Professional DNA
Rafer Alston: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 2009-10 · 52 games
85
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Rafer Alston?
The evidence
Rafer Alston · Playmaking: 85th percentile (3.4 assists per game)
Rafer Alston: what moved most is Scoring
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 arePURE PLAYMAKER
- RoleFull rotation: 27.3 minutes per game across 52 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 85th percentile
3.4 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 391 players with a sample in 2009-10. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring49th percentile
8.2 points per game
- Playmaking85th percentile
3.4 assists per game
- Outside shooting70th percentile
- Defensive impact34th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim0th percentile
39.1 % · 110 attempts
- Rebounding32th percentile
2.5 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking85th percentile
Very high · 3.4 assists per game
Limitations
- Scoring49th percentile
Average · 8.2 points per game
- Defensive impact34th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Rebounding32th percentile
Low · 2.5 rebounds per game
- Finishing at the rim0th percentile
Very low · 39.1 % · 110 attempts
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 80th percentile → 49th percentile (-31) · Playmaking: 97th percentile → 85th percentile (-12) · Rebounding: 54th percentile → 32th percentile (-22)
- 2004-0580th percentile
80 games · 34.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 80th percentile
- Playmaking
- 97th percentile
- Rebounding
- 54th percentile
- 2005-0674th percentile
63 games · 38.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 74th percentile
- Playmaking
- 98th percentile
- Rebounding
- 62th percentile
- 2006-0778th percentile
82 games · 37.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 78th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 55th percentile
- 2007-0877th percentile
74 games · 34.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 77th percentile
- Playmaking
- 93th percentile
- Rebounding
- 55th percentile
- 2008-0968th percentile
77 games · 31.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 68th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 41th percentile
- 2009-1049th percentile
52 games · 27.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 49th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 32th percentile
Context
2009-10 · 52 games · 27.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 391 measured players in 2009-10 · SportiveWorld own data
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What this does not prove
- Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
- It portrays the 2009-10 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-07
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