The NBA Players Putting Their Teams on Their Backs

Some NBA players truly shoulder the load for their teams. Each pie below represents a team and the contributions it receives from two sources: the team’s top player, and the rest of the roster.

Teams are in descending order, beginning with the players who make the biggest VORP contributions to their teams.

Chart: Nate Rattner for Nylon Calculus Source: Basketball Reference Get the data Created with Datawrapper