EFFICIENCY STATS
Efficiency: The Daily Recap

How do many WNBA coaches quickly evaluate a player's game performance? They check her efficiency.

WNBA.com now evaluates all players based on the efficiency formula, the same one also used by fantasy game players in WNBA Virtual GM: ((Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks) - ((Field Goals Att. - Field Goals Made) + (Free Throws Att. - Free Throws Made) + Turnovers)).

For example, compare Nykesha Sales' game (16 points, 10 rebounds and two assists) on May 24 vs. Los Angeles and Tamika Williams' game (six points, eight rebounds and two assists) on May 24 vs. Sacramento. Sales played a better game, right? Not exactly. Williams, who shot 3-3 from the field and committed zero turnovers, registered a +16 efficiency total while Sales, who shot 5-14 from the field and committed three turnovers, logged a +14.

For games played on 7/27/2010
vs
Sun  88
 Box Score
Mystics  78
Player MIN EFF
A. Jones32+18
T. Charles31+18
R. Montgomery18+17
K. Lawson30+14
K. Gardin17+14
T. White31+11
K. Griffin24+7
S. Gruda9+3
D. Walker6+1
PlayerMINEFF
C. Langhorne36+24
M. Currie28+18
C. Melvin18+11
N. Sanford18+11
M. Coleman25+8
K. Smith33+5
L. Harding27+5
A. Houts5-2
M. Ajavon10-4


vs
Storm  91
 Box Score
Mercury  85
Player MIN EFF
L. Jackson35+33
S. Bird38+27
T. Wright29+17
L. Willingham17+11
S. Cash36+7
C. Little28+6
S. Abrosimova14+3
J. Vesela40
A. Robinson10
PlayerMINEFF
D. Taurasi36+20
C. Dupree31+19
P. Taylor32+18
D. Bonner30+16
T. Johnson29+9
K. Braxton21+8
K. Swanier3+1
T. Smith190

 
vs
Liberty  77
 Box Score
Silver Stars  72
Player MIN EFF
P. Pierson25+24
L. Mitchell32+16
K. Greene28+15
C. Pondexter35+12
T. McWilliams-Franklin29+6
E. Carson9+5
J. McCarville26+5
N. Powell14+1
S. Spencer20
PlayerMINEFF
M. Snow29+27
C. Holdsclaw32+22
B. Hammon37+10
H. Darling14+5
C. Kelly10+4
J. Appel8+3
S. Young33+3
R. Hodges32+2
E. Lawson-Wade5+1


@
Dream  105
 Box Score
Shock  89
Player MIN EFF
S. Lyttle29+31
A. Bales22+23
I. Castro Marques23+15
S. Lehning27+14
Y. Leuchanka13+13
A. Price17+7
A. McCoughtry24+6
E. de Souza16+5
K. Miller13+4
B. Raven5+3
C. Miller11+2
PlayerMINEFF
I. Latta33+19
N. Ohlde30+18
S. Crossley27+13
C. Black11+9
S. Robinson30+9
J. Lacy14+7
T. Jackson19+5
M. Jones7+2
A. Holt20-1
K. Brown9-6

 
vs
Fever  78
 Box Score
Sky  74
Player MIN EFF
T. Catchings34+24
K. Douglas33+17
B. January28+14
J. Davenport15+13
T. Sutton-Brown25+11
J. Moore10+10
E. Hoffman30+3
T. Bevilaqua12+3
J. Morris5+2
J. Cheek80
PlayerMINEFF
S. Fowles34+23
T. Young19+10
D. Canty26+9
M. Bass24+8
E. Murphy19+8
E. Thorn26+6
E. Prince16+6
J. Perkins15+4
C. Kraayeveld16+2
C. Thomas6+1


@
Sparks  71
 Box Score
Lynx  58
Player MIN EFF
N. Quinn35+22
T. Penicheiro33+20
T. Thompson32+19
M. Ferdinand-Harris23+13
K. Toliver22+6
C. Mokango4+5
D. Milton-Jones25+5
L. Wisdom-Hylton18+5
A. Riley70
PlayerMINEFF
L. Whalen35+13
R. Brunson31+11
M. Wright27+10
N. Anosike25+9
C. Houston21+8
H. Maiga-Ba8+3
Q. Hollingsworth2+1
S. Augustus36-2
A. Hornbuckle14-2

 
2010 MOST EFFICIENT REGULAR SEASON PERFORMANCES
PLAYER
DATE
OPP
MIN
FGM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
ST
BS
TO
PTS
EFF
NYL vs Fever 40 14-21 7-8 6 7 1 0 1 40 + 45
PHO @ Lynx 45 13-17 6-8 16 2 1 2 3 32 + 44
LAS vs Dream 32 12-17 8-11 12 2 0 6 2 33 + 43
CON @ Sparks 31 13-15 0-0 19 1 2 1 5 26 + 42
CON @ Dream 36 9-18 9-11 20 1 0 4 1 27 + 40
ATL @ Fever 37 5-9 10-10 20 3 2 0 2 20 + 39
CHI vs Shock 30 12-16 8-12 13 0 1 4 3 32 + 39
CON vs Mercury 35 7-12 5-6 23 2 2 0 1 19 + 39
SEA vs Dream 31 10-19 7-7 10 2 2 3 1 32 + 39
WAS vs Sparks 37 10-14 6-6 14 0 5 0 3 27 + 39
SEA vs Silver Stars 32 11-20 7-8 15 1 1 1 0 31 + 39
CHI vs Sun 31 11-14 4-5 11 4 1 4 3 26 + 39
WAS vs Mercury 37 13-18 5-6 10 1 3 0 1 31 + 38
PHO @ Dream 40 12-18 5-5 5 5 5 1 4 31 + 37
PHO vs Storm 49 16-33 8-9 5 5 4 2 5 44 + 37
LAS vs Mystics 40 11-21 8-9 10 5 2 4 3 30 + 37
ATL vs Sun 34 11-24 9-9 10 5 4 2 4 32 + 36
ATL vs Silver Stars 28 8-14 8-8 12 4 2 0 0 24 + 36
ATL vs Sun 32 12-19 3-3 17 1 0 1 3 27 + 36
SEA @ Mercury 47 9-24 10-11 18 1 0 2 1 31 + 35
LAS vs Silver Stars 35 8-13 5-6 10 3 2 3 1 24 + 35
PHO vs Silver Stars 37 11-24 12-15 7 7 3 0 5 39 + 35


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