Professional DNA

Donald Royal: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1997-98 · 31 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1997-98

The question

What kind of player is Donald Royal?

The evidence

Donald Royal · Defensive impact: 18th percentile (DBPM -1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

18 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-32) · 369 players with a sample in 1997-98

Donald Royal: what moved most is Scoring

19 percentilcompared against: 52 percentil (-33) · Donald Royal, from 1992-93 to 1995-96

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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
RoleShort rotation: 10.4 minutes per game across 31 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 18th percentile
DBPM -1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 369 players with a sample in 1997-98. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring8th percentile
2.5 points per game
Playmaking13th percentile
0.5 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact18th percentile
DBPM -1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding11th percentile
1.3 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact18th percentile
Very low · DBPM -1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Playmaking13th percentile
Very low · 0.5 assists per game
Rebounding11th percentile
Very low · 1.3 rebounds per game
Scoring8th percentile
Very low · 2.5 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 57th percentile → 8th percentile (-49) · Playmaking: 29th percentile → 13th percentile (-16) · Rebounding: 58th percentile → 11th percentile (-47)

1992-9357th percentile
77 games · 21.2 minutes per game
Scoring
57th percentile
Playmaking
29th percentile
Rebounding
58th percentile
1993-9445th percentile
74 games · 18.3 minutes per game
Scoring
45th percentile
Playmaking
24th percentile
Rebounding
52th percentile
1994-9554th percentile
70 games · 26.3 minutes per game
Scoring
54th percentile
Playmaking
73th percentile
Rebounding
63th percentile
1995-9632th percentile
64 games · 15.0 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
22th percentile
Rebounding
32th percentile
1996-9718th percentile
62 games · 13.8 minutes per game
Scoring
18th percentile
Playmaking
10th percentile
Rebounding
39th percentile
1997-988th percentile
31 games · 10.4 minutes per game
Scoring
8th percentile
Playmaking
13th percentile
Rebounding
11th percentile

Context

1997-98 · 31 games · 10.4 minutes per game · Percentile against 369 measured players in 1997-98 · SportiveWorld own data

FactDerivedAssumption

What this does not prove

Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
It portrays the 1997-98 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

2026-11-08

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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