Doug McDermott ranks as the third best offensive player at www.valueaddbasketball.com for the third straight year. This year his Creighton team is thinking national championship because of the help he has from Ethan Wragge (44th of 4000 players after going 7 of 7 on three-pointers in the first seven minutes against #4 Villanova) and Jahenns Manigat (56th), but they still have only the 71st best defense according to www.kenpom.com. UConn’s Shabazz Napier as the top overall Value Add player due to his defense.

Last season Value Add calculated that Creighton’s Doug McDermott was a better offensive player than everyone except Trey Burke (Michigan) and Erick Green (Virginia Tech). The year before McDermott was better offensively than everyone except Anthony Davis (Kentucky) and Kevin Jones (West Virginia), making McDermott the only player to ever finish in the top five two years in a row – and now is on the way to a three-peat. See the top 25 offensive (OffRnk) and overall players (OverRnk) below.

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OffRnk OverRnk Player Team Ht Yr OffValue ValueAdd
1 2 Billy Baron Canisius 6′ 2″ Sr 7.93 7.98
2 9 Nik Stauskas Michigan 6′ 6″ So 7.76 7.00
3 16 Doug McDermott Creighton 6′ 8″ Sr 7.01 6.64
4 18 Keifer Sykes Green Bay 5′ 11″ Jr 6.80 6.57
5 32 Rodney Hood Duke 6′ 8″ So 6.37 5.77
6 25 Kendall Williams New Mexico 6′ 4″ Sr 6.20 6.01
7 61 Bryce Cotton Providence 6′ 1″ Sr 6.13 5.04
8 72 Taylor Braun North Dakota St. 6′ 7″ Sr 6.01 4.78
9 5 Lamar Patterson Pittsburgh 6′ 5″ Sr 5.93 7.88
10 50 Joseph Young Oregon 6′ 2″ Jr 5.91 5.23
11 1 Shabazz Napier Connecticut 6′ 1″ Sr 5.77 8.17
12 34 Deonte Burton Nevada 6′ 1″ Sr 5.75 5.71
13 77 Karvel Anderson Robert Morris 6′ 2″ Sr 5.65 4.73
14 11 Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin 7′ 0 Jr 5.64 6.82
15 63 Langston Galloway Saint Joseph’s 6′ 2″ Sr 5.63 4.97
16 48 Cameron Bairstow New Mexico 6′ 9″ Sr 5.62 5.28
17 31 Jameel Warney Stony Brook 6′ 8″ So 5.47 5.81
18 42 D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera Georgetown 6′ 3″ So 5.40 5.54
19 129 Jabari Brown Missouri 6′ 5″ Jr 5.35 3.95
20 38 Brad Waldow Saint Mary’s 6′ 9″ Jr 5.35 5.62
21 24 Kendrick Perry Youngstown St. 6′ 0 Sr 5.35 6.07
22 65 Kevin Pangos Gonzaga 6′ 2″ Jr 5.28 4.94
23 57 Markel Brown Oklahoma St. 6′ 3″ Sr 5.27 5.13
24 55 Brandon Edwards UT Arlington 6′ 6″ Sr 5.17 5.18
25 28 Juwan Staten West Virginia 6′ 1″ Jr 5.15 5.92
  3 Larry Nance Wyoming 6′ 8″ Jr 4.21 7.95
  4 Delon Wright Utah 6′ 5″ Jr 4.72 7.91
  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
  10 Marcus Smart Oklahoma St. 6′ 4″ So 3.49 6.84
  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
  17 Briante Weber VCU 6′ 2″ Jr 2.06 6.61
  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