Professional DNA
Buddy Hield: ROLE PLAYER
Finishing at the rim · 2025-26 · 51 games
88
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Buddy Hield?
The evidence
Buddy Hield · Finishing at the rim: 88th percentile (74.6 % · 67 attempts)
Buddy Hield: what moved most is Playmaking
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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleShort rotation: 16.1 minutes per game across 51 games
- What sets them apartFinishing at the rim · 88th percentile
74.6 % · 67 attempts
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 452 players with a sample in 2025-26. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring42th percentile
7.6 points per game
- Playmaking36th percentile
1.4 assists per game
- Outside shooting54th percentile
34.9 % from three · 212 attempts
- Defensive impact39th percentile
DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim88th percentile
74.6 % · 67 attempts
- Rebounding24th percentile
2.3 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Finishing at the rim88th percentile
Very high · 74.6 % · 67 attempts
Limitations
- Scoring42th percentile
Average · 7.6 points per game
- Defensive impact39th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking36th percentile
Low · 1.4 assists per game
- Rebounding24th percentile
Very low · 2.3 rebounds per game
- Availability51/82
missed 31 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 84th percentile → 42th percentile (-42) · Playmaking: 81th percentile → 36th percentile (-45) · Rebounding: 68th percentile → 24th percentile (-44)
- 2020-2181th percentile
71 games · 34.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 84th percentile
- Playmaking
- 81th percentile
- Rebounding
- 68th percentile
- 2021-2272th percentile
81 games · 30.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 82th percentile
- Playmaking
- 72th percentile
- Rebounding
- 64th percentile
- 2022-2371th percentile
80 games · 31.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 83th percentile
- Playmaking
- 71th percentile
- Rebounding
- 75th percentile
- 2023-2469th percentile
84 games · 25.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 70th percentile
- Playmaking
- 69th percentile
- Rebounding
- 44th percentile
- 2024-2544th percentile
82 games · 22.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 66th percentile
- Playmaking
- 44th percentile
- Rebounding
- 42th percentile
- 2025-2636th percentile
51 games · 16.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 42th percentile
- Playmaking
- 36th percentile
- Rebounding
- 24th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 51 games · 16.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 452 measured players in 2025-26 · 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 2025-26 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
2026-10-12
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