Rank my seasons · Regular season
Tom Gugliotta
Each selected season is compared head-to-head with every other; seasons earn points from those matchups. This is not a single universal “best season” score.
· 1996-97 and 1997-98 are separated by very little pairwise evidence.
Season ranking
Order by points from head-to-head season comparisons (win = 1, = 0.5).
#11996-97
2 wins · 0 losses · 1 even · 2.5 Copeland pts
Data available:✓ Production✓ Efficiency- Impact- Team context
Most often stronger in: Availability, Production, Role, Playmaking, Offense
#21997-98
2 wins · 0 losses · 1 even · 2.5 Copeland pts
Data available:✓ Production✓ Efficiency- Impact- Team context
Most often stronger in: Efficiency, Offense, Playmaking, Production, Role, Shooting
#31993-94
0 wins · 2 losses · 1 even · 0.5 Copeland pts
Data available:✓ Production✓ Efficiency- Impact- Team context
Most often stronger in: Rebounding, Availability, Playmaking, Production, Shooting
#41995-96
0 wins · 2 losses · 1 even · 0.5 Copeland pts
Data available:✓ Production✓ Efficiency- Impact- Team context
Most often stronger in: Efficiency, Shooting, Availability, Offense
Why 1996-97 ranks first
- 1996-97 wins its overall pairwise comparisons against 1993-94, 1995-96 (2-0, 1 even).
- Across pairs, its most frequent category edges are: Availability, Production, Role, Playmaking, Offense.
- This is a Copeland aggregation of existing season comparisons, not a universal 'best season' score.
- The top of the ranking is close; small evidence gaps separate the leaders.
Head-to-head results
Each cell is the row season’s overall result against the column season. Click a cell for the full two-season breakdown.
Open any two-season comparison
Same engine as the matrix. Overall edge goes to the season that won more category comparisons.
- 1993-94 vs 1995-96 · essentially even overall
- 1993-94 vs 1996-97 · 1996-97 stronger overall
- 1993-94 vs 1997-98 · 1997-98 stronger overall
- 1995-96 vs 1996-97 · 1996-97 stronger overall
- 1995-96 vs 1997-98 · 1997-98 stronger overall
- 1996-97 vs 1997-98 · essentially even overall