If You’re Punting FT% Fantasy Basketball Rankings

In head-to-head formats, the most effective way to win fantasy basketball leagues is through the tanking or “punting” of the free throw percentage category.  The percentages can hurt your team the most as it is, so with the range of NBA players’ free throw percentages being 50-90 percent, that single category can ruin your team, unless you choose to ignore it completely.

What’s interesting is that when free throw percentage is thrown out altogether, the rankings change drastically.  I promise, no one else would have Baron Davis as their number 7 overall player!

The rankings are a based on a mathematical formula which rates each players projection in each category as a value over the average of all NBA players.  So someone with a positive value is better than average while someone with a negative value is worse than the average NBA player.

Another useful way to use these rankings is when looking at players to target in fantasy trade talks.  Since the total score of each player is a composite of all of their rankings in each category, you should always make sure the players you’re trading for have a total score greater than or equal to the ones you are giving away.

If you have any questions about the rankings, e-mail me at cbbenassi@gmail.com

Rank	Player	Score
1	LeBron James	11.14
2	Chris Paul	10.02
3	Dwyane Wade	9.64
4	Danny Granger	8.99
5	Dwight Howard	8.98
6	Kevin Durant	7.32
7	Baron Davis	7.10
8	Deron Williams	6.59
9	Kobe Bryant	6.47
10	Gilbert Arenas	6.16
11	Steve Nash	6.09
12	Marcus Camby	5.96
13	Tim Duncan	5.96
14	Josh Smith	5.88
15	Jason Kidd	5.87
16	Al Jefferson	5.87
17	Andre Iguodala	5.86
18	Rashard Lewis*	5.58
19	Ron Artest	5.25
20	Carmelo Anthony	5.24
21	Joe Johnson	5.13
22	Elton Brand	5.12
23	Chauncey Billups	5.03
24	Troy Murphy	4.90
25	Gerald Wallace	4.89
26	Al Harrington	4.83
27	Devin Harris	4.81
28	Andris Biedrins	4.80
29	Jameer Nelson	4.79
30	Rajon Rondo	4.75
31	Stephen Jackson	4.53
32	Amare Stoudemire	4.47
33	J.R. Smith	4.36
34	Dirk Nowitzki	4.36
35	Jason Richardson	4.34
36	Manu Ginobili*	4.32
37	Francisco Garcia*	4.24
38	Pau Gasol	4.20
39	Chris Bosh	4.18
40	Jose Calderon	4.14
41	Brook Lopez	4.13
42	Vince Carter	4.11
43	Tyrus Thomas	4.09
44	Kevin Garnett	4.06
45	Emeka Okafor	3.97
46	Brandon Roy	3.93
47	Michael Redd	3.85
48	Paul Pierce	3.83
49	Rasheed Wallace	3.79
50	Monta Ellis	3.78
51	Anthony Randolph	3.75
52	Trevor Ariza	3.75
53	Mario Chalmers	3.73
54	Andrei Kirilenko	3.68
55	Caron Butler	3.65
56	Kevin Martin	3.65
57	Nene	3.63
58	Boris Diaw*	3.62
59	Russell Westbrook	3.61
60	Andrea Bargnani	3.54
61	Jason Terry	3.52
62	Ben Gordon	3.47
63	Ray Allen	3.45
64	Mike Bibby	3.45
65	Antawn Jamison*	3.40
66	Mo Williams	3.40
67	Shawn Marion*	3.36
68	Lamar Odom	3.36
69	Andrew Bynum	3.20
70	Eric Gordon	3.20
71	Andrew Bogut	3.20
72	Jeff Green	3.19
73	Chris Kaman	3.19
74	Mehmet Okur	3.14
75	Nate Robinson	3.13
76	Tracy McGrady*	3.11
77	Spencer Hawes	3.08
78	Hedo Turkoglu	3.06
79	Rudy Gay	3.04
80	David West	3.02
81	Al Horford	2.99
82	Charlie Villanueva	2.96
83	Ronny Turiaf	2.91
84	Kirk Hinrich	2.89
85	Derrick Rose	2.89
86	Lou Williams	2.87
87	LaMarcus Aldridge	2.86
88	Shaquille O’Neal	2.83
89	Jermaine O’Neal	2.83
90	Wilson Chandler	2.79
91	Tony Parker	2.75
92	Andres Nocioni	2.71
93	Chris Duhon	2.68
94	Josh Howard*	2.65
95	Kenyon Martin	2.56
96	Raymond Felton	2.56
97	Carlos Boozer	2.55
98	Joakim Noah	2.51
99	Shane Battier	2.49
100	Blake Griffin	2.40
101	Thaddeus Young	2.39
102	Jamario Moon	2.36
103	Kendrick Perkins	2.34
104	T.J. Ford	2.28
105	John Salmons	2.24
106	Zach Randolph	2.17
107	Paul Millsap	2.15
108	Mike Dunleavy*	2.09
109	Aaron Brooks	2.07
110	D.J. Augustin	2.05
111	Mike Miller	2.01
112	David Lee	2.01
113	O.J. Mayo	1.98
114	Andre Miller	1.97
115	Ronnie Brewer	1.97
116	Peja Stojakovic	1.97
117	Chris Andersen	1.88
118	Tayshaun Prince	1.87
119	James Harden	1.83
120	Richard Hamilton	1.81
121	Rudy Fernandez	1.81
122	Samuel Dalembert	1.80
123	Stephen Curry	1.72
124	Randy Foye	1.70
125	Rodney Stuckey	1.67
126	Darko Milicic	1.61
127	Kevin Love	1.60
128	Grant Hill	1.58
129	Jonny Flynn	1.58
130	Ramon Sessions	1.54
131	Anthony Parker	1.49
132	Leandro Barbosa	1.48
133	Tyreke Evans	1.47
134	Luis Scola	1.45
135	Mickael Pietrus	1.42
136	Greg Oden	1.40
137	Tyson Chandler*	1.36
138	Jamal Crawford	1.31
139	Rafer Alston	1.31
140	Anderson Varejao	1.30
141	Mike Conley	1.26
142	Michael Beasley	1.25
143	Brendan Haywood	1.21
144	Raja Bell	1.17
145	Al Thornton	1.17
146	Richard Jefferson	1.14
147	Marc Gasol	1.14
148	Brad Miller	1.13
149	Delonte West	1.12
150	Luol Deng	1.11
151	James Posey	1.07
152	Jason Thompson	1.04
153	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	0.99
154	Allen Iverson*	0.99
155	Brandon Rush	0.98
156	Kelenna Azubuike	0.98
157	Hasheem Thabeet	0.93
158	Roy Hibbert	0.89
159	Larry Hughes	0.86
160	Courtney Lee	0.85
161	Antonio McDyess	0.79
162	Luke Ridnour	0.54
163	Andray Blatche	0.53
164	Matt Barnes	0.52
165	Derek Fisher	0.51
166	Carlos Delfino*	0.49
167	Ryan Gomes	0.42
168	Julian Wright	0.40
169	Brandon Jennings	0.33
170	Thabo Sefolosha	0.32
171	Terrence Williams	0.30
172	Joe Alexander*	0.24
173	Ben Wallace	0.19
174	Matt Bonner	0.19
175	Corey Maggette	0.13
176	Nick Collison	0.13
177	Anthony Morrow	0.10
178	Marvin Williams	0.07
179	Nenad Krstic	0.05
180	Nicolas Batum	0.03
181	Joel Przybilla	0.00
182	Jarrett Jack	-0.02
183	Toney Douglas	-0.07
184	Kyle Lowry	-0.10
185	Brandon Bass	-0.11
186	Brandan Wright*	-0.11
187	Jrue Holiday	-0.21
188	Earl Clark	-0.24
189	Jordan Farmar	-0.25
190	Ronald Murray*	-0.25
191	JaVale McGee	-0.26
192	Yi Jianlian	-0.28
193	Danilo Gallinari	-0.29
194	Daequan Cook	-0.29
195	Jason Kapono	-0.32
196	Anthony Carter	-0.34
197	Quentin Richardson	-0.35
198	Daniel Gibson	-0.36
199	Wayne Ellington	-0.44
200	Robin Lopez*	-0.45
201	Austin Daye*	-0.45
202	Kyle Korver	-0.47
203	Roger Mason	-0.49
204	Luther Head	-0.51
205	Louis Amundson	-0.53
206	Marcin Gortat	-0.56
207	Steve Blake	-0.57
208	Udonis Haslem	-0.57
209	Bobby Simmons	-0.58
210	Eddie House	-0.59
211	C.J. Miles*	-0.65
212	Sergio Rodriguez	-0.66
213	Carl Landry	-0.68
214	Sam Young	-0.72
215	Drew Gooden	-0.76
216	Jeff Foster	-0.76
217	Hakim Warrick	-0.77
218	Luc Richard Mbah a Moute	-0.86
219	Travis Outlaw	-0.86
220	Erick Dampier	-0.88
221	Marquis Daniels	-0.89
222	Charlie Bell	-0.90
223	Rashad McCants	-0.92
224	Jerry Stackhouse	-0.92
225	Ty Lawson	-0.98
226	Jose Juan Barea	-0.99
227	Earl Watson	-1.00
228	Gerald Henderson	-1.00
229	Darrell Arthur	-1.03
230	Sebastian Telfair	-1.10
231	Renaldo Balkman	-1.12
232	Marreese Speights	-1.13
233	Beno Udrih	-1.14
234	Sasha Vujacic	-1.15
235	Damien Wilkins	-1.16
236	DeMarre Carroll	-1.18
237	Brent Barry	-1.22
238	Ronnie Price	-1.23
239	Jordan Hill	-1.24
240	Vladimir Radmanovic	-1.25
241	Dorell Wright	-1.34
242	Channing Frye	-1.38
243	Eddy Curry	-1.41
244	Jason Maxiell	-1.42
245	David Andersen	-1.43
246	George Hill	-1.43
247	Jeff Teague	-1.45
248	DeAndre Jordan	-1.45
249	Rodney Carney	-1.46
250	Sean Williams	-1.47
251	Chris Wilcox	-1.48
252	Donte Greene	-1.53
253	Ime Udoka	-1.53
254	Chuck Hayes	-1.54
255	Ricky Davis	-1.59
256	Joe Smith	-1.60
257	Keyon Dooling*	-1.65
258	Fred Jones	-1.66
259	Kwame Brown	-1.73
260	Morris Peterson	-1.75
261	Chucky Atkins	-1.77
262	Martell Webster	-1.78
263	Ryan Anderson	-1.79
264	Von Wafer	-1.81
265	Marcus Williams	-1.83
266	Steve Novak	-1.84
267	Luke Walton	-1.89
268	Kosta Koufos	-1.90
269	Shaun Livingston	-1.90
270	DeMar DeRozan	-1.93
271	Arron Afflalo	-1.94
272	Jannero Pargo	-1.97
273	Rasual Butler	-1.98
274	Patrick O’Bryant	-2.00
275	Jared Dudley	-2.03
276	Josh Boone	-2.04
277	Kurt Thomas	-2.05
278	Omri Casspi	-2.10
279	James Jones	-2.10
280	DeSagana Diop	-2.10
281	J.J. Hickson	-2.13
282	Dahntay Jones	-2.13
283	Amir Johnson	-2.19
284	Hilton Armstrong	-2.21
285	C.J. Watson*	-2.21
286	Brian Skinner	-2.23
287	Jarvis Hayes	-2.23
288	Bobby Jackson	-2.24
289	Stromile Swift	-2.26
290	Nick Young	-2.26
291	Will Bynum	-2.29
292	Zaza Pachulia	-2.32
293	Goran Dragic	-2.32
294	Darius Songaila	-2.35
295	Corey Brewer	-2.38
296	Chris Quinn*	-2.38
297	Maurice Evans	-2.39
298	Tony Allen*	-2.40
299	Tyler Hansbrough*	-2.41
300	Desmond Mason	-2.46
301	Craig Smith	-2.48
302	James Singleton	-2.49
303	Michael Finley	-2.55
304	Jared Jeffries	-2.62
305	Brian Cardinal	-2.63
306	Marko Jaric	-2.63
307	Sasha Pavlovic	-2.64
308	Mark Blount	-2.66
309	Antoine Wright	-2.67
310	Kyle Weaver	-2.67
311	Joel Anthony	-2.68
312	J.J. Redick	-2.71
313	Jodie Meeks	-2.73
314	Gerald Green	-2.73
315	Juan Dixon	-2.74
316	DeJuan Blair	-2.74
317	Etan Thomas	-2.77
318	Dominic McGuire	-2.77
319	Anthony Johnson	-2.80
320	Devin Brown	-2.80
321	Willie Green	-2.81
322	DeShawn Stevenson	-2.81
323	Josh McRoberts	-2.92
324	Bobby Brown	-2.94
325	Joey Dorsey	-2.96
326	Shawne Williams	-3.00
327	James Johnson	-3.06
328	Glen Davis	-3.08
329	Mike Taylor	-3.09
330	Mardy Collins	-3.10
331	Jamaal Magloire	-3.10
332	Quincy Douby	-3.11
333	D.J. Mbenga	-3.15
334	Antonio Daniels	-3.18
335	Travis Diener	-3.19
336	DeMarcus Nelson	-3.20
337	Darius Miles	-3.20
338	Shannon Brown	-3.23
339	Hamed Haddadi	-3.26
340	Will Solomon	-3.28
341	Austin Croshere	-3.34
342	Francisco Elson	-3.34
343	Nazr Mohammed	-3.38
344	Kyrylo Fesenko	-3.38
345	Rob Kurz	-3.39
346	Eduardo Najera	-3.39
347	Shelden Williams	-3.50
348	Mike James	-3.51
349	Yakhouba Diawara	-3.53
350	Anthony Roberson	-3.53
351	DaJuan Summers	-3.54
352	Sean Marks	-3.54
353	Matt Carroll	-3.57
354	Tony Battie	-3.57
355	Taj Gibson	-3.60
356	Ike Diogu	-3.60
357	Chris Douglas-Roberts	-3.61
358	Javaris Crittenton*	-3.62
359	Kris Humphries	-3.63
360	Lindsey Hunter	-3.65
361	Jason Hart	-3.70
362	Robert Swift	-3.71
363	B.J. Mullens	-3.73
364	Dan Gadzuric	-3.74
365	Ryan Bowen	-3.79
366	Solomon Jones	-3.80
367	Johan Petro	-3.81
368	Dee Brown	-3.82
369	Quinton Ross	-3.83
370	Oleksiy Pecherov	-3.83
371	Reggie Evans*	-3.86
372	Acie Law	-3.88
373	Marcus Banks	-3.89
374	Calvin Booth	-4.00
375	Roko Ukic	-4.05
376	Alex Acker	-4.09
377	Tyronn Lue	-4.09
378	Jerryd Bayless	-4.10
379	Melvin Ely	-4.11
380	Linton Johnson	-4.12
381	Jacque Vaughn	-4.12
382	Paul Davis	-4.14
383	Bill Walker*	-4.18
384	Kevin Ollie	-4.20
385	Malik Rose	-4.21
386	Trenton Hassell	-4.31
387	Darnell Jackson	-4.41
388	Alando Tucker	-4.50
389	Brian Scalabrine	-4.56
390	Adam Morrison	-4.57
391	Kenny Thomas	-4.65
392	Cedric Simmons	-4.68
393	Mark Madsen	-4.68
394	Jason Collins	-4.72
395	Jawad Williams	-4.73
396	Jarron Collins	-4.76
397	Greg Buckner	-4.81
398	Marcus Williams	-5.42
399	Randolph Morris	-5.45
400	Sonny Weems	-5.47
401	Jerome James*	-5.74
402	Marco Belinelli	-6.00
403	Yao Ming*	-6.00