Clutch Data Score

What it does

• One number, two halves.

  CDS adds efficient offensive production (EOP) and defensive points saved (DPS). A scorer who gives points back on defense and a quiet stopper end up on the same scale.

• Offense, weighted by efficiency.

  EOP combines points and assists, weights them by offensive efficiency, and scales the result so it adds up to the league's points. Assists count more when they lead to made shots at the rim.

• Defense, from on/off.

  DPS turns the change in opponent shooting, offensive rebounding and turnovers with the player on court against off into defensive stops, counted only in the games they played.

• Round by round.

  The ranking can be read at any point of the season, from Round 1 to the Final Four, so a player can be compared with themselves at the same point of another season.

• The questions it answers.

  Who produces the most once defense counts? Is a player ahead of or behind where they were at the same point last year? Which high scorers give the points back at the other end?

• Inside an engagement.

  The Clutch Data Score is one of the metrics our analysts use in client work, to evaluate players and order a shortlist. What the club receives is the analysis and the argument behind it.

Glossary

CDS

Clutch Data Score: EOP plus DPS.

EOP

Efficient offensive production: (AST factor × AST + PTS) × OE, scaled so it adds up to the league's points.

AST factor

2 × the share of assists on made shots within 1.5 m of the basket.

DPS

Defensive points saved: 2 × the defensive stops gained from opponent eFG%, ORB% and TOV% with the player on court against off, in the games they played.

Opp Δ

The change in opponent eFG%, offensive rebound % and turnover % with the player on court against off.