Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports

2005 - 2025

Current editor(s): Mark Glickman

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Volume 21, issue 1, 2025

Thoughts from the Editor pp. 1-1

Fellingham Gilbert

European football player valuation: integrating financial models and network theory pp. 3-22

Cohen Albert and Risk Jimmy

On the efficiency of trading intangible fixed assets in Major League Baseball pp. 23-36

Pinheiro Ryan and Szymanski Stefan

Expected goals under a Bayesian viewpoint: uncertainty quantification and online learning pp. 37-50

Nipoti Bernardo and Schiavon Lorenzo

Bayesian bivariate Conway–Maxwell–Poisson regression model for correlated count data in sports pp. 51-71

Florez Mauro, Guindani Michele and Vannucci Marina

Success factors in national team football: an analysis of the UEFA EURO 2020 pp. 73-95

Renner Vincent, Görgen Konstantin, Woll Alexander, Wäsche Hagen and Schienle Melanie

Volume 20, issue 4, 2024

A comprehensive survey of the home advantage in American football pp. 277-291

Benz Luke, Bliss Thompson and Lopez Michael

Introducing Grid WAR: rethinking WAR for starting pitchers pp. 293-329

Brill Ryan S. and Wyner Abraham J.

Improving NHL draft outcome predictions using scouting reports pp. 331-349

Luo Hubert

Comparison of individual playing styles in football pp. 351-364

Guan Tianyu, Sumit Sarkar and Swartz Tim B.

A generative approach to frame-level multi-competitor races pp. 365-383

Stokes Tyrel, Bagga Gurashish, Kroetch Kimberly, Kumagai Brendan and Welsh Liam

An empirical Bayes approach for estimating skill models for professional darts players pp. 385-404

Haugh Martin B. and Wang Chun

Volume 20, issue 3, 2024

Estimating positional plus-minus in the NBA pp. 193-217

Gong Hua and Chen Su

No cheering in the background? Individual performance in professional darts during COVID-19 pp. 219-234

Spilker Finn and Ötting Marius

Spatial roles in hockey special teams pp. 235-250

Arsenault Jonathan, Cunniff Margaret, Tulsky Eric and Forbes James Richard

Career path clustering of elite soccer players among European Big-5 nations utilizing Dynamic Time Warping pp. 251-264

Wolf Viktor, Lanwehr Ralf, Bieschke Marcel and Leyhr Daniel

The strategic jump-the order effect on winning “The Final Three” in long jump competitions pp. 265-276

Karlsson Niklas and Lunander Anders

Volume 20, issue 2, 2024

Opponent choice in tournaments: winning and shirking pp. 67-86

Hall Nicholas G. and Liu Zhixin

Equity, diversity, and inclusion in sports analytics pp. 87-111

Fernandes Craig, Vescovi Jason D., Norman Richard, Bradish Cheri L., Taback Nathan and Chan Timothy C. Y.

Estimating age-dependent performance in paired comparisons competitions: application to snooker pp. 113-125

Baker Rose D. and McHale Ian G.

Improving ranking quality and fairness in Swiss-system chess tournaments pp. 127-146

Sauer Pascal, Cseh Ágnes and Lenzner Pascal

Fair world para masters point system for swimming pp. 147-177

Bartneck Christoph and Moltchanova Elena

A multiplicative approach to decathlon scoring based on efficient frontiers pp. 179-192

Schütz Manuel and Tofallis Chris

Volume 20, issue 1, 2024

Editor’s note: on fairness in sports analytics pp. 1-3

Baumer Benjamin S.

Evaluating plate discipline in Major League Baseball with Bayesian Additive Regression Trees pp. 5-20

Yee Ryan and Deshpande Sameer K.

Plackett–Luce modeling with trajectory models for measuring athlete strength pp. 21-35

McKeough Katy and Glickman Mark

Miss it like Messi: Extracting value from off-target shots in soccer pp. 37-50

Baron Ethan, Sandholtz Nathan, Pleuler Devin and Chan Timothy C. Y.

On the design of international match calendar: the effect of “FIFA reserved dates” on European football matches’ outcomes pp. 51-57

Levi Pérez

Contributions of Carl Morris in sports analytics, a memorium pp. 59-65

Albert Jim

Volume 19, issue 4, 2023

A Bayesian analysis of the time through the order penalty in baseball pp. 245-262

Brill Ryan S., Deshpande Sameer K. and Wyner Abraham J.

Parking the bus pp. 263-272

Guan Tianyu, Cao Jiguo and Swartz Tim B.

Bayesian analysis of Formula One race results: disentangling driver skill and constructor advantage pp. 273-293

Erik-Jan van Kesteren and Bergkamp Tom

Simplified Kalman filter for on-line rating: one-fits-all approach pp. 295-315

Szczecinski Leszek and Tihon Raphaëlle

The evolution of seeding systems and the impact of imbalanced groups in FIFA Men’s World Cup tournaments 1954–2022 pp. 317-332

Lapré Michael A. and Palazzolo Elizabeth M.

Volume 19, issue 3, 2023

Feeling fast? Beliefs and performance among high school sprinters pp. 153-170

Travis Lybbert and Zheng Geyi

Investigating trade-offs made by American football linebackers using tracking data pp. 171-185

Eager Eric and Seth Tej

Performing best when it matters the most: evidence from professional handball pp. 185-203

Bühren Christoph and Gabriel Marvin

Choosing opponents in skiing sprint elimination tournaments pp. 205-221

Lunander Anders and Karlsson Niklas

Generalizing the Elo rating system for multiplayer games and races: why endurance is better than speed pp. 223-243

Powell Ben

Volume 19, issue 2, 2023

Predicting elite NBA lineups using individual player order statistics pp. 51-71

Martonosi Susan E., Gonzalez Martin and Oshiro Nicolas

Modern and post-modern portfolio theory as applied to moneyline betting pp. 73-89

Harville David A.

Pitching strategy evaluation via stratified analysis using propensity score pp. 91-102

Nakahara Hiroshi, Takeda Kazuya and Fujii Keisuke

Clustering of football players based on performance data and aggregated clustering validity indexes pp. 103-123

Akhanli Serhat Emre and Hennig Christian

Testing styles of play using triad census distribution: an application to men’s football pp. 125-151

Palazzo Lucio, Ievoli Riccardo and Ragozini Giancarlo

Volume 19, issue 1, 2023

A roster construction decision tool for MLS expansion teams pp. 1-14

Smith Zachary J. and Bickel J. Eric

Home advantage and crowd attendance: evidence from rugby during the Covid 19 pandemic pp. 15-26

Fernando Delbianco, Fioravanti Federico and Fernando Tohmé

A peculiar phenomenon and its potential explanation in the ATP tennis tour finals for singles pp. 27-36

Lerner Itamar

Kelly criterion and fractional Kelly strategy for non-mutually exclusive bets pp. 37-42

Jacot Benjamin P. and Mochkovitch Paul V.

Augmenting adjusted plus-minus in soccer with FIFA ratings pp. 43-49

Matano Francesca, Richardson Lee, Pospisil Taylor, Politsch Collin A. and Qin Jining

Volume 18, issue 4, 2022

Modelling Australian Rules Football as spatial systems with pairwise comparisons pp. 215-226

Andreacchio Anton, Bean Nigel and Mitchell Lewis

The effects of draw restrictions on knockout tournaments pp. 227-239

László Csató

‘Form is temporary, class is permanent’: identifying a longer-term hot hand in golf pp. 241-251

Baker Rose and McHale Ian G.

Bayesian modelling of elite sporting performance with large databases pp. 253-268

Griffin Jim E., Hinoveanu Laurenţiu C. and Hopker James G.

Volume 18, issue 3, 2022

Jumping on the bandwagon? Attendance response to recent victories in the NBA pp. 161-170

Munoz Ercio, Chen Jiadi and Thomas Milan

A goal based index to analyze the competitive balance of a football league pp. 171-186

Deb Soudeep

Quantifying the impact of imbalanced groups in FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments 1991–2019 pp. 187-199

Lapré Michael A. and Palazzolo Elizabeth M.

Bayesian estimation of in-game home team win probability for college basketball pp. 201-213

Maddox Jason T., Sides Ryan and Harvill Jane L.

Volume 18, issue 2, 2022

Does the ball lie? Testing the Rasheed Wallace hypothesis pp. 87-95

Brian Meehan, Portillo Javier E. and Jenkins Corey

A reinforcement learning based approach to play calling in football pp. 97-112

Biro Preston and Walker Stephen G.

Clustering algorithms to increase fairness in collegiate wrestling pp. 113-125

Carter Nathan, Harrison Andrew, Iyengar Amar, Lanham Matthew, Nestler Scott, Schrader Dave and Zadeh Amir

A Markov process approach to untangling intention versus execution in tennis pp. 127-145

Chan Timothy C. Y., Fearing Douglas S., Fernandes Craig and Kovalchik Stephanie

Individual role classification for players defending corners in football (soccer): Categorisation of the defensive role for each player in a corner kick using positional data pp. 147-160

Bauer Pascal, Anzer Gabriel and Smith Joshua Wyatt

Volume 18, issue 1, 2022

G-Elo: generalization of the Elo algorithm by modeling the discretized margin of victory pp. 1-14

Szczecinski Leszek

Evaluating the performance of elite level volleyball players pp. 15-34

Fellingham Gilbert W.

Optical tracking in team sports: A survey on player and ball tracking methods in soccer and other team sports pp. 35-57

Rahimian Pegah and Toka Laszlo

MSE-optimal K-factor of the Elo rating system for round-robin tournament pp. 59-72

Chan Victor

Influence of advanced footwear technology on sub-2 hour marathon and other top running performances pp. 73-86

Arderiu Andreu and Raphaël de Fondeville