Top 15 most efficient players in February World Cup Qualifiers window

MIES (FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers) - It's safe to say that each and every player that's in a national team does something well. Most, in fact, excel at two, three and or even four aspects of the game.

One way to judge a player's importance to a team is to examine his efficiency per game average.

Here are the Top 15 in the efficiency table for the second window of the World Cup Qualifiers.

#	Player	Position	Team	Efficiency	Points	Minutes	Games
1.	MAJOK Ater	C		30.5	14.5	22	2
2.	EJIM Melvin	F		28	21.5	25	2
3.	TUCKER Dar	G		27.5	23	27	2
4.	HADDADI Hamed	C		26.5	17.5	32	2
5.	HERMANNSSON Martin	G		25.5	26	34	2
6.	BOUROUSIS Ioannis	C		25.5	18	26.5	2
7.	VAREJAO Anderson	C		25.5	12.5	24.5	2
8.	DELLA VALLE Amedeo	G		25	25.5	25.5	2
9.	YI Jianlian	C		25	24	26.5	2
10.	RATLIFFE Ricardo	C		24.5	21	24.5	2
11.	CREEK Mitchell	G		23.5	15	20	2
12.	WEBSTER Corey	G		22.5	24	31	2
13.	DAVIS Quincy	C		22.5	15	37	2
14.	CATE Emanuel	C		22.5	14	33	2
15.	BOHACIK Jaromir	F		22	21.5	38	2

Ater Majok, Lebanon

In wins over Syria and India, the 2.10m (6ft 11in) Majok averaged double-doubles in points and rebounds, missed just one shot from the floor (12 of 13 FG) and had at last two steals and two blocks. He was 'Ater-ly' awesome.  

Melvin Ejim, Canada

High-flying, rim-rocking Ejim always ends up on the highlight reel. He not only captures the imagination with his aerial artistry but also with his 3-point shooting. Ejim was 4 of 7 from deep and 12 of 14 from the floor overall in big victories over the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.

Dar Tucker, Jordan

Take your pick when choosing what to talk about when it comes to Darquavis Lamar Tucker but he does almost everything for Jordan. He penetrates and scores or dishes comes up with steals and nails free-throw after free-throw. Tucker was 20 of 22 at the charity stripe in February triumphs over India and Syria.

Hamed Haddadi, Iran

The tower from Tehran averaged 17.5ppg, 14.5rpg and 3.5apg in Iran's wins over Kazakhstan and Iraq. He was downright nasty against the Kazaks, pouring in 20 points and corralling 20 rebounds. 

Martin Hermannsson, Iceland

It's time people woke up and realized that Iceland have a player that can flat out score. Hermannsson had 26 points in a come-from-behind triumph over Finland and 26 in a one-point win over the Czech Republic. He's averaging 25.5ppg in the Qualifiers. Consider the baton has been pass from Jon Stefansson.

Ioannis Bourousis, Greece

If Great Britain ever see Bourousis again, it will be too soon. The veteran center once again, in February, helped lift Greece to a narrow victory over them. Bourousis finished with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. He also came up with 2 steals.

Anderson Varejao, Brazil

Talk about loving to represent his country, Varejao has looked as happy as ever on the basketball court in the World Cup Qualifiers. Varejao had 14 points, 13 rebounds and came up two assists shy of a triple-double in a home win over Colombia. Wow!

Amedeo Della Valle, Italy

Della Valle has proven again and again in the World Cup Qualifiers that he is invaluable to the Azzurri. The 24-year-old was a combined 9 of 18 from 3-point range and 16 of 18 at the free-throw line in Italy's February wins over the Netherlands and Romania.  

Yi Jianlian, China

That Yi is among the efficiency leaders should come as no surprise because he's always a statistical giant. The big fella had a rousing 37-point explosion in China's 82-73 defeat to New Zealand.

Ricardo Ratliffe, South Korea

The 29-year-old center almost had double-doubles in both of Korea's February outings. He finished with 13 points and 9 rebounds in a victory over Hong Kong and then had 29 points and 11 boards in a defeat to New Zealand.

Mitchell Creek, Australia

Creek continued to make a case for his inclusion in the Boomers squad that competes at the World Cup next year in China by pouring in 12 points, corralling 11 rebounds and playing mean defense in a win over the Philippines and then scoring 18 points and grabbing 9 boards in a victory over Chinese Taipei.

Corey Webster, New Zealand

Webster put on an MVP performance for the Tall Blacks, which is nothing new, in the February wins at China and Korea. The 29-year-old shooting guard hit a combined 8 of 14 shots from long range and averaged 24ppg in February.

Quincy Davis, Chinese Taipei

The Far East side is completely different, a far more dangerous team with Davis, who has done more than most to keep their hopes of reaching the Second Round alive. In the 70-69 victory over against Japan on February 23, the 35-year-old had 12 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists (yes, he was starting to flirt with a triple-double) and 2 blocks. 

Emanuel Cate, Romania

So young, so gifted and already so polished. That surely must be the general sentiment in Europe when the subject is Cate, a 20-year-old Romania center who 13 points, 14 rebounds and 5 - yes count 'em 5 blocks in a 58-56 win at Croatia on February 23.

Jaromir Bohacik, Czech Republic

The athletic small forward had 24 points in a win at Bulgaria and the 19 in a 1-point loss at Iceland. Bohacik has emerged as one of the Czechs' key players in the Qualifiers.

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