Lithuanian Journal of Statistics (Dec 2015)

Methods for Ranking Sports Teams

  • Eimantas Palionis,
  • Viktoras Chadyšas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15388/LJS.2015.13883
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 1

Abstract

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The paper describes various methods that can be applied to the ranking of sports teams. Using the real data of theNational Basketball Association (NBA) from the first half of the 2014–2015 season (from 2014-10-28 to 2015-02-12), teams areranked using different ranking methods. All methods are compared with each other.

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