Professional DNA

Arvydas Sabonis: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 2002-03 · 78 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2002-03

The question

What kind of player is Arvydas Sabonis?

The evidence

Arvydas Sabonis · Defensive impact: 99th percentile (DBPM 3.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

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

Arvydas Sabonis: what moved most is Scoring

40 percentilcompared against: 77 percentil (-37) · Arvydas Sabonis, from 1996-97 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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
RoleShort rotation: 15.5 minutes per game across 78 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 99th percentile
DBPM 3.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

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.

Scoring40th percentile
6.1 points per game
Playmaking60th percentile
1.8 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact99th percentile
DBPM 3.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim68th percentile
61.4 % · 127 attempts
Rebounding61th percentile
4.3 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact99th percentile
Elite · DBPM 3.0: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Scoring40th percentile
Average · 6.1 points per game
Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 76th percentile → 40th percentile (-36) · Playmaking: 63th percentile → 60th percentile (-3) · Rebounding: 88th percentile → 61th percentile (-27)

1996-9776th percentile
69 games · 25.5 minutes per game
Scoring
76th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
88th percentile
1997-9888th percentile
73 games · 32.0 minutes per game
Scoring
88th percentile
Playmaking
78th percentile
Rebounding
97th percentile
1998-9977th percentile
50 games · 27.0 minutes per game
Scoring
77th percentile
Playmaking
71th percentile
Rebounding
90th percentile
1999-0073th percentile
66 games · 25.6 minutes per game
Scoring
73th percentile
Playmaking
58th percentile
Rebounding
91th percentile
2000-0170th percentile
61 games · 21.3 minutes per game
Scoring
70th percentile
Playmaking
53th percentile
Rebounding
77th percentile
2002-0340th percentile
78 games · 15.5 minutes per game
Scoring
40th percentile
Playmaking
60th percentile
Rebounding
61th percentile

Context

2002-03 · 78 games · 15.5 minutes per game · Percentile against 362 measured players in 2002-03 · 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 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

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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