This dataset provides a comprehensive collection of NBA (National Basketball Association) all-time statistics sourced from Basketball Reference, a leading platform for basketball statistics and analysis. The dataset covers a wide range of categories including player statistics, team performance metrics, and historical records spanning several decades of NBA history.

Content

• NBA, ABA and BAA
• Results of every match
• Basic and advanced boxscores of +74000 games
• +30 Teams
• All time player Stats
• Rookies by year

You can find all the available datasets in the github repository.

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The dataset is updated daily to incorporate the latest player and team statistics, ensuring that users have access to the most recent data for their analyses and research.

In addition to the existing dataset covering player and team statistics, I’m actively working on expanding the dataset to include play-by-play data and shot charts.

UPDATE: We are up and working again for the 2025-2026 NBA season!!!

This NBA dataset contains player and team box scores and statistics for every NBA game from 1947 to the present. It is historical and comprehensive, updated daily. Designed for enthusiasts, analysts, and data scientists, it provides a solid foundation for exploring basketball history, player performance, and team dynamics.

The dataset is updated daily with the latest results. I provide it in the .csv format for maximum accessibility:

Description of Files in the Dataset: 1. PlayerStatistics.csv The centerpiece of the dataset, this file contains detailed box scores for every individual player in NBA history, game by game. 2. TeamStatistics.csv A complete record of team-level box scores for every game played in NBA history. 3. Games.csv Comprehensive records of all NBA games, including home and away teams, game outcomes, and, where available, arena and attendance details. Recent entries include expanded data, with plans to retroactively update historical entries. 4. LeagueSchedule24_25.csv The full schedule for the 2024–2025 NBA season, including game locations and times. 5. Players.csv Biographical information for every player, including height, weight, and position, enabling detailed player analysis across eras. 6. TeamHistories.csv A historical account of NBA franchises, tracking name changes, relocations, and expansions over the league’s history.

It took a bit of money to get all this stuff up and running on Amazon Web Services. If you would like to help support this project, I would be very grateful for any donations made here :-)

Thanks to NBA.com for the underlying data.

This project analyzes historical NBA data (2012-2024, sourced from Kaggle) using a multi-output Random Forest model (scikit-learn) to predict key player statistics (points, rebounds, etc.). The experiment emphasizes reproducibility and FAIR data practices, producing the trained model, evaluation metrics, visualizations, FAIR4ML metadata, and this DMP as outputs. This work is part of the TU Wien Data Stewardship lecture.

Github: https://github.com/bubaltali/nba-prediction-analysis/

DBRepo: https://test.dbrepo.tuwien.ac.at/database/2e167490-c803-4a9a-a317-6e274c6b3a37/info

TUWRD. https://handle.test.datacite.org/10.70124/ymgzs-z3s43

The data was taken from: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/shivamkumar121215/nba-stats-dataset-for-last-10-years/data

In February 2023, LeBron James broke the NBA all-time points record, scoring 38 points in the LA Lakers' 133-130 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Following the game, James' total stood at 38,390. The previous record holder, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, had scored 38,387 points for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Lakers in an illustrious 20-year career spanning from 1969 to 1989. As of December 2025, James had a total of 42,184 points, breaking the 40,000-point mark in a 2024 loss to the Denver Nuggets. Who has scored the most points in NBA playoffs? This statistic only shows points scored in regular-season NBA games and does not take the playoffs into account. Prior to breaking the all-time points record, LeBron James already held the record for the most points scored in NBA playoffs, which stood at 8,289 points as of 2025. He is also the career leader for the Cleveland Cavaliers, for which he played a total of 11 seasons, in many important statistical categories like points, assists, rebounds, steals, and games played. James has been similarly dominant off the court, being the second highest-paid player in the NBA, with his total earnings reaching over 130 million U.S. dollars in the 2024/25 season. Who has the most NBA assists? After a career spanning 19 years with the Utah Jazz, John Stockton holds the all-time record for the most assists in the NBA. In his time with the Jazz, Stockton had a total of 15,806 assists and was a 10-time All-Star, however, never won an NBA championship. Ranked second and third for assists were Chris Paul and Jason Kidd, respectively.

CSV files containing NBA player and team statistics such as all-star selections, per-game player and team statistics, draft selections and more. Statistics updated as of July 24, 2024.

NBA Rookies Performance Statistics and Minutes Played: 1980-2016

Tracking Basketball Prodigies' Growth and Achievements

By Gabe Salzer [source]

About this dataset

This dataset contains essential performance statistics for NBA rookies from 1980-2016. Here you can find minute per game stats, points scored, field goals made and attempted, three-pointers made and attempted, free throws made and attempted (with the respective percentages for each), offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, assists, steals blocks turnovers efficiency rating and Hall of Fame induction year. It is organized in descending order by minutes played per game as well as draft year. This Kaggle dataset is an excellent resource for basketball analysts to gain a better understanding of how rookies have evolved over the years—from their stats to how they were inducted into the Hall of Fame. With its great detail on individual players' performance data this dataset allows you to compare their performances against different eras in NBA history along with overall trends in rookie statistics. Compare rookies drafted far apart or those that played together- whatever your goal may be!

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How to use the dataset

This dataset is perfect for providing insight into the performance of NBA rookies over an extended period of time. The data covers rookie stats from 1980 to 2016 and includes statistics such as points scored, field goals made, free throw percentage, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds and assists. It also provides the name of each rookie along with the year they were drafted and their Hall of Fame class.

This data set is useful for researching how rookies’ stats have changed over time in order to compare different eras or identify trends in player performance. It can also be used to evaluate players by comparing their stats against those of other players or previous years’ stats.

In order to use this dataset effectively, a few tips are helpful:

• Consider using Field Goal Percentage (FG%), Three Point Percentage (3P%) and Free Throw Percentage (FT%) to measure a player’s efficiency beyond just points scored or field goals made/attempted (FGM/FGA).

• Lookout for anomalies such as low efficiency ratings despite high minutes played as this could indicate that either a player has not had enough playing time in order for their statistics to reach what would be per game average when playing more minutes or that they simply did not play well over that short period with limited opportunities.

• Try different visualizations with the data such as histograms, line graphs and scatter plots because each may offer different insights into varied aspects of the data set like comparison between individual years vs aggregate trends over multiple years etc.

  Lastly it is important keep in mind whether you're dealing with cumulative totals over multiple seasons versus looking at individual season averages or per game numbers when attempting analysis on these sets!

Research Ideas

• Evaluating the performance of historical NBA rookies over time and how this can help inform future draft picks in the NBA.
• Analysing the relative importance of certain performance stats, such as three-point percentage, to overall success and Hall of Fame induction from 1980-2016.
• Comparing rookie seasons across different years to identify common trends in terms of statistical contributions and development over time

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

License

License: Dataset copyright by authors - You are free to: - Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. - Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. - You must: - Give appropriate credit - Provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. - ShareAlike - You must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. - Keep intact - all notices that refer to this license, including copyright notices.

Columns

File: NBA Rookies by Year_Hall of Fame Class.csv | Column name | Description | |:-----------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------| | Name | The name of...

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America comprising 30 franchises, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada (Toronto Raptors). The player with the highest number of minutes on the court is the four-time NBA champion LeBron James, with close to 60,000 regular season minutes played. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – one of the greats Born on April 16, 1947 in New York, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is considered one of the best players in NBA history. During his 20 seasons in the league, he won one league title with the Milwaukee Bucks, followed by six with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was also awarded a record six NBA Most Valuable Player titles and picked up two NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the holder of one of the most important records in the NBA, that of the number of total points scored in his career - 38,387. He has held this title from April 5, 1984, when he surpassed the previous record established by Wilt Chamberlain; the record was subsequently broken by LeBron James in February 2023. Abdul-Jabbar also sits in third place for the number of successful points in the playoffs. His total of 5,762 points was beaten in June 1998 by Michael Jordan in the Eastern Conference final, and again in May 2017 by LeBron James. During his career with the Milwaukee Bucks, Abdul-Jabbar became the team’s all-time rebounds leader with a total of 7,161 rebounds. He also held the third-highest number of rebounds in NBA history, with a total of 13,641 rebounds to his name as of April 2025. The crowning of a new king With the most number of minutes under his belt, as well as holding the all-time scoring records in the regular season and playoffs, LeBron James is considered a contender for the title of "greatest of all time". James established himself as a legend for the Cleveland Cavaliers, playing a total of 11 seasons for the franchise across two spells. Despite plying his trade for the Los Angeles Lakers since 2018, James leads the way in many important statistical categories for the Cavaliers, including points, assists, rebounds, steals, and games played. 

A January 2025 survey in the United States revealed that the highest proportion of fans who placed bets on basketball in the past 12 months were aged between *********. Meanwhile, only *** percent of fans aged ********** placed bets.

John Stockton is the all-time assists leader of the National Basketball Association (NBA) with a total of 15,806 assists in his career. As of December 2025, the highest-ranked player still active in the NBA was Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers, with over 12,000 assists to his name. Basketball legends In basketball, an assist is awarded to the player who passes the ball to a teammate to score. John Stockton, who spent his entire career from 1984 to 2003 as a point guard for the Utah Jazz, is the runaway leader for assists in the NBA. One of the few still active players on the list is LeBron James, who currently sits in fourth place with over 11,000 assists. The basketball legend, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, having moved from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2018, also holds the record in terms of NBA all-time scoring leaders. King of the Playoffs LeBron is the undisputed king of the playoffs, having scored over 8,000 points on his way to becoming the all-time playoff scoring leader. In his stints at the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat, James made the playoffs for 14 straight seasons from 2004/05 to 2017/18. He made a high-profile move to the Los Angeles Lakers at the start of the 2018/19 season, but everything did not go quite to plan initially; James missed the playoffs for the first time since 2005 and failed to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010. However, the Lakers then went on to claim what was a record-equaling 17th NBA championship title in 2020, defeating the Miami Heat 4-2 in the finals.

Here are a few use cases for this project:

1. Real-Time Game Analysis: The NBA-Player-Detector can be used by coaches or analysts to track player movements, interactions between players, and ball possession in real-time. This could provide valuable insights for decision-making during games and fine-tuning of strategies.

2. Enhanced Sports Broadcasting: Broadcast companies can use the model to automatically detect and highlight players on the screen during a live broadcast. It can help viewers follow the game more closely, especially in identifying less known players, and enhance the overall viewing experience.

3. Player Training and Evaluation: The NBA Player Detector can be used to analyze the performance of individual players during training sessions or competitive games. It could help trainers identify areas where a player could use improvement, such as shooting or passing skills.

4. Sports Betting and Predictions: Bettors or prediction companies can use real-time or historical data from the model to predict player or team performance. Such insights may influence betting odds or decision-making in fantasy sports.

5. Fan Engagement and Interaction: Sports apps can integrate the computer vision model for interactive features, such as allowing fans to click on a player during a live game stream to view their statistics or history. This could significantly enhance fan engagement and satisfaction.

This data set contains the data behind the Complete History Of The NBA interactive. Data updated periodically. Game information is from Basketball-Reference.com.

Header Definition

gameorder Play order of game in NBA history

game_id Unique ID for each game

lg_id Which league the game was played in

_iscopy Each row of data is tied to a single team for a single game, so _iscopy flags if this game_id has already occured for the opposing team in the same matchup

year_id Season id, named based on year in which the season ended

date_game Game date

is_playoffs Flag for playoff games

team_id Three letter code for team name, from Basketball Reference

fran_id Franchise id. Multiple team_ids can fall under the same fran_id due to name changes or moves. Interactive is grouped by fran_id.

pts Points scored by team

elo_i Team elo entering the game

elo_n Team elo following the game

win_equiv Equivalent number of wins in a 82-game season for a team of elo_n quality

opp_id Team id of opponent

opp_fran Franchise id of opponent

opp_pts Points scored by opponent

opp_elo_i Opponent elo entering the game

opp_elo_n Opponent elo following the game

game_location Home (H), away (A), or neutral (N)

game_result Win or loss for team in the team_id column

forecast Elo-based chances of winning for the team in the team_id column, based on elo ratings and game location

Fantasy sports, particularly the daily variety in which new lineups are selected each day, are a rapidly growing industry. The two largest companies in the daily fantasy business, DraftKings and Fanduel, have been valued as high as $2 billion. This research focuses on the development of a complete system for daily fantasy basketball, including both the prediction of player performance and the construction of a team. First, a Bayesian random effects model is used to predict an aggregate measure of daily NBA player performance. The predictions are then used to construct teams under the constraints of the game, typically related to a fictional salary cap and player positions. Permutation based and K-nearest neighbors approaches are compared in terms of the identification of “successful” teams—those who would be competitive more often than not based on historical data. We demonstrate the efficacy of our system by comparing our predictions to those from a well-known analytics website, and by simulating daily competitions over the course of the 2015–2016 season. Our results show an expected profit of approximately $9,000 on an initial $500 investment using the K-nearest neighbors approach, a 36% increase relative to using the permutation-based approach alone. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

Wilt Chamberlain is the all-time rebound leader of the National Basketball Association with a total of 23,924 rebounds in his career. Meanwhile, the highest ranked player still active in the NBA is LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, who had a total of 11,731 rebounds to his name as of November 2025. Basketball legends In basketball, a rebound is defined as a player either retrieving the ball after a missed field goal or free throw or tipping in a missed shot on an offensive play. Wilt Chamberlain is the undisputed king of the rebounds, having racked up almost 24 thousand in his 14-year career as a center in the NBA. Chamberlain spent the last five years of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the honor of being the Lakers’ all-time rebound leader does not belong to Chamberlain, but rather to Elgin Baylor. The small forward spent his whole career, 13 seasons in total, with the Lakers and amassed 11,463 rebounds. The remaining top five in the list of Lakers rebound leaders is made up of other legends of the game - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, and Magic Johnson. All-time scoring leaders The aforementioned legends of the game also all make it onto the list of NBA all-time scoring leaders. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar topped this list for over 30 years, coming close to breaking the 40,000-point threshold before retiring in 1989. This record was finally broken in February 2023, when LeBron James scored 38 points in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The average franchise value of National Basketball Association (NBA) franchises increased nearly twentyfold between 2001 and 2025. In 2025, the average franchise value within the league amounted to 5.36 billion U.S. dollars. What is the most valuable NBA franchise? According to Forbes’ NBA Team Valuations, the Golden State Warriors had a value of 11 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, making them the most valuable team in the NBA. In second place were the Los Angeles Lakers, with a value of 10 billion U.S. dollars. When it came to revenue, which is a key indicator of franchise value, the Warriors also topped the rankings for NBA teams with the highest revenue in the 2024/25 season. In a distant second place were the Los Angeles Clippers, with a revenue of 569 million U.S. dollars. How do other leagues compare? In the rankings of the most valuable major sports leagues in North America, the National Football League (NFL) has been the clear leader for a number of years. In 2024, the average franchise value in the NFL increased by over one billion U.S. dollars from the previous year to reach above seven billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the NBA had the second-highest average franchise value among North American sports leagues, trailed by Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League in third and fourth, respectively.

This SQL database contains team and player statistics from individual regular season games from 10 seasons (2013-2014 through 2022-2023). The database includes 3 tables:

1. Game Info: 11,979 rows, each containing information about the teams, score, and outcome.
2. Team Stats: 23,958 rows with boxscore stats from each game.
3. Player Stats: 305,732 rows with boxscore stats from each game.

While this kind of data can be found elsewhere on the internet, it is typically not in a format that allows for easy manipulation and analysis. The goal was to create a database that allows users to more easily perform statistical analysis and modeling.

Novabase reported 25.78M in Outstanding Shares in April of 2024. Data for Novabase | NBA - Outstanding Shares including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

As of 2024, the largest luxury tax bill footed by a team in the NBA came in the 2023/24 season, when the Golden State Warriors were taxed 176.9 million U.S. dollars by the league. The Warriors also held the other top-three spots, bringing their overall luxury tax payments from 2021/22 to 2023/24 to 510.9 million U.S. dollars.

In May 2021, point guard Russell Westbrook became the undisputed king of the triple-doubles. He scored his record-breaking 182nd triple-double in a tight 125-124 loss against the Atlanta Hawks. Westbrook scored his very first triple-double in March 2009 while playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He spent 11 years at the franchise before changing teams five times in six years, eventually joining the Sacramento Kings in 2025. As of December 2025, Westbrook had 206 triple-doubles to his name. Who held the record before Westbrook? Before Russell Westbrook smashed the record, Oscar Robertson, nicknamed ‘The Big O’, held the record for triple-doubles in the National Basketball Association. He racked up 181 triple-doubles during his playing career with the Cincinnati Royals (now playing as the Sacramento Kings) and the Milwaukee Bucks between 1960 and 1974. What is a triple-double? In the NBA, statistical categories are kept on a per game basis for each individual player, including points, rebounds, assists, and steals. When a player reaches a score of ten or more in at least three of these statistical categories in a game, he records a triple-double (e.g. 10 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds). All the players on the list with at least 100 triple-doubles in their career are versatile, strong, and athletic and can handle the ball on the offensive as well as the defensive end. This enables these players to score at a high level and assist on many other baskets. Their size and basketball smarts often also make them good rebounders.

For the 2024/25 National Basketball Association season, there were *** international players on the opening-night rosters. This matched the all-time high for the league, which was recorded in the ******** season.

The games of the 2024 NBA Finals had an average TV rating of ***. The 2024 championships were contested between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks and saw the Celtics win 4-1 to claim their record-breaking **** NBA title in franchise history.