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by Wheaties466 663 days ago
>I also have a definition of what I think level should ideally represent: the marginal contribution of a person’s influence on the outcome of a company, relative to the counterfactual situation where that person never worked there

What you are describing here is actual a stat they try to quantify in sports. W.A.R. Wins above replacement.

It is often used in MVP race talks.