NFL Wide Receivers: advanced-historical.csv

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This table contains data behind the story The Football Hall Of Fame Has A Receiver Problem.

advanced-historical.csv contains advanced career stats for NFL receivers, 1932-2013.

Header Definition
pfr_player_id Player identification code at Pro-Football-Reference.com
player_name The player's name
career_try Career True Receiving Yards
career_ranypa Adjusted Net Yards Per Attempt (relative to average) of player's career teams, weighted by TRY w/ each team
career_wowy The amount by which career_ranypa exceeds what would be expected from his QBs' (age-adjusted) performance without the receiver
bcs_rating The number of yards per game by which a player would outgain an average receiver on the same team, after adjusting for teammate quality and age (update of http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2005/02/ranking-the-all-time-great-wide-receivers/)

try-per-game-aging-curve.csv contains receiver aging curve definitions.

Header Definition
age_from The age (as of December 31st) the player is moving from
age_to The age (as of December 31st) the player is moving to
trypg_change Expected change in TRY/game from one age-season to the next

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

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Link rowid ▼ pfr_player_id player_name career_try career_ranypa career_wowy bcs_rating
1 1 AuguSt20 Steve August 8.810238522 0.656622999 0.64757374  
2 2 AbbrDu20 Duke Abbruzzi 93.94808568 0.506930307 0.634414891  
3 3 AbduKa00 Karim Abdul-Jabbar 672.2446042 0.52390615 0.192101657  
4 4 AbduRa00 Rabih Abdullah 121.1446747 -0.953745517 -0.349893334  
5 5 AberWa00 Walter Abercrombie 1479.08051 -1.013036705 -0.137288024  
6 6 AbraDa00 Danny Abramowicz 6897.783839 -0.610137457 -0.852726864 11.784158
7 7 AdamBo00 Bob Adams 953.1306855 -0.386799804 -0.478713231  
8 8 AdamCh00 Charlie Adams 207.6110173 1.362177468 2.029767653  
9 9 AdamCh20 Chet Adams 68.42621723 0.269510973 2.151044629  
10 10 AdamCu00 Curtis Adams 74.76109634 -0.321053779 -0.46027628  
11 11 AdamDa20 David Adams 8.489954586 -0.201034583 0.099746309  
12 12 AdamGe00 George Adams 1053.245118 -0.036935441 0.025132874  
13 13 AdamJo00 John Adams 329.6623965 -0.325587934 -0.400360857  
14 14 AdamJo01 Joe Adams 7.176933807 0.763340829 0.623483947  
15 15 AdamKr00 Kris Adams 19.09304583 -0.287143124 -0.148928567  
16 16 AdamKy00 Kyle Adams 35.77687504 -0.832298407 -1.029790561  
17 17 AdamMi00 Mike Adams 30.30107865 0.28631952 1.181777975  
18 18 AdamMi01 Mike Adamle 638.7227728 -0.51109686 -0.000160218  
19 19 AdamNe20 Neal Adams 1994.085178 0.302424828 0.660800592  
20 20 AdamTo00 Tony Adams -1.702127544 0.292581408 0.808798877  
21 21 AdamTo01 Tom Adams 51.57055979 -1.230477368 -1.879592175  
22 22 AdamTo02 Tony Adamle 49.47904649 4.707068358 1.435582555  
23 23 AdamVe20 Verlin Adams 39.66775778 -0.063829707 -0.106373503  
24 24 AdamWi00 Willis Adams 817.3191049 0.135328311 0.402692672  
25 25 AddaJo00 Joseph Addai 1515.482402 1.42777135 -0.062195842  
26 26 AdicMa20 Mark Adickes 19.61831018 -0.468969366 0.888628657  
27 27 AdkiBo20 Bob Adkins 168.9035161 0.931747565 -2.00386479  
28 28 AdkiJa00 James Adkisson 8.775611716 -2.713311682 -1.689494791  
29 29 AdkiMa00 Margene Adkins 321.8393786 0.165561429 0.617164868  
30 30 AffhEr00 Erik Affholter 66.11678548 -0.840775267 -0.925035001  
31 31 AgeeSa20 Sam Agee 44.17963841 -1.946327129 -0.82906458  
32 32 AgeeTo00 Tommie Agee 406.6148575 -1.224030456 -1.385148224  
33 33 AguiJo20 Joe Aguirre 4385.3113 1.304540006 0.432746193  
34 34 AhreDa20 Dave Ahrens 5.781142505 -0.174839647 0.062719685  
35 35 AikeCa20 Carl Aikens 158.9318781 0.136667889 1.245811945  
36 36 AikeSa00 Sam Aiken 582.7080008 0.42381738 0.100214527  
37 37 AikmTr00 Troy Aikman -5.683187024 -1.379727277 -1.231543135  
38 38 AjirSe00 Seyi Ajirotutu 307.8564201 1.721578248 0.610000902  
39 39 AkinAl20 Al Akins 208.6064685 -3.309489225 -2.041510807  
40 40 AkinFr00 Frank Akins 346.339078 2.658952783 0.841299596  
41 41 AkiuMi20 Mike Akiu 79.06861235 -0.89496259 -2.373440671  
42 42 AlbeFr00 Frankie Albert 6.097083306 1.961816696 2.140018484  
43 43 AldrBe00 Bennie Aldridge 137.3734331 1.540506039 0.697085078  
44 44 AlexCh00 Charles Alexander 1359.799539 0.564127139 0.167353502  
45 45 AlexDa00 Danario Alexander 1135.354708 -0.925767982 -1.102111355  
46 46 AlexDa22 David Alexander 6.489393749 -0.3397653 -0.310345769  
47 47 AlexDe00 Derrick Alexander 6056.810512 0.432422838 0.129079088 1.915869
48 48 AlexGl00 Glenn Alexander 60.56697576 -0.815227423 0.989519249  
49 49 AlexJe00 Jeff Alexander 79.92545432 -0.366231043 -1.172572822  
50 50 AlexKe00 Kevin Alexander 331.03934 -0.880821396 0.615895533  
51 51 AlexMi00 Mike Alexander 275.8507157 0.005430141 -0.453130277  
52 52 AlexRa00 Ray Alexander 876.1173059 -0.413621421 -0.261937169  
53 53 AlexRo20 Robert Alexander 7.44280541 0.120556724 0.527331906  
54 54 AlexSh00 Shaun Alexander 1753.468114 0.434879284 0.188986627  
55 55 AlexSt00 Stephen Alexander 2509.911216 0.048565349 -0.260229637  
56 56 AlexVi20 Vincent Alexander 18.34540264 1.082924574 0.683077229  
57 57 AlfoBr00 Brian Alford 28.80940722 -0.588328866 -0.023114367  
58 58 AlfoBr01 Bruce Alford 2192.467564 -1.141798917 -0.085439692  
59 59 AlfoGe20 Gene Alford 529.309464 1.246982154 2.050988661  
60 60 AlfoJu20 Julie Alfonse 419.1696456 -1.770013975 0.07206448  
61 61 AlixCh00 Charles Ali 21.08574143 -2.383593661 -1.325584333  
62 62 AlleAn00 Anthony Allen 757.8246057 0.064464693 0.267965103  
63 63 AlleAn01 Anthony Allen 12.31857718 0.226157315 0.492864073  
64 64 AlleAr00 Armando Allen 15.50331252 -0.832298407 -1.029790561  
65 65 AlleDa00 David Allen 82.16668678 0.038786123 0.231852469  
66 66 AlleDo00 Don Alley 29.24501077 -0.52150308 -0.064085142  
67 67 AlleDo01 Don Allen 41.85213923 -0.711603264 0.464012713  
68 68 AlleDu00 Duane Allen 302.8424848 -0.786501011 -0.301587744  
69 69 AlleDw00 Dwayne Allen 451.95671 -0.260200872 -0.127980835  
70 70 AlleGa20 Gary Allen 71.88186997 -1.264559324 -0.738387809  
71 71 AlleJa00 James Allen 1055.757867 -1.073837877 -0.314530031  
72 72 AlleJa22 Jared Allen 30.43626667 -1.274522093 -0.109488235  
73 73 AlleJe00 Gerry Allen 482.7888288 0.802248856 0.112656975  
74 74 AlleKe00 Keenan Allen 878.7741128 1.91979939 1.098947  
75 75 AlleMa00 Marcus Allen 5993.148171 0.063989718 0.536514668  
76 76 AlleMa01 Marvin Allen 58.82132913 -1.467817192 -0.139527528  
77 77 AlleNa20 Nate Allen 22.83093549 -0.601683455 -1.285845875  
78 78 AlleTe00 Terry Allen 1753.42022 0.042784011 -0.506688703  
79 79 AlleTr00 Tremayne Allen 8.40539347 -1.190453317 -1.02315549  
80 80 AlliAu00 Aundrae Allison 210.4499813 -0.447877287 0.445037406  
81 81 AlliJi00 Jim Allison 273.1315501 1.905569632 0.932593755  
82 82 AllrJo00 John Allred 276.8091834 -0.788285941 -0.301131313  
83 83 AlphGe20 Gerald Alphin 54.33515036 -1.24072478 -0.78770593  
84 84 AlstLy20 Lyneal Alston 100.059579 -1.967434278 -1.565488122  
85 85 AlstMa00 Mack Alston 1855.88572 -0.668149163 0.377029964  
86 86 AlstMi00 Mike Alstott 2615.94526 -0.507910557 0.086978344  
87 87 AlwoLa00 Lance Alworth 11820.56899 1.2562051 0.682771107 18.474299
88 88 AmanEu20 Eugene Amano 6.694724673 0.239652078 1.092506361  
89 89 AmbeJo00 John Amberg 60.75433829 -0.69249503 0.483171898  
90 90 AmecAl00 Alan Ameche 1405.880212 1.130270531 0.500825937  
91 91 AmenDa00 Danny Amendola 2102.372605 -0.70952953 -0.20297825  
92 92 AmesDa00 Dave Ames 34.13601352 -2.473459628 -0.765315519  
93 93 AmunGe00 George Amundson 334.616963 -0.832080808 -0.436820183  
94 94 AndeAl00 Alfred Anderson 1075.680683 0.176195564 0.107931994  
95 95 AndeBi00 Bill Anderson 3904.933397 -1.094149702 -0.356341248  
96 96 AndeBi01 Billy Anderson 43.40827532 -0.621221261 -1.54419774  
97 97 AndeBo00 Bobby Anderson 1230.393758 -0.481199944 -0.219569833  
98 98 AndeBr20 Brad Anderson 87.83528366 -0.06726499 1.328534749  
99 99 AndeCh00 Chet Anderson 172.6313318 -1.197122618 0.094383357  
100 100 AndeCl00 Cliff Anderson 660.6162835 -1.911589918 -1.909734941  

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CREATE TABLE "nfl-wide-receivers/advanced-historical" (
"pfr_player_id" TEXT,
  "player_name" TEXT,
  "career_try" REAL,
  "career_ranypa" REAL,
  "career_wowy" REAL,
  "bcs_rating" REAL
);