Professional DNA
Jeremy Lin: ROLE PLAYER
Playmaking · 2018-19 · 74 games
77
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Jeremy Lin?
The evidence
Jeremy Lin · Playmaking: 77th percentile (3.1 assists per game)
Jeremy Lin: 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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleShort rotation: 19.4 minutes per game across 74 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 77th percentile
3.1 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 423 players with a sample in 2018-19. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring58th percentile
9.6 points per game
- Playmaking77th percentile
3.1 assists per game
- Outside shooting32th percentile
- Defensive impact20th percentile
DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim29th percentile
58.7 % · 172 attempts
- Rebounding25th percentile
2.4 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking77th percentile
Very high · 3.1 assists per game
Limitations
- Outside shooting32th percentile
Low
- Finishing at the rim29th percentile
Low · 58.7 % · 172 attempts
- Rebounding25th percentile
Low · 2.4 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact20th percentile
Very low · DBPM -0.9: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Recent change
Scoring: 75th percentile → 58th percentile (-17) · Playmaking: 87th percentile → 77th percentile (-10) · Rebounding: 36th percentile → 25th percentile (-11)
- 2013-1475th percentile
71 games · 28.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 75th percentile
- Playmaking
- 87th percentile
- Rebounding
- 36th percentile
- 2014-1569th percentile
74 games · 25.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 69th percentile
- Playmaking
- 91th percentile
- Rebounding
- 35th percentile
- 2015-1672th percentile
78 games · 26.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 72th percentile
- Playmaking
- 80th percentile
- Rebounding
- 47th percentile
- 2016-1783th percentile
36 games · 24.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 83th percentile
- Playmaking
- 92th percentile
- Rebounding
- 59th percentile
- 2017-1891th percentile
1 games · 25.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 91th percentile
- Playmaking
- 86th percentile
- Rebounding
- 0th percentile
- 2018-1958th percentile
74 games · 19.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 58th percentile
- Playmaking
- 77th percentile
- Rebounding
- 25th percentile
Context
2018-19 · 74 games · 19.4 minutes per game · Percentile against 423 measured players in 2018-19 · 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 2018-19 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-10-13
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