created leaderboard halfway through the 2022-23 season? If that MVP trend continues, we’re poised for a Nikola Jokic threepeat:
- 1. Nikola Jokic (62.2 points created per 36 minutes)
- 2. Luka Doncic (56.1)
- 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo (53.2)
- 4. Ja Morant (52.9)
- 5. Domantas Sabonis (52.7)