Professional DNA
Deron Williams: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 2016-17 · 64 games
95
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Deron Williams?
The evidence
Deron Williams · Playmaking: 95th percentile (5.6 assists per game)
Deron Williams: what moved most is Scoring
The read
What they are, the role they held and what sets them apart. Every line comes from a figure further down this same page.
- What they arePURE PLAYMAKER
- RoleFull rotation: 25.9 minutes per game across 64 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 95th percentile
5.6 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 413 players with a sample in 2016-17. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring71th percentile
11.0 points per game
- Playmaking95th percentile
5.6 assists per game
- Outside shooting71th percentile
- Defensive impact3th percentile
DBPM -1.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim8th percentile
50.6 % · 79 attempts
- Rebounding26th percentile
2.3 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking95th percentile
Elite · 5.6 assists per game
Limitations
- Rebounding26th percentile
Low · 2.3 rebounds per game
- Finishing at the rim8th percentile
Very low · 50.6 % · 79 attempts
- Defensive impact3th percentile
Very low · DBPM -1.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Recent change
Scoring: 97th percentile → 71th percentile (-26) · Playmaking: 99th percentile → 95th percentile (-4) · Rebounding: 48th percentile → 26th percentile (-22)
- 2011-1297th percentile
55 games · 36.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 48th percentile
- 2012-1397th percentile
78 games · 36.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 47th percentile
- 2013-1483th percentile
64 games · 32.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 83th percentile
- Playmaking
- 95th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
- 2014-1579th percentile
68 games · 31.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 79th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 52th percentile
- 2015-1682th percentile
65 games · 32.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 82th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 40th percentile
- 2016-1771th percentile
64 games · 25.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 71th percentile
- Playmaking
- 95th percentile
- Rebounding
- 26th percentile
Context
2016-17 · 64 games · 25.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 413 measured players in 2016-17 · SportiveWorld own data
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What this does not prove
- Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
- It portrays the 2016-17 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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This answer
2026-10-13
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