Professional DNA

Dan Majerle: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 2001-02 · 65 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2001-02

The question

What kind of player is Dan Majerle?

The evidence

Dan Majerle · Defensive impact: 92th percentile (DBPM 1.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

92 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+42) · 379 players with a sample in 2001-02

Dan Majerle: what moved most is Scoring

40 percentilcompared against: 66 percentil (-26) · Dan Majerle, from 1996-97 to 1997-98

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 areDEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
RoleShort rotation: 18.2 minutes per game across 65 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 92th percentile
DBPM 1.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 379 players with a sample in 2001-02. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring29th percentile
4.6 points per game
Playmaking49th percentile
1.4 assists per game
Outside shooting73th percentile
Defensive impact92th percentile
DBPM 1.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding34th percentile
2.7 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact92th percentile
Elite · DBPM 1.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking49th percentile
Average · 1.4 assists per game
Rebounding34th percentile
Low · 2.7 rebounds per game
Scoring29th percentile
Low · 4.6 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 66th percentile → 29th percentile (-37) · Playmaking: 80th percentile → 49th percentile (-31) · Rebounding: 69th percentile → 34th percentile (-35)

1996-9766th percentile
36 games · 35.1 minutes per game
Scoring
66th percentile
Playmaking
80th percentile
Rebounding
69th percentile
1997-9846th percentile
72 games · 26.8 minutes per game
Scoring
46th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
58th percentile
1998-9943th percentile
48 games · 33.8 minutes per game
Scoring
43th percentile
Playmaking
80th percentile
Rebounding
67th percentile
1999-0049th percentile
69 games · 33.4 minutes per game
Scoring
49th percentile
Playmaking
79th percentile
Rebounding
68th percentile
2000-0133th percentile
53 games · 24.6 minutes per game
Scoring
33th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
44th percentile
2001-0229th percentile
65 games · 18.2 minutes per game
Scoring
29th percentile
Playmaking
49th percentile
Rebounding
34th percentile

Context

2001-02 · 65 games · 18.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 379 measured players in 2001-02 · 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 2001-02 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

What if…?

What happened to his team when he did not play

Career atlas

When his game changed, season by season

Where it comes from

Source

not stated

Model input

not stated

Computation

not stated

This answer

2026-11-07

Where this comes from

Season averages · closed season · its clock is the seasonBox scores · closed season · its clock is the season

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