Injury loss · career arc
Hall of What Might Have Been
The Wasted Talent Index measures the gap between a player's HOF Monitor probability (what their talent ceiling suggested) and their Durability IQ (what injury and availability allowed them to deliver). High HOF probability + low durability = the hall-of-what-might-have-been.
Wasted Talent Score = HOF Probability × (100 − Durability IQ). Enshrined HOF players are excluded — this measures unrealized potential only. Scores sourced from HOF Monitor × Durability IQ.
1
HOF Probability
27.9%
Durability IQ
25
2 seasons · 9% availability · 2 IR seasons
20.9
wasted index
2
HOF Probability
27.1%
Durability IQ
25
7 seasons · 8% availability · 7 IR seasons
20.3
wasted index
3
19.1
wasted index
4
HOF Probability
85.8%
Durability IQ
78
15 seasons · 76% availability · 3 IR seasons
18.9
wasted index
5
HOF Probability
83.8%
Durability IQ
78
12 seasons · 75% availability · 2 IR seasons
18.4
wasted index
6
16.9
wasted index
7
13.1
wasted index
8
12.5
wasted index
9
HOF Probability
36.3%
Durability IQ
72
9 seasons · 75% availability · 3 IR seasons
10.2
wasted index
10
10.1
wasted index
11
10.0
wasted index
12
HOF Probability
13.0%
Durability IQ
24
2 seasons · 6% availability · 2 IR seasons
9.9
wasted index
13
9.8
wasted index
14
9.6
wasted index
15
9.5
wasted index
16
HOF Probability
12.5%
Durability IQ
27
8 seasons · 12% availability · 8 IR seasons
9.1
wasted index
17
9.0
wasted index
18
HOF Probability
33.7%
Durability IQ
74
12 seasons · 74% availability · 3 IR seasons
8.8
wasted index
19
HOF Probability
25.1%
Durability IQ
66
11 seasons · 68% availability · 4 IR seasons
8.5
wasted index
20
8.0
wasted index
21
7.8
wasted index
22
7.7
wasted index
23
HOF Probability
23.6%
Durability IQ
72
7 seasons · 73% availability · 2 IR seasons
6.6
wasted index
24
6.5
wasted index
25
6.5
wasted index
26
6.2
wasted index
27
5.7
wasted index
28
HOF Probability
20.2%
Durability IQ
72
14 seasons · 73% availability · 4 IR seasons
5.7
wasted index
29
HOF Probability
13.1%
Durability IQ
58
8 seasons · 55% availability · 3 IR seasons
5.5
wasted index
30
HOF Probability
20.4%
Durability IQ
74
8 seasons · 73% availability · 2 IR seasons
5.3
wasted index
31
HOF Probability
14.3%
Durability IQ
63
10 seasons · 65% availability · 4 IR seasons
5.3
wasted index
32
5.2
wasted index
33
HOF Probability
22.1%
Durability IQ
77
12 seasons · 78% availability · 3 IR seasons
5.1
wasted index
34
5.0
wasted index
35
HOF Probability
18.6%
Durability IQ
74
16 seasons · 74% availability · 4 IR seasons
4.8
wasted index
36
4.6
wasted index
37
4.5
wasted index
38
HOF Probability
14.8%
Durability IQ
71
20 seasons · 71% availability · 6 IR seasons
4.3
wasted index
39
HOF Probability
14.3%
Durability IQ
70
15 seasons · 68% availability · 4 IR seasons
4.3
wasted index
40
4.0
wasted index
41
HOF Probability
11.9%
Durability IQ
66
8 seasons · 60% availability · 2 IR seasons
4.0
wasted index
42
HOF Probability
17.4%
Durability IQ
77
11 seasons · 73% availability · 2 IR seasons
4.0
wasted index
43
HOF Probability
12.5%
Durability IQ
69
10 seasons · 69% availability · 3 IR seasons
3.9
wasted index
44
HOF Probability
12.7%
Durability IQ
70
11 seasons · 68% availability · 3 IR seasons
3.8
wasted index
45
3.8
wasted index
46
3.5
wasted index
47
HOF Probability
13.4%
Durability IQ
74
7 seasons · 76% availability · 2 IR seasons
3.5
wasted index
48
3.5
wasted index
49
HOF Probability
14.8%
Durability IQ
78
14 seasons · 77% availability · 3 IR seasons
3.3
wasted index
50
3.3
wasted index
51
3.2
wasted index
52
HOF Probability
12.2%
Durability IQ
74
16 seasons · 73% availability · 4 IR seasons
3.2
wasted index
53
HOF Probability
14.8%
Durability IQ
79
11 seasons · 77% availability · 2 IR seasons
3.1
wasted index
54
HOF Probability
10.7%
Durability IQ
71
7 seasons · 70% availability · 2 IR seasons
3.1
wasted index
55
3.0
wasted index
56
3.0
wasted index
57
3.0
wasted index
58
3.0
wasted index
59
2.9
wasted index
60
2.9
wasted index
61
HOF Probability
11.6%
Durability IQ
76
15 seasons · 73% availability · 3 IR seasons
2.8
wasted index
62
HOF Probability
11.6%
Durability IQ
76
10 seasons · 73% availability · 2 IR seasons
2.8
wasted index
63
HOF Probability
11.6%
Durability IQ
76
11 seasons · 72% availability · 2 IR seasons
2.8
wasted index
64
2.7
wasted index
65
2.6
wasted index
66
HOF Probability
10.7%
Durability IQ
77
6 seasons · 73% availability · 1 IR season
2.5
wasted index
67
HOF Probability
10.1%
Durability IQ
76
14 seasons · 75% availability · 3 IR seasons
2.4
wasted index
68
HOF Probability
10.4%
Durability IQ
78
15 seasons · 77% availability · 3 IR seasons
2.3
wasted index
69
2.3
wasted index
70
2.2
wasted index
71
2.2
wasted index
71 players · StatVault encyclopedia
Rankings as of 2026-08-31, as declared by the corpus that produced them.