Professional DNA

Robert Covington: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Defensive impact · 2023-24 · 29 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2023-24

The question

What kind of player is Robert Covington?

The evidence

Robert Covington · Defensive impact: 99th percentile (DBPM 3.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

99 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+49) · 445 players with a sample in 2023-24

Robert Covington: what moved most is Scoring

38 percentilcompared against: 74 percentil (-36) · Robert Covington, from 2018-19 to 2020-21

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: 16.8 minutes per game across 29 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 99th percentile
DBPM 3.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 445 players with a sample in 2023-24. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring20th percentile
4.4 points per game
Playmaking17th percentile
0.8 assists per game
Outside shooting48th percentile
Defensive impact99th percentile
DBPM 3.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding48th percentile
3.3 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact99th percentile
Elite · DBPM 3.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Outside shooting48th percentile
Average
Rebounding48th percentile
Average · 3.3 rebounds per game
Scoring20th percentile
Very low · 4.4 points per game
Playmaking17th percentile
Very low · 0.8 assists 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: 75th percentile → 20th percentile (-55) · Playmaking: 39th percentile → 17th percentile (-22) · Rebounding: 80th percentile → 48th percentile (-32)

2018-1975th percentile
35 games · 34.4 minutes per game
Scoring
75th percentile
Playmaking
39th percentile
Rebounding
80th percentile
2019-2072th percentile
70 games · 30.5 minutes per game
Scoring
72th percentile
Playmaking
36th percentile
Rebounding
87th percentile
2020-2150th percentile
70 games · 32.0 minutes per game
Scoring
50th percentile
Playmaking
49th percentile
Rebounding
86th percentile
2021-2250th percentile
71 games · 27.3 minutes per game
Scoring
50th percentile
Playmaking
40th percentile
Rebounding
79th percentile
2022-2331th percentile
48 games · 16.2 minutes per game
Scoring
31th percentile
Playmaking
33th percentile
Rebounding
50th percentile
2023-2420th percentile
29 games · 16.8 minutes per game
Scoring
20th percentile
Playmaking
17th percentile
Rebounding
48th percentile

Context

2023-24 · 29 games · 16.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 445 measured players in 2023-24 · 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 2023-24 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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