NBA All-Stars: Three key stats or facts about every player in the NBA All-Star Game

It's a game which is more about show than stats.

The NBA All-Star Game is a showcase of natural talent and flair – but you have to earn the right to play in it.

Earning that right means you will have excelled in a number of ways throughout the season to be one of the very best.

To help the stattos among the UK fanbase out, we've compiled a list of key stats and facts about every single player involved in the big game.

Here we go, in alphabetical order:

Jarrett Allen center, Cleveland Cavaliers

1. Ranks third in the league with 528 points in the restricted area. His 77.6 per cent shooting in the restricted area ranks fourth among 55 players with at least 200 attempts.

2. Opponents have shot 51.3 per cent at the rim when he's been there to protect it. That's the third-best rim protection mark among 21 players who've defended at least 250 shots at the rim.

3. Has a free throw rate of 43.5 attempts per 100 shots from the field. That ranks 18th among 280 players with at least 200 field goal attempts, but is down from 60.2 per 100 last season. That's the second-biggest drop among 231 players with at least 200 field goal attempts in each of the last two seasons.

Giannis Antetokounmpo – forward, Milwaukee Bucks

1. Leads the league in scoring at 29.4 points per game. Also leads the league in points scored per 36 minutes (32.5).

2. Has assisted on 3.9 3-pointers per game, most in the league.

3. Has drawn 8.6 fouls per game, which would be the highest average in the last six seasons. Has accounted for 65.9 per cent of the Bucks' free throw attempts while he's been on the floor, the highest rate among 334 players who've played at least 500 minutes.

LaMelo Ball – guard, Charlotte Hornets

1. One of four players (all All-Stars) averaging at least 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists per game.

2. Has averaged 7.1 "pass-ahead" passes per game, second-most in the league, according to Second Spectrum tracking.

3. The Hornets have averaged 103.6 possessions per 48 minutes with him on the floor. That's the highest on-court mark for pace among 224 players who've averaged at least 20 minutes per game.

Devin Booker – guard, Phoenix Suns

1. One of three players - Antetokounmpo and LeBron James are the others - who've averaged at least 25 points per game in each of the last four seasons.

2. Has scored 0.461 points per touch, the third highest rate among 286 players with at least 1,000 total touches.

3. Has shot 22-for-35 (62.9 per cent) on clutch shots, the third best mark among 95 players who've attempted at least 20.

Jimmy Butler – guard/forward, Miami Heat

1. Has a free throw rate of 54.4 attempts per 100 shots from the field, the fourth highest rate among 280 players (highest among non-bigs) with at least 200 field goal attempts.

2. Has an effective field goal percentage of 35.4 per cent on shots from outside the paint, the third worst mark among 257 players with at least 100 field goal attempts from the outside.

3. One of eight players (Dejounte Murray is another) who've played at least 500 minutes and have more steals (69) than personal fouls (57). Has done so in each of his last six (and eight of his last nine) seasons.

Stephen Curry – guard, Golden State Warriors

1. Leads the league (by wide margins) in 3-point makes (251) and 3-point attempts (663). Has made a 3-pointer in a record 179 straight games.

2. His 37.9 per cent from 3-point range is the lowest mark of his career (not including the season in which he played only five games), and he's seen a slightly bigger drop from last season in catch-and-shoot 3-point percentage (from 43.7 per cent to 38.5 per cent) than he has in pull-up 3-point percentage (40.9 per cent to 37.5 per cent). He's shot worse from 3-point range (37.2 per cent) and has been assisted on a far lower percentage of his 3s (50.4 per cent) with Draymond Green off the floor than he has with Green on the floor (38.8 per cent, 66.1 per cent), though that 38.8 per cent with Green on the floor would still be a career-low mark. Curry's field goal percentage in the paint (53.8 per cent) is also his lowest mark in the last eight seasons.

3. Leads the league (by a healthy margin) in cumulative plus-minus, with the Warriors having outscored their opponents by 474 points with him on the floor. The Warriors have been 15.0 points per 100 possessions better with him on the floor (+11.9) than they've been with him off the floor (-3.1). That's the third biggest on-off differential among 330 players who've played at least 500 minutes for a single team.

DeMar DeRozan – guard/forward, Chicago Bulls

1. Has scored 1.13 points per possession on isolations, the best mark among 35 players with at least 100 isolation possessions, according to Synergy tracking. Has also scored 1.26 points per possession on post-ups, the best mark among 38 players with at least 75 post-up possessions.

2. His 516 mid-range field goal attempts are 172 more than any other player has attempted this season and already more than any player attempted in either of the previous two seasons. His 50.2 per cent shooting from mid-range ranks eighth among 62 players with at least 100 attempts.

3. Ranks second with 114 points scored in the clutch. Only three of his 61 clutch field goal attempts have come from 3-point range (38 have come from mid-range), with his two 3-point makes being buzzer-beating game-winners on consecutive days. For his career, he's 19-for-107 (18 per cent) on clutch 3-pointers (including playoffs), the worst mark among 209 players who've attempted at least 100 in the 26 years for which we have clutch data.

Luka Doncic – guard/forward, Dallas Mavericks

1. Averaging 27.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game. Would be just the third different player in NBA history to put up those numbers, joining Oscar Robertson (five seasons) and Russell Westbrook (2016-17).

2. Ranks second in drives per game for the third straight season. His 21.6 drives per game are a career-high mark and his 55.1 per cent shooting on drives ranks sixth among 48 players with at least 200 field goal attempts on drives.

3. Has been assisted on just 15.1 per cent of his buckets, the lowest rate among 264 players with at least 100 total field goals (though up from just 13.6 per cent last season).

Kevin Durant – forward, Brooklyn Nets

1. True shooting percentage (advanced statistic that measures a player's efficiency at shooting the ball, intended to more accurately calculate a player's shooting than field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and three-point field goal percentage do individually) of 62.6 per cent ranks fifth among 108 players with at least 500 field goal attempts, but is his lowest mark in the last 10 seasons.

2. Has taken only 13 per cent of his shots, the lowest rate of his career, in the restricted area. His 50.5 per cent on non-restricted-area shots in the paint ranks 15th among 93 players who've attempted at least 100, and his 55.1 per cent from mid-range ranks second among 62 players with at least 100 mid-range attempts.

3. The league's leading first-quarter scorer at 9.0 points per game. Only Ja Morant (9.2 in the third) has averaged more points in a single quarter.

Joel Embiid – center, Philadelphia 76ers

1. Leads the league in usage rate at 37.6 per cent, the fourth highest mark in the 26 seasons for which we have play-by-play data. His 3.4 minutes per game of possession ranks just 69th, but is the highest average of his career (and up from 2.9 minutes last season).

2. Leads the league (for the third straight season) with 10.2 post-ups per game, according to Second Spectrum tracking. His 1.09 points per possession on post-ups rank fifth among 38 players with at least 75 post-up possessions, according to Synergy tracking.

3. Leads the league with 120 points scored in the clutch. His 50% shooting in the clutch ranks sixth among 41 players with at least 35 clutch field goal attempts.

Darius Garland – guard, Cleveland Cavaliers

1. Has seen big jumps in both usage rate (from 20.1 per cent to 26.1 per cent) and true shooting percentage (from 49.8 per cent to 58.4 per cent) from his rookie season to this (his third) season. His true shooting percentage jump from last season (54.7 per cent) is the fourth biggest among 86 players with at least 500 field goal attempts in each of the last two seasons. Fred VanVleet and Ja Morant have seen the second and third biggest jumps, respectively.

2. One of four players (all All-Stars) who have shot 50 per cent or better on at least 100 non-restricted area shots in the paint and 50 per cent or better on at least 100 mid-range shots.

3. Has shot 1-for-19 (5.3 per cent) on clutch 3-pointers, the worst mark among 42 players who've attempted at least 15.

Rudy Gobert – center, Utah Jazz

1. Leads the league in both total dunks (155) and dunks per game (3.5).

2. Opponents have shot just 50.0 per cent at the rim when he's been there to protect it. That's the best rim protection mark among 41 players who've defended at least 200 shots at the rim.

3. Has grabbed 21.9 per cent of available rebounds while he's been on the floor, the highest rate among 224 players who've averaged at least 20 minutes per game. Has six games of 20 or more rebounds, most in the league. Leads the league with 4.4 second chance points per game.

Draymond Green – forward, Golden State Warriors

1. Only player averaging at least seven rebounds, seven assists, one steal and one block per game.

2. Has an effective field goal percentage of 56.7 per cent, up from 49.2 per cent last season. That's the seventh biggest jump among 231 players with at least 200 field goal attempts in each of the last two seasons.

3. Has scored just 0.110 points per touch, the third lowest rate among 286 players with at least 1,000 total touches. Has recorded assists on 42.4 per cent of his possessions, the highest rate among 289 players who've averaged at least 15 minutes per game.

James Harden – guard, Philadelphia 76ers

1. Leads the league in both time of possession (9.4 minutes) and isolation possessions (7.6) per game. His 1.06 points per possession on isolations rank seventh among 35 players with at least 100 total iso possessions.

2. His 54.4 per cent shooting in the restricted area is the worst mark among 55 players with at least 200 restricted-area attempts and his worst mark since his rookie season.

3. Has traveled at an average of 3.60 miles per hour, the slowest rate among 333 players who've played at least 500 minutes.

LeBron James – forward, Los Angeles Lakers

1. Ranks third in scoring at 29.1 points per game. His 28.4 points per 36 minutes is the highest mark of his career.

2. Has taken 37.2 per cent of his shots, the highest rate of his career, from 3-point range, having seen a jump in each of the last six seasons. His 35.3 per cent shooting from 3-point range is down from 36.5 per cent last season and ranks 69th among 123 players with at least 200 attempts.

3. Leads the league with 4.8 fast break points per game. His 76.8 per cent shooting in the restricted area ranks seventh among 55 players with at least 200 restricted-area attempts and is his best mark in the last eight seasons.

Nikola Jokic – center, Denver Nuggets

1. Leads the league in both double-doubles (46) and triple-doubles (15). Though his minutes have dropped, he's seen the league's fourth biggest jump in rebounds per game (from 10.8 to 13.8) among 323 players who've played at least 25 games in each of the last two seasons.

2. Has a true shooting percentage of 65.3 per cent, the highest mark among 73 players with a usage rate of 22 per cent or higher and the highest mark among 49 players who've averaged at least 18 points per game.

3. The Nuggets have been 20.7 points per 100 possessions better with him on the floor (+10.1) than they've been with him off the floor (-10.6). That's the biggest on-off differential among 330 players who've played at least 500 minutes for a single team.

Zach LaVine – guard/forward, Chicago Bulls

1. One of two players (Durant is the other) who has an effective field goal percentage of 55 per cent or better on at least 500 field goal attempts and has shot 85 per cent on at least 200 free throw attempts.

2. Has shot 59-for-121 (48.8 per cent) on catch-and-shoot 3s, the best mark among 175 players who've attempted at least 100. Is 29-for-51 (56.9 per cent) on corner 3-pointers, the best mark among 114 players who've attempted at least 50.

3. Has an effective field goal percentage of 58.2 per cent in the last four seconds of the shot clock, the best mark among 89 players with at least 50 field goal attempts late in the clock.

Khris Middleton – forward, Milwaukee Bucks

1. Only player who's shot 88 per cent or better on at least 200 free throw attempts in each of the last three seasons.

2. Has taken 41.9 per cent of his shots from 3-point range, the highest rate of his career. His free throw rate (30.0 attempts per 100 shots from the field is also the highest rate of his career.

3. Ranks sixth with 1,516 mid-range attempts over the last five seasons. His 48.0% from mid-range ranks seventh among 85 players with at least 500 attempts over that stretch.

Donovan Mitchell – guard, Utah Jazz

1. Has scored 1.07 points per possession as a pick-and-roll ball-handler, the best mark among 55 players with at least 200 total ball-handler possessions. Has shot 36.1 per cent on pull-up 3-pointers (ninth among 56 players with at least 100 attempts), but just 31.6 per cent on catch-and-shoot 3-pointers (152nd among 175 players with at least 100 attempts). That's the biggest such differential among 39 players who've attempted at least 100 of each.

2. The Jazz have scored 118.7 points per 100 possessions with Mitchell on the floor. That's the highest on-court mark among 336 players who've averaged at least 10 minutes per game.

3. Registering career-high marks for both effective field goal percentage (53.8%) and true shooting percentage (57.8 per cent). The latter mark ranks sixth among 29 guards with a usage rate of 25 per cent or higher and at least 500 total field goal attempts.

Ja Morant – guard, Memphis Grizzlies

1. Leads the league with 16.4 points in the paint per game, the highest mark for a guard in the 26 seasons for which points in the paint have been tracked. The only players to have averaged more are Shaquille O'Neal (eight times), Giannis Antetokounmpo (three times) and Zion Williamson (20.3 last season).

2. Leads the league with five field goals (on seven attempts) to tie or take the lead in the final minute of the fourth quarter or overtime.

3. Has averaged 29.1 points per 36 minutes, up from 21.1 last season. That's the biggest jump among 284 players who've played at least 500 minutes in each of the last two seasons. He's also seen the ninth biggest jump in rebounds per 36 minutes (from 4.4 to 6.3) among that same group.

Dejounte Murray – guard, San Antonio Spurs

1. Ranks second with 11 triple-doubles. One of three players - Doncic and Harden are the others - averaging at least 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists per game. Has seen the biggest jump in assists per game (from 5.4 to 9.3) among 323 players who've played at least 25 games in each of the last two seasons.

2. Leads the league in both steals (2.0) and deflections (3.9) per game.

3. One of seven players (DeRozan, Durant, Embiid and Chris Paul are among the others) with at least 300 field goal attempts from outside the paint (102 players total) who have taken more mid-range shots (249) than 3-pointers (210). His 41.8 per cent from mid-range ranks 40th among 62 players with at least 100 mid-range attempts.

Chris Paul – guard, Phoenix Suns

1. Leads the league with 10.7 assists per game and ranks second in assist/turnover ratio (4.49). His 125 assists to Booker, 121 assists to Deandre Ayton and 109 assists to Mikal Bridges are the second, third and fourth most assists from one player to a single teammate, trailing only Trae Young's 135 assists to John Collins. Also leads the league with 28 clutch assists.

2. Has a league-high five games of at least 10 assists with zero turnovers. His 55 such games in his career (including playoffs) are nine more than any other player has since the 1983-84 season (no other active player has more than 14).

3. Has shot 53.1 per cent on pull-up 2-pointers, the second best mark among 21 players who've attempted at least 200. Only player who's shot 50 per cent or better on at least 200 in each of the last three seasons.

Jayson Tatum – forward, Boston Celtics

1. Ranks fourth in cumulative plus-minus, with the Celtics having outscored their opponents by 394 points with him on the floor. They've been 12.7 points per 100 possessions better with him on the floor (+9.6) than they've been with him off the floor (-3.1). That's the 10th biggest on-off differential among 330 players that have played at least 500 minutes for a single team.

2. Has seen a jump in usage rate every season he's been in the league, from 19.2 per cent as a rookie to 31.1 per cent this (his fifth) season. His true shooting percentage of 55.3 per cent is the second lowest mark of his career and ranks 25th among 49 players with a usage rate of 24 per cent or higher.

3. Has shot 32-for-33 (97.0 per cent) on clutch free throws, the second best mark among 24 players with at least 20 attempts. Has shot just 2-for-23 on clutch 3-pointers, the worst mark among 16 players with at least 20 attempts.

Karl-Anthony Towns – center, Minnesota Timberwolves

1. Has a true shooting percentage of 63.3 per cent, the second highest mark among 49 players with a usage rate of 24 per cent or higher and the third best mark among 49 players who've averaged at least 18 points per game.

2. Has been assisted on 61.1 per cent of his field goals, the lowest rate of his career.

3. At 9.7 rebounds per game, this is the first season of his seven in the league in which he's averaged fewer than 10. Was the only player to average 20 and 10 in each of the previous five seasons.

Fred VanVleet – guard, Toronto Raptors

1. Leads the league in minutes played (38.4) and miles traveled (2.88) per game.

2. Has shot 110-for-232 (47.4 per cent) on catch-and-shoot 3s, the best mark among 108 players who've attempted at least 150. Leads the league in both second-chance 3-pointers (30) and clutch 3-pointers (17). His 17-for-37 (46 per cent) shooting on clutch 3s ranks second among 16 players with at least 20 attempts. He's 5-for-26 (19 per cent) on clutch 2-point shots.

3. Has passed on 59.1 per cent of his drives, the highest rate among 88 players with at least 300 total drives.

Andrew Wiggins – forward, Golden State Warriors

1. One of six players (Towns is one of the others) who have shot 50 per cent or better on at least 300 2-point attempts and 40 per cent or better on at least 200 3-point attempts.

2. Has shot 60-for-121 (49.6 per cent) on wide-open 3-pointers, the third best mark among 110 players who've attempted at least 100.

3. Registering career-best marks in both effective field goal percentage (56.2 per cent) and true shooting percentage (57.9 per cent). The latter mark ranks 34th among 108 players with at least 500 field goal attempts.

Trae Young – guard, Atlanta Hawks

1. Leads the league with 14.5 pick-and-roll ball-handler possessions per game, according to Synergy tracking. The 0.93 points per possession he's scored as a pick-and-roll ball-handler rank 22nd among 55 players with at least 200 total ball-handler possessions.

2. Leads the league with 36 3-pointers (on 102 attempts - 35.3 per cent) from 30 feet and out, 16 more than any other player (Curry and Garland are tied for second with 20).

3. His 56 points in Portland on January 3 were a career-high and the most for any player this season.