Professional DNA
Gary Payton II: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Finishing at the rim · 2025-26 · 73 games
95
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Gary Payton II?
The evidence
Gary Payton II · Finishing at the rim: 95th percentile (77.8 % · 216 attempts)
Gary Payton II: what moved most is Rebounding
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 ANCHOR
- RoleShort rotation: 15.6 minutes per game across 73 games
- What sets them apartFinishing at the rim · 95th percentile
77.8 % · 216 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.
- Scoring41th percentile
7.5 points per game
- Playmaking46th percentile
1.7 assists per game
- Outside shooting26th percentile
29.1 % from three · 127 attempts
- Defensive impact93th percentile
DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim95th percentile
77.8 % · 216 attempts
- Rebounding55th percentile
3.6 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Finishing at the rim95th percentile
Elite · 77.8 % · 216 attempts
- Defensive impact93th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Playmaking46th percentile
Average · 1.7 assists per game
- Scoring41th percentile
Average · 7.5 points per game
- Outside shooting26th percentile
Low · 29.1 % from three · 127 attempts
- Availability73/82
missed 9 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 5th percentile → 41th percentile (+36) · Playmaking: 0th percentile → 46th percentile (+46) · Rebounding: 5th percentile → 55th percentile (+50)
- 2020-215th percentile
10 games · 4.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 5th percentile
- Playmaking
- 0th percentile
- Rebounding
- 5th percentile
- 2021-2248th percentile
71 games · 17.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 38th percentile
- Playmaking
- 21th percentile
- Rebounding
- 48th percentile
- 2022-2344th percentile
22 games · 16.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 18th percentile
- Playmaking
- 42th percentile
- Rebounding
- 44th percentile
- 2023-2432th percentile
44 games · 15.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 32th percentile
- Playmaking
- 28th percentile
- Rebounding
- 32th percentile
- 2024-2538th percentile
62 games · 15.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 34th percentile
- Playmaking
- 33th percentile
- Rebounding
- 38th percentile
- 2025-2655th percentile
73 games · 15.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 41th percentile
- Playmaking
- 46th percentile
- Rebounding
- 55th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 73 games · 15.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 452 measured players in 2025-26 · 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 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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