Who carried the decade. Every season is scored against its own league with VAL, so a player is measured against the peers he actually faced, never against a different era's scoring environment.
L · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1949 (15.7)
L · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1945 (11.8)
C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1948 (14.5)
C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1941 (12.8)
C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1947 (14.9)
R · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1947 (14.8)
L · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1949 (16.4)
C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1948 (12.6)
C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1948 (14.1)
C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1947 (13)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1942 (9.1)
R · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1941 (10.7)
C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1946 (10.9)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1945 (9.6)
C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1949 (13.5)
R · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1947 (11)
L · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1947 (11)
R · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1948 (9.8)
C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1941 (9.8)
C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1947 (13.1)
C · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1947 (12.6)
R · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1944 (9.8)
L · 5 seasons in the decade · best 1948 (13.3)
G · 5 seasons in the decade · best 1941 (12.2)
C · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1949 (11.3)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy Conacher | 1949 | 16.4 |
| 2 | Doug Bentley | 1949 | 15.7 |
| 3 | Max Bentley | 1947 | 14.9 |
| 4 | Maurice Richard | 1947 | 14.8 |
| 5 | Bill Durnan | 1944 | 14.5 |
| 6 | Elmer Lach | 1948 | 14.5 |
| 7 | Buddy O'Connor | 1948 | 14.1 |
| 8 | Johnny Mowers | 1943 | 14 |
| 9 | Elmer Lach | 1945 | 13.5 |
| 10 | Sid Abel | 1949 | 13.5 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.