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Well for the IG it is usually my leman russ tanks that make back their points, however in my ork army I would say that my nobs make back their points with pk's and all the kill they got.

Necron Destroyers and the Monolith, the monolith gets its points back from saving half the points of my army at times.

The Sanguinor if used to assault infantry, would take back his points in no time.

In my usual list.

Daemon Prince: He ALWAYS bites it. Sometimes kills stuff worth his points but usually doesn't. I still value how much fire he draws though. Keeps the rest of the army alive if he makes his 4+ invulnerable often enough.

Chaos Sorceror: While the sorceror doesn't absorb any fire, Warptime makes him an engine of destruction while hiding in squads. On multiple occasions he's decimated terminator squads and made his points back twice over.

Thousand Sons: When fighting an army of 3+ saves usually, otherwise not often.

Chaos Space Marines: Usually, if they can manage to melta something valuable.

Daemon Pack: Almost never, exists to sit on objectives for a low price which is sort of making it back? Keeps Thousand Sons out of close combat and gives them an extra round of shooting sometimes which is handy.

Predator: Hit or miss. Tends to die uselessly or blow up a lot of stuff. Not very consistent.

Without a doubt its the Doom of Malan'tai.

Coming in at 90 Points (+40 to 65 for a drop pod) Starting with a 3d6 leadership test on everythign within 6" he has already made up his points, but on top of that he gets a ap1 template where the strength is == his wounds (Starting at 4 with +1 for every wound done to a max of 10, so after the 3d6 leadership on first turn of play maybe 8-10 wound model). Then theres the psychological effect the Doom has, either they don't care and I get off 2 or 3 s10 pieplates and 3d6 leaderships, or an entire army spends a turn killing a 90pt model with a 3+ invul. No downside.

The units that tend to earn their points back are ones that field heavy killing power or resilience with a low amount of points.
These that are the most prevalent are the Doom of Malantai, the Nurgle Warptime DP with wings, and the DE Ravager. All of these units in my experience always tend to exceed their points value in terms of what they do.
Greetsz,
Mr. Self Destruct