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How Athletes Unlimited works

The format, the points, and every abbreviation you'll see on this site — in plain English.

The basics

Individual champions, not team titles

Athletes Unlimited crowns one champion per season, and it's a player — not a club. Every athlete collects points all season, and whoever finishes on top wins the title.

Teams are redrawn every week

The four athletes with the most points become captains and draft new rosters each week, so the clubs you see on the standings page change as the season goes.

Points come from wins and from play

Athletes earn a big chunk of points when their team wins the game or the set, and the rest from what they personally do — hits, kills, digs, buckets, blocks and so on.

Standings are a snapshot

Club records on this site show how the current week's rosters are doing. The points race is the season-long story, and it lives on the points race page.

Athletes Unlimited Softball League terms

AVG: Batting average — how often a batter gets a hit.
HR: Home runs.
RBI: Runs batted in — runs that scored because of this batter.
SB: Stolen bases.
ERA: Earned run average — runs a pitcher allows per seven innings. Lower is better.
SO: Strikeouts by a pitcher.

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Athletes Unlimited Pro Volleyball terms

K: Kills — an attack that ends the rally in your team's favor.
ACE: A serve the other team can't return.
DIG: A defensive save that keeps the ball alive.
BLK: Blocks at the net.
AST: Assists — the set that leads directly to a kill.

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Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball terms

PPG: Points per game.
RPG: Rebounds per game.
APG: Assists per game.
SPG: Steals per game.
FG%: Field goal percentage — shots made out of shots taken.

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Words we use on this site

Points race: The season-long individual leaderboard that decides the champion.
Pick'em: Pick the winner of upcoming games; your record shows on your fan card.
Follows: Leagues, clubs and athletes you've saved. They feed your My AU page.
Game thread: The fan conversation on each game page.
Watch party: The live running feed of fan updates during a game.