Latest Sports Data Analysis
02/26/2025
The Underrated Impact of NBA Bench Production
Basketball, whether at the NBA level or any other, is structured to highlight individual greatness. Some sports, like football or soccer, include significantly more participants active at once than basketball, diluting one player’s impact. In hockey, even the best players can play for approximately one-third of the game. In baseball, the stars may or may not come to the plate — or be available to pitch — in critical situations.
02/13/2025
The Fall of An Empire: How The NHL’s Player Base is Shifting Away From Canadian Dominance
When the 4 Nations Faceoff began on Wednesday, it was the first time since the 2016 World Cup that the NHL’s best players competed for their countries.
The tournament's limited field — just Canada, Sweden, Finland, and the United States — means plenty of the league’s top talents will be absent. Still, it is the first opportunity to evaluate the balance of power in the sport in almost a decade.
01/24/2025
How Victor Wembanyama's Year 2 Progress Compares to Great NBA Big Men
Victor Wembanyama turned 21 on January 4, but he’s already considered one of the great talents in the NBA, a possible face of the game, and a player with a legitimate chance to build a GOAT case.
01/21/2025
Serie A Goalkeepers Lead Europe in Penalty Shot Save Percentage
Penalty kicks can make or break a match, putting both shooter and goalkeeper under immense pressure. Over the last five seasons (2020/21–2024/25), we collected data on penalty shootouts in five major European leagues—the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1—to see which league’s goalkeepers come out on top.
01/10/2025
Saquon Barkley In the 2,000-Yard Club: Analyzing His Place Among NFL's Greatest Rushing Seasons
NFL fans missed out on witnessing a record chase in the final week of the 2024 regular season when the Philadelphia Eagles opted to rest Saquon Barkley when he was 101 yards away from breaking Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record, which has stood since 1984.
12/23/2024
NHL Goaltender Volatility: How Goalies Replicate Elite Seasons
This research provides a definition for an elite goaltending season based on games played, save percentage (SV%), and goals saved above average (GSAA).
Even goaltenders who produce elite seasons are hard to count on to perform at an extremely high level over a longer period of time.
12/20/2024
Single Sports Kids Are At Much Higher Risk for Injuries
Youth sports specialization has become increasingly common, with many young athletes focusing on a single sport year-round in pursuit of success. While this approach can yield short-term benefits, it poses significant risks for physical health, development, and long-term well-being.
12/12/2024
Physicality and NHL Playoff Success: How Size, Hits, and PIM Relate to Postseason Results
Over the last ten years, teams with more hits than their playoff opponents during the regular season have won less than 50% of the postseason series.
12/04/2024
NHL's Hardest Shooters: How Shot Velocity Impacts Scoring
Using NHL Edge data from 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24, we identified a cohort of elite shot-speed players who produced shots with a velocity that ranked in the top 10 in the league at their position.
These players' seasons were evaluated based on statistics that measured scoring output and efficiency, such as goals and shooting percentage and goals and shooting percentage on shots further from the net.
11/28/2024
Quarterback Caution Leads to Team Success in NFL
From the start of the National Football League's 2018 regular season to November 23, 2024, we analyzed ten prominent NFL quarterbacks (QBs) and their aggressiveness percentages to learn if this style of play translates into more wins.
11/15/2024
The NHL's Shift in Draft Priorities: Is Size Becoming Less Valued?
Selecting players in the National Hockey League (NHL) Draft has always been an inexact science. Players perceived as elite prospects often wash out, and there are notable cases of late-round selections breaking through as superstars.
10/29/2024
NHL's Fastest Players: How Elite Speed Helps Drive Superstar Performance
Using NHL Edge data from the 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 we identified a cohort of ‘elite speed’ players who reached maximum speeds that ranked in the top-10 in the league at their position.
These players' seasons were evaluated by individual output statistics, like goals and assists, as well as possession metrics such as Corsi and on-ice expected goal rate.
