Professional DNA

Larry Bird: OFFENSIVE ENGINE

Outside shooting · 1991-92 · 45 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1991-92

The question

What kind of player is Larry Bird?

The evidence

Larry Bird · Outside shooting: 97th percentile

97 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+47) · 341 players with a sample in 1991-92

Larry Bird: what moved most is Scoring

93 percentilcompared against: 99 percentil (-6) · Larry Bird, from 1986-87 to 1988-89

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 areOFFENSIVE ENGINE
RoleFeatured starter: 36.9 minutes per game across 45 games
What sets them apartOutside shooting · 97th percentile

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 341 players with a sample in 1991-92. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring94th percentile
20.2 points per game
Playmaking94th percentile
6.8 assists per game
Outside shooting97th percentile
Defensive impact88th percentile
DBPM 1.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding95th percentile
9.6 rebounds per game

Strengths

Outside shooting97th percentile
Elite ·
Rebounding95th percentile
Elite · 9.6 rebounds per game
Scoring94th percentile
Elite · 20.2 points per game
Playmaking94th percentile
Elite · 6.8 assists per game
Defensive impact88th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

No measured axis falls below his league's median. What follows are the limits of the read, not weak spots in the player.

Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 99th percentile → 94th percentile (-5) · Playmaking: 96th percentile → 94th percentile (-2) · Rebounding: 94th percentile → 95th percentile (+1)

1986-8799th percentile
74 games · 40.6 minutes per game
Scoring
99th percentile
Playmaking
96th percentile
Rebounding
94th percentile
1987-8899th percentile
76 games · 39.0 minutes per game
Scoring
99th percentile
Playmaking
92th percentile
Rebounding
95th percentile
1988-8991th percentile
6 games · 31.5 minutes per game
Scoring
91th percentile
Playmaking
87th percentile
Rebounding
80th percentile
1989-9097th percentile
75 games · 39.3 minutes per game
Scoring
97th percentile
Playmaking
97th percentile
Rebounding
95th percentile
1990-9191th percentile
60 games · 38.0 minutes per game
Scoring
91th percentile
Playmaking
96th percentile
Rebounding
93th percentile
1991-9294th percentile
45 games · 36.9 minutes per game
Scoring
94th percentile
Playmaking
94th percentile
Rebounding
95th percentile

Context

1991-92 · 45 games · 36.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 341 measured players in 1991-92 · 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 1991-92 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

2026-10-13

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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