Professional DNA
LaMelo Ball: OFFENSIVE ENGINE
Playmaking · 2025-26 · 72 games
97
percentil
The question
What kind of player is LaMelo Ball?
The evidence
LaMelo Ball · Playmaking: 97th percentile (7.1 assists per game)
LaMelo Ball: 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 areOFFENSIVE ENGINE
- RoleFull rotation: 28.0 minutes per game across 72 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 97th percentile
7.1 assists 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.
- Scoring90th percentile
20.1 points per game
- Playmaking97th percentile
7.1 assists per game
- Outside shooting68th percentile
36.8 % from three · 740 attempts
- Defensive impact20th percentile
DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim12th percentile
59.3 % · 167 attempts
- Rebounding71th percentile
4.8 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking97th percentile
Elite · 7.1 assists per game
- Scoring90th percentile
Elite · 20.1 points per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact20th percentile
Very low · DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim12th percentile
Very low · 59.3 % · 167 attempts
- Availability72/82
missed 10 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 83th percentile → 90th percentile (+7) · Playmaking: 95th percentile → 97th percentile (+2) · Rebounding: 82th percentile → 71th percentile (-11)
- 2020-2182th percentile
51 games · 28.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 83th percentile
- Playmaking
- 95th percentile
- Rebounding
- 82th percentile
- 2021-2287th percentile
75 games · 32.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 91th percentile
- Playmaking
- 98th percentile
- Rebounding
- 87th percentile
- 2022-2386th percentile
36 games · 35.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 93th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 86th percentile
- 2023-2477th percentile
22 games · 32.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 95th percentile
- Playmaking
- 98th percentile
- Rebounding
- 77th percentile
- 2024-2573th percentile
47 games · 32.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 98th percentile
- Rebounding
- 73th percentile
- 2025-2671th percentile
72 games · 28.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 90th percentile
- Playmaking
- 97th percentile
- Rebounding
- 71th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 72 games · 28.0 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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