Professional DNA
Dean Wade: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 59 games
83
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Dean Wade?
The evidence
Dean Wade · Defensive impact: 83th percentile (DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Dean Wade: what moved most is Rebounding
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 ANCHOR
- RoleFull rotation: 22.3 minutes per game across 59 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 83th percentile
DBPM 1.2: 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.
- Scoring28th percentile
5.8 points per game
- Playmaking41th percentile
1.5 assists per game
- Outside shooting64th percentile
36.2 % from three · 196 attempts
- Defensive impact83th percentile
DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim50th percentile
67.6 % · 74 attempts
- Rebounding65th percentile
4.2 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact83th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Playmaking41th percentile
Average · 1.5 assists per game
- Scoring28th percentile
Low · 5.8 points per game
- Availability59/82
missed 23 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 30th percentile → 28th percentile (-2) · Playmaking: 34th percentile → 41th percentile (+7) · Rebounding: 46th percentile → 65th percentile (+19)
- 2020-2146th percentile
63 games · 19.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 30th percentile
- Playmaking
- 34th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
- 2021-2234th percentile
51 games · 19.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 23th percentile
- Playmaking
- 26th percentile
- Rebounding
- 34th percentile
- 2022-2348th percentile
44 games · 20.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 20th percentile
- Playmaking
- 15th percentile
- Rebounding
- 48th percentile
- 2023-2462th percentile
54 games · 20.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 31th percentile
- Playmaking
- 17th percentile
- Rebounding
- 62th percentile
- 2024-2564th percentile
59 games · 21.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 26th percentile
- Playmaking
- 33th percentile
- Rebounding
- 64th percentile
- 2025-2665th percentile
59 games · 22.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 28th percentile
- Playmaking
- 41th percentile
- Rebounding
- 65th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 59 games · 22.3 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
2026-10-13
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