NBA Point Guards 2010 - Cumulative Rankings

First, welcome to Behind the Arc.  As you might guess the focus here is basketball.  Initially I plan to heavily cover the NBA, with some college hoops as well.  But that is subject to change.

For my first project I have been researching all of the different methods for evaluating NBA players.  There are a number of statistical approaches that very intelligent basketball experts have put together.  I pulled together multiple evaluations that I think help to paint the picture.  They include:

• John Hollinger's Player Efficiency Ratings at ESPN
• Wins Above Replacement Player at the Basketball Prospectus
• Offensive and Defensive Ratings at Basketball-Reference.com
• Simple Ratings at 82 Games

I looked at player performance from the 2009-2010 regular season and pulled the evaluations in those five categories.  I then ranked them based on those numbers and added up the rankings to get a total rank with lower numbers being better than higher numbers.

Here are the point guard rankings (500+ minutes played) with their cumulative totals included for differentiation:

1. Deron Williams, Utah 31
2. Rajon Rondo, BOS 32
3. Chris Paul, NOR 38
4. Jason Kidd, DAL 41
5. Chauncey Billups, DEN 60
6. Andre Miller, POR 64
7. Steve Nash, PHO 69
8. Russell Westbrook, OKC 70
9. Luke Ridnour, MIL 70
10. Raymond Felton, CHA 84
11. Derrick Rose, CHI 87
12. Lou Williams, PHI 90
13. Baron Davis, LAC 95
14. Tyreke Evans, SAC 102
15. Ty Lawson, DEN 103
16. Mo Williams, CLE 106
17. Kyle Lowry, HOU 109
18. Jameer Nelson, ORL 109
19. George Hill, SAS 110
20. Tony Parker, SAS 119
21. Jason Williams, ORL 127
22. Stephen Curry, GSW 128
23. Gilbert Arenas, WAS 129
24. Brandon Jennings, MIL 129
25. Beno Udrih, SAC 130
26. Jarrett Jack, TOR 138
27. Aaron Brooks, HOU 142
28. Jose Calderon, TOR 144
29. Rodney Stuckey, DET 154
30. C.J. Watson, GSW 154
31. Darren Collison, NOR 155
32. Mike Bibby, ATL 156
33. Carlos Arroyo, MIA 156
34. Nate Robinson, BOS 159
35. Mike Conley, MEM 167
36. Goran Dragic, PHO 169
37. Daniel Gibson, CLE 171
38. Devin Harris, NJN 173
39. Jerryd Bayless, POR 180
40. Sergio Rodriguez, NYK 183
41. Eric Maynor, OKC 187
42. Jordan Farmar, LAL 189
43. Shannon Brown, LAL 196
44. T.J. Ford, IND 197
45. Shaun Livingston, WAS 200
46. D.J. Augustin, CHA 204
47. Earl Watson, IND 207
48. Mario Chalmers, MIA 213
49. Ramon Sessions, MIN 215
50. Derek Fisher, LAL 218
51. Jose Juan Barea, DAL 225
52. Will Bynum, DET 227
53. Jrue Holiday, PHI 233
54. Steve Blake, POR 240
55. Ronnie Price, UTH 242
56. Jeff Teague, ATL 243
57. Anthony Carter, DEN 251
58. Earl Boykins, WAS 252
59. Chris Duhon, NYK 254
60. Jannero Pargo, CHI 270
61. Jonny Flynn, MIN 270
62. Eddie House, NYK 273
63. Jamaal Tinsley, MEM 278
64. Sebastian Telfair, LAC 279
65. Marcus Williams, MEM 293
66. Rafer Alston, MIA 295
67. Chucky Atkins, DET 303
68. Bobby Brown, LAC 315

In the next few days I will post my analysis of the rankings, including some thoughts on surprises.  I'll also be posting the rankings for the other four positions, as well as the overall rankings.  In the mean time, please share your thoughts in the comments section below.