Professional DNA

John Stockton: PURE PLAYMAKER

Playmaking · 2002-03 · 82 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2002-03

The question

What kind of player is John Stockton?

The evidence

John Stockton · Playmaking: 99th percentile (7.7 assists per game)

99 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+49) · 362 players with a sample in 2002-03

John Stockton: what moved most is Rebounding

29 percentilcompared against: 39 percentil (-10) · John Stockton, from 1997-98 to 2002-03

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 arePURE PLAYMAKER
RoleFull rotation: 27.7 minutes per game across 82 games
What sets them apartPlaymaking · 99th percentile
7.7 assists per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 362 players with a sample in 2002-03. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring72th percentile
10.8 points per game
Playmaking99th percentile
7.7 assists per game
Outside shooting83th percentile
Defensive impact84th percentile
DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim39th percentile
56.7 % · 171 attempts
Rebounding29th percentile
2.5 rebounds per game

Strengths

Playmaking99th percentile
Elite · 7.7 assists per game
Defensive impact84th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Outside shooting83th percentile
Very high ·

Limitations

Finishing at the rim39th percentile
Low · 56.7 % · 171 attempts
Rebounding29th percentile
Low · 2.5 rebounds per game
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 74th percentile → 72th percentile (-2) · Playmaking: 99th percentile → 99th percentile (0) · Rebounding: 38th percentile → 29th percentile (-9)

1997-9838th percentile
64 games · 29.0 minutes per game
Scoring
74th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
38th percentile
1998-9940th percentile
50 games · 28.2 minutes per game
Scoring
72th percentile
Playmaking
98th percentile
Rebounding
40th percentile
1999-0036th percentile
82 games · 29.7 minutes per game
Scoring
75th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
36th percentile
2000-0138th percentile
82 games · 29.2 minutes per game
Scoring
74th percentile
Playmaking
100th percentile
Rebounding
38th percentile
2001-0243th percentile
82 games · 31.3 minutes per game
Scoring
80th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
43th percentile
2002-0329th percentile
82 games · 27.7 minutes per game
Scoring
72th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
29th percentile

Context

2002-03 · 82 games · 27.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 362 measured players in 2002-03 · 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 2002-03 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

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Computation

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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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