The Pareto Principle
and the NBA
Comparing the Top
Three Wins Producers to “The Rest” for each NBA team in 2006-07
“The Rest” is the non-top three
players on each team
WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes
|
Team |
Top Three Players |
Wins |
Summation of Wins Produced |
Wins Produced of Top Three Players |
Percentage of Wins from Top Three Players |
WP48 of Top Three Players |
Wins Produced by “The Rest” |
WP48 by “The Rest” |
|
Atlanta |
Josh Childress, Josh Smith, Joe
Johnson |
30 |
28.3 |
21.5 |
76% |
0.147 |
6.8 |
0.026 |
|
Boston |
Al Jefferson, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo |
24 |
31.8 |
26.7 |
84% |
0.218 |
5.1 |
0.017 |
|
Charlotte |
Emeka Okafor, Gerald Wallace, Raymond
Felton |
33 |
31.2 |
29.2 |
93% |
0.180 |
2.0 |
0.008 |
|
Chicago |
Ben Wallace, Luol
Deng, Kirk Hinrich |
49 |
54.3 |
40.5 |
75% |
0.226 |
13.8 |
0.059 |
|
Cleveland |
LeBron James, Drew Gooden, Anderson Varejao |
50 |
51.3 |
33.1 |
65% |
0.216 |
18.2 |
0.070 |
|
Dallas |
Dirk Nowitzki,
Josh Howard, Jason Terry |
67 |
60.2 |
39.8 |
66% |
0.235 |
20.4 |
0.084 |
|
Denver |
Marcus Camby,
Reggie Evans, Nenê Hilario |
45 |
45.2 |
29.5 |
65% |
0.271 |
15.7 |
0.052 |
|
Detroit |
Chauncey Billups,
Tayshaun Prince, Antonio McDyess |
53 |
52.3 |
28.8 |
55% |
0.190 |
23.5 |
0.089 |
|
Golden State |
Andris Biedrins, Baron Davis, Matt Barnes |
42 |
39.9 |
27.4 |
69% |
0.205 |
12.6 |
0.045 |
|
Houston |
Tracy McGrady,
Dikembe Mutombo, Yao Ming |
52 |
54.0 |
27.1 |
50% |
0.239 |
26.9 |
0.090 |
|
Indiana |
Jeff Foster, Jermaine
O'Neal, Mike Dunleavy |
35 |
34.3 |
19.8 |
58% |
0.166 |
14.5 |
0.049 |
|
LA Clippers |
Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, Shaun Livingston |
40 |
39.5 |
25.9 |
66% |
0.178 |
13.6 |
0.051 |
|
LA Lakers |
Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Luke Walton |
42 |
41.2 |
29.3 |
71% |
0.192 |
11.9 |
0.045 |
|
Memphis |
Pau Gasol, Mike Miller, Chucky Atkins |
22 |
27.5 |
24.1 |
88% |
0.167 |
3.4 |
0.012 |
|
Miami |
Dwyane Wade, James Posey, Jason Williams |
44 |
38.6 |
24.4 |
63% |
0.205 |
14.2 |
0.048 |
|
Milwaukee |
Ruben Patterson, Andrew Bogut, Maurice Williams |
28 |
29.2 |
21.5 |
74% |
0.143 |
7.7 |
0.029 |
|
Minnesota |
Kevin Garnett, Ricky Davis, Craig
Smith |
32 |
31.4 |
29.7 |
95% |
0.189 |
1.7 |
0.007 |
|
New Jersey |
Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Mikki Moore |
41 |
39.0 |
39.7 |
102% |
0.234 |
-0.7 |
-0.003 |
|
New Orleans/Oklahoma City |
Tyson Chandler, Chris Paul, Devin Brown |
39 |
36.8 |
34.6 |
94% |
0.254 |
2.2 |
0.008 |
|
New York |
David Lee, Quentin Richardson,
Renaldo Balkman |
33 |
33.6 |
26.0 |
77% |
0.282 |
7.6 |
0.023 |
|
Orlando |
Dwight Howard, Trevor Ariza, Grant Hill |
40 |
42.9 |
30.7 |
71% |
0.233 |
12.2 |
0.044 |
|
Philadelphia |
Andre Iguodala,
Samuel Dalembert, Andre Miller |
35 |
32.9 |
29.0 |
88% |
0.180 |
3.9 |
0.015 |
|
Phoenix |
Shawn Marion, Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire |
61 |
60.8 |
52.3 |
86% |
0.300 |
8.5 |
0.035 |
|
Portland |
Zach Randolph, Brandon Roy, Jarrett
Jack |
32 |
29.7 |
20.3 |
68% |
0.137 |
9.4 |
0.035 |
|
Sacramento |
Kevin Martin, Ron Artest,
John Salmons |
33 |
36.0 |
25.6 |
71% |
0.162 |
10.4 |
0.041 |
|
San Antonio |
Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili,
Tony Parker |
58 |
63.5 |
44.4 |
70% |
0.293 |
19.1 |
0.073 |
|
Seattle |
Rashard Lewis, Ray Allen, Chris Wilcox |
31 |
33.2 |
20.8 |
63% |
0.139 |
12.4 |
0.047 |
|
Toronto |
Chris Bosh, Jose Calderon, Anthony
Parker |
47 |
43.4 |
27.0 |
62% |
0.193 |
16.4 |
0.060 |
|
Utah |
Carlos Boozer, Deron
Williams, Andrei Kirilenko |
51 |
48.6 |
35.2 |
72% |
0.223 |
13.5 |
0.053 |
|
Washington |
Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler, Antonio
Daniels |
41 |
39.6 |
25.5 |
64% |
0.170 |
14.2 |
0.054 |
|
|
AVERAGES |
41 |
41 |
29.6 |
73% |
0.206 |
11.4 |
0.042 |