Professional DNA

Ricky Rubio: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 2022-23 · 33 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2022-23

The question

What kind of player is Ricky Rubio?

The evidence

Ricky Rubio · Defensive impact: 85th percentile (DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

85 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+35) · 436 players with a sample in 2022-23

Ricky Rubio: what moved most is Scoring

25 percentilcompared against: 70 percentil (-45) · Ricky Rubio, from 2017-18 to 2022-23

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 SPECIALIST
RoleShort rotation: 17.2 minutes per game across 33 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 85th 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 436 players with a sample in 2022-23. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring25th percentile
5.2 points per game
Playmaking78th percentile
3.5 assists per game
Outside shooting26th percentile
Defensive impact85th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding20th percentile
2.1 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact85th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Playmaking78th percentile
Very high · 3.5 assists per game

Limitations

Outside shooting26th percentile
Low
Scoring25th percentile
Low · 5.2 points per game
Rebounding20th percentile
Very low · 2.1 rebounds 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: 77th percentile → 25th percentile (-52) · Playmaking: 93th percentile → 78th percentile (-15) · Rebounding: 69th percentile → 20th percentile (-49)

2017-1877th percentile
77 games · 29.3 minutes per game
Scoring
77th percentile
Playmaking
93th percentile
Rebounding
69th percentile
2018-1974th percentile
68 games · 27.9 minutes per game
Scoring
74th percentile
Playmaking
95th percentile
Rebounding
50th percentile
2019-2074th percentile
65 games · 31.0 minutes per game
Scoring
74th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
69th percentile
2020-2150th percentile
68 games · 26.1 minutes per game
Scoring
50th percentile
Playmaking
96th percentile
Rebounding
44th percentile
2021-2274th percentile
34 games · 28.5 minutes per game
Scoring
74th percentile
Playmaking
96th percentile
Rebounding
58th percentile
2022-2325th percentile
33 games · 17.2 minutes per game
Scoring
25th percentile
Playmaking
78th percentile
Rebounding
20th percentile

Context

2022-23 · 33 games · 17.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 436 measured players in 2022-23 · 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 2022-23 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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