The NBA is a competitive league that is ultimately about winning games, so how do you measure a team's role in winning a game? This requires victory contribution points. Victory contribution value means that if a team wins a game, then all players on that team have a victory contribution value of 1, and the greater the contribution to the win of the game, the higher the victory contribution value, but if the game is lost, the victory contribution value will be negative. The 48-minute win contribution value (WS/48) refers to a player's contribution to the outcome of a game within 48 minutes. So who are the top ten players in NBA history WS/48? Let's take a look:
First place: Karim Abdul-Jabbar, 22.38
Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar has played a total of 1,560 games in his career, winning 1,074 of them, averaging 24.6 points, 11.2 boards, 3.6 assists, 0.9 breaks of 2.6 blocks, and a career total of 38,387 points, ranking first in NBA history. Abdul-Jabbar won a total of 6 championships, 2 FMVPs and 6 MVPs in his career. Abdul-Jabbar's career WS/48 is 22.38, also the highest in history.
Second place: Robert Parrish, 21.13
Parrish played a total of 1,611 games in his career, and he also won 1,014 of them, and although Parrish averaged only 14.5 points, 9.1 boards, 1.4 assists, 0.8 and 1.5 blocks per game, he won four championships in his career. He played a total of 21 seasons in the NBA, and at the age of 40, he was able to average 11.7 points and 7.3 boards per game, which shows How strong Parish is.
Third place: Tim Duncan, 20.85
Duncan can be said to be the best big forward in NBA history, he has played a total of 1392 games in his career, won 1001 of them, it can be said that without Duncan who has such a good and stable career, there would be no Spurs' outstanding record of more than a decade. Duncan averaged 19.0 points, 10.8 boards, 3.0 assists, 0.7 breaks and 2.2 caps per game in his career, and he won a total of 5 championships, 3 FMVPs and 2 MVPs in his career.
Fourth place: John Stockton, 19.85
Stockton is the NBA's all-time assist and steal king, and although his combination with Malone did not win the championship, it did not affect him as one of the greatest point guard players in NBA history. Stockton played in 1,504 games in his career, winning 953 of them, averaging 13.1 points, 2.7 boards, 10.5 assists, 2.2 blocks and 0.2 blocks per game.
Fifth place: Carl Malone, 19.83
As Stockton's partner, the two together helped the Jazz become one of the best teams at the time, Malone himself was one of the best big forwards in NBA history, and Malone ranked second in career scoring overalls. Malone played a total of 1476 games in his career, winning 952 of them, averaging 25.0 points, 10.1 boards, 3.6 assists, 1.4 breaks and 0.8 blocks per game. Although Malone has not won a championship in his career, he basically has other honors.
Sixth place: Dirk Nowitzki, 19.08
Nowitzki is arguably one of the greatest foreign stars in NBA history, when he led the Mavericks to a championship to complete his dream of winning the championship. Nowitzki played a total of 1522 games in his career, winning 916 of them, and Nowitzki averaged 20.7 points, 7.5 boards, 2.4 assists, 0.8 blocks, and won 1 championship, 1 FMVP and 1 MVP in his career.
Seventh place: Tony Parker, 18.58
Parker is an important member of the Spurs' GDP era, and it is precisely because of Parker's engine that the Spurs can become such an efficient and stable team in the league for so many years. Parker played a total of 1,254 games in his career, with 892 wins. Parker has won 4 championships and 1 FMVP in his career, and his career average is 15.5 points, 2.7 boards, 5.6 assists, 0.8 breaks and 0.1 caps.
Eighth place: LeBron James, 18.19
James is arguably one of the best players in NBA history, with four championships, four FMVPs and four MVPs so far in his career, and James now has the potential to hit the first place in history with a number of stats. James has played in 1,316 games and has won 873 of them, averaging 27.0 points, 7.4 boards, 7.4 assists, 1.6 breaks and 0.8 blocks per game.
Ninth place: Derek Fisher, 17.77
Fisher is an important contributor to the Lakers' five-time championship in the 21st century, and although he is not a superstar of the team, it is his old spicy and stable experience that has helped the team pass the game many times. Fisher played a total of 1287 games in his career, winning 853 games, and averaged 8.3 points, 2.1 boards and 3.0 assists 1.1 to break 0.1 blocks per game.
Tenth place: Kobe Bryant, 17.42
Bryant is the NBA's best point guard after Jordan, and he has grown from a role player to a superstar step by step from entering the league. Bryant played 1,346 games, 836 of which, and won 5 championships, 2 FMVPs and 1 MVP in his career. Bryant's career average is 25.0 points, 5.2 boards, 4.7 assists, 1.4 breaks and 0.5 blocks per game.
From the above ten players, we can see that in order to get a high career WS/48 value, the premise is to win more games, after all, the more games are won, the higher the value will be. All ten players have spent their careers in super players, which makes it easier to win, and with the exception of Fisher, the other nine are superstars of super teams, so that their WS/48 values will be higher.
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