Data Don't Lie

Glossary

Basic stats

PTS/G, AST/G, REB/G, STL/G, BLK/G, and TOV/G refer to points, assists, total rebounds, steals, blocks, and turnovers per game respectively.

FG%, 3P%, and FT% refer to field goal percentage, three point percentage, and free throw percentage, respectively.

For definitions of these standard box score statistics, please refer to Wikipedia.

Advanced stats

For details on computation of these stats, please visit Basketball-Reference.

TS%

True Shooting percentage. An estimate of a player's overall scoring efficiency, taking into account field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws.

3PAr

Three-point attempt rate. The proportion of a player's total field goal attempts that are three-point attempts.

AST%

Assist percentage. An estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while on the floor.

ORB%

Offensive rebound percentage. The percentage of missed opponent shots rebounded by the player.

DRB%

Defensive rebound percentage. The percentage of missed team shots rebounded by the player.

TRB%

Total rebound percentage. The overall percentage of missed shots rebounded by the player.

STL%

Steal percentage. The percentage of opponent possessions that end in a steal by the player.

BLK%

Block percentage. The percentage of opponent shots blocked by the player.

USG%

Usage percentage. The percentage of team possessions ended by the player with a field goal attempt, free throw attempts, or a turnover.

TOV%

Turnover percentage. Of the possessions ended by the player with a field goal attempt, free throw attempt, or turnover, the percentage that ended with a turnover.

Data Don't Lie is an interactive data visualization of NBA statistics. Each circle on the chart represents a single NBA season from a single player.

You can change what variables we graph by selecting attributes from the dropdown lists in the "Graph Properties" section of the sidebar. DDL currently allows you to customize which variables represent the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the area of the circles.

You can also change how the data is filtered by using the tools in the "Filters" section of the sidebar. You can easily change the positions or seasons charted with the provided checkboxes and dropdowns. You can also add custom numeric filters by clicking the "Add Filter" button.

If you want to add more filters but don't want to change the scales, you can use the "pin" buttons next to the dropdown lists in the Graph Properties section.

You can highlight a player's seasons on the chart in grey by typing (part of) their name into the provided text box.

Hovering over a circle on the chart will show you the name and date of the player-season corresponding to that circle, along with data about the attributes you chose to graph.