Professional DNA

Dirk Nowitzki: ROLE PLAYER

Scoring · 2018-19 · 51 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2018-19

The question

What kind of player is Dirk Nowitzki?

The evidence

Dirk Nowitzki · Scoring: 41th percentile (7.3 points per game)

41 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-9) · 423 players with a sample in 2018-19

Dirk Nowitzki: what moved most is Playmaking

13 percentilcompared against: 60 percentil (-47) · Dirk Nowitzki, from 2013-14 to 2018-19

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: 15.6 minutes per game across 51 games
What sets them apartScoring · 41th percentile
7.3 points per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 423 players with a sample in 2018-19. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring41th percentile
7.3 points per game
Playmaking13th percentile
0.7 assists per game
Outside shooting37th percentile
Defensive impact14th percentile
DBPM -1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding41th percentile
3.1 rebounds per game

Limitations

Scoring41th percentile
Average · 7.3 points per game
Rebounding41th percentile
Average · 3.1 rebounds per game
Outside shooting37th percentile
Low
Defensive impact14th percentile
Very low · DBPM -1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Playmaking13th percentile
Very low · 0.7 assists per game
Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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Recent change

Scoring: 97th percentile → 41th percentile (-56) · Playmaking: 75th percentile → 13th percentile (-62) · Rebounding: 83th percentile → 41th percentile (-42)

2013-1475th percentile
80 games · 32.9 minutes per game
Scoring
97th percentile
Playmaking
75th percentile
Rebounding
83th percentile
2014-1563th percentile
77 games · 29.6 minutes per game
Scoring
93th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
82th percentile
2015-1659th percentile
75 games · 31.5 minutes per game
Scoring
92th percentile
Playmaking
59th percentile
Rebounding
86th percentile
2016-1751th percentile
54 games · 26.4 minutes per game
Scoring
82th percentile
Playmaking
51th percentile
Rebounding
86th percentile
2017-1850th percentile
77 games · 24.7 minutes per game
Scoring
70th percentile
Playmaking
50th percentile
Rebounding
83th percentile
2018-1913th percentile
51 games · 15.6 minutes per game
Scoring
41th percentile
Playmaking
13th percentile
Rebounding
41th percentile

Context

2018-19 · 51 games · 15.6 minutes per game · Percentile against 423 measured players in 2018-19 · 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 2018-19 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

not stated

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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