Metric Explainers How the Golf Ecosystem Has Changed Opta Analyst’s FRACAS Model Since we introduced FRACAS, the Official World Golf Rankings has drastically changed its model as there have been a number of ongoing critiques on both sides of the coin. We… 2 months ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
Metric Explainers Introducing Power Rankings: Your Club Ranked Introducing Power Rankings, the new way to tell which club is actually “by far the greatest team the world has ever seen." 4 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Metric Explainers Beverley Over LaVine? Frequently Asked DRIP Questions Answered Quick. You’re the general manager of a new NBA expansion team. You have the choice between two players and their contracts are exactly the same one-year deal in this hypothetical.… 4 months ago Donald Kolakowski
Metric Explainers TRACR College Football Rankings: An Inside Look at Our New Playoff Potential Rating The playoff potential rating measures a team's likelihood of reaching the College Football Playoff. Check out what it says about which squads have the best chances in this year's chase. 7 months ago Evan Boyd
Metric Explainers Why Targets Are No Longer Good Enough When It Comes to Valuing Pass Catchers Targets are out. Read percentage is in. Introducing the metric that gives a clearer indication of how often a player is potentially being given the chance to make a play. 7 months ago Trevor Goldstein
Metric Explainers Explaining Next Ball Probability in Cricket Opta's Next Ball Predictor model forecasts the probabilities of different outcomes of the next delivery in cricket. Here's how it works. 8 months ago Danny Dinsdale
Metric Explainers How’d You Get This Number? Explaining The Analyst’s Weekly NFL Fantasy Projections Our model uses observed and projected data in four key areas: team values, player baselines, player participation and defensive matchup adjustments. 9 months ago Kevin Chroust, Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
Metric Explainers SmartRatings: The Model That Rates Each Game, Team and Player’s Entertainment Value Which game is the most intriguing this Sunday? Who has been the most exciting player in the league? Now we can put data behind the answers. 9 months ago The Analyst
Metric Explainers College Football Predictions: Our New TRACR Model’s Teams and Units to Watch in 2022 TRACR is a net efficiency metric that evaluates how well a team performs based on who they play. The model is trained on over 10 years of college football data. 9 months ago Evan Boyd
Metric Explainers Measuring the Most Clutch Players in Tennis: Who Performs When It Matters Most? With the help of a new metric – clutch points – we can go beyond just game or break point to truly explore the moments that matter most. 11 months ago Jon Manuel
