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Interpreting Outlier's Team Power Rankings

How to find and interpret Outlier's offensive and defensive Power Rankings

Evan Kirkham avatar
Written by Evan Kirkham
Updated over a year ago

On every single one of Outlier's Market Details page you'll find a list of matchup-specific offensive and defensive power rankings, which can be leveraged to give you more context before placing your bet.

How-To Access Outlier's Team Power Rankings

  • Navigate to your Outlier app

  • Click the "Find Your Next Bet" button

  • Access your Outlier Premium account or Signup for a Trial

  • Navigate to the "Games" tab

  • Click any Bar Graph Icon (always displayed next to odds)

  • Check that the "Matchup" tab is selected

Interpreting Outlier's Team Power Rankings

Outlier displays different Team Power Rankings depending on the sport. However, the data functions the same. Here are some tips to help you use the Power Rankings:

  • You can toggle between offensive and defensive power rankings simply by pressing the drop down menu and selecting "Offense Rank" or "Defense Rank"

  • You can quickly swap between power rankings being displayed, but pressing the bi-directional arrow "swap" button

  • The statistic displayed (i.e. 23.7 First Downs) is the team's season average for that particular stat category

  • The power rank (i.e. 2nd Scoring) is the team's rank for that particular stat category.

Let's explore and define Outlier's Team Power Ranking categories for each sport.

Football Team Power Rankings

  • Scoring:

    • Offensive: The average number of points scored per game

    • Defensive: The average number of points ceded per game

  • RedZone Efficiency:

    • Offensive: The percentage of RedZone appearances resulting in a touchdown

    • Defensive: The percentage of RedZone appearances by the opposing team resulting in a touchdown

  • Third Down Conversions:

    • Offensive: The percentage of successfully converted 3rd down attempts

    • Defensive: The percentage of successful 3rd down attempts ceded

  • First Downs:

    • Offensive: The average number of first downs earned per game

    • Defensive: The average number of first downs ceded per game

  • Passing Yards:

    • Offensive: The average number of passing yards per game

    • Defensive: The average number of passing yards ceded per game

  • Rushing Yards:

    • Offensive: The average number of rushing yards per game

    • Defensive: The average number of rushing yards ceded per game

  • Yards Per Play:

    • Offensive: The average number of yards gained per play

    • Defensive: The average number of yards ceded per play

  • Turnovers:

    • Offensive: The average number of turnovers ceded per game

    • Defensive: The average number of turnovers forced per game

  • Sacks:

    • Offensive: The average number of sacks ceded per game

    • Defensive: The average number of sacks generated per game

  • QB Hits:

    • Offensive: The average number of sacks ceded per game

    • Defensive: The average number of sacks generated per game

  • QB Hurries:

    • Offensive: The average number of times the team's quarterback was forced to throw the football earlier than intended per game

    • Defensive: The average number of times the opposing team's quarterback was forced to throw the football earlier than intended per game

  • Tackles for Loss:

    • Offensive: The average number of times the team was tackled for a loss per game

    • Defensive: The average number of times the team was tackled the opposing team for a loss per game

Basketball Team Power Rankings

  • Points:

    • Offensive: The average number of points scored per game

    • Defensive: The average number of points ceded per game

  • Field Goal Percentages:

    • Offensive: The average percentage of shots attempted and made

    • Defensive: The average percentage of shots attempted and made by the opposing team

  • 2-Point Percentage

    • Offensive: The average percentage of 2-point shots attempted and made

    • Defensive: The average percentage of 2-point shots attempted and made by the opposing team

  • 3-Point Percentage

    • Offensive: The average percentage of 3-point shots attempted and made

    • Defensive: The average percentage of 3-point shots attempted and made by the opposing team

  • Free Throw Percentage

    • Offensive: The average percentage of free throws attempted and made

    • Defensive: The average percentage of free throws attempted and made by the opposing

  • Rebounds

    • Offensive: The average number of offensive and defensive rebounds collected per game

    • Defensive: The average number of offensive and defensive rebounds collected per game by the opposing team

  • Offensive Rebounds

    • Offensive: The average number of offensive rebounds collected per game

    • Defensive: The average number of offensive rebounds collected per game by the opposing team

  • Defensive Rebounds

    • Offensive: The average number of defensive rebounds collected per game by the opposing team

    • Defensive: The average number of defensive rebounds collected per game

  • Blocks

    • Offensive: The average number of blocks per game by the opposing team

    • Defensive: The average number of blocks per game

  • Steals

    • Offensive: The average number of times the opposing team steals the ball per game

    • Defensive: The average number of time the team steals the ball per game

  • Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

    • Offensive: The average ratio of assists generated to turnovers ceded per game

    • Defensive: The opposing team's average ratio of assists generated to turnovers ceded per game

Hockey Team Power Rankings

  • Goals

    • Offensive: The average number of goals scored per game

    • Defensive: The average number of goals scored per game by the opposing team

  • Shooting Percentage

    • Offensive: The average number of shots taken per game that resulted in a goal

    • Defensive: The average number of shots taken by the opposing team per game that resulted in a goal

  • On Ice Shots

    • Offensive: The average number of shots taken per game

    • Defensive: The average number of shots taken by the opposing team per game

  • Blocked Shots

    • Offensive: The average number of shots blocked by the opposing team per game

    • Defensive: The average number of shots blocked per game

  • Save Percentage

    • Offensive: The average number of shots taken and saved by the opposing team per game

    • Defensive: The average number of shots faced and saved per game

  • Faceoff Win Percentage

    • Offensive: The percentage of offensive faceoffs won per game

    • Defensive: The percentage of defensive faceoffs won per game

  • Powerplay Opportunities

    • Offensive: The average number of powerplay opportunities generated per game

    • Defensive: The average number of powerplay opportunities ceded per game

  • Powerplay Percentage

    • Offensive: The percentage of powerplays resulting in a goal per game

    • Defensive: The percentage of opposing team powerplays not resulting in a goal per game

  • Corsi:

    • Offensive: The shot attempt differential per game, while at even strength play, including blocked shot attempts

    • Defensive: The shot attempt differential of the opposing team, per game, while at even strength play, including block shot attempts

  • Fenwick:

    • Offensive: The shot attempt differential per game, while at even strength play, not including blocked shot attempts

    • Defensive: The shot attempt differential of the opposing team, per game, while at even strength play, not including block shot attempts

  • PDO:

    • Offensive: The sum of the team's shooting percentage and its save percentage, multiplied by 10

    • Defensive:The sum of a the opposing team's shooting percentage and its save percentage, multiplied by 10

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