By Nick Obergan In March, we introduced a brand new stat to the RealGM readers: Puck Possession Rating (PPR). This stat was created to identify which players make the most positive use of puck possession over the course of a game, and it is a per-game statistic. The stats used in the PPR formula are as follows, and each have their own weight in the formula: takeaways, giveaways, shots per game, missed shots per game, shooting percentage, points per game, shifts per game, plus/minus per game. You may notice that some players have increased or decreased their values even though they have not played any games since the last rankings, this is because on some instances in the formula, certain stats are weighed against the average and standard deviation of the top-450 players, thus it is a fluctuating value. Below is the top-200 in the league after the end of the 2010-11 regular season.

	Player	Team	Pos	GP	Total	Last Ranking
1	Sidney Crosby	PIT	C	41	47.16612	2
2	Ryan Kesler	VAN	C	82	44.24490	4
3	Jonathan Toews	CHI	C	80	43.74723	1
4	Pavel Datsyuk	DET	C	56	43.52740	3
5	Corey Perry	ANA	R	82	43.13904	8
6	Patrick Sharp	CHI	L	74	41.26755	5
7	Daniel Sedin	VAN	L	82	38.17709	9
8	Loui Eriksson	DAL	L	79	38.05544	6
9	Steven Stamkos	TBL	C	82	36.92080	7
10	Alexandre Burrows	VAN	L	72	36.78406	23
11	Alexander Semin	WSH	L	65	36.69847	11
12	Eric Staal	CAR	C	81	36.69185	12
13	David Backes	STL	R	82	36.47949	27
14	Ryan Callahan	NYR	R	60	35.89650	10
15	Michael Grabner	NYI	R	76	35.46068	17
16	Rick Nash	CBJ	R	75	35.36845	14
17	Bobby Ryan	ANA	R	82	35.30465	15
18	Marian Hossa	CHI	R	65	34.85085	26
19	Anze Kopitar	LAK	C	75	34.60061	13
20	Jeff Skinner	CAR	C	82	34.58705	33
21	Dave Bolland	CHI	C	61	34.48266	24
22	Danny Briere	PHI	R	77	34.32706	20
23	Jamie Benn	DAL	L	69	34.12840	18
24	Patrick Kane	CHI	R	73	34.02088	19
25	Logan Couture	SJS	C	79	33.80327	28
26	Drew Stafford	BUF	R	62	33.64092	32
27	Sergei Kostitsyn	NSH	L	77	33.60426	59
28	Jeff Carter	PHI	C	80	33.56097	16
29	TJ Oshie	STL	C	49	33.46067	34
30	Bryan Little	ATL	C	76	33.31985	21
31	Andrew Ladd	ATL	L	81	32.80455	25
32	Teemu Selanne	ANA	R	73	32.78296	60
33	Nikolai Kulemin	TOR	L	82	32.48480	41
34	Claude Giroux	PHI	R	82	32.42697	22
35	Andy McDonald	STL	C	58	32.20835	30
36	Joe Thornton	SJS	C	80	31.94891	29
37	Jarome Iginla	CGY	R	82	31.92145	67
38	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	L	79	31.90111	38
39	Erik Cole	CAR	R	82	31.63843	53
40	Martin St Louis	TBL	R	82	31.63641	51
41	Mike Richards	PHI	C	81	31.54531	37
42	Chris Stewart	STL	R	62	31.49272	47
43	Paul Stastny	COL	C	74	31.49150	35
44	John Tavares	NYI	C	79	31.34233	36
45	Alex Tanguay	CGY	L	79	31.16835	44
46	Matt Duchene	COL	C	80	31.03931	61
47	Derek Roy	BUF	C	35	30.85169	43
48	Brandon Dubinsky	NYR	C	77	30.83538	50
49	Matt Moulson	NYI	L	82	30.41005	31
50	Henrik Sedin	VAN	C	82	30.40849	39
51	Chris Kunitz	PIT	L	66	30.28640	58
52	Vincent Lecavalier	TBL	C	65	30.12255	77
53	Thomas Vanek	BUF	L	80	30.09019	74
54	RJ Umberger	CBJ	L	82	29.94331	52
55	Nicklas Backstrom	WSH	C	77	29.84112	49
56	Max Pacioretty	MTL	L	37	29.60141	54
57	David Jones	COL	R	77	29.56114	56
58	Mikhail Grabovski	TOR	C	81	29.11498	46
59	Milan Lucic	BOS	L	79	29.10416	40
60	Patrick Marleau	SJS	L	82	29.00388	87
61	Dustin Byfuglien	ATL	D	81	28.85981	45
62	Marian Gaborik	NYR	R	62	28.57375	42
63	Kristian Huselius	CBJ	L	39	28.55374	70
64	Brian Gionta	MTL	R	82	28.54273	57
65	Danny Cleary	DET	R	68	28.36684	69
66	Jordan Staal	PIT	C	42	28.24556	62
67	David Legwand	NSH	C	64	28.23666	81
68	Brad Richards	DAL	C	72	28.20154	65
69	Patrice Bergeron	BOS	C	80	28.18430	48
70	Brenden Morrow	DAL	L	82	28.02053	88
71	Milan Hejduk	COL	R	71	27.91206	63
72	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	L	80	27.73665	71
73	Johan Franzen	DET	R	76	27.51083	64
74	Mikko Koivu	MIN	C	71	27.47286	66
75	Matt Calvert	CBJ	L	42	27.46910
76	Mike Knuble	WSH	R	79	27.32190	106
77	Phil Kessel	TOR	R	82	27.30420	76
78	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA	C	67	27.20088	93
79	Joe Pavelski	SJS	C	74	27.19752	110
80	Jason Pominville	BUF	R	73	27.11380	113
81	Tomas Plekanec	MTL	C	77	27.08090	68
82	Jason Spezza	OTT	C	62	26.90029	118
83	Lauri Korpikoski	PHX	L	79	26.88431	80
84	Stephen Weiss	FLA	C	76	26.84683	72
85	Martin Erat	NSH	R	64	26.83510	101
86	Alexander Steen	STL	C	72	26.60089	94
87	Jussi Jokinen	CAR	L	70	26.58178	90
88	Nathan Horton	BOS	R	80	26.32108	98
89	James Neal	PIT	L	79	26.25447	55
90	Shane Doan	PHX	R	72	26.17155	75
91	Ville Leino	PHI	L	81	25.89682	86
92	Ryane Clowe	SJS	L	75	25.87788	78
93	Patrik Berglund	STL	C	81	25.83840	115
94	Mike Ribeiro	DAL	C	82	25.76752	97
95	Ales Hemsky	EDM	R	47	25.67791	100
96	Vinny Prospal	NYR	C	29	25.50712	202
97	Taylor Hall	EDM	L	65	25.42781	99
98	Curtis Glencross	CGY	L	79	25.38822	82
99	Kris Versteeg	PHI	R	80	25.15507	105
100	Frans Nielsen	NYI	C	71	25.13416	107
101	Lubomir Visnovsky	ANA	D	81	25.09654	152
102	Jordan Eberle	EDM	R	69	24.99042	92
103	Tuomo Ruutu	CAR	C	82	24.90584	103
104	Blake Comeau	NYI	R	77	24.90337	126
105	Cal O'Reilly	NSH	C	38	24.78224	108
106	Rich Peverley	BOS	C	82	24.76502	89
107	Saku Koivu	ANA	C	75	24.72939	84
108	Shea Weber	NSH	D	82	24.72425	85
109	Bryan Bickell	CHI	L	78	24.63713	73
110	Tomas Fleischmann	COL	L	45	24.45977	112
111	Scott Hartnell	PHI	L	82	24.40159	132
112	Valtteri Filppula	DET	C	71	24.29960	95
113	David Moss	CGY	R	58	24.16273	117
114	Ryan O'Reilly	COL	C	74	24.14650	175
115	Matt D'Agostini	STL	R	82	24.08026	129
116	Antoine Vermette	CBJ	C	82	23.96621	120
117	Daniel Alfredsson	OTT	R	54	23.95016	119
118	Milan Michalek	OTT	L	66	23.91715	116
119	Nicklas Lidstrom	DET	D	82	23.71106	111
120	Derek Stepan	NYR	C	82	23.70986	148
121	Dustin Brown	LAK	R	82	23.59057	177
122	Artem Anisimov	NYR	C	82	23.50390	104
123	James van Riemsdyk	PHI	L	75	23.48631	165
124	Rene Bourque	CGY	L	80	23.33982	114
125	Ryan Malone	TBL	L	54	23.27236	169
126	Patrik Elias	NJD	L	81	23.27222	155
127	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	C	43	23.24979	128
128	Patric Hornqvist	NSH	R	79	23.20904	159
129	Marty Reasoner	FLA	C	82	23.19670	83
130	Martin Havlat	MIN	R	78	23.13624	102
131	Kyle Brodziak	MIN	C	80	23.10078	96
132	Evander Kane	ATL	L	73	23.04044	91
133	Martin Hanzal	PHX	C	61	22.99003	125
134	Dany Heatley	SJS	R	80	22.92680	143
135	Chris Higgins	VAN	L	62	22.84191	136
136	Taylor Pyatt	PHX	L	76	22.83767	109
137	Simon Gagne	TBL	L	63	22.80811	222
138	Shawn Horcoff	EDM	C	47	22.79414	139
139	Nik Antropov	ATL	C	76	22.66297	142
140	Jarret Stoll	LAK	C	82	22.61310	135
141	Alexander Edler	VAN	D	51	22.48761	141
142	Mason Raymond	VAN	L	70	22.39584	178
143	Michael Cammalleri	MTL	L	67	22.33253	147
144	Tyler Ennis	BUF	L	82	22.23022	156
145	TJ Galiardi	COL	L	35	22.00795	154
146	Brad Marchand	BOS	C	77	22.00198	151
147	Mike Santorelli	FLA	C	82	21.92390	134
148	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	MIN	C	59	21.86254	191
149	Manny Malhotra	VAN	C	72	21.75179	158
150	David Krejci	BOS	C	75	21.66606	131
151	Troy Brouwer	CHI	L	79	21.66533	121
152	Ray Whitney	PHX	L	75	21.62253	164
153	Olli Jokinen	CGY	C	79	21.44786	162
154	Eric Belanger	PHX	C	82	21.41813	137
155	Andrew Brunette	MIN	L	82	21.34689	140
156	Travis Zajac	NJD	C	82	21.32815	122
157	Ryan Smyth	LAK	L	82	21.29338	170
158	Colby Armstrong	TOR	R	50	21.29278	166
159	David Booth	FLA	L	82	21.26312	146
160	Clarke MacArthur	TOR	L	82	21.24734	160
161	Dustin Penner	LAK	R	81	21.24200	79
162	Jeff Halpern	MTL	C	72	21.14788	133
163	Scottie Upshall	CBJ	R	82	21.00261	153
164	Brandon Sutter	CAR	C	82	20.97446	130
165	Pascal Dupuis	PIT	R	81	20.95056	241
166	Blake Wheeler	ATL	R	81	20.88375	183
167	PA Parenteau	NYI	R	81	20.71068	181
168	Brad Boyes	BUF	R	83	20.69231	145
169	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	D	72	20.65477	187
170	Josh Bailey	NYI	C	70	20.60018	176
171	Brian Boyle	NYR	C	82	20.55665	123
172	Marcus Johansson	WSH	C	69	20.46525	179
173	Lee Stempniak	PHX	R	82	20.45670	172
174	David Desharnais	MTL	C	43	20.36758	167
175	Brian Rolston	NJD	L	65	20.33585	149
176	Joffrey Lupul	TOR	R	54	20.32888	n/a
177	Devin Setoguchi	SJS	R	72	20.32027	199
178	Tomas Holmstrom	DET	L	73	20.30388	214
179	Nick Palmieri	NJD	R	43	20.13769	208
180	Radim Vrbata	PHX	R	79	20.10778	182
181	Niclas Bergfors	FLA	R	72	20.07678	124
182	Cory Stillman	CAR	L	65	20.07309	197
183	Brooks Laich	WSH	C	82	19.99654	180
184	Chad LaRose	CAR	R	82	19.87373	215
185	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	D	79	19.85466	161
186	Teddy Purcell	TBL	R	81	19.83788	171
187	Tomas Kopecky	CHI	R	81	19.77967	168
188	Brent Burns	MIN	D	80	19.75514	150
189	Matt Cooke	PIT	L	67	19.73600	190
190	Ryan Jones	EDM	L	81	19.68213	206
191	Derick Brassard	CBJ	C	74	19.64972	192
192	Sam Gagner	EDM	C	68	19.61626	196
193	Ilya Kovalchuk	NJD	L	81	19.58897	209
194	Bobby Butler	OTT	R	36	19.57768	n/a
195	Steve Downie	TBL	R	57	19.56557	213
196	Tobias Enstrom	ATL	D	72	19.53374	157
197	Justin Williams	LAK	R	73	19.52125	173
198	Antti Miettinen	MIN	R	73	19.48642	228
199	Mikael Samuelsson	VAN	R	75	19.46473	185
200	Dominic Moore	TBL	C	77	19.45461	n/a

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