Evaluation of Sports Toto Basketball Super League and Euroleague Basketball Teams with AHP-TOPSIS Methods

Basketball is one of the most watched sports fields in the world. In our country, Sports Toto Basketball Super League and Euroleague Basketball are the most watched. Our country's best basketball league is also considered as the best league in Europe at the same time. In this study, the evaluation of the teams in the basketball league was done by multi-criteria decision-making methods. The multi-criteria decision-making methods used in the study are analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and TOPSIS methods. In the study, firstly, the ten criteria which are kept statistics are taken. These criteria are a number of shots, the percentage of three throws, the percentage of free throws, offensive rebound, defensive rebound, assist, block, steal, foul and scorch. Criterion weights were determined by the AHP method and TOPSIS method was used to rank the teams. The 2016-2017 season, Sports Toto Turkey Basketball League and Euro League of Turkish Airline are chosen for the application. It has been shown that found that the ranking and the regular season rankings gave similar results