Professional DNA
Joel Embiid: OFFENSIVE ENGINE
Scoring · 2025-26 · 38 games
98
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Joel Embiid?
The evidence
Joel Embiid · Scoring: 98th percentile (26.9 points per game)
Joel Embiid: 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 areOFFENSIVE ENGINE
- RoleFeatured starter: 31.6 minutes per game across 38 games
- What sets them apartScoring · 98th percentile
26.9 points per game
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.
- Scoring98th percentile
26.9 points per game
- Playmaking85th percentile
3.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting44th percentile
33.3 % from three · 159 attempts
- Defensive impact39th percentile
DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim47th percentile
67.2 % · 186 attempts
- Rebounding93th percentile
7.7 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Scoring98th percentile
Elite · 26.9 points per game
- Rebounding93th percentile
Elite · 7.7 rebounds per game
- Playmaking85th percentile
Very high · 3.9 assists per game
Limitations
- Finishing at the rim47th percentile
Average · 67.2 % · 186 attempts
- Outside shooting44th percentile
Average · 33.3 % from three · 159 attempts
- Defensive impact39th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Availability38/82
missed 44 of his team's games in 2025-26
Recent change
Scoring: 99th percentile → 98th percentile (-1) · Playmaking: 72th percentile → 85th percentile (+13) · Rebounding: 97th percentile → 93th percentile (-4)
- 2020-2172th percentile
51 games · 31.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 99th percentile
- Playmaking
- 72th percentile
- Rebounding
- 97th percentile
- 2021-2285th percentile
68 games · 33.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 100th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 99th percentile
- 2022-2384th percentile
66 games · 34.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 100th percentile
- Playmaking
- 84th percentile
- Rebounding
- 98th percentile
- 2023-2493th percentile
39 games · 33.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 100th percentile
- Playmaking
- 93th percentile
- Rebounding
- 98th percentile
- 2024-2586th percentile
19 games · 30.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 94th percentile
- Playmaking
- 86th percentile
- Rebounding
- 93th percentile
- 2025-2685th percentile
38 games · 31.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 98th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 93th percentile
Context
2025-26 · 38 games · 31.6 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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This answer
2026-10-12
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