Effective FG%

I thought it might be fun to take a look at effective FG% for PCTI IV. As a reminder, the formula for Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%) is (FGs made + 3FGs made * .5) / FG attempts. This statistic adjusts for the fact that 3 balls are worth one more point than 2 pointers. For example, suppose McKinney goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while Smo goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. Each player would have 10 points from his shot attempts, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%).

Without further droning, here are the eFG% leaders from PCTI IV, along with their overall FG% and differential:

Player                   eFG%                    FG%                      Differential

Pitto                     59.8                      47.5                      12.3

Sabin                    50.0                      45.1                      4.9

Smo                      47.6                      47.6                      0

Joe                        46.8                      38.3                      8.5

BC                         46.7                      43.5                      3.2

McKinney            46.3                      37.0                      9.3

Spotlight              45.8                      36.1                      9.7

Abe                       43.5                      36.5                      7.0

Krow                     42.9                      37.1                      5.8

Bruise                   40.2                      39.0                      1.2

Esk                        37.1                      37.1                      0

Beas                     36.4                      31.8                      4.6

Donley                 36.4                      32.2                      4.2

Ben                       35.5                      30.2                      5.3

Hops                     23.4                      18.8                      4.6

Wes                      10.5                      10.5                      0

 
Clearly, players like Pitto, Spot, McKinney, and Joe who take and make a lot of 3s see an increase to their effective field goal percentage, while players like Esk, Wes, Smo, and Bruise are disproportionately impacted by the lack of 3s that they take or make.

 

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