WNBA MVP has a clear favorite, according to statistics and possibilities
While it is very early to make comprehensive decisions regarding Wnba MVP candidates, there are a few players who separated themselves in the biggest talks about the league. It seems that Naphesa Colleier, Allisha Gray and Caitlin Clark are the names that often float between fans and media as the best current choices, which the three support in the first six places in the possibilities of betting.
According to VanuelCollier (-340) is the current preferred, while Clark (+280) has the second best possibility, followed by Breanna Stewart of the Liberty (+5000) and a triple tie between Gray, Mercury star Alyssa Thomas and A’Ja Wilson from Las Vegas (+7,500).
There are many things that voters can think about when choosing MVP. Statistics are a tool to inform the decisions, but it should not be the only factor to determine the prizes. Often, some of these statistics can be used deep diving as a tie brokers if the voter is struggling to choose between two or three candidates.
As an exercise, let’s take a look at the Collier, Clark and Gray statistics side by side, (all numbers across Her statistics):
MVP candidate statistics
| Statistics | Navisa Coller | Ketlin Clark | Alisha Gray |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics | Navisa Coller | Ketlin Clark | Alisha Gray |
| Score | 11-1 | 6-6 | 8-4 |
| Play games | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| Points for each game | 24.4 | 19.9 | 20.4 |
| Read balls for each game | 8.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| It helps for each game | 3.6 | 8.7 | 4.5 |
| The target of the field % | 52.40 % | 41.70 % | 50.60 % |
| Try the field goals for each game | 17.2 | 15.4 | 13 |
| The field goals achieved for each game | 9 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| Three % points | 42.10 % | 35.50 % | 42.30 % |
| I tried three throws for each game | 3.5 | 8.9 | 5.9 |
| Three throws of each game were made | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Free throw % | 93.10 % | 79.40 % | 81.40 % |
| It steals for each game | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Blocks for each game | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| During each game | 2.3 | 5.3 | 1.5 |
| % Using rate | 29.80 % | 28.80 % | 21.90 % |
| Offensive | 121.6 | 101.3 | 133.6 |
| Defensive | 90.8 | 94.3 | 97.4 |
| Win the stocks | 2.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
Some things emanate from this scheme. Minnesota Lynx has the best record not only among these three players but in the entire league, which carries a lot of weight in a MVP conversation. Unless Lynx tests an approximate correction, it is possible that it will remain at the top of the 2 league ranking throughout the year, giving Coller an advantage over its counterparts and dreams.
When moving to the actual players’ statistics, Coller also leads in both points for each game (24.4) and the apostasy for each game (8.5) – this is logical, given its size and position as a striker. It’s 4 full points for each game before Gray and 4.5 before Clark. Clark occupies the forefront of decisive aid, which is also logical because of its ability to make games and its position as the main point of its team.
Coller again ranks first in the three field goals – an attempt, the percentage, and the percentage – its ability to score efficiently shows. The percentage of the goal of the Gray’s Field is not very far from Collier, but Clark decreases due to the high -size shooting style. This is not a bad thing, it’s just the way Clark plays. That is why she has the highest number of three pomegranate that she tried and made numbers-take more shots, and offer more shots. Coller then has the highest free percentage by a large difference. It is gray, though, which shoots from the distance with the greatest accuracy, barely comes out as a choleir (42.3 % compared to 42.1 % of the Coller).
When calculating the real shooting rate for each player, which comes from the division of his points for each attempt to score by 2, Gray has the upper hand. Real shooting is used as a way to see the player’s shooting statistics when calculating the added value of the three shots. Gray leads this basic law here with a 65 % real shooting this season, as Coller is 63 %, and Clarke is a real shooting rate of 56.5 % so far.
When it comes to traditional defense statistics, theft and blocks for each game, Coller comes out again in the foreground. The blocs again are not surprising, given that they have a feature of size on both Gray and Clark, but their ability to get 1.8 theft for each great game. Gray is the lowest number of transformations for each of the three game, as the ball gives only 1.5 times per game compared to the Colleres 2.3 and Clark’s 5.3 (something that leads the league).
From there, we dive into the categories of its most unique statistics. The rate of use measures the percentage of plays while the player is on the ground that he uses for fire, access to the line, or a rotation, a category led by Coller with 29.8 %. Offensive and defensive assessments are common statistics used in basketball to measure registered and permitted points for every 100 properties when he is an individual player on the field for his team. Alisha Gray is leading in an offensive classification with 133.6, which also coincides with 100 centenary in the league. Coller, on the other hand, leads to a defensive classification, which allows only 90.8 points per 100 properties, in the 97th centenary at the league level.
Interestingly, its statistics in a collar classify the best players in any season of the WNBA season through Win contributed to any other category. They define this law as “an advanced census that approximately the total number of victory for the player to his team by playing the offensive and defensive of the court.” Colleier and Gray Wnba lead in this category with a 2.9 winning share, while Clark has a score of 0.9. This is logical since Coller and Gray played every 10 games, while Clark has not reached 10 yet because of sitting with her previous injury.
Again, these statistics are not the entire image when it comes to MVP vote, and it is still early enough to change it. Coller currently leads in 11 categories, and a rifle in 1, leads Gray in 4 and links in 1, and Clark performs in 3 categories. Talks on MVP in WNBA now tend to Koller, statistically, lead the package. It will be interesting to see how these numbers change later in the WNBA season, but if the vote is happening today (and I have a vote, which is not), my MVP choice will be Naphesa Colllier.