Stats Tracker 2026-27 Season

[Q-is-here]

Here are the First 10 Games, with definitions below.

Player Efficiency Rating (PER) - Very much individual box-score driven and rewards volume more than efficiency, despite carrying the "efficiency" label. Doesn't really account for defense. This tends to reward higher usage offensive players and guys that get lots of counting stats.
Win Shares per 48 Minutes (WS/48) - Combines individual box-score stats with team performance; rewards efficiency as much as volume which makes it a nice compliment to PER; tries to apportion team performance to individual players, so a great team defense for example tends to lift all boats (or weigh them down if the defense is poor).
Net Rating - Team points per 100 possessions minus opponent points per 100 possessions while player is on the floor, per NBA.com. I also include Offensive Rating and Defensive Rating, the difference of which gets you the Net Rating.

Player - PER/WS48/Offensive Rating/Defensive Rating/Net Rating
Jaden McDaniels - 16.2/.161/117.6/101.4/+16.2
Ayo Dosunmu - 18.3/.186/114.3/102.8/+11.5
Jonathan Kuminga - 15.1/.164/117.1/103.3/+13.7
LaMelo Ball - 17.4/.141/117.2/98.0/+19.2
Rudy Gobert - 12.7/.123/113.3/97.4/+15.9
Trey Lyles - 12.8/.145/112.4/107.2/+5.2
Joan Beringer - 19.4/.227/114.2/111.4/+2.8
Shannon Jr. - 15.4/.155/113.0/110.0/+3.0
Jaylen Clark - 12.0/.131/114.6/108.9/+5.7
Bones Hyland - 20.6/.214/105.0/122.0/-17.0

[Q-is-here]

- I highlighted the team best and worst in green and red respectively for each stat.

- I excluded Ant since he's only played in 4 games. For what it's worth, his Net Rating was +23.1 through four games on a bad knee.

- It's interesting how these stats can clash with one another and why you need multiple perspectives to get a full picture of a player. Rudy is by far having a career-worst start offensively, yet clearly he is still THE major driver of the NBA's #2 defense. Just look at the difference between his and Joan's defensive rating (as FNG has previously pointed out).

- Speaking of Joan, I think he's doing outstanding given his age and limited NBA experience. All you can ask is that he "holds his own" while out there for now and he's doing that and then some.

- Jaden and Kuminga aren't jumping off the page with their stats, but they literally have zero weaknesses here. Both are plus defenders and contributing offensively. Combine those two with Rudy and it's the best defensive frontcourt in the NBA.

- LaMelo's impact shows up in his team-leading (excluding Ant) Net Rating. It's not the fact he plays point guard; it's the fact that it's HIM playing point guard. A Davion Mitchell or Jalen Suggs or Derrick White (one of this board's dream trade targets) would not have this kind of impact on the offense.

- Bones....yikes. He's been filling up the score sheet, but obviously things have not gone too well team-wise when he's on the floor.

[60WinTim]

Thanks, Q!

Although, I detect an error on Ayo’s net rating…. He has been awesome!

[Q-is-here]

Thanks, Q!

Although, I detect an error on Ayo’s net rating…. He has been awesome!

Thanks Tim! Fixed.

Yeah, Ayo has been outstanding. He may finally vanquish the negative +/- gremlins that have been an unfortunate feature of his career.

[FNG]

Thanks for your work on this, Q...one of the truly terrific features of this board!

Yes, Joan is "holding his own" out there, and it's been a key to our success this season. And Rudy has been unbelievable on defense...I never figured us to be a top 3 defense this season! I'm not smart enough to post it here, but take a look at what Jon K posted on X yesterday...Rudy is way off by himself in terms of rim protection. Yes, even guys like Wemby are not even close to him.

PER is my least favorite measurement, but I agree it should be included here. Bones and Rudy are mirror images of each other when it comes to PER and net rating!

Not much else to add here, except that Tim has a sharp eye, and our Wolves are off to a spectacular start!

[rapsuperstar31]

I really hope we get everyone back healthy for the entire playoffs run. We haven't even had our best net rating player from last year Donte so far.

[FNG]

I really hope we get everyone back healthy for the entire playoffs run. We haven't even had our best net rating player from last year Donte so far.

So true...and Donte with LaMelo should be even better than last year's Donte.

[Coolbreeze44]

This is a great board feature. My favorite metric is net rating, but it's interesting to see how all the measurements stack up and relate to each other. I would like to see overall +/- added to the list.

[Coolbreeze44]

Don't want to step on your toes Q, but I want to include the overall plus/minus data. As my man FNG says, as long as they keep score in basketball, these stats are relevant over the long haul:


Player Plus/Minus (+/-)
Jaden McDaniels +73
Anthony Edwards +64
Jonathan Kuminga +62
Rudy Gobert +61
LaMelo Ball +58
Ayo Dosunmu +53
Trey Lyles +12
Joan Beringer +10
Terrence Shannon Jr. +8
Isaiah Evans -6
Zyon Pullin -9
Jaylen Clark -14
Cody Williams -14
Bones Hyland -18

[Q-is-here]

Don't want to step on your toes Q, but I want to include the overall plus/minus data. As my man FNG says, as long as they keep score in basketball, these stats are relevant over the long haul:


Player Plus/Minus (+/-)
Jaden McDaniels +73
Anthony Edwards +64
Jonathan Kuminga +62
Rudy Gobert +61
LaMelo Ball +58
Ayo Dosunmu +53
Trey Lyles +12
Joan Beringer +10
Terrence Shannon Jr. +8
Isaiah Evans -6
Zyon Pullin -9
Jaylen Clark -14
Cody Williams -14
Bones Hyland -18

Folks can post whatever stats they want here. Cumulative plus-minus is basically an input to Net Rating except it doesn't get divided by number of possessions, so you don't really know the person's "rate" if viewed in isolation. It says as much about games and minutes played (or lack thereof) as it does on-floor impact.

(Note - I order the players in my stats tracker by minutes played, so availability and rotation pecking order is accounted for).