Point Shares
Posted by Neil Paine on March 11, 2011
Created by H-R founder Justin Kubatko, the Point Shares method is an attempt to estimate the number of standings points each player contributed to his team's total. This page is designed to be a quick reference for all things point shares, containing information about the system and links to where the stat can be found on our site.
A Brief Explanation:
Individual players (goalies or skaters) can contribute to team success in either of two ways: by creating marginal goals on offense, or by preventing them on defense. Since there is a relationship between marginal goals and points in the standings, we calculate the marginal goals each individual contributes on offense/defense, and use the league's ratio of marginal goals per point to determine how many points a player's contribution was worth. The sum of a team's individual player point shares will roughly equal the team's point total in the standings.
The Full Explanation:
Calculating Point Shares | Hockey-Reference.com
Hey! Aren't there similar systems to this out there?
Yes, this is hardly the first all-in-one hockey stat to be featured on the internet. In fact, while it was inspired primarily by baseball's Bill James, Point Shares also drew on research done by hockey analysts Tom Awad, Iain Fyffe, and Alan Ryder, among others. But since there was no easy place to find those metrics for every season in NHL history, it was only logical for us to develop our own player value stat that would be easily accessible for hockey fans.
Where to Find Point Shares on the Site:
- Leaderboards: Single-Season, Career, Active, Year-by-Year, Progressive
- Player Pages: Stat tables, leaderboard appearances
- Team Pages: Skater and goalie tables
- Franchise Pages: Season and career leaders
- H-R Play Index: Player Season Finder (example)