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Jonathan Bender
IND · Wing · 2001-02 · Picayune HS (MS) · Year 3 · age 21 · born Jan 30, 1981
7.4 PPG3.1 RPG0.8 APG1.2 TPG21.1 MPG
- Height
- 7'0"
Weight219Jonathan Bender, 2001-02 with IND: 7.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 21.1 minutes a game. Against the 282 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Blocks / 75 (78th percentile), Points per shot (75th) and True shooting % (67th); his lowest are Steals / 75 (2nd percentile) and Assists / 75 (15th). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 8 are in the table below.
Bars rank him against all 282 qualified players in 2001-02; the second number is his rank among the 92 qualified wings. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.
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Role
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Minutes / game | 27 | 22 | 21.1 |
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| Minutes share | 41 | 36 | 41.4% |
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| Availability | 67 | 70 | 95.1% |
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Offense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Shooting |
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| True shooting % | 67 | 73 | .538 |
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| Effective FG% | 53 | 58 | .479 |
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| Points per shot | 75 | 79 | 1.26 |
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| 3-point % | 66 | 66 | 36.0% |
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| 3-point attempts / g | 56 | 59 | 1.6 |
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| 3PA rate (of FGA) | 68 | 70 | 27.2% |
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| 2-point % | 46 | 45 | 45.7% |
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| Free throw % | 54 | 59 | 77.3% |
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| FT attempts / g | 50 | 49 | 2.3 |
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| FT rate (of FGA) | 78 | 79 | 39.3% |
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| % points from 3 | 65 | 65 | 23.2% |
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| Creation & playmaking |
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| Points / 75 | 42 | 43 | 13.5 |
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| Assist % | 19 | 11 | 6.4% |
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| Assists / 75 | 15 | 7 | 1.4 |
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| Assist / turnover | 13 | 5 | 0.65 |
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| Usage % | 39 | 40 | 17.5% |
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| Turnover % | 31 | 24 | 15.1% |
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| Turnovers / 75 | 49 | 47 | 2.2 |
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| Offensive rebound % | 47 | 37 | 4.0% |
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Defense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Rebounding |
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| Rebounds / 75 | 43 | 24 | 5.7 |
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| Def. rebound % | 40 | 23 | 10.5% |
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| Activity & outcomes |
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| Steals / 75 | 2 | 1 | 0.4 |
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| Blocks / 75 | 78 | 88 | 1.1 |
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| Stocks / 75 | 30 | 27 | 1.6 |
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| Steal % | 2 | 1 | 0.6% |
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| Block % | 77 | 86 | 2.1% |
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| Physical ingredients |
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| Height | 94 | 99 | 7'0" |
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| Strength (weight) | 44 | 21 | 219 |
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Value
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Overall value |
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| PER | 16 | 24 | 10.6 |
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| Win Shares / 48 | 23 | 25 | .059 |
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| Box Plus/Minus | 25 | 26 | −2.2 |
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| Offensive BPM | 32 | 32 | −1.5 |
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| Defensive BPM | 30 | 27 | −0.7 |
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| VORP | 23 | 24 | -0.1 |
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| Game Score / g | 21 | 20 | 4.6 |
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Season by season
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | BPM | BPM %ile | Honours |
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| 1999-00 | IND | 19 | 24 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | .397 | −10.6 | 1 | |
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| 2000-01 | IND | 20 | 59 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | .447 | −4.7 | 4 | |
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| 2001-02★ | IND | 21 | 78 | 21.1 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 0.8 | .538 | −2.2 | 25 | |
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| 2002-03 | IND | 22 | 46 | 17.8 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | .521 | −0.3 | 53 | |
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| 2003-04 | IND | 23 | 21 | 12.8 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | .584 | −1.5 | 33 | |
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| 2004-05 | IND | 24 | 7 | 13.2 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | .422 | −7.6 | 1 | |
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| 2005-06 | IND | 25 | 2 | 10.3 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .850 | +9.8 | 99 | |
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| 2009-10 | NYK | 29 | 25 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.6 | .529 | −4.1 | 2 | |
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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.