Advanced statistics in basketball

Advanced statistics (also known as analytics or APBRmetrics) in basketball refers to the analysis of basketball statistics using objective evidence. APBRmetrics takes its name from the acronym APBR, which stands for the Association for Professional Basketball Research.

According to The Sporting News, the APBRmetrics message board was "the birthplace of basketball analytics".

Advanced basketball statistics include effective field goal percentage (eFG%), true shooting percentage (TS%), (on-court/off-court) plus–minus, adjusted plus-minus (APM), real plus/minus (RPM), player efficiency rating (PER), offense efficiency rating, offensive rating, defensive rating, similarity score, tendex, and player tracking.

A more complete explanation of basketball analytics is available in "A Starting Point for Analyzing Basketball Statistics" in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.

Notable basketball analytics practitioners
The field of basketball analytics practitioners includes, but is not limited to, the following individuals:


 * John Hollinger authored four books in the Pro Basketball Forecast/Prospectus series and was a regular columnist for ESPN Insider. He is a former vice president of basketball operations for the Memphis Grizzlies.


 * Justin Kubatko created and maintained the website Basketball-Reference.com, the pro basketball arm of Sports Reference LLC, until 2013. During Kubatko's tenure, Sports Reference was named one of the 50 best websites of 2010 by Time magazine.
 * Dean Oliver, "one of the godfathers of NBA analytics", is a former Division Three player and assistant coach at Cal Tech. He is also a scout who has consulted with the Seattle SuperSonics, and he also served in the front office of the Denver Nuggets and the Sacramento Kings.