Professional DNA
Jaden McDaniels: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Outside shooting · 2025-26 · 73 games
93
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Jaden McDaniels?
The evidence
Jaden McDaniels · Outside shooting: 93th percentile (41.2 % from three · 250 attempts)
Jaden McDaniels: 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 ANCHOR
- RoleFeatured starter: 31.7 minutes per game across 73 games
- What sets them apartOutside shooting · 93th percentile
41.2 % from three · 250 attempts
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.
- Scoring79th percentile
14.8 points per game
- Playmaking69th percentile
2.7 assists per game
- Outside shooting93th percentile
41.2 % from three · 250 attempts
- Defensive impact87th percentile
DBPM 1.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim61th percentile
69.3 % · 257 attempts
- Rebounding65th percentile
4.2 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Outside shooting93th percentile
Elite · 41.2 % from three · 250 attempts
- Defensive impact87th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Scoring79th percentile
Very high · 14.8 points per game
Limitations
No measured axis falls below his league's median. What follows are the limits of the read, not weak spots in the player.
- Availability73/82
missed 9 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 36th percentile → 79th percentile (+43) · Playmaking: 30th percentile → 69th percentile (+39) · Rebounding: 53th percentile → 65th percentile (+12)
- 2020-2136th percentile
63 games · 24.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 36th percentile
- Playmaking
- 30th percentile
- Rebounding
- 53th percentile
- 2021-2256th percentile
70 games · 25.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 56th percentile
- Playmaking
- 31th percentile
- Rebounding
- 61th percentile
- 2022-2370th percentile
79 games · 30.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 70th percentile
- Playmaking
- 57th percentile
- Rebounding
- 58th percentile
- 2023-2463th percentile
72 games · 29.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 63th percentile
- Playmaking
- 43th percentile
- Rebounding
- 42th percentile
- 2024-2570th percentile
82 games · 31.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 70th percentile
- Playmaking
- 55th percentile
- Rebounding
- 81th percentile
- 2025-2679th percentile
73 games · 31.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 79th percentile
- Playmaking
- 69th percentile
- Rebounding
- 65th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 73 games · 31.7 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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