Loading
Scoring composite combining PPG volume (40%), True Shooting efficiency (35%), and scoring load (25%). The most complete scorers balance volume with efficiency.
Raw PPG doesn't tell the whole scoring story. Our composite rewards players who combine high volume with excellent efficiency. Joel Embiid and Luka Doncic lead in volume, while players like Giannis Antetokounmpo achieve elite TS% alongside heavy scoring loads. The rare player who tops both volume and efficiency categories is a generational scorer.
Scoring Score = PPG volume (40%, normalized to ~35 PPG) + True Shooting % (35%, normalized to ~70%) + scoring load per 48 minutes (25%, normalized to ~50 P/48). This balances raw production with efficiency and intensity.
Scoring load (points per 48 minutes) captures intensity independent of minutes played. Some players score efficiently in limited minutes; others sustain high production over heavy minutes. The best scorers do both.
Michael Jordan (30.1 career PPG), Wilt Chamberlain (30.1 PPG), and LeBron James (all-time total points leader) each have strong claims. In the modern era, Kevin Durant combines volume and efficiency at historically great levels.
Not necessarily. High PPG with low efficiency means a player takes many shots but misses many, giving opponents extra possessions. The ideal scorer maintains high PPG with high TS%, maximizing team offensive efficiency.