Professional DNA
Lonzo Ball: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 35 games
91
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Lonzo Ball?
The evidence
Lonzo Ball · Defensive impact: 91th percentile (DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Lonzo Ball: what moved most is Scoring
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
- RoleFull rotation: 20.8 minutes per game across 35 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 91th percentile
DBPM 1.7: 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.
- Scoring20th percentile
4.6 points per game
- Playmaking85th percentile
3.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting24th percentile
27.2 % from three · 147 attempts
- Defensive impact91th percentile
DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding61th percentile
4.0 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact91th percentile
Elite · DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking85th percentile
Very high · 3.9 assists per game
Limitations
- Outside shooting24th percentile
Very low · 27.2 % from three · 147 attempts
- Scoring20th percentile
Very low · 4.6 points per game
- Availability35/82
missed 47 of his team's games in 2025-26
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 60th percentile → 20th percentile (-40) · Playmaking: 92th percentile → 85th percentile (-7) · Rebounding: 77th percentile → 61th percentile (-16)
- 2018-1960th percentile
47 games · 30.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 60th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 77th percentile
- 2019-2068th percentile
63 games · 32.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 68th percentile
- Playmaking
- 97th percentile
- Rebounding
- 83th percentile
- 2020-2179th percentile
55 games · 31.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 79th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 71th percentile
- 2021-2274th percentile
35 games · 34.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 74th percentile
- Playmaking
- 90th percentile
- Rebounding
- 78th percentile
- 2024-2543th percentile
35 games · 22.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 43th percentile
- Playmaking
- 76th percentile
- Rebounding
- 47th percentile
- 2025-2620th percentile
35 games · 20.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 20th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 61th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 35 games · 20.8 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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Where it comes from
Source
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This answer
2026-10-12
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