Professional DNA
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: DEFENSIVE ANCHOR
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 51 games
91
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Kentavious Caldwell-Pope?
The evidence
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Defensive impact: 91th percentile (DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: what moved most is Playmaking
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 ANCHOR
- RoleFull rotation: 21.3 minutes per game across 51 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 91th percentile
DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
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.
- Scoring47th percentile
8.4 points per game
- Playmaking69th percentile
2.7 assists per game
- Outside shooting33th percentile
31.6 % from three · 174 attempts
- Defensive impact91th percentile
DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding28th percentile
2.5 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact91th percentile
Elite · DBPM 1.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Scoring47th percentile
Average · 8.4 points per game
- Outside shooting33th percentile
Low · 31.6 % from three · 174 attempts
- Rebounding28th percentile
Low · 2.5 rebounds per game
- Availability51/82
missed 31 of his team's games in 2025-26
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
Recent change
Scoring: 58th percentile → 47th percentile (-11) · Playmaking: 57th percentile → 69th percentile (+12) · Rebounding: 32th percentile → 28th percentile (-4)
- 2020-2157th percentile
67 games · 28.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 58th percentile
- Playmaking
- 57th percentile
- Rebounding
- 32th percentile
- 2021-2255th percentile
77 games · 30.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 75th percentile
- Playmaking
- 55th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
- 2022-2364th percentile
76 games · 31.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 65th percentile
- Playmaking
- 64th percentile
- Rebounding
- 33th percentile
- 2023-2464th percentile
76 games · 31.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 61th percentile
- Playmaking
- 64th percentile
- Rebounding
- 30th percentile
- 2024-2550th percentile
77 games · 29.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 49th percentile
- Playmaking
- 50th percentile
- Rebounding
- 22th percentile
- 2025-2669th percentile
51 games · 21.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 47th percentile
- Playmaking
- 69th percentile
- Rebounding
- 28th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 51 games · 21.3 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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Where it comes from
Source
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This answer
2026-10-12
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