True shooting percentage

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The True Shooting Percentage (short: TS% , German: "Striking shot ratio " or "Actual shot ratio ") is a key figure in basketball that provides information about the hit rate of a player or an entire team. The specialty is that both hits from the field ( 2- and 3-point throws ) and hits from the free throw line are included in this key figure .

The key figure is calculated as follows:

It stands

  • PTS (points scored) for the number of points scored,
  • FGA (field goal attempts) for the number of attempts to throw from the field and
  • FTA (free throw attempts) for the number of free throw attempts.

The different weighting of hits from 2-point, 3-point and free throws is interesting. A successful 2-point throw is included in the TS% with a factor of 1 or 100%. A successful 3-point throw, on the other hand, is included in the figure with the factor 3/2 or 150% and a successful free throw with the factor 1 / 0.88 or about 113.6%. The value of 0.44 takes into account that free throws for technical fouls and additional throws after transformed hoops and for prevented three-point throws do not arise from a team's possession of the ball.

The total weighting should do justice to the different degrees of difficulty of the throws. Theoretically it is possible to achieve a TS% of over 100%. For this reason, this key figure is only used meaningfully from a number of 15 throws and the role of a player should be taken into account in the assessment. The true shooting ratio is better for comparing the effectiveness of the offensive of versatile players. Most of the pages that use and display the true shooting ratio therefore allow application and calculation filters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NN: Basketball Reference Glossary. On: Basketball Reference website; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018 (in English).
  2. ↑ Kevin Pelton: Statistical Analysis Primer. On: National Basketball Association website; New York City, New York, January 19, 2005, as last revised on September 12, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2018 (in English).
  3. ^ Tilman Rakers: Mathematicians to the Front. On: Spox website; Unterföhring, January 9, 2014. Accessed December 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ehran Khan: Advanced NBA Stats for Dummies: How to Understand the New Hoops Math. On: Bleacher Report website; San Francisco, CA, October 18, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2018 (in English).