The effectivnes of the game indicators of high level basketball players, playing in different positions

The object – basketball game indicators. The aim – determine and evaluate euroleagues men’s basketball tournament, 2016/2017 season, 16 different teams players, playing different position, game indicators and their efficiency. Tasks: 1. Identify and compare the quantitative and qualitative indicators of players playing in different basketball positions, of euroleagues men’s basketball tournament 2. Determine and compare basketball player performance during regular season and playoffs. 3. Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of basketball players, playing in different positions Method of research: official euroleague men’s basketball tournament, 2016/2017 year seasons, 16 teams, 48 statistical protocols analysis. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of basketball players, playing in different positions. These indicators were analyzed: players height, played minutes, scored points, two point, three point and free throws quantity and accuracy, defensive, offensive and total rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers, blocked shots, and how many players shots were blocked, fouls and fouls received, efficiency rating and efficiency per minute rating. Results: on average point guards played most of the minutes, they were the shortest and highest scoring players, their free throw percentage was the highest; they also had the most assists, steals and turnovers and had the best efficiency ratio. Centers were the tallest players, they had the most rebounds both defensive and offensive, had the best efficiency per minute ratio, also shot the best percentage, both two and three point shots. Conclusions: 1. The determined quantitative and qualitative indicators of basketball players, who competed in different positions, differed, there are statistically significant differences in the comparison of positions. 2. The game indicators remained almost the same when comparing the statistics of different positions in basketball players during the regular season and the playoffs. 3. Point guards had the highest efficiency ratio, but centers demonstrated the highest efficiency per 1-minute ratio by the centers, forwards in both categories showed the worst results