Professional DNA
Eric Bledsoe: PURE PLAYMAKER
Defensive impact · 2021-22 · 54 games
87
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Eric Bledsoe?
The evidence
Eric Bledsoe · Defensive impact: 87th percentile (DBPM 1.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Eric Bledsoe: 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: 25.2 minutes per game across 54 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 87th percentile
DBPM 1.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 443 players with a sample in 2021-22. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring60th percentile
9.9 points per game
- Playmaking85th percentile
4.2 assists per game
- Outside shooting41th percentile
- Defensive impact87th percentile
DBPM 1.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim24th percentile
60.3 % · 126 attempts
- Rebounding46th percentile
3.4 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact87th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Playmaking85th percentile
Very high · 4.2 assists per game
Limitations
- Rebounding46th percentile
Average · 3.4 rebounds per game
- Outside shooting41th percentile
Average
- Finishing at the rim24th percentile
Very low · 60.3 % · 126 attempts
Recent change
Scoring: 93th percentile → 60th percentile (-33) · Playmaking: 96th percentile → 85th percentile (-11) · Rebounding: 72th percentile → 46th percentile (-26)
- 2016-1793th percentile
66 games · 33.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 93th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 72th percentile
- 2017-1891th percentile
74 games · 31.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 91th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 56th percentile
- 2018-1984th percentile
78 games · 29.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 84th percentile
- Playmaking
- 93th percentile
- Rebounding
- 68th percentile
- 2019-2079th percentile
61 games · 27.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 79th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 66th percentile
- 2020-2170th percentile
71 games · 29.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 70th percentile
- Playmaking
- 83th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
- 2021-2260th percentile
54 games · 25.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 60th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
Context
2021-22 · 54 games · 25.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 443 measured players in 2021-22 · 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 2021-22 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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