How good is the Cardinal?

... "The best!" say its fans.

But, objectively, just how good is the team? How does it stack up against the other 341 Division I teams? How do the Cardinal players stack up against the other 3500 or so players?

As of January 22nd, the Cardinal as a team ranks in the top ten in nine of the 18 statistical categories reported by the NCAA:

• No. 2 in Assist Turnover Ratio with 1.42 (Connecticut leads with 1.45)
• No. 3 in Turnovers per Game with 12.6 (St Bonaventure leads with 11.9)
• No. 5 in Rebound Margin with 13.1 (Liberty leads with 16.8)
• No. 5 in Won-Lost Percentage with 94.4 (Baylor and Greenbay lead with 100.0)
• No. 6 in Scoring Offense with 78.9 (Notre Dame leads with 85.2)
• No. 6 in Scoring Margin with 22.6 (Connecticut lead with 37.1)
• No. 8 in Assists per Game with 17.9 (Connecticut leads with 20.7)
• No. 8 in Three Pt FG Defense with 24.4 (South Carolina leads with 20.7)
• No. 10 in Field Goal Percentage with 46.0 (Connecticut leads with 49.4)

Individually, Cardinal players are ranked:

• Nneka is No. 5 in Points per Game with 22.9 (Elena Della Donne, Delaware leads with 27.9)
• Chiney is No. 5 in Field Goal Percentage with 59.0, and Nneka is No. 11 with 56.5 (Carolyn Davis, Kansas leads with 62.2)
• Nneka is No. 5 in Double Doubles with 11, and Chiney is No. 25 with 8 ( Kylie Kuhn, Sacramento State leads with 16)
• Amber is No. 7 in Assist Turnover Ratio with 2.57, and Toni is No. 14 with 2.42 (Monique Smalls, Texas Tech leads with 3.77)
• Nneka is No. 8 in Rebounds per Game with 11.2, and Chiney is No. 22 with 10.2 (Ashar Harris, Morehead leads with 12.4)
• Nneka is No. 65 in Free Throw Percentage with 83.0 ( Abby Oliver, Richmond leads with 94.4)

You can find all the national statistics in NCAA 2011-12 Women's Basketball Statistics. If you're curious about how the Cardinal ranks in the Pac-12, see Pac-12 Conference Overall Statistics.