It does if it helps get the W.
This is the thing, if people focus more on winning and less on their personal gains, overall those gains will increase.
Sitting in the back and farming damage and letting your cruisers and DDs tank for the BBs doesn't help get that W.
This has to be a holistic view though, in other words more than just the BB have to be focused on getting the W.
Someone recently pointed out that looking at my stats they thought I am a "passive" player, and sometimes I am. Because as a DD main, there is more to life than torping everything and capping, often throwing torps to turn ships, staying between the enemy and my BBs to screen, moving into positions to keep those ships spotted for my team, don't lend to much personal gain, but it helps get the W.
This is what I was talking about.
-Hapa