The hardest thing in the NBA for a franchise is to land a superstar. The New Orleans Pelicans got the chance to do that thanks to the No. 1 selection in the 2012 draft, but have not been able to surround their franchise player with enough talent. For the second season in a row, Pelicans forward Anthony Davis is the loneliest star in the NBA – at least if we look at the difference in PER and Win Shares between the No. 1 and No. 2 players of all 30 teams.
| TEAM | No. 1 PLAYER | PER | No. 2 PLAYER | PER | PER DIFFERENCE |
| New Orleans | Anthony Davis | 31.3 | Alexis Ajinca | 20.1 | 11.2 |
| Houston | James Harden | 26.7 | Terrence Jones | 18.7 | 8.0 |
| Golden State | Stephen Curry | 27.6 | Klay Thompson | 20.6 | 7.0 |
| Sacramento | DeMarcus Cousins | 24.8 | Rudy Gay | 19.4 | 5.4 |
| Orlando | Nikola Vucevic | 21.8 | Tobias Harris | 16.6 | 5.2 |
| New York | Carmelo Anthony | 21.7 | Cole Aldrich | 17.0 | 4.7 |
| Cleveland | LeBron James | 26.1 | Kyrie Irving | 21.8 | 4.3 |
| Indiana | George Hill | 20.5 | Rodney Stuckey | 16.7 | 3.8 |
| Miami | Hassan Whiteside | 26.4 | Dwyane Wade | 22.8 | 3.6 |
| Washington | John Wall | 20.6 | Marcin Gortat | 17.4 | 3.2 |
| Minnesota | Shabazz Muhammad | 19.9 | Gorgui Dieng | 17.3 | 2.6 |
| LA Lakers | Ed Davis | 20.1 | Kobe Bryant | 17.7 | 2.4 |
| Charlotte | Al Jefferson | 20.1 | Kemba Walker | 18.0 | 2.1 |
| Memphis | Marc Gasol | 21.9 | Zach Randolph | 19.9 | 2.0 |
| Oklahoma City | Russell Westbrook | 29.6 | Kevin Durant | 27.7 | 1.9 |
| LA Clippers | Chris Paul | 24.8 | Blake Griffin | 22.9 | 1.9 |
| Milwaukee | John Henson | 17.8 | Khris Middleton | 15.9 | 1.9 |
| Portland | LaMarcus Aldridge | 22.6 | Damian Lillard | 21.0 | 1.6 |
| Boston | Isaiah Thomas | 20.4 | Tyler Zeller | 18.8 | 1.6 |
| Brooklyn | Brook Lopez | 20.3 | Mason Plumlee | 18.9 | 1.4 |
| Denver | Ty Lawson | 19.1 | Kenneth Faried | 17.8 | 1.3 |
| San Antonio | Tim Duncan | 21.8 | Kawhi Leonard | 20.6 | 1.2 |
| Chicago | Pau Gasol | 22.4 | Jimmy Butler | 21.3 | 1.1 |
| Phoenix | Brandan Wright | 22.0 | Eric Bledsoe | 19.0 | 1.0 |
| Toronto | Jonas Valanciunas | 20.7 | Louis Williams | 19.7 | 1.0 |
| Utah | Derrick Favors | 22.1 | Rudy Gobert | 21.5 | 0.6 |
| Dallas | Tyson Chandler | 20.3 | Dirk Nowitzki | 19.7 | 0.6 |
| Detroit | Greg Monroe | 21.1 | Andre Drummond | 20.6 | 0.5 |
| Atlanta | Al Horford | 21.3 | Jeff Teague | 21.0 | 0.3 |
| Philadelphia | Henry Sims | 14.9 | Tony Wroten | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| TEAM | No. 1 PLAYER | WIN SHARES | No. 2 PLAYER | WIN SHARES | WIN SHARES DIFFERENCE |
| Houston | James Harden | 13.7 | Trevor Ariza | 5.2 | 8.5 |
| New Orleans | Anthony Davis | 11.6 | Omer Asik | 4.4 | 7.2 |
| Golden State | Stephen Curry | 12.6 | Draymond Green | 7.4 | 5.2 |
| LA Lakers | Ed Davis | 5.8 | Jeremy Lin | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Oklahoma City | Russell Westbrook | 8.7 | Serge Ibaka | 5.8 | 2.9 |
| Dallas | Tyson Chandler | 8.9 | Dirk Nowitzki | 6.3 | 2.6 |
| Memphis | Marc Gasol | 8.7 | Mike Conley | 6.1 | 2.6 |
| Minnesota | Gorgui Dieng | 4.7 | Shabazz Muhammad | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| Denver | Ty Lawson | 6.7 | Kenneth Faried | 4.5 | 2.2 |
| Phoenix | Eric Bledsoe | 6.4 | PJ Tucker | 4.3 | 2.1 |
| Orlando | Nikola Vucevic | 6.0 | Tobias Harris | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| LA Clippers | Chris Paul | 12.2 | DeAndre Jordan | 10.3 | 1.9 |
| Portland | Damian Lillard | 9.2 | LaMarcus Aldridge | 7.5 | 1.7 |
| New York | Carmelo Anthony | 3.0 | Cole Aldrich | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Washington | John Wall | 7.5 | Marcin Gortat | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Chicago | Jimmy Butler | 9.3 | Pau Gasol | 8.5 | 0.8 |
| San Antonio | Tim Duncan | 7.0 | Danny Green | 6.2 | 0.8 |
| Cleveland | Kyrie Irving | 9.4 | LeBron James | 8.7 | 0.7 |
| Miami | Luol Deng | 4.7 | Hassan Whiteside | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| Charlotte | Al Jefferson | 4.5 | Cody Zeller | 3.9 | 0.6 |
| Brooklyn | Mason Plumlee | 4.4 | Brook Lopez | 3.8 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | Rodney Stuckey | 4.0 | David West | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| Utah | Gordon Hayward | 7.9 | Derrick Favors | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Detroit | Greg Monroe | 6.1 | Andre Drummond | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| Atlanta | Al Horford | 7.5 | Paul Millsap | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Milwaukee | Khris Middleton | 5.5 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Philadelphia | Robert Covington | 2.9 | Nerlens Noel | 2.8 | 0.1 |
| Toronto | Jonas Valanciunas | 6.9 | Kyle Lowry | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| Sacramento | DeMarcus Cousins | 5.2 | Rudy Gay | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| Boston | Isaiah Thomas | 5.1 | Tyler Zeller | 5.1 | 0.0 |
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