Total Creation Value

TCV is a single number for how much offense a player actually creates — not just the points they score, but the shots and advantages they generate for everyone on the floor. It rolls 12 separate components into one comparable value so you can line players up side by side, regardless of role or era.

Every component is defined in plain terms in the glossary, and the framework is stress-tested against research hypotheses with evidence logs — so the number isn't a black box, it's a stack of assumptions you can inspect.