Professional DNA
De'Anthony Melton: ROLE PLAYER
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 49 games
72
percentil
The question
What kind of player is De'Anthony Melton?
The evidence
De'Anthony Melton · Defensive impact: 72th percentile (DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
De'Anthony Melton: 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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleFull rotation: 23.0 minutes per game across 49 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 72th percentile
DBPM 0.8: 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.
- Scoring69th percentile
12.3 points per game
- Playmaking65th percentile
2.6 assists per game
- Outside shooting27th percentile
29.4 % from three · 245 attempts
- Defensive impact72th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim22th percentile
62.7 % · 118 attempts
- Rebounding46th percentile
3.2 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Rebounding46th percentile
Average · 3.2 rebounds per game
- Outside shooting27th percentile
Low · 29.4 % from three · 245 attempts
- Finishing at the rim22th percentile
Very low · 62.7 % · 118 attempts
- Availability49/82
missed 33 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 54th percentile → 69th percentile (+15) · Playmaking: 70th percentile → 65th percentile (-5) · Rebounding: 38th percentile → 46th percentile (+8)
- 2020-2154th percentile
52 games · 20.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 54th percentile
- Playmaking
- 70th percentile
- Rebounding
- 38th percentile
- 2021-2266th percentile
73 games · 22.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 66th percentile
- Playmaking
- 71th percentile
- Rebounding
- 67th percentile
- 2022-2361th percentile
77 games · 27.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 61th percentile
- Playmaking
- 67th percentile
- Rebounding
- 61th percentile
- 2023-2466th percentile
38 games · 26.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 66th percentile
- Playmaking
- 72th percentile
- Rebounding
- 55th percentile
- 2024-2562th percentile
6 games · 20.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 62th percentile
- Playmaking
- 71th percentile
- Rebounding
- 45th percentile
- 2025-2669th percentile
49 games · 23.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 69th percentile
- Playmaking
- 65th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 49 games · 23.0 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
2026-10-13
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