u/PeacePuzzleheaded124

Updated the database to 148 players with full

2025-26 stats. A few things that will generate

argument:

Most surprising top 10: Larry Bird #3, ahead

of Jordan (#4) and LeBron (#5). Bird's per-season

average (7.21) is the highest of any player with

10+ seasons in the database.

Biggest climber: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #27.

His 2025-26 season on OKC's 64-win team is the

best formula performance among active players

this year. Already has the highest peak among

active players outside the top 10.

New addition: Rudy Gobert #56. Three DPOY awards,

13 seasons on winning teams, elite rebounding and

blocks with almost no negative actions. The formula

sees him as significantly underrated by traditional

lists.

Bottom of the list: Cooper Flagg #148 (one season,

26-56 Dallas team, age 19 — check back in 2030),

Pete Maravich #147, Dave Bing #146.

Full 148-player interactive database free at

https://willf123.github.io/nba-net-wins/

Happy to answer questions on any specific ranking.

His 2025-26 season on OKC's 64-win team is the best single-season formula performance among all active players. Peak of 10.19 — already higher than Kobe's career peak.

Updated the database to 148 players with full

2025-26 stats. A few things that will generate

argument:

Most surprising top 10: Larry Bird #3, ahead

of Jordan (#4) and LeBron (#5). Bird's per-season

average (7.21) is the highest of any player with

10+ seasons in the database.

Biggest climber: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #27.

His 2025-26 season on OKC's 64-win team is the

best formula performance among active players

this year. Already has the highest peak among

active players outside the top 10.

New addition: Rudy Gobert #56. Three DPOY awards,

13 seasons on winning teams, elite rebounding and

blocks with almost no negative actions. The formula

sees him as significantly underrated by traditional

lists.

Bottom of the list: Cooper Flagg #148 (one season,

26-56 Dallas team, age 19 — check back in 2030),

Pete Maravich #147, Dave Bing #146.

Full 148-player interactive database free at

check my profile link

Happy to answer questions on any specific ranking.

The formula is called Net Wins. Instead of comparing players to league averages like Win Shares or PER do, it normalizes each player's contributions against their specific team's actual win and loss rates that season.

Same formula applied to every player from George Mikan in 1948 to Nikola Jokic today.

Top 10:

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Tim Duncan
3. Michael Jordan
4. Larry Bird
5. Wilt Chamberlain
6. LeBron James
7. Magic Johnson
8. Shaquille O'Neal
9. Scottie Pippen
10. Bill Russell

The interactive database (136 players, every season) is free at https://willf123.github.io/nba-net-wins/

Full methodology and the reasoning behind every ranking is at https://netwins.substack.com

Happy to answer any questions about how the formula works.

The formula is called Net Wins. Instead of comparing players

to league averages like Win Shares or PER do, it normalizes

each player's contributions against their specific team's

actual win and loss rates that season.

Same formula applied to every player from George Mikan in

1948 to Nikola Jokic today.

Top 10:

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2. Tim Duncan

3. Michael Jordan

4. Larry Bird

5. Wilt Chamberlain

6. LeBron James

7. Magic Johnson

8. Shaquille O'Neal

9. Scottie Pippen

10. Bill Russell

Happy to answer any questions about how the formula works.