Professional DNA

Hakeem Olajuwon: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 2001-02 · 61 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2001-02

The question

What kind of player is Hakeem Olajuwon?

The evidence

Hakeem Olajuwon · Defensive impact: 99th percentile (DBPM 2.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

99 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+49) · 379 players with a sample in 2001-02

Hakeem Olajuwon: what moved most is Scoring

48 percentilcompared against: 85 percentil (-37) · Hakeem Olajuwon, from 1996-97 to 2001-02

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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
RoleFull rotation: 22.6 minutes per game across 61 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 99th percentile
DBPM 2.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 379 players with a sample in 2001-02. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring48th percentile
7.1 points per game
Playmaking37th percentile
1.1 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact99th percentile
DBPM 2.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding82th percentile
6.0 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact99th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.4: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Rebounding82th percentile
Very high · 6.0 rebounds per game

Limitations

Scoring48th percentile
Average · 7.1 points per game
Playmaking37th percentile
Low · 1.1 assists per game
Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 98th percentile → 48th percentile (-50) · Playmaking: 77th percentile → 37th percentile (-40) · Rebounding: 94th percentile → 82th percentile (-12)

1996-9798th percentile
78 games · 36.6 minutes per game
Scoring
98th percentile
Playmaking
77th percentile
Rebounding
94th percentile
1997-9889th percentile
47 games · 34.7 minutes per game
Scoring
89th percentile
Playmaking
78th percentile
Rebounding
96th percentile
1998-9995th percentile
50 games · 35.7 minutes per game
Scoring
95th percentile
Playmaking
59th percentile
Rebounding
95th percentile
1999-0068th percentile
44 games · 23.8 minutes per game
Scoring
68th percentile
Playmaking
49th percentile
Rebounding
81th percentile
2000-0176th percentile
58 games · 26.6 minutes per game
Scoring
76th percentile
Playmaking
42th percentile
Rebounding
89th percentile
2001-0248th percentile
61 games · 22.6 minutes per game
Scoring
48th percentile
Playmaking
37th percentile
Rebounding
82th percentile

Context

2001-02 · 61 games · 22.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 379 measured players in 2001-02 · 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 2001-02 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

What if…?

What happened to his team when he did not play

Career atlas

When his game changed, season by season

Where it comes from

Source

not stated

Model input

not stated

Computation

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This answer

2026-10-12

Where this comes from

Season averages · closed season · its clock is the seasonBox scores · closed season · its clock is the season

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