2020-21 Real Plus-Minus
| RK | NAME | TEAM | GP | MPG | ORPM | DRPM | RPM | WINS |
| 1 | Stephen Curry, PG | GS | 38 | 33.8 | 9.96 | -2.26 | 7.70 | 9.25 |
| 2 | Damian Lillard, PG | POR | 37 | 36.1 | 6.95 | -2.63 | 4.33 | 5.75 |
| 3 | Giannis Antetokounmpo, PF | MIL | 38 | 33.9 | 6.59 | 0.42 | 7.01 | 8.46 |
| 4 | LeBron James, SF | LAL | 38 | 34.5 | 6.20 | 2.83 | 9.03 | 9.95 |
| 5 | James Harden, SG | HOU/BKN | 34 | 37.9 | 6.19 | -1.63 | 4.56 | 6.04 |
| 6 | CJ McCollum, SG | POR | 13 | 33.8 | 5.58 | 2.56 | 8.14 | 3.20 |
| 7 | Nikola Jokic, C | DEN | 39 | 35.9 | 5.28 | -0.70 | 4.58 | 6.47 |
| 8 | Bradley Beal, SG | WSH | 35 | 35.7 | 5.09 | -2.58 | 2.51 | 4.26 |
| 9 | De'Aaron Fox, PG | SAC | 38 | 34.4 | 4.95 | -2.38 | 2.58 | 4.50 |
| 10 | Kyle Lowry, PG | TOR | 32 | 34.6 | 4.95 | -0.59 | 4.36 | 5.17 |
| 11 | Lonzo Ball, PG | NO | 36 | 31.4 | 4.94 | -0.18 | 4.76 | 5.28 |
| 12 | Trae Young, PG | ATL | 37 | 34.5 | 4.94 | -3.64 | 1.30 | 3.25 |
| 13 | Kyrie Irving, PG | BKN | 29 | 35.6 | 4.88 | -0.98 | 3.89 | 4.46 |
| 14 | Kevin Durant, PF | BKN | 19 | 35.7 | 4.83 | -0.90 | 3.94 | 3.05 |
| 15 | LaMelo Ball, PG | CHA | 38 | 28.8 | 4.77 | -1.79 | 2.99 | 4.12 |
| 16 | Jordan Poole, SG | GS | 19 | 12.2 | 4.48 | -1.33 | 3.15 | 0.90 |
| 17 | Donovan Mitchell, SG | UTAH | 36 | 34.1 | 4.38 | -1.47 | 2.91 | 4.43 |
| 18 | Jordan Clarkson, PG | UTAH | 38 | 25.8 | 4.27 | -1.63 | 2.64 | 3.39 |
| 19 | Joel Embiid, C | PHI | 31 | 32.6 | 4.22 | 2.65 | 6.87 | 6.45 |
| 20 | Ben Simmons, PG | PHI | 32 | 33.7 | 3.78 | -0.24 | 3.54 | 4.45 |
| 21 | Luka Doncic, PG | DAL | 35 | 35.3 | 3.71 | -1.43 | 2.29 | 3.91 |
| 22 | Paul George, SG | LAC | 30 | 33.1 | 3.66 | 2.70 | 6.36 | 5.76 |
| 23 | Jaylen Brown, SG | BOS | 35 | 33.8 | 3.38 | 0.10 | 3.48 | 4.75 |
| 24 | Russell Westbrook, PG | WSH | 31 | 34.5 | 3.28 | -3.59 | -0.32 | 1.61 |
| 25 | De'Anthony Melton, SG | MEM | 24 | 20.3 | 3.21 | 0.29 | 3.50 | 1.98 |
| 26 | Malik Monk, SG | CHA | 25 | 22.0 | 3.19 | -2.07 | 1.13 | 1.35 |
| 27 | Ja Morant, PG | MEM | 28 | 31.0 | 3.19 | -3.36 | -0.17 | 1.37 |
| 28 | Eric Gordon, SG | HOU | 27 | 29.2 | 3.13 | -1.93 | 1.20 | 1.98 |
| 29 | Zach LaVine, SG | CHI | 37 | 35.5 | 3.10 | -2.42 | 0.69 | 2.84 |
| 30 | Zion Williamson, PF | NO | 37 | 32.6 | 3.04 | -1.94 | 1.10 | 2.87 |
| 31 | Terry Rozier, SG | CHA | 36 | 33.1 | 2.96 | -0.54 | 2.42 | 3.98 |
| 32 | Mason Jones, SG | HOU | 24 | 11.1 | 2.89 | -1.65 | 1.25 | 0.71 |
| 33 | Cameron Payne, PG | PHX | 27 | 16.8 | 2.77 | -0.12 | 2.65 | 1.54 |
| 34 | Evan Fournier, SG | ORL | 21 | 29.2 | 2.74 | -1.82 | 0.92 | 1.43 |
| 35 | Khris Middleton, SF | MIL | 39 | 33.3 | 2.72 | -1.54 | 1.18 | 3.26 |
| 36 | Patty Mills, PG | SA | 36 | 25.4 | 2.71 | 1.18 | 3.88 | 3.94 |
| 37 | Jimmy Butler, SF | MIA | 25 | 33.4 | 2.70 | 0.61 | 3.31 | 3.19 |
| 38 | Immanuel Quickley, SG | NY | 36 | 19.7 | 2.63 | -1.12 | 1.51 | 1.78 |
| 39 | Norman Powell, SG | TOR | 37 | 30.0 | 2.62 | -1.40 | 1.22 | 2.78 |
| 40 | Davis Bertans, SF | WSH | 33 | 25.4 | 2.51 | -1.30 | 1.21 | 2.12 |
Real Plus-Minus (RPM) was recently updated by the ESPN Sports Analytics Team. This new version of RPM was inspired by the original RPM created by Jeremias Engelmann, in consultation with Steve Ilardi, and now uses advanced box statistics derived from player tracking data, along with a slightly modified statistical model.