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Russell Westbrook: PURE PLAYMAKER

Playmaking · 2025-26 · 64 games

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Russell Westbrook
Confidence: lowData through: 2025-26

The question

What kind of player is Russell Westbrook?

The evidence

Russell Westbrook · Playmaking: 96th percentile (6.7 assists per game)

96 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+46) · 452 players with a sample in 2025-26

Russell Westbrook: what moved most is Rebounding

80 percentilcompared against: 99 percentil (-19) · Russell Westbrook, from 2020-21 to 2021-22

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.

From here

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This answer

2026-10-12

Where this comes from

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