| season |
integer |
An integer corresponding to a season of college
basketball. CBBD’s convention is to use the year in which the
championship takes place, so if a game took place in the fall of 2024,
the season would be recorded as ““2025”“. |
| season_label |
character |
A string identifying the two years that one college
basketball season spans, e.g. ““20242025”“. |
| team_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the team the player plays
for. |
| team_name |
character |
The name of the team the player plays for. |
| conference_short_name |
character |
The name of the conference of the player’s team. |
| athlete_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for each player. |
| athlete_source_id |
character |
The unique identifier for each player from the data
source CBBD scrapes from. |
| athlete_name |
character |
The name of the player. |
| athlete_position |
character |
The player’s position. |
| games |
integer |
The number of games a player appeared in. |
| starts |
integer |
The numer of games a player started. |
| minutes |
integer |
The total number of minutes a player played. |
| points |
integer |
The total number of points a player scored. |
| turnovers |
integer |
The total number of turnovers a player recorded. |
| fouls |
integer |
The total number of fouls a player recorded. |
| assists |
integer |
The total number of assists a player recorded. |
| steals |
integer |
The total number of steals a player recorded. |
| blocks |
integer |
The total number of blocks a player recorded. |
| offensive_rating |
numeric |
A metric created by Dean Oliver to measure how many
points per 100 possessions a player generates on offense. For more
details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_rating
|
| defensive_rating |
numeric |
A metric created by Dean Oliver to measure how many
points per 100 possessions a player suppresses from their opponent on
defense. For more details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_rating
|
| net_rating |
numeric |
Offensive rating minus defensive rating, reflecting an
estimates of how many points per 100 possession a player contributes on
offense and defense. |
| porpag |
numeric |
A measure of the points a player provides over a
““replacement level”” player on a per game basis. For more details, see
here: https://spartansweblog.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/put-this-acronym-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it/
|
| usage |
numeric |
An estimate of the percentage of plays that involved a
player while the player was on the floor. For more details, see here: https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FormulaRepository/resources/Basketball-Usage-Rate
|
| assists_turnover_ratio |
numeric |
The number of assists a player records divided by the
number of turnovers they commit. This metric is commonly used to
evaluate the accuracy of a player’s passing. |
| offensive_rebound_pct |
numeric |
An estimate of the rate at which a player secured
offensive reboulds, measured as OREB / the total number of balls that a
player could have rebounded. For more details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_rate
|
| free_throw_rate |
numeric |
The number of free throws a player attempted divded by
the number of field goals a player attempted. This metric is commonly
used to evaluate a player’s ability to draw personal fouls. |
| effective_field_goal_pct |
numeric |
An adjusted statistic that reflects the value of
three-pointers relative to all other baskets by weighing three points
more, representing a player’s shooting efficiency. For more details, see
here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_field_goal_percentage
|
| true_shooting_pct |
numeric |
An adjusted statistic that reflects a player’s skill at
shooting three-pointers, two-pointers, and free throws. For more
details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_shooting_percentage
|
| field_goals_made |
integer |
The number of shots from the floor a player made. |
| field_goals_attempted |
integer |
The number of shots from the floor a player
attempted. |
| field_goals_pct |
numeric |
The number of field goals made divided by the number of
field goals attempted. |
| two_point_field_goals_made |
integer |
The number of two-point shots a player made. |
| two_point_field_goals_attempted |
integer |
The number of two-point shots a player attempted. |
| two_point_field_goals_pct |
numeric |
The number of two-point shots a player made divded by
the number of two-point shots they attempted. |
| three_point_field_goals_made |
integer |
The number of three-point shots a player made. |
| three_point_field_goals_attempted |
integer |
The number of three-point shots a player
attempted. |
| three_point_field_goals_pct |
numeric |
The number of three-point shots a player made divided
by the number of three-point shots they attempted. |
| free_throws_made |
integer |
The number of free throw shots a player made. |
| free_throws_attempted |
integer |
The number of free throw shots a player attempted. |
| free_throws_pct |
numeric |
The number of free throw shots a player made divded by
the number of free throw shots they attempted. |
| rebounds_offensive |
integer |
The number of offensive rebounds a player
recorded. |
| rebounds_defensive |
integer |
The number of defensive rebounds a player
recorded. |
| rebounds_total |
integer |
The total number of rebounds a player recorded,
offensive and defensive. |
| win_shares_offensive |
numeric |
A measure of how many wins a player contributed to
their team on offense. This is a fairly complex calculation, for more
details, see here: https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/ws.html
|
| win_shares_defensive |
numeric |
A measure of how many wins a player contributed to
their team on defense. This is a fairly complex calculation, for more
details, see here: https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/ws.html
|
| win_shares_total |
numeric |
A measure of how many wins a player contributed to
their team on both offense and defense. This is a fairly complex
calculation, for more details, see here: https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/ws.html
|
| win_shares_total_per40 |
numeric |
A measure of how many total wins a player accumulated,
divided by the number of minutes they played, multiplied by 40. This is
a measure of how many wins per game a player is worth by win
shares. |