Professional DNA
Al Horford: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 45 games
81
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Al Horford?
The evidence
Al Horford · Defensive impact: 81th percentile (DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Al Horford: 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 areDEFENSIVE ANCHOR
- RoleFull rotation: 21.5 minutes per game across 45 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 81th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
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.
- Scoring46th percentile
8.3 points per game
- Playmaking66th percentile
2.6 assists per game
- Outside shooting63th percentile
36.1 % from three · 205 attempts
- Defensive impact81th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding72th percentile
4.9 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact81th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Scoring46th percentile
Average · 8.3 points per game
- Availability45/82
missed 37 of his team's games in 2025-26
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 78th percentile → 46th percentile (-32) · Playmaking: 78th percentile → 66th percentile (-12) · Rebounding: 86th percentile → 72th percentile (-14)
- 2020-2178th percentile
28 games · 27.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 78th percentile
- Playmaking
- 78th percentile
- Rebounding
- 86th percentile
- 2021-2262th percentile
69 games · 29.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 62th percentile
- Playmaking
- 78th percentile
- Rebounding
- 91th percentile
- 2022-2359th percentile
63 games · 30.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 59th percentile
- Playmaking
- 74th percentile
- Rebounding
- 85th percentile
- 2023-2453th percentile
65 games · 26.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 53th percentile
- Playmaking
- 67th percentile
- Rebounding
- 86th percentile
- 2024-2552th percentile
60 games · 27.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 52th percentile
- Playmaking
- 58th percentile
- Rebounding
- 86th percentile
- 2025-2646th percentile
45 games · 21.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 46th percentile
- Playmaking
- 66th percentile
- Rebounding
- 72th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 45 games · 21.5 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
2026-10-13
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