What I mean by that if other sports like football has total yards offense and total yards allowed on defense...and if baseball has so-called "total bases" (I say so called because it only counts total bases from hits only...it doesn't include walks, hit by pitch, steals, etc)...why can't basketball have a stat called "prabs"? Of course that's an acronym for the combined total of Points, Rebounds, Assists, Blocks, Steals. See I read on wiki or somewhere that way back in the day, Red Aerubach told Bill Russell that his main job was rebounding rather than points but offered to have someone score them as if they were just as good as points.
So I figure, why couldn't we have a basketball stat that covers all five of the main "good" statistical categories? You think "prabs" would be a good name for it? And as for our players, who in history (well starting from the time that steals and blocks started being recorded) is the all time leader in "prabs"? Perhaps have a prabs per game average?
In case anyone is interested, below are the results. I included two sets of data, the first is all-time which includes years from before there were blocks and steals etc. available. Because of this the data is underestimating the actual values they would be (PRABS per Game).
All-Time PRABS Rating (per game)
Player Season PRABS Rating
Dan Issel 1969-70 48.429
Cliff Hagan 1951-52 42.125
Dan Issel 1968-69 42
Cotton Nash 1961-62 39.385
Bill Spivey 1950-51 38.879
Cotton Nash 1963-64 38.037
Cliff Hagan 1953-54 37.52
Bob Burrow 1954-55 36.692
Kenny Walker 1984-85 36.484
Bob Burrow 1955-56 35.68
Jim Andrews 1971-72 35.25
Cotton Nash 1962-63 35.2
Jamal Mashburn 1992-93 34.941
Jim Andrews 1972-73 34.857
Pat Riley 1965-66 33.103
Jamal Mashburn 1991-92 33
Mike Pratt 1969-70 32.321
Kevin Grevey 1974-75 32.129
Patrick Patterson 2008-09 31.824
Anthony Davis 2011-12 31.8
Kenny Walker 1985-86 31.556
Sam Bowie 1980-81 31.321
Ted Deeken 1963-64 31.231
Mike Casey 1968-69 31
Tom Parker 1971-72 30.963
Johnny Cox 1956-57 30.5
Kevin Grevey 1973-74 30.48
Frank Ramsey 1951-52 30.469
Jodie Meeks 2008-09 30.333
Johnny Cox 1958-59 30.148
Mike Casey 1967-68 30.037
If you just are interested in the ratings since all statistical categories were available (i.e. the 1978-79 season), the results would be the following:
PRABS Rating (per game) since 1978-79
Player Season PRABS Rating
Kenny Walker 1984-85 36.484
Jamal Mashburn 1992-93 34.941
Jamal Mashburn 1991-92 33
Patrick Patterson 2008-09 31.824
Anthony Davis 2011-12 31.8
Kenny Walker 1985-86 31.556
Sam Bowie 1980-81 31.321
Jodie Meeks 2008-09 30.333
John Wall 2009-10 29.757
Terrence Jones 2010-11 29.105
Tyler Ulis 2015-16 28.914
Antoine Walker 1995-96 28.861
DeMarcus Cousins 2009-10 28.737
Reggie Hanson 1989-90 28.714
Jamal Murray 2015-16 28.639
Tayshaun Prince 2000-01 28.118
Julius Randle 2013-14 28.1
Chris Mills 1988-89 28.094
Tayshaun Prince 2001-02 27.969
Nerlens Noel 2012-13 27.958
Patrick Patterson 2007-08 27.92
Rex Chapman 1987-88 27.75
Randolph Morris 2006-07 27.735
Ron Mercer 1996-97 27.7
Derek Anderson 1996-97 27.368
De'Aaron Fox 2016-17 26.917
Reggie Hanson 1990-91 26.607
Brandon Knight 2010-11 26.368
Malik Monk 2016-17 26.079
Winston Bennett 1987-88 26
Tony Delk 1995-96 25.917
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2017-18 25.757
LeRon Ellis 1988-89 25.75
Derrick Miller 1989-90 25.607
Tony Delk 1993-94 25.324
Ramel Bradley 2007-08 25.3
Keith Bogans 2000-01 25.235
Melvin Turpin 1982-83 25.161
Jamaal Magloire 1999-00 25.061
Erik Daniels 2003-04 24.969
Melvin Turpin 1983-84 24.853
Patrick Patterson 2009-10 24.763
John Pelphrey 1990-91 24.536
Chuck Hayes 2003-04 24.531
Derrick Hord 1981-82 24.467
Joe Crawford 2007-08 24.433
Rajon Rondo 2005-06 24.412
Rodrick Rhodes 1993-94 24.364
Sam Bowie 1979-80 24.324
Kyle Macy 1979-80 24.229
Kyle Macy 1978-79 24.226
Sam Bowie 1983-84 24.206
Deron Feldhaus 1989-90 24.071
Edrice Adebayo 2016-17 24.026
John Pelphrey 1989-90 24
Jeff Brassow 1991-92 24
Melvin Turpin 1981-82 23.967
Terrence Jones 2011-12 23.921
Tony Delk 1994-95 23.879
Chuck Hayes 2004-05 23.765
Rex Chapman 1986-87 23.586
Keith Bogans 2002-03 23.528
Kevin Knox 2017-18 23.514
Ed Davender 1987-88 23.455
Ed Davender 1986-87 23.414
Jamal Mashburn 1990-91 23.25
Tayshaun Prince 1999-00 23.25
John Pelphrey 1991-92 23.111
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 2011-12 23.1
Gerald Fitch 2003-04 23.069
Scott Padgett 1998-99 23.027
Winston Bennett 1985-86 22.944
Archie Goodwin 2012-13 22.939
Isaiah Briscoe 2016-17 22.806
Nazr Mohammed 1997-98 22.795
Ramel Bradley 2006-07 22.529
Kelenna Azubuike 2004-05 22.324
Travis Ford 1992-93 22.265
Rodrick Rhodes 1994-95 22.242
Walter McCarty 1995-96 22.222
Dirk Minniefield 1981-82 22.167
Scott Padgett 1997-98 22.103
Jeff Sheppard 1997-98 21.842
Joe Crawford 2006-07 21.588
Randolph Morris 2005-06 21.524
Travis Ford 1993-94 21.394
James Young 2013-14 21.225
Kenny Walker 1983-84 21.147
Marquis Estill 2002-03 21.056
Cliff Hawkins 2003-04 20.969
Heshimu Evans 1998-99 20.946
Karl-Anthony Towns 2014-15 20.821
Fred Cowan 1979-80 20.743
Derrick Miller 1988-89 20.281
Robert Lock 1987-88 20.242
Lavon Williams 1978-79 20.194