Elite Players of the NRL Season 2015..by position

Been mucking around with z-scores as a way of ranking players in positions. The idea of a z-score is to find out how many Standard Deviations ones performance is from the average. i.e If the average player scores 24 score ranking, with the SD deviation of that average score ranking being 10; then a select player who performs at a 40 score ranking has a z-score of (40-24)/10 = 1.4. (more than 1 Standard Deviation better than the average...i.e an elite player in that position)


Applying the concept of z-scores to my scores of players in the NRL so far, leads me to the following list of 60 elite players in their respective position (a player that is more than 1 Standard Deviation better than the average).See if you agree

Team	Player	Position	z-score
warriors	Simon Mannering	2nd Row	1.699842
sharks	Wade Graham	2nd Row	1.547471
cowboys	Gavin Cooper	2nd Row	1.42607
cowboys	Ethan Lowe	2nd Row	1.376519
broncos	Matt Gillett	2nd Row	1.147962
cowboys	Jason Taumalolo	2nd Row	1.143626
roosters	Sio Siua Taukeiaho	2nd Row	1.024703
broncos	Alex Glenn	Centre	2.304776
cowboys	Kane Linnett	Centre	1.886133
storm	Will Chambers	Centre	1.84792
knights	Dane Gagai	Centre	1.660253
dragons	Joel Thompson	Centre	1.449658
rabbitohs	Bryson Goodwin	Centre	1.305298
raiders	Jack Wighton	Centre	1.225475
west-tigers	Chris Lawrence	Centre	1.104043
raiders	Jarrod Croker	Centre	1.034411
broncos	Anthony Milford	Five-eighth	1.384919
raiders	Blake Austin	Five-eighth	1.161038
warriors	Chad Townsend	Five-eighth	1.140508
roosters	James Maloney	Five-eighth	1.107268
cowboys	Johnathan Thurston	Five-eighth	1.010481
roosters	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	Fullback	2.566311
dragons	Josh Dugan	Fullback	1.11286
west-tigers	James Tedesco	Fullback	1.096744
knights	Kurt Gidley	Halfback	1.441777
roosters	Mitchell Pearce	Halfback	1.254987
broncos	Ben Hunt	Halfback	1.228303
sea-eagles	Daly Cherry-Evans	Halfback	1.199077
broncos	Andrew McCullough	Hooker	1.609166
rabbitohs	Issac Luke	Hooker	1.47894
storm	Cameron Smith	Hooker	1.398395
sea-eagles	Matt Ballin	Hooker	1.130414
dragons	Mitch Rein	Hooker	1.048363
rabbitohs	George Burgess	Interchange	1.680749
warriors	Ben Matulino	Interchange	1.434156
dragons	Mike Cooper	Interchange	1.184351
storm	Tohu Harris	Interchange	1.131693
storm	Dale Finucane	Interchange	1.06876
titans	Luke Douglas	Interchange	1.042431
roosters	Dylan Napa	Interchange	1.010965
raiders	Shaun Fensom	Lock	1.388763
raiders	Paul Vaughan	Lock	1.091909
broncos	Corey Parker	Lock	1.060226
storm	Jesse Bromwich	Prop	1.793129
bulldogs	Aiden Tolman	Prop	1.525986
rabbitohs	Thomas Burgess	Prop	1.319849
west-tigers	Aaron Woods	Prop	1.272971
sharks	Andrew Fifita	Prop	1.135546
eels	Tim Mannah	Prop	1.078393
cowboys	Matthew Scott	Prop	1.016102
storm	Marika Koroibete	Winger	1.536268
titans	James Roberts	Winger	1.264139
west-tigers	Kevin Naiqama	Winger	1.159774
warriors	Manu Vatuvei	Winger	1.152947
cowboys	Justin O'Neill	Winger	1.132464
knights	Akuila Uate	Winger	1.126612
bulldogs	Sam Perrett	Winger	1.100277
eels	Semi Radradra	Winger	1.098326
raiders	Edrick Lee	Winger	1.047606
eels	Will Hopoate	Winger	1.028099