Professional DNA
Branden Carlson: ROLE PLAYER
Finishing at the rim · 2025-26 · 42 games
94
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Branden Carlson?
The evidence
Branden Carlson · Finishing at the rim: 94th percentile (77.5 % · 71 attempts)
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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleShort rotation: 11.6 minutes per game across 42 games
- What sets them apartFinishing at the rim · 94th percentile
77.5 % · 71 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.
- Scoring28th percentile
5.8 points per game
- Playmaking12th percentile
0.7 assists per game
- Outside shooting62th percentile
36.0 % from three · 86 attempts
- Defensive impact72th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim94th percentile
77.5 % · 71 attempts
- Rebounding40th percentile
3.0 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Finishing at the rim94th percentile
Elite · 77.5 % · 71 attempts
Limitations
- Rebounding40th percentile
Average · 3.0 rebounds per game
- Scoring28th percentile
Low · 5.8 points per game
- Playmaking12th percentile
Very low · 0.7 assists per game
- Availability42/82
missed 40 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 13th percentile → 28th percentile (+15) · Playmaking: 3th percentile → 12th percentile (+9) · Rebounding: 15th percentile → 40th percentile (+25)
- 2024-2515th percentile
32 games · 7.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 13th percentile
- Playmaking
- 3th percentile
- Rebounding
- 15th percentile
- 2025-2640th percentile
42 games · 11.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 28th percentile
- Playmaking
- 12th percentile
- Rebounding
- 40th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 42 games · 11.6 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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Where it comes from
Source
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This answer
2026-10-12
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