Professional DNA
Jaylen Clark: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 68 games
97
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Jaylen Clark?
The evidence
Jaylen Clark · Defensive impact: 97th percentile (DBPM 2.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
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 SPECIALIST
- RoleShort rotation: 13.1 minutes per game across 68 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 97th percentile
DBPM 2.7: 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.
- Scoring14th percentile
4.0 points per game
- Playmaking10th percentile
0.6 assists per game
- Outside shooting40th percentile
32.7 % from three · 101 attempts
- Defensive impact97th percentile
DBPM 2.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim24th percentile
63.2 % · 68 attempts
- Rebounding15th percentile
1.8 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact97th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Outside shooting40th percentile
Average · 32.7 % from three · 101 attempts
- Finishing at the rim24th percentile
Very low · 63.2 % · 68 attempts
- Rebounding15th percentile
Very low · 1.8 rebounds per game
- Scoring14th percentile
Very low · 4.0 points per game
- Playmaking10th percentile
Very low · 0.6 assists per game
- Availability68/82
missed 14 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 15th percentile → 14th percentile (-1) · Playmaking: 11th percentile → 10th percentile (-1) · Rebounding: 7th percentile → 15th percentile (+8)
- 2024-257th percentile
40 games · 13.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 15th percentile
- Playmaking
- 11th percentile
- Rebounding
- 7th percentile
- 2025-2615th percentile
68 games · 13.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 14th percentile
- Playmaking
- 10th percentile
- Rebounding
- 15th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 68 games · 13.1 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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