Professional DNA
Karl Malone: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Rebounding · 2003-04 · 42 games
94
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Karl Malone?
The evidence
Karl Malone · Rebounding: 94th percentile (8.7 rebounds per game)
Karl Malone: 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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
- RoleFeatured starter: 32.7 minutes per game across 42 games
- What sets them apartRebounding · 94th percentile
8.7 rebounds per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 372 players with a sample in 2003-04. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring78th percentile
13.2 points per game
- Playmaking85th percentile
3.9 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact91th percentile
DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim87th percentile
64.3 % · 196 attempts
- Rebounding94th percentile
8.7 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Rebounding94th percentile
Elite · 8.7 rebounds per game
- Defensive impact91th percentile
Elite · DBPM 1.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim87th percentile
Very high · 64.3 % · 196 attempts
- Playmaking85th percentile
Very high · 3.9 assists per game
- Scoring78th percentile
Very high · 13.2 points per game
Limitations
No measured axis falls below his league's median. What follows are the limits of the read, not weak spots in the player.
- Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 99th percentile → 78th percentile (-21) · Playmaking: 89th percentile → 85th percentile (-4) · Rebounding: 95th percentile → 94th percentile (-1)
- 1998-9999th percentile
49 games · 37.4 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 99th percentile
- Playmaking
- 89th percentile
- Rebounding
- 95th percentile
- 1999-0099th percentile
82 games · 35.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 99th percentile
- Playmaking
- 84th percentile
- Rebounding
- 96th percentile
- 2000-0197th percentile
81 games · 35.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 89th percentile
- Rebounding
- 93th percentile
- 2001-0297th percentile
80 games · 38.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 88th percentile
- Rebounding
- 94th percentile
- 2002-0394th percentile
81 games · 36.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 94th percentile
- Playmaking
- 91th percentile
- Rebounding
- 93th percentile
- 2003-0478th percentile
42 games · 32.7 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 78th percentile
- Playmaking
- 85th percentile
- Rebounding
- 94th percentile
Context
2003-04 · 42 games · 32.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 372 measured players in 2003-04 · 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 2003-04 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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