player efficiency rating
PLAY-er eh-FISH-en-see RAY-ting
ˈpleɪər ɪˈfɪʃənsi ˈreɪtɪŋListen
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a single-number basketball statistic developed by John Hollinger that attempts to summarise a player's overall per-minute contributions by combining positive contributions — points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks — with negative contributions — missed shots, turnovers, and fouls — into one composite score, normalised to a scale on which the league average is fifteen; PER was among the first widely adopted advanced basketball statistics and helped establish the analytics culture in the NBA; it has been criticised for overweighting scoring and for failing to capture defensive impact, off-ball movement, and screen-setting, and has been largely supplemented by more sophisticated metrics including win shares, box plus-minus, and RAPTOR
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