Antic Rating

The Antic Rating scores one player's game on a scale from 0 to 10. A typical starter lands in the lower half of that scale, and a strong game sits higher up.

It has two parts. The box score counts what the player did, scored in points that depend on the sport. Impact counts how much the player's plays moved the team's win chance.

Each play moves the team's win chance, and that change is shared among the players who made the play. A completed pass credits both the passer and the receiver. A sack credits the defender and the quarterback.

A player's impact is capped, so one wild finish cannot outweigh a whole game.

A rating above 10 means a ball-out game, which is rare. Above 10 the scale flattens out, so the top levels off instead of running on without end. A poor game can dip a little below 0.

The number is colored by band: ball out, high, mid, low or negative. The bands help you read a game at a glance.

Ratings show on a player's page, in a team's Plays tab, and in the Top performances on a game's Game tab. A season rating is the average of a player's rated games.

Hockey and soccer have no win probability in the league data, so their ratings use the box score alone. A player with no box-score line is rated on plays alone, and a player with neither is not rated.