Trio of Top 100 Players: Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Wisconsin and … Green Bay?

If you go with the more precise Offensive only Value Add (see other post), then your Player of the Year is Doug McDermott, while the less precise but more inclusive Overall Value Add rates UConn’s Shabazz Napier No. 1. Michigan State fans were upset when Michigan’s Nik Stauskas rated ahead of their players two weeks ago, but now he is up to No. 9 overall after winning at Michigan State (see photo). Five teams now have three of the top 100 players listed below with two Wisconsin schools (Wisconsin and Green Bay), two SEC teams (Kentucky and Florida) and defending national champion Louisville.

The only two teams with two top 25 players are UCLA and Cincinnati.

The database of all players will be updated shortly at www.valueaddbasketball.com. You can sort by “Off” or any other heading or search by team. The Overall Rating can be higher or lower than the Offensive Rating, because it measures how many more (or fewer) points a player allows the opposing team, as well as a PG/Per adjustment for players who cannot get as many rebounds or blocked shots due to playing on the perimeter. 

Note for state geeks only: In past seasons, the PG/Per for backcourt players has typically been 0.5, 1.0 or 1.5, but due to new “freedom of movement” rules the guards have an easier time and thus need less of any adjustment. The average defensive rating for the top 300 front court players this season is (-0.56, meaning they allow a half point less per game to the opponents) while the average defensive rating for the top 300 backcourt players is +0.25). Therefore, the standard PG/PER ratings on the database this year are 1.0, 0.7 and 0.4 to average out to the 0.81 difference in defensive rating between a good back court and front court player.

OverRnk	Player	Team	Ht	Yr	OffValue	ValueAdd
1	Shabazz Napier	Connecticut	6′ 1″	Sr	5.77	8.17
2	Billy Baron	Canisius	6′ 2″	Sr	7.93	7.98
3	Larry Nance	Wyoming	6′ 8″	Jr	4.21	7.95
4	Delon Wright	Utah	6′ 5″	Jr	4.72	7.91
5	Lamar Patterson	Pittsburgh	6′ 5″	Sr	5.93	7.88
6	Sean Kilpatrick	Cincinnati	6′ 4″	Sr	4.98	7.33
7	Xavier Thames	San Diego St.	6′ 3″	Sr	4.87	7.09
8	Jordan Adams	UCLA	6′ 5″	So	4.64	7.07
9	Nik Stauskas	Michigan	6′ 6″	So	7.76	7.00
10	Marcus Smart	Oklahoma St.	6′ 4″	So	3.49	6.84
11	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	7′ 0	Jr	5.64	6.82
12	Tyler Ennis	Syracuse	6′ 2″	Fr	4.45	6.80
13	Trevor Releford	Alabama	6′ 0	Sr	4.75	6.73
14	Nick Johnson	Arizona	6′ 3″	Jr	4.98	6.72
15	KJ McDaniels	Clemson	6′ 6″	Jr	3.30	6.70
16	Doug McDermott	Creighton	6′ 8″	Sr	7.01	6.64
17	Briante Weber	VCU	6′ 2″	Jr	2.06	6.61
18	Keifer Sykes	Green Bay	5′ 11″	Jr	6.80	6.57
19	RJ Hunter	Georgia St.	6′ 5″	So	5.10	6.34
20	Kyle Anderson	UCLA	6′ 9″	So	4.22	6.23
21	Javon McCrea	Buffalo	6′ 7″	Sr	3.35	6.17
22	Justin Jackson	Cincinnati	6′ 8″	Sr	1.46	6.11
23	Jacob Parker	Stephen F. Austin	6′ 6″	Jr	4.52	6.10
24	Kendrick Perry	Youngstown St.	6′ 0	Sr	5.35	6.07
25	Kendall Williams	New Mexico	6′ 4″	Sr	6.20	6.01
26	Fred Van Vleet	Wichita St.	5′ 11″	So	5.08	5.99
27	Montrezl Harrell	Louisville	6′ 8″	So	3.62	5.93
28	Juwan Staten	West Virginia	6′ 1″	Jr	5.15	5.92
29	Joel Embiid	Kansas	7′ 0	Fr	2.74	5.91
30	Jordan McRae	Tennessee	6′ 6″	Sr	5.12	5.86
31	Jameel Warney	Stony Brook	6′ 8″	So	5.47	5.81
32	Rodney Hood	Duke	6′ 8″	So	6.37	5.77
33	Trevor Cooney	Syracuse	6′ 4″	So	4.77	5.73
34	Deonte Burton	Nevada	6′ 1″	Sr	5.75	5.71
35	Ron Baker	Wichita St.	6′ 3″	So	4.17	5.67
36	Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky	7′ 0	So	2.38	5.66
37	Alan Williams	UC Santa Barbara	6′ 7″	Jr	3.68	5.62
38	Brad Waldow	Saint Mary’s	6′ 9″	Jr	5.35	5.62
39	Russ Smith	Louisville	6′ 0	Sr	3.48	5.58
40	Josh Scott	Colorado	6′ 10″	So	4.82	5.55
41	TaShawn Thomas	Houston	6′ 8″	Jr	3.43	5.55
42	D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera	Georgetown	6′ 3″	So	5.40	5.54
43	Gary Harris	Michigan St.	6′ 4″	So	3.88	5.50
44	Jabari Parker	Duke	6′ 8″	Fr	4.07	5.49
45	Perry Ellis	Kansas	6′ 8″	So	4.23	5.47
46	Tymell Murphy	FIU	6′ 5″	Sr	3.85	5.44
47	Michael Frazier	Florida	6′ 4″	So	4.21	5.32
48	Cameron Bairstow	New Mexico	6′ 9″	Sr	5.62	5.28
49	Ben Brust	Wisconsin	6′ 1″	Sr	5.05	5.27
50	Joseph Young	Oregon	6′ 2″	Jr	5.91	5.23
51	Cady Lalanne	Massachusetts	6′ 10″	Jr	3.96	5.22
52	Denzel Livingston	Incarnate Word	6′ 4″	Jr	3.62	5.21
53	Jordan Bachynski	Arizona St.	8′ 2″	Sr	2.80	5.20
54	TJ Warren	North Carolina St.	6′ 8″	So	3.96	5.19
55	Brandon Edwards	UT Arlington	6′ 6″	Sr	5.17	5.18
56	Julius Randle	Kentucky	6′ 9″	Fr	3.94	5.17
57	Markel Brown	Oklahoma St.	6′ 3″	Sr	5.27	5.13
58	Spencer Dinwiddie	Colorado	6′ 6″	Jr	4.58	5.12
59	Aaron White	Iowa	6′ 9″	Jr	4.50	5.12
60	Casey Prather	Florida	6′ 6″	Sr	4.49	5.06
61	Bryce Cotton	Providence	6′ 1″	Sr	6.13	5.04
62	Okaro White	Florida St.	6′ 8″	Sr	3.34	5.01
63	Langston Galloway	Saint Joseph’s	6′ 2″	Sr	5.63	4.97
64	Ryan Watkins	Boise St.	6′ 9″	Sr	4.00	4.95
65	Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga	6′ 2″	Jr	5.28	4.94
66	Aaron Thomas	Florida St.	6′ 5″	So	2.55	4.91
67	Wayne Blackshear	Louisville	6′ 5″	Jr	3.25	4.91
68	DeAndre Kane	Iowa St.	6′ 4″	Sr	2.93	4.89
69	TJ McConnell	Arizona	6′ 1″	Jr	2.25	4.88
70	Sam Dekker	Wisconsin	6′ 7″	So	4.33	4.87
71	Ryan Spangler	Oklahoma	6′ 8″	So	4.12	4.80
72	Taylor Braun	North Dakota St.	6′ 7″	Sr	6.01	4.78
73	Aaron Craft	Ohio St.	6′ 2″	Sr	1.40	4.77
74	Roy Devyn Marble	Iowa	6′ 6″	Sr	2.87	4.77
75	Cedrick Lindsay	Richmond	6′ 1″	Sr	3.08	4.76
76	George Beamon	Manhattan	6′ 4″	Sr	3.81	4.74
77	Karvel Anderson	Robert Morris	6′ 2″	Sr	5.65	4.73
78	Noah Vonleh	Indiana	6′ 10″	Fr	2.42	4.69
79	Dustin Hogue	Iowa St.	6′ 6″	Jr	3.71	4.67
80	LaDontae Henton	Providence	6′ 6″	Jr	3.61	4.65
81	CJ Wilcox	Washington	6′ 5″	Sr	4.83	4.63
82	Aaron Harrison	Kentucky	6′ 6″	Fr	3.67	4.60
83	Jordan Clarkson	Missouri	6′ 5″	Jr	4.49	4.59
84	Juvonte Reddic	VCU	6′ 9″	Sr	1.96	4.59
85	Jordan Fouse	Green Bay	6′ 7″	So	1.61	4.57
86	Tim Frazier	Penn St.	6′ 1″	Sr	3.97	4.56
87	Troy Huff	North Dakota	6′ 5″	Sr	3.29	4.55
88	Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	6′ 5″	Jr	4.39	4.55
89	Jahenns Manigat	Creighton	6′ 1″	Sr	4.40	4.54
90	Khem Birch	UNLV	6′ 9″	Jr	2.49	4.52
91	Alec Brown	Green Bay	8′ 1″	Sr	3.88	4.48
92	Glenn Bryant	Eastern Michigan	6′ 8″	Sr	2.73	4.48
93	Neil Watson	Southern Miss	5′ 11″	Sr	4.18	4.47
94	Richaun Holmes	Bowling Green	6′ 8″	Jr	2.46	4.43
95	Rayvonte Rice	Illinois	6′ 4″	Jr	3.41	4.43
96	Branden Dawson	Michigan St.	6′ 6″	Jr	2.80	4.41
97	Chaz Williams	Massachusetts	5′ 9″	Sr	3.60	4.38
98	Shaq Goodwin	Memphis	6′ 9″	So	3.09	4.38
99	Markus Kennedy	SMU	6′ 9″	So	1.79	4.36
100	Patric Young	Florida	6′ 9″	Sr	2.44	4.36