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Shaquille O'Neal
1997-98

Shaquille O'Neal

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Peak Prime
Age:25
Position:C
Team:LAL
Games:60
Minutes (Per Game):36.3
Total Minutes:2175
Franchise
Rating
S+
99.8
FR rank #7 (1997-98)

Archetypes

🔥 Volume Scorer ⚖️ Two-Way 💪 Rebounder 🔒 Lockdown
  • Franchise Rating (FR) — A measure of how valuable a player is to a franchise given the player's contract value, production, availability, and overall impact both in the regular season and postseason. Scored 0–100, graded D- to S+.
  • Potential Rating (POT) — A measure of how high a player's FR can be: the projected FR ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as FR; shown only for players under 25. POT blends the legacy formula (45%) with the Performance Potential Score / PPS from per-100 stats (55%).

Season Badges

  • Peak — Career-high OVR season (only one per player, once decline from that peak is visible).
  • Prime — One of the three seasons in the player's best 3-year stretch by average OVR.
  • Lookout — A or better Potential Rating (POT) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 FR — Ranked #1 in the league in Franchise Rating that season.
  • #1 POT — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Rating that season.

Score Thresholds for Each Grade (FR and POT Share the Same 0–100 Scale):

FR = Franchise Rating  |  POT = Potential Rating

S+
FR/POT: ≥95
S
FR/POT: 90–94
A+
FR/POT: 85–89
A
FR/POT: 80–84
A-
FR/POT: 75–79
B+
FR/POT: 70–74
B
FR/POT: 60–69
B-
FR/POT: 55–59
C+
FR/POT: 50–54
C
FR/POT: 45–49
C-
FR/POT: 40–44
D+
FR/POT: 35–39
D
FR/POT: 30–34
D-
FR/POT: <30
Points 28.3
Rebounds 11.4
Assists 2.4
Steals 0.7
Blocks 2.4
Field Goal Pct 58.4%
Field Goals Made 11.2
Field Goals Attempted 19.1
Three Pointers Made 0.0
Three Pointers Attempted 0.0
Free Throw Pct 52.7%
Free Throws Made 6.0
Free Throws Attempted 11.4
Turnovers 2.9
Personal Fouls 3.2
Win Shares 10.2
True Shooting Pct 58.7%
Player Efficiency Rating 28.8
Usage Pct 32.9%
Box Plus Minus 5.8
Value Over Replacement Player 4.3

Misc

Year of Experience 6
Potential Win Shares 11.9
Reg. Win Burden % 24.1%

Impact

Reg. Season ISR 302.3
Postseason ISR 389.0
Reg. Season ICS (%) 24.3%
Postseason ICS (%) 37.4%

ROI

Salary $12,857,143
Overpay Index 1.48
Contract Value Rating 8.8/10.0

Performance

Performance Rating 99.6· Rank #1

Availability

Cap Hole $3,492,064
Availability % 73.2%
Cap Wasted % 12.80%