EFFICIENCY STATS
Efficiency: The Daily Recap

How do many WNBA coaches quickly evaluate a player's game performance? They check her efficiency.

WNBA.com now evaluates all players based on the efficiency formula, the same one also used by fantasy game players in WNBA Virtual GM: ((Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks) - ((Field Goals Att. - Field Goals Made) + (Free Throws Att. - Free Throws Made) + Turnovers)).

For example, compare Nykesha Sales' game (16 points, 10 rebounds and two assists) on May 24 vs. Los Angeles and Tamika Williams' game (six points, eight rebounds and two assists) on May 24 vs. Sacramento. Sales played a better game, right? Not exactly. Williams, who shot 3-3 from the field and committed zero turnovers, registered a +16 efficiency total while Sales, who shot 5-14 from the field and committed three turnovers, logged a +14.

For games played on 9/7/2010

vs
Dream  105
Box Score
Liberty  93
Player MIN EFF
A. McCoughtry36+39
E. de Souza27+24
C. Miller27+16
I. Castro Marques32+13
S. Lyttle35+12
A. Bales8+8
A. Price19+7
S. Lehning14+4
Y. Leuchanka2+4
K. MillerDNP--
B. RavenDNP--
PlayerMINEFF
C. Pondexter39+32
E. Carson28+19
T. McWilliams-Franklin31+14
L. Mitchell26+8
P. Pierson24+6
K. Vaughn19+3
N. Powell26+3
K. Greene4+2
S. Spencer3-1

 

2010 MOST EFFICIENT PLAYOFF PERFORMANCES
PLAYER
DATE
OPP
MIN
FGM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
ST
BS
TO
PTS
EFF
ATL vs Liberty 36 12-20 17-21 3 4 5 1 4 42 + 39
PHO vs Silver Stars 31 12-17 8-9 8 0 2 1 1 32 + 36
NYL @ Dream 39 14-27 5-7 4 9 2 0 4 36 + 32
ATL @ Liberty 27 7-11 4-4 13 2 3 1 2 18 + 31
SEA @ Sparks 38 8-18 6-6 9 2 3 3 1 24 + 30
SEA vs Mercury 37 7-15 6-7 17 0 0 2 3 23 + 30
PHO @ Silver Stars 33 8-13 3-3 11 2 2 1 0 19 + 30
ATL vs Mystics 21 8-15 4-5 7 4 4 1 0 21 + 29
PHO vs Storm 35 9-15 3-4 6 1 2 3 5 28 + 28
IND @ Liberty 34 8-13 5-5 4 4 2 0 1 24 + 28
PHO vs Silver Stars 26 8-11 4-4 5 7 2 0 3 20 + 28
SEA @ Mercury 28 9-16 3-3 8 4 2 0 3 23 + 27
ATL vs Mystics 20 5-7 10-12 10 1 0 0 1 20 + 26
NYL vs Fever 39 12-24 4-4 3 4 2 0 1 30 + 26
PHO @ Silver Stars 29 7-9 0-0 9 1 2 1 1 16 + 26
ATL @ Mystics 38 11-19 4-7 7 1 3 1 4 28 + 25
PHO @ Silver Stars 27 9-13 2-2 5 3 1 0 3 23 + 25
SEA vs Sparks 35 6-14 5-5 9 3 2 1 0 17 + 24
ATL vs Liberty 27 7-8 1-2 6 2 0 5 2 15 + 24
IND @ Liberty 36 5-15 7-8 7 6 4 2 2 18 + 24
IND vs Liberty 35 6-13 3-4 13 1 2 0 1 17 + 24