Professional DNA
Donovan Clingan: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Rebounding · 2025-26 · 77 games
100
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Donovan Clingan?
The evidence
Donovan Clingan · Rebounding: 100th percentile (11.6 rebounds per game)
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: 27.2 minutes per game across 77 games
- What sets them apartRebounding · 100th percentile
11.6 rebounds 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.
- Scoring67th percentile
12.1 points per game
- Playmaking55th percentile
2.1 assists per game
- Outside shooting49th percentile
34.1 % from three · 246 attempts
- Defensive impact87th percentile
DBPM 1.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim27th percentile
63.5 % · 364 attempts
- Rebounding100th percentile
11.6 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Rebounding100th percentile
Elite · 11.6 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact87th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Outside shooting49th percentile
Average · 34.1 % from three · 246 attempts
- Finishing at the rim27th percentile
Low · 63.5 % · 364 attempts
- Availability77/82
missed 5 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 34th percentile → 67th percentile (+33) · Playmaking: 24th percentile → 55th percentile (+31) · Rebounding: 93th percentile → 100th percentile (+7)
- 2024-2534th percentile
67 games · 19.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 34th percentile
- Playmaking
- 24th percentile
- Rebounding
- 93th percentile
- 2025-2667th percentile
77 games · 27.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 67th percentile
- Playmaking
- 55th percentile
- Rebounding
- 100th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 77 games · 27.2 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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