Professional DNA
Alex Caruso: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 56 games
100
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Alex Caruso?
The evidence
Alex Caruso · Defensive impact: 100th percentile (DBPM 3.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Alex Caruso: 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 areDEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
- RoleShort rotation: 18.2 minutes per game across 56 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 100th percentile
DBPM 3.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
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.
- Scoring32th percentile
6.2 points per game
- Playmaking52th percentile
2.0 assists per game
- Outside shooting27th percentile
29.3 % from three · 181 attempts
- Defensive impact100th percentile
DBPM 3.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim48th percentile
67.3 % · 101 attempts
- Rebounding36th percentile
2.8 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact100th percentile
Elite · DBPM 3.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Finishing at the rim48th percentile
Average · 67.3 % · 101 attempts
- Rebounding36th percentile
Low · 2.8 rebounds per game
- Scoring32th percentile
Low · 6.2 points per game
- Outside shooting27th percentile
Low · 29.3 % from three · 181 attempts
- Availability56/82
missed 26 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 32th percentile → 32th percentile (0) · Playmaking: 72th percentile → 52th percentile (-20) · Rebounding: 35th percentile → 36th percentile (+1)
- 2020-2172th percentile
58 games · 21.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 32th percentile
- Playmaking
- 72th percentile
- Rebounding
- 35th percentile
- 2021-2284th percentile
41 games · 28.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 40th percentile
- Playmaking
- 84th percentile
- Rebounding
- 50th percentile
- 2022-2372th percentile
67 games · 23.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 27th percentile
- Playmaking
- 72th percentile
- Rebounding
- 39th percentile
- 2023-2477th percentile
71 games · 28.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 61th percentile
- Playmaking
- 77th percentile
- Rebounding
- 57th percentile
- 2024-2567th percentile
54 games · 19.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 40th percentile
- Playmaking
- 67th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
- 2025-2652th percentile
56 games · 18.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 32th percentile
- Playmaking
- 52th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 56 games · 18.2 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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