20th August 2013
I am sad to announce that after six years, five websites, and hundreds of thousands of lines of code, my tenure at Sports Reference will come to an end this week. More information can be found on my new blog, Statitudes. Thanks to all of the users who have supported the sites that I ran.
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5th July 2013
Just a quick post to let you know that I have added rows to the the first stat table on each player page to note any gaps in the player's career. For example, here is Michael Jordan:
Season |
Age |
Tm |
Lg |
Pos |
G |
GS |
MP |
FG |
FGA |
FG% |
3P |
3PA |
3P% |
FT |
FTA |
FT% |
ORB |
DRB |
TRB |
AST |
STL |
BLK |
TOV |
PF |
PTS |
1984-85 |
21 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3144 |
837 |
1625 |
.515 |
9 |
52 |
.173 |
630 |
746 |
.845 |
167 |
367 |
534 |
481 |
196 |
69 |
291 |
285 |
2313 |
1985-86 |
22 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
18 |
7 |
451 |
150 |
328 |
.457 |
3 |
18 |
.167 |
105 |
125 |
.840 |
23 |
41 |
64 |
53 |
37 |
21 |
45 |
46 |
408 |
1986-87 |
23 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3281 |
1098 |
2279 |
.482 |
12 |
66 |
.182 |
833 |
972 |
.857 |
166 |
264 |
430 |
377 |
236 |
125 |
272 |
237 |
3041 |
1987-88 |
24 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3311 |
1069 |
1998 |
.535 |
7 |
53 |
.132 |
723 |
860 |
.841 |
139 |
310 |
449 |
485 |
259 |
131 |
252 |
270 |
2868 |
1988-89 |
25 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
81 |
81 |
3255 |
966 |
1795 |
.538 |
27 |
98 |
.276 |
674 |
793 |
.850 |
149 |
503 |
652 |
650 |
234 |
65 |
290 |
247 |
2633 |
1989-90 |
26 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3197 |
1034 |
1964 |
.526 |
92 |
245 |
.376 |
593 |
699 |
.848 |
143 |
422 |
565 |
519 |
227 |
54 |
247 |
241 |
2753 |
1990-91 |
27 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3034 |
990 |
1837 |
.539 |
29 |
93 |
.312 |
571 |
671 |
.851 |
118 |
374 |
492 |
453 |
223 |
83 |
202 |
229 |
2580 |
1991-92 |
28 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
80 |
80 |
3102 |
943 |
1818 |
.519 |
27 |
100 |
.270 |
491 |
590 |
.832 |
91 |
420 |
511 |
489 |
182 |
75 |
200 |
201 |
2404 |
1992-93 |
29 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
78 |
78 |
3067 |
992 |
2003 |
.495 |
81 |
230 |
.352 |
476 |
569 |
.837 |
135 |
387 |
522 |
428 |
221 |
61 |
207 |
188 |
2541 |
1993-94 |
30 |
Did Not Play (minor league baseball—Birmingham Barons) |
1994-95 |
31 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
17 |
17 |
668 |
166 |
404 |
.411 |
16 |
32 |
.500 |
109 |
136 |
.801 |
25 |
92 |
117 |
90 |
30 |
13 |
35 |
47 |
457 |
1995-96 |
32 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3090 |
916 |
1850 |
.495 |
111 |
260 |
.427 |
548 |
657 |
.834 |
148 |
395 |
543 |
352 |
180 |
42 |
197 |
195 |
2491 |
1996-97 |
33 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3106 |
920 |
1892 |
.486 |
111 |
297 |
.374 |
480 |
576 |
.833 |
113 |
369 |
482 |
352 |
140 |
44 |
166 |
156 |
2431 |
1997-98 |
34 |
CHI |
NBA |
SG |
82 |
82 |
3181 |
881 |
1893 |
.465 |
30 |
126 |
.238 |
565 |
721 |
.784 |
130 |
345 |
475 |
283 |
141 |
45 |
185 |
151 |
2357 |
1998-99 |
35 |
Did Not Play (retired) |
1999-00 |
36 |
Did Not Play (retired) |
2000-01 |
37 |
Did Not Play (retired) |
2001-02 |
38 |
WAS |
NBA |
SF |
60 |
53 |
2093 |
551 |
1324 |
.416 |
10 |
53 |
.189 |
263 |
333 |
.790 |
50 |
289 |
339 |
310 |
85 |
26 |
162 |
119 |
1375 |
2002-03 |
39 |
WAS |
NBA |
SF |
82 |
67 |
3031 |
679 |
1527 |
.445 |
16 |
55 |
.291 |
266 |
324 |
.821 |
71 |
426 |
497 |
311 |
123 |
39 |
173 |
171 |
1640 |
Career |
|
|
NBA |
|
1072 |
1039 |
41011 |
12192 |
24537 |
.497 |
581 |
1778 |
.327 |
7327 |
8772 |
.835 |
1668 |
5004 |
6672 |
5633 |
2514 |
893 |
2924 |
2783 |
32292 |
As you can see, Jordan's stints away from the game have been included in the table. In most cases we have been able to identify a reason the player did not play (injury, retirement, other league, etc.) and will note that in the row.
If you have any questions or comments about this addition or anything else, please let us know.
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25th June 2013
I have added pages with various regular season and postseason records for both individual players and teams to the leaders and records section. Links to these pages can be found on the main index of the leaders and records section. There is also a navigation bar at the top of each records page that will allow you to jump from one page to another. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about this latest addition.
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17th June 2013
I have added a Team Score Finder to the Basketball-Reference.com Play Index. With this new tool you can answer questions like:
If you have any questions or comments about the Team Score Finder, please leave them here or use our feedback system. Thanks and enjoy!
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31st May 2013
I am very close to having a complete set of proofed line scores (i.e., scoring by quarter) for the 1950-51 NBA season forward. By "proofed" I mean that I have verified that the line score total equals the team point total. There are almost 55,000 regular season and playoff games in that period, but I only have 21 12 issues that need to be resolved.
First, here are the cases where the line score total does not match the team's point total:
195111100BOS BOS pts 83 (game) 84 (line) Found!
195812270PHW PHW pts 114 (game) 115 (line) Found!
195812270PHW STL pts 108 (game) 105 (line) Found!
196003090DET MNL pts 116 (game) 117 (line) Found!
196011050STL STL pts 119 (game) 120 (line) Found!
196111180STL CIN pts 133 (game) 136 (line) Found!
196203040SYR SYR pts 115 (game) 105 (line) Found!
196301310SYR SYR pts 112 (game) 102 (line)
196403010DET SFW pts 100 (game) 94 (line)
196403170LAL PHI pts 97 (game) 94 (line)
196602160NYK SFW pts 108 (game) 106 (line)
Second, here are the games that are missing line scores:
195011040WSC MNL and WSC
195011110NYK SYR and NYK Found!
195011110WSC BOS and WSC Found!
195011150MNL SYR and MNL
195011220BLB NYK and BLB
195011250WSC SYR and WSC
195101060WSC FTW and WSC
195102220NYK TRI and NYK
195103290SYR NYK and SYR Found!
196203120LAL NYK and LAL
I have almost exhausted the resources that I have at my disposal, so I would be very grateful if any of you could lend a hand. You can post additions/corrections here or submit them using our feedback form. Please supply documentation to support your claim. Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.
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10th May 2013
Today is the ninth anniversary of the launch of Basketball-Reference.com. BBR debuted as a standalone website on May 10, 2004, but of course it is now part of the Sports-Reference.com family of sites.
I still do 99 percent of the work on the site, so I take great pride in its growth over the years. How much has it grown? The site's traffic is now almost 400 percent higher than it was just five years ago.
That growth, of course, would not be possible without our dedicated users, so in addition to the birthday wishes I would also like to extend a warm thank you to everyone who has played a part in making this site what it is today.
Posted in Announcement, Basketball-Reference.com | 11 Comments »
3rd May 2013
I've made some updates to the NBL, D-League, and WNBA sections of Basketball-Reference.com:
- Each section now has a navigation bar near the top of every page, making it much easier to jump from one subsection to another.
- A subsection has been added to the WNBA section for WNBA coaches.
- Basic biographical information has been added for some WNBA players.
- Footnotes have been added to the NBL standings to note cases where franchises moved or folded, teams had forfeit wins or losses, etc.
Please let us know if you have any question or comments about these changes.
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29th April 2013
I have added a section to the site with National Basketball League (NBL) stats. The NBL was a professional basketball league that was founded in 1937 and merged with the Basketball Association of America (BAA) to form the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949. Several of the NBL's top players later played in the BAA/NBA, including George Mikan, Al Cervi, and Arnie Risen.
Keep in mind that the statistical record for the NBL was quite limited:
- Games played (G), field goals (FG), free throws (FT), and points (PTS) are available for all players, all seasons.
- Free throw attempts (FTA) are available for some players prior to the 1946-47 season and all players for the 1946-47, 1947-48, and 1949-49 seasons.
At some point I may try to add data from even more professional leagues, but given it's direct link to the NBA I thought the NBL was a good place to start. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about this new addition to the site.
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28th March 2013
Here are a few odds & ends as we near the end of the week:
That's all for now. Please let us know if you have any comments or questions regarding these items.
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27th March 2013
About 14 months ago we announced that we had posted copies of every box score in NBA history. However, since these box scores were scans we could not create player game logs, compute player splits, etc. As we said in that post, it is our goal to one day have all of these games in a database-friendly format.
On that note, I'm happy to announce that the work for the 1964-65 to 1975-76 NBA seasons has been completed. Please take some time to check out the box scores, player and team game logs, and player and team splits for those seasons. Keep in mind that almost all of the scanned box scores are abbreviated (i.e., they only contain field goals, free throws, and points for the players), so there will be many missing values for each game.
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