Professional DNA
Gary Payton: ROLE PLAYER
Playmaking · 2006-07 · 68 games
78
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Gary Payton?
The evidence
Gary Payton · Playmaking: 78th percentile (3.0 assists per game)
Gary Payton: 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 areROLE PLAYER
- RoleFull rotation: 22.1 minutes per game across 68 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 78th percentile
3.0 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 395 players with a sample in 2006-07. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring35th percentile
5.3 points per game
- Playmaking78th percentile
3.0 assists per game
- Outside shooting54th percentile
- Defensive impact48th percentile
DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim40th percentile
57.4 % · 101 attempts
- Rebounding22th percentile
1.9 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking78th percentile
Very high · 3.0 assists per game
Limitations
- Defensive impact48th percentile
Average · DBPM -0.1: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rim40th percentile
Average · 57.4 % · 101 attempts
- Scoring35th percentile
Low · 5.3 points per game
- Rebounding22th percentile
Very low · 1.9 rebounds per game
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 97th percentile → 35th percentile (-62) · Playmaking: 99th percentile → 78th percentile (-21) · Rebounding: 71th percentile → 22th percentile (-49)
- 2001-0297th percentile
82 games · 40.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 71th percentile
- 2002-0394th percentile
80 games · 40.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 94th percentile
- Playmaking
- 99th percentile
- Rebounding
- 59th percentile
- 2003-0482th percentile
82 games · 34.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 82th percentile
- Playmaking
- 94th percentile
- Rebounding
- 63th percentile
- 2004-0570th percentile
77 games · 33.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 70th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 46th percentile
- 2005-0653th percentile
81 games · 28.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 53th percentile
- Playmaking
- 83th percentile
- Rebounding
- 43th percentile
- 2006-0735th percentile
68 games · 22.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 35th percentile
- Playmaking
- 78th percentile
- Rebounding
- 22th percentile
Context
2006-07 · 68 games · 22.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 395 measured players in 2006-07 · 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 2006-07 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-10-12
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