Professional DNA
Sam Merrill: 3-AND-D
Finishing at the rim · 2025-26 · 52 games
98
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Sam Merrill?
The evidence
Sam Merrill · Finishing at the rim: 98th percentile (81.8 % · 55 attempts)
Sam Merrill: 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 are3-AND-D
- RoleFull rotation: 26.5 minutes per game across 52 games
- What sets them apartFinishing at the rim · 98th percentile
81.8 % · 55 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.
- Scoring71th percentile
12.8 points per game
- Playmaking62th percentile
2.4 assists per game
- Outside shooting96th percentile
42.1 % from three · 375 attempts
- Defensive impact70th percentile
DBPM 0.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim98th percentile
81.8 % · 55 attempts
- Rebounding31th percentile
2.6 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Finishing at the rim98th percentile
Elite · 81.8 % · 55 attempts
- Outside shooting96th percentile
Elite · 42.1 % from three · 375 attempts
Limitations
- Rebounding31th percentile
Low · 2.6 rebounds per game
- Availability52/82
missed 30 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 7th percentile → 71th percentile (+64) · Playmaking: 15th percentile → 62th percentile (+47) · Rebounding: 3th percentile → 31th percentile (+28)
- 2020-217th percentile
30 games · 7.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 7th percentile
- Playmaking
- 15th percentile
- Rebounding
- 3th percentile
- 2021-2215th percentile
6 games · 9.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 15th percentile
- Playmaking
- 16th percentile
- Rebounding
- 3th percentile
- 2022-2322th percentile
5 games · 11.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 22th percentile
- Playmaking
- 26th percentile
- Rebounding
- 16th percentile
- 2023-2450th percentile
61 games · 17.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 50th percentile
- Playmaking
- 54th percentile
- Rebounding
- 22th percentile
- 2024-2540th percentile
71 games · 19.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 40th percentile
- Playmaking
- 41th percentile
- Rebounding
- 22th percentile
- 2025-2671th percentile
52 games · 26.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 71th percentile
- Playmaking
- 62th percentile
- Rebounding
- 31th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 52 games · 26.5 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
2026-10-12
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