Sabado, Setyembre 3, 2022

Analyzing 12 Years of the NFL Top 100 to Quantify the NFL's Most Respected Players since 2011.

Weighted Results

I'm trying something new by showing the results and graphs first, then explaining the methodologies.

Weighted results focus on high placements (Top 40) to align a bit more closely with the players' Top 20 ballots.

Unweighted Results

Unweighted results account for all lower rankings as well.

Methodologies

  • I finished charting players and their ranks using this post by u/gds519 as an amazingly helpful starting point.
  • The final scores were derived from the average Z-scores across the categories covered further below.

The spreadsheet used for tracking and scoring.

Categories Explained

Points

I continued the u/gds519 system by awarding the rank #1 player 100 points, #2 99 points, #3 98 points... and so on, while not ranking awarded no points, then summing the totals across the lists. I converted the point totals to Z-scores to better relate them to the group mean and standard deviation when implementing them into the final results.

Peak

This covers each player's highest achieved ranking. I used a similar method to invert each player's peak ranking, then found the Z-scores for the players' peaks relative to the group average.

Average (Bonus)

For the few players that effectively never dipped out of The Top 100 while eligible (and appeared 3+ years), I found their average ranking. I then found related Z-scores and added a constant so that it would still be a bonus for the lower part of this special group (and not a malus).

T1, T2, T3, T5...

"Times Top 1", "Times Top 2", "Times Top 3", "Times Top 5" and so on in the shown increments. I then found the Z-score to see how impressive the count was relative to the group mean.

Weighted vs Unweighted

Weighted

The "weighted" version excluded the T50, T60, T70, T80, T90, and T100 categories from the final scoring. Players only received credit for T40 ranks and higher. Since ballots only include 20 slots, this seemed like an interesting way to massage away all outlier votes.

Unweighted

The unweighted version averages the Z-scores from all categories. There were more similarities than differences between the versions, but the differences were nevertheless interesting.

Top Performers

Points

The Top 20 in accumulated points from 2011 to 2022.

Average

Averages for the players that never missed an eligible year, and who appeared for 3+ years.

Years #1

Nine players have been ranked #1.

Years Top 2

Fourteen players have been ranked in the Top 2.

Years Top 3

Seventeen players have been ranked in the Top 3.

Years Top 5

Twelve players have been ranked Top 5 multiple times.

Years Top 10

24 players have been ranked Top 10 multiple times.

Years Top 20

31 players have been ranked Top 20 for 3+ years.

Years Top 30

24 players have been ranked in the Top 30 for 5+ years.

Years Top 40

28 players have been ranked in the Top 40 for 5+ years.

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