Professional DNA
Russell Westbrook: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 2025-26 · 64 games
96
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Russell Westbrook?
The evidence
Russell Westbrook · Playmaking: 96th percentile (6.7 assists per game)
Russell Westbrook: what moved most is Rebounding
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: 29.0 minutes per game across 64 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 96th percentile
6.7 assists per game
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.
- Scoring80th percentile
15.2 points per game
- Playmaking96th percentile
6.7 assists per game
- Outside shooting48th percentile
33.8 % from three · 379 attempts
- Defensive impact42th percentile
DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim48th percentile
67.3 % · 147 attempts
- Rebounding79th percentile
5.4 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking96th percentile
Elite · 6.7 assists per game
- Scoring80th percentile
Very high · 15.2 points per game
- Rebounding79th percentile
Very high · 5.4 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Outside shooting48th percentile
Average · 33.8 % from three · 379 attempts
- Finishing at the rim48th percentile
Average · 67.3 % · 147 attempts
- Defensive impact42th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Availability64/82
missed 18 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 93th percentile → 80th percentile (-13) · Playmaking: 100th percentile → 96th percentile (-4) · Rebounding: 99th percentile → 79th percentile (-20)
- 2020-2199th percentile
65 games · 36.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 93th percentile
- Playmaking
- 100th percentile
- Rebounding
- 99th percentile
- 2021-2290th percentile
78 games · 34.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 89th percentile
- Playmaking
- 97th percentile
- Rebounding
- 90th percentile
- 2022-2382th percentile
73 games · 29.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 81th percentile
- Playmaking
- 98th percentile
- Rebounding
- 82th percentile
- 2023-2475th percentile
68 games · 22.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 66th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 75th percentile
- 2024-2573th percentile
75 games · 27.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 75th percentile
- Playmaking
- 95th percentile
- Rebounding
- 73th percentile
- 2025-2679th percentile
64 games · 29.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 80th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 79th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 64 games · 29.0 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
2026-10-12
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