Professional DNA
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Defensive impact · 2026-27 · 10 games
96
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?
The evidence
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Defensive impact: 96th percentile (DBPM 2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
The claim goes unshown because something specific is missing:
- · The sample is too small to hold it up.1 jugadores — el umbral de esta unidad es 30
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 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
- RoleFeatured starter: 32.9 minutes per game across 10 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 96th percentile
DBPM 2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 1 players with a sample in 2026-27. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring0th percentile
29.9 points per game
- Playmaking0th percentile
4.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting0th percentile
39.1 % from three · 69 attempts
- Defensive impact96th percentile
DBPM 2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding0th percentile
3.9 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact96th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Scoring0th percentile
Very low · 29.9 points per game
- Playmaking0th percentile
Very low · 4.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting0th percentile
Very low · 39.1 % from three · 69 attempts
- Rebounding0th percentile
Very low · 3.9 rebounds per game
- Availability10/82
missed 72 of his team's games in 2026-27
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 97th percentile → 0th percentile (-97) · Playmaking: 94th percentile → 0th percentile (-94) · Rebounding: 73th percentile → 0th percentile (-73)
- 2021-2297th percentile
56 games · 34.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 73th percentile
- 2022-2399th percentile
68 games · 35.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 99th percentile
- Playmaking
- 91th percentile
- Rebounding
- 73th percentile
- 2023-2499th percentile
75 games · 34.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 99th percentile
- Playmaking
- 95th percentile
- Rebounding
- 82th percentile
- 2024-25100th percentile
76 games · 34.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 100th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 75th percentile
- 2025-26100th percentile
68 games · 33.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 100th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 66th percentile
- 2026-270th percentile
10 games · 32.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 0th percentile
- Playmaking
- 0th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
Context
2026-27 · 10 games · 32.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 1 measured players in 2026-27 · 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 2026-27 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
2026-11-08
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