Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports

2005 - 2026

Current editor(s): Mark Glickman

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Hypergraph adjusted plus-minus pp. 1-16: Josephs Nathaniel and Upton Elizabeth
An interpretable and probabilistic competitive balance metric for sports leagues pp. 17-34: Vassoler Estéfano Bortolini and Vaz- de-Melo Pedro O. S.
PEP: a tackle value measuring the prevention of expected points pp. 35-51: Bajons Robert, Koslik Jan-Ole, Michels Rouven and Ötting Marius
Improving strength of schedule metrics in sports scheduling pp. 53-78: DeHollander Adam and Karwan Mark
An optimal transport based embedding to quantify the distance between playing styles in collective sports pp. 79-104: Baouan Ali, Rosenbaum Mathieu and Pulido Sergio
Exploring the difficulty of estimating win probability: a simulation study pp. 105-115: Brill Ryan S., Yurko Ronald and Wyner Abraham J.

NBA basketball issue introduction: current academic state and challenges pp. 269-272: Deutscher Christian and Montague Colin
Multi-agent statistically discriminative sub-trajectory mining and an application to NBA basketball pp. 273-292: Bunker Rory Paul, Duy Vo Nguyen Le, Tabei Yasuo, Takeuchi Ichiro and Fujii Keisuke
Assessing end-of-season performance as a function of average minutes played for NBA players pp. 293-302: Jewell Matthew, Page Garritt L. and Reese C. Shane
A Bayesian two-stage framework for lineup-independent assessment of individual rebounding ability in the NBA pp. 303-326: Kiriazis Nicholas, Genest Christian and Leblanc Alexandre
Improving the aggregation and evaluation of NBA mock drafts pp. 327-343: Fisher Jared D. and Montague Colin
A basketball paradox: exploring NBA team defensive efficiency in a positionless game pp. 345-359: South Charles

NHL aging curves using functional principal component analysis pp. 177-189: Cavan Elijah, Cao Jiguo and Swartz Tim B.
Aerodynamics, technology or pit strategy: why did overtaking in Formula 1 decline during the 1980s and 1990s? A micro-level analysis pp. 191-210: Jesper de Groote
Analyzing and forecasting success in the Men’s Ice Hockey World (Junior) Championships using a dynamic ranking model pp. 211-235: Holý Vladimír
FIVB ranking: misstep in the right direction pp. 237-252: Tenni Salma, Gomes de Pinho Zanco Daniel and Szczecinski Leszek
Analyzing key factors influencing IPL cricket scores using explainability and multimodal data pp. 253-267: Bhatnagar Mohit and Bhatnagar Manya

A hierarchical approach to modeling golf hole scores with Hardy distributions pp. 97-115: Hardt Marie and Nettleton Dan
Estimating individual contributions to team success in women’s college volleyball pp. 117-135: Powers Scott, Stancil Luke and Consiglio Naomi
Age and performance in masters swimming and running pp. 137-152: Richard De Veaux, Plantinga Anna and Upton Elizabeth
A family of solutions related to Shin’s model for probability forecasts pp. 153-158: Kizildemir Melis, Akin Ertugrul and Alkan Altug
Penalty kicks: an adversarial risk analysis (ARA) perspective pp. 159-175: Luxenberg Samuel, Soyer Refik and Bose Sudip

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 Stefan Szymanski
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

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

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

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

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