Professional DNA

Yao Ming: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 2010-11 · 5 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2010-11

The question

What kind of player is Yao Ming?

The evidence

Yao Ming · Defensive impact: 83th percentile (DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

83 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+33) · 400 players with a sample in 2010-11

Yao Ming: what moved most is Scoring

64 percentilcompared against: 95 percentil (-31) · Yao Ming, from 2004-05 to 2010-11

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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
RoleShort rotation: 18.2 minutes per game across 5 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 83th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 400 players with a sample in 2010-11. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring64th percentile
10.2 points per game
Playmaking30th percentile
0.8 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact83th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding79th percentile
5.4 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact83th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Rebounding79th percentile
Very high · 5.4 rebounds per game

Limitations

Playmaking30th percentile
Low · 0.8 assists per game
Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 90th percentile → 64th percentile (-26) · Playmaking: 26th percentile → 30th percentile (+4) · Rebounding: 92th percentile → 79th percentile (-13)

2004-0590th percentile
80 games · 30.6 minutes per game
Scoring
90th percentile
Playmaking
26th percentile
Rebounding
92th percentile
2005-0696th percentile
57 games · 34.2 minutes per game
Scoring
96th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
99th percentile
2006-0797th percentile
48 games · 33.8 minutes per game
Scoring
97th percentile
Playmaking
65th percentile
Rebounding
96th percentile
2007-0897th percentile
55 games · 37.2 minutes per game
Scoring
97th percentile
Playmaking
70th percentile
Rebounding
98th percentile
2008-0993th percentile
77 games · 33.6 minutes per game
Scoring
93th percentile
Playmaking
58th percentile
Rebounding
97th percentile
2010-1164th percentile
5 games · 18.2 minutes per game
Scoring
64th percentile
Playmaking
30th percentile
Rebounding
79th percentile

Context

2010-11 · 5 games · 18.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 400 measured players in 2010-11 · 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 2010-11 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

2026-11-06

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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