FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XXVII

Welcome to our 43rd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ Fantasy football: areas of separation last year with notable players
^ Fantasy hoops "Ultimate Stat" for 2009-10

Fantasy Football: Areas of Separation Last Year With Notable Players

We posted our rundown a few weeks ago of the top fantasy football players for 2009 on our UQB system. [Here is the explanation from that feature verbatim: The UQB system is explained in more detail here. Suffice to say that players are measured proportionately against each other in key categories based on the standard deviation from the mean in each area. It is truly the Ultimate Quantitative Baseline of how each player performed in 2008. Kickers are not included among the top overall players because although they account for a great deal of scoring, they do not get drafted in the top few rounds overall.]

As far as how the players differentiated themselves on the UQB, here are some of the individual numbers that players posted that were among the most noteworthy in terms of separation in a statistical category:

^ Drew Brees (5069 passing yards)
^ Jay Cutler (4526 passing yards)
^ Adrian Peterson (1760 rushing yards)
^ Michael Turner (1699 rushing yards)
^ Mo Jones-Drew (565 receiving yards)
^ Andre Johnson (1575 receiving yards, 115 catches)
^ Wes Welker (111 catches)
^ Brandon Marshall (104 catches)
^ Devery Henderson (24.8 yards per catch)
^ Robert Meachem (24.1 yards per catch)
^ Tony Gonzalez (1058 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, 96 catches)

Fantasy Hoops "Ultimate Stat" for 2009-10

NOTE: Next week, we will post position-by-position player rankings for the UQB stat for basketball. This week, it's our Top 50 overall.


1
Chris Paul
1087
2
Dwight Howard
1041
3
Pau Gasol
1014
4
Dwyane Wade
971
5
Troy Murphy
906
6
Danny Granger
903
7
Jose Calderon
881
8
LeBron James
847
9
Dirk Nowitzki
821
10
Amar'e Stoudemire
800
11
Tyrus Thomas
796
12
Grant Hill
781
13
Kevin Garnett
779
14T
Jason Kidd
773
14T
David Lee
773
16T
Chris Bosh
752
16T
Yao Ming
752
18
Kobe Bryant
751
19
Ray Allen
749
20
David West
744
21
Steve Nash
742
22
Jameer Nelson
741
23
Nene Hilario
736
24
Kevin Durant
729
25
Tim Duncan
728
26
Emeka Okafor
719
27
Tony Parker
712
28
Marcus Camby
706
29
Al Jefferson
704
30
Brandon Roy
701
31
Zach Randolph
696
32T
Antawn Jamison
693
32T
Gerald Wallace
693
34
Mo Williams
685
35
Anthony Morrow
679
36
Francisco Garcia
675
37T
Chauncey Billups
674
37T
Kelenna Azubuike
674
39
Shaquille O'Neal
672
40
Leandro Barbosa
671
41
Shawn Marion
667
42
Vince Carter
665
43
Manu Ginobili
664
44
Deron Williams
663
45
Jason Terry
661
46T
Rashard Lewis
659
46T
Ronnie Brewer
659
48
Rasheed Wallace
657
49
Charlie Villanueva
655
50
Marvin Williams
654