ESPN Search

Learn About Tableau As the visualization above shows, the NBA hasn't always had a problem producing 20-point, 10-rebound seasons. But this season, for the first time in since rebounds became an official statistic (1950-51), we did not see a player...

Dean Oliver (pioneer of NBA advanced stats, author of the seminal book "Basketball on Paper," former member of the Nuggets brain trust and current Director of Production Analytics for ESPN Stats & Information) once had a website where he wrote ab...

ESPN Stats & InformationA comparison of Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco through the lens of Total QBR.Total QBR was developed to capture a lot about a quarterback's play, from avoiding sacks to scrambling and penalties, on top of all the things they ...

As you get ready for the Ravens to play in the Super Bowl, you can reminisce on how they got to this point. Dean Oliver from ESPN Stats & Information takes a look at the plays that most improved their chances of winning through the regular season...

Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/Getty Images The Ravens playoff win over the Broncos contained several big swings in win probability. Earlier today, we took a look at the 10 most-important plays for the San Francisco 49ers on their way to the Super Bowl. ...

John David Mercer/USA TODAY Sports NaVorro Bowman (53) celebrates after breaking up a pass to send the 49ers to the Super Bowl. For the San Francisco 49ers, what plays were the most important in winning games on their way to the Super Bowl? He...

Basketball Power Index (BPI) Rankings for January 2, 2013 (updated through Tuesday's games)

Basketball Power Index (BPI) Rankings for December 20, 2012 (updated through Wednesday's games)

Basketball Power Index (BPI) Rankings for November 28, 2012 (updated through Tuesday's games)

Dean Oliver explains why the Houston Texans may want to reconsider their pass pressure strategy when they clash with the Packers Sunday night.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2012

Tim Heitman/US Presswire Lions head coach Jim Schwartz looks on during the Lions 44-41 overtime loss to the Titans The Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions lit up the scoreboard in a 44-41 overtime thriller, which saw the Titans escape with the win....

Dean Oliver explains the effects of pass pressure on NFL quarterbacks and how Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos have performed against such pressure. The Texans, however, present a whole new challenge.

Story | Conversation | September 22, 2012

On Monday, if you took a poll of the best and worst special teams games of the first week of the season, the answers would have been rather broad. Was it the San Francisco 49ers, whose kicker hit a 63-yard field goal? Was it the New Orleans Saints,...

Dean Oliver dives into ESPN's proprietary QBR metric to explore its predictive qualities. One finding: Given the annual fluctuations within the stat, Mark Sanchez may be in for an improved 2012 season ... but it still may not silence the QB controversy.

Story | Conversation | September 07, 2012

Changes in Total QBR are designed to make it better reflect in-game reality, Dean Oliver writes.

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty ImagesAccording to the numbers below, Russell Westbrook should not be blamed for the Thunder's Game 2 loss.After the Oklahoma City Thunder's loss to the Miami Heat in Game 2, many people are placing the blame on Rus...