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Earl Boykins

DEN · Guard · 2004-05 · Eastern Michigan · Year 7 · age 28 · born Jun 2, 1976

12.4 PPG1.7 RPG4.5 APG1.5 TPG26.4 MPG

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Height
5'5"
Weight
133

Earl Boykins, 2004-05 with DEN: 12.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 26.4 minutes a game. Against the 293 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Free throw % (99th percentile), Assist / turnover (93rd) and Assist % (90th); his lowest are Def. rebound % (1st percentile) and Rebounds / 75 (2nd). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 13 are in the table below.

Bars rank him against all 293 qualified players in 2004-05; the second number is his rank among the 121 qualified guards. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Minutes / game514626.4
Minutes share676054.8%
Availability9594100.0%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Shooting
True shooting %5561.530
Effective FG%1920.447
Points per shot59701.23
3-point %574333.7%
3-point attempts / g62432.0
3PA rate (of FGA)572920.1%
2-point %202843.2%
Free throw %999992.1%
FT attempts / g74793.7
FT rate (of FGA)668436.8%
% points from 3562916.6%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75737117.5
Assist %907729.3%
Assists / 7586676.4
Assist / turnover93843.07
Usage %726921.4%
Turnover %747111.2%
Turnovers / 7556612.1
Offensive rebound %15331.7%

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 75242.5
Def. rebound %125.0%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7568521.4
Blocks / 7521440.2
Stocks / 7536491.6
Steal %67521.8%
Block %21430.4%
Physical ingredients
Height115'5"
Strength (weight)11133

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Overall value
PER797817.1
Win Shares / 487677.133
Box Plus/Minus7466+1.2
Offensive BPM8374+1.9
Defensive BPM2832−0.7
VORP74651.7
Game Score / g68679.7

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
1998-99CLE222210.03.00.81.5.405−6.51
1999-00CLE232610.15.31.01.8.547+3.994
2000-01DEN241014.96.51.13.2.461+0.261
2001-02LAC256811.24.10.82.1.464−1.336
2002-03DEN266819.48.81.33.2.543+0.668
2003-04DEN278222.410.21.73.6.501+0.563
2004-05★DEN288226.412.41.74.5.530+1.274
2005-06DEN296025.712.61.43.8.513+0.058
2006-07MIL306630.814.62.14.4.548+0.462
2007-08CHA313616.05.10.92.7.467−4.85
2009-10WAS336716.76.61.12.6.498−2.415
2010-11MIL345715.17.21.02.5.526+2.487
2011-12HOU35813.84.91.42.1.458−4.05

BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.