Professional DNA

Lauri Markkanen: PRIMARY SCORER

Scoring · 2025-26 · 42 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2025-26

The question

What kind of player is Lauri Markkanen?

The evidence

Lauri Markkanen · Scoring: 98th percentile (26.7 points per game)

98 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+48) · 452 players with a sample in 2025-26

Lauri Markkanen: what moved most is Playmaking

50 percentilcompared against: 23 percentil (+27) · Lauri Markkanen, from 2020-21 to 2021-22

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 arePRIMARY SCORER
RoleFeatured starter: 34.4 minutes per game across 42 games
What sets them apartScoring · 98th percentile
26.7 points per game

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.

Scoring98th percentile
26.7 points per game
Playmaking56th percentile
2.1 assists per game
Outside shooting59th percentile
35.5 % from three · 324 attempts
Defensive impact3th percentile
DBPM -2.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim75th percentile
71.3 % · 209 attempts
Rebounding90th percentile
6.9 rebounds per game

Strengths

Scoring98th percentile
Elite · 26.7 points per game
Rebounding90th percentile
Elite · 6.9 rebounds per game
Finishing at the rim75th percentile
Very high · 71.3 % · 209 attempts

Limitations

Defensive impact3th percentile
Very low · DBPM -2.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Availability42/82
missed 40 of his team's games in 2025-26
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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Recent change

Scoring: 76th percentile → 98th percentile (+22) · Playmaking: 23th percentile → 56th percentile (+33) · Rebounding: 76th percentile → 90th percentile (+14)

2020-2123th percentile
51 games · 25.8 minutes per game
Scoring
76th percentile
Playmaking
23th percentile
Rebounding
76th percentile
2021-2240th percentile
61 games · 30.8 minutes per game
Scoring
79th percentile
Playmaking
40th percentile
Rebounding
83th percentile
2022-2357th percentile
66 games · 34.4 minutes per game
Scoring
96th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
94th percentile
2023-2457th percentile
55 games · 33.1 minutes per game
Scoring
95th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
93th percentile
2024-2541th percentile
47 games · 31.4 minutes per game
Scoring
88th percentile
Playmaking
41th percentile
Rebounding
83th percentile
2025-2656th percentile
42 games · 34.4 minutes per game
Scoring
98th percentile
Playmaking
56th percentile
Rebounding
90th percentile

Context

2025-26 · 42 games · 34.4 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.

From here

What if…?

What happened to his team when he did not play

Career atlas

When his game changed, season by season

Forecast

What is projected for his team next season

Where it comes from

Source

not stated

Model input

not stated

Computation

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This answer

2026-10-13

Where this comes from

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