"Shots are not valuable unless they go in the basket."
-Known/Unknown
'
Points Above Average' takes this simple idea and credits players for maximizing their points scored per shot attempt. With this in mind, here are the NBA's
Most Valuable Low Volume Shooters*
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POINTS ABOVE |
TRUE |
TRUE SHOT |
|
Player |
Team |
NBA AVG. |
SHOOTING+ |
ATTEMPTS/GAME |
1 |
DeAndre Jordan |
LAC |
120 |
117 |
10 |
2 |
Enes Kanter |
OKC |
109 |
115 |
10 |
3 |
Hassan Whiteside |
MIA |
106 |
115 |
11 |
4 |
Dwight Howard |
HOU |
91 |
112 |
12 |
5 |
Jonas Valanciunas |
TOR |
79 |
115 |
10 |
6 |
Chandler Parsons |
DAL |
68 |
109 |
12 |
7 |
Gorgui Dieng |
MIN |
68 |
111 |
8 |
8 |
Darren Collison |
SAC |
64 |
108 |
12 |
9 |
Kenneth Faried |
DEN |
64 |
109 |
11 |
10 |
Evan Fournier |
ORL |
64 |
107 |
12.7 |
11 |
Omri Casspi |
SAC |
63 |
109 |
10 |
12 |
Steven Adams |
OKC |
62 |
114 |
6 |
13 |
Jared Dudley |
WAS |
62 |
112 |
7 |
14 |
Marvin Williams |
CHO |
60 |
108 |
10 |
15 |
Marcin Gortat |
WAS |
60 |
108 |
11 |
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|
POINTS ABOVE |
TRUE |
TRUE SHOT |
|
Player |
Team |
NBA AVG. |
SHOOTING+ |
ATTEMPTS/GAME |
16 |
Tristan Thompson |
CLE |
58 |
112 |
7 |
17 |
Nikola Jokic |
DEN |
58 |
110 |
8 |
18 |
Robin Lopez |
NYK |
58 |
109 |
9 |
19 |
Jae Crowder |
BOS |
53 |
106 |
12.6 |
20 |
Brandon Bass |
LAL |
51 |
114 |
6 |
21 |
Draymond Green |
GSW |
51 |
106 |
12 |
22 |
Ed Davis |
POR |
50 |
113 |
5 |
23 |
Ian Mahinmi |
IND |
48 |
110 |
7 |
24 |
Channing Frye |
TOT |
43 |
115 |
5 |
25 |
Kyle Korver |
ATL |
43 |
107 |
8 |
26 |
Mirza Teletovic |
PHO |
42 |
106 |
10 |
27 |
Andrew Bogut |
GSW |
41 |
114 |
5 |
28 |
Rudy Gobert |
UTA |
40 |
110 |
8 |
29 |
Willie Cauley-Stein |
SAC |
39 |
113 |
5 |
30 |
Boban Marjanovic |
SAS |
38 |
122 |
4 |
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*Fewer than 13 True Shot Attempts/Game
Updated March 19, 2016
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