Professional DNA

Shaquille O'Neal: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 2010-11 · 37 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2010-11

The question

What kind of player is Shaquille O'Neal?

The evidence

Shaquille O'Neal · Defensive impact: 96th percentile (DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

96 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+46) · 399 players with a sample in 2010-11

Shaquille O'Neal: what moved most is Playmaking

24 percentilcompared against: 58 percentil (-34) · Shaquille O'Neal, from 2005-06 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
RoleFull rotation: 20.3 minutes per game across 37 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 96th percentile
DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 399 players with a sample in 2010-11. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring58th percentile
9.2 points per game
Playmaking24th percentile
0.7 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact96th percentile
DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim95th percentile
72.0 % · 161 attempts
Rebounding74th percentile
4.8 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact96th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim95th percentile
Elite · 72.0 % · 161 attempts

Limitations

Playmaking24th percentile
Very low · 0.7 assists per game
Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 93th percentile → 58th percentile (-35) · Playmaking: 64th percentile → 24th percentile (-40) · Rebounding: 96th percentile → 74th percentile (-22)

2005-0664th percentile
59 games · 30.6 minutes per game
Scoring
93th percentile
Playmaking
64th percentile
Rebounding
96th percentile
2006-0765th percentile
40 games · 28.4 minutes per game
Scoring
88th percentile
Playmaking
65th percentile
Rebounding
91th percentile
2007-0852th percentile
61 games · 28.7 minutes per game
Scoring
80th percentile
Playmaking
52th percentile
Rebounding
94th percentile
2008-0956th percentile
75 games · 30.0 minutes per game
Scoring
88th percentile
Playmaking
56th percentile
Rebounding
93th percentile
2009-1051th percentile
53 games · 23.4 minutes per game
Scoring
72th percentile
Playmaking
51th percentile
Rebounding
87th percentile
2010-1124th percentile
37 games · 20.3 minutes per game
Scoring
58th percentile
Playmaking
24th percentile
Rebounding
74th percentile

Context

2010-11 · 37 games · 20.3 minutes per game · Percentile against 399 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

2026-10-12

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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