Professional DNA

Phil Jackson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1979-80 · 16 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1979-80

The question

What kind of player is Phil Jackson?

The evidence

Phil Jackson · Defensive impact: 65th percentile (DBPM 0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

65 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+15) · 254 players with a sample in 1979-80

Phil Jackson: what moved most is Rebounding

11 percentilcompared against: 48 percentil (-37) · Phil Jackson, from 1974-75 to 1979-80

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: 12.1 minutes per game across 16 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 65th percentile
DBPM 0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 254 players with a sample in 1979-80. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring12th percentile
4.1 points per game
Playmaking11th percentile
0.8 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact65th percentile
DBPM 0.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding11th percentile
1.5 rebounds per game

Limitations

Scoring12th percentile
Very low · 4.1 points per game
Playmaking11th percentile
Very low · 0.8 assists per game
Rebounding11th percentile
Very low · 1.5 rebounds per game
Axes without enough sample
Outside shooting · Finishing at the rim
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

Recent change

Scoring: 63th percentile → 12th percentile (-51) · Playmaking: 44th percentile → 11th percentile (-33) · Rebounding: 86th percentile → 11th percentile (-75)

1974-7586th percentile
78 games · 29.3 minutes per game
Scoring
63th percentile
Playmaking
44th percentile
Rebounding
86th percentile
1975-7660th percentile
80 games · 18.3 minutes per game
Scoring
35th percentile
Playmaking
38th percentile
Rebounding
60th percentile
1976-7740th percentile
76 games · 13.6 minutes per game
Scoring
9th percentile
Playmaking
26th percentile
Rebounding
40th percentile
1977-7813th percentile
63 games · 10.4 minutes per game
Scoring
2th percentile
Playmaking
6th percentile
Rebounding
13th percentile
1978-7943th percentile
59 games · 18.1 minutes per game
Scoring
29th percentile
Playmaking
33th percentile
Rebounding
43th percentile
1979-8011th percentile
16 games · 12.1 minutes per game
Scoring
12th percentile
Playmaking
11th percentile
Rebounding
11th percentile

Context

1979-80 · 16 games · 12.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 254 measured players in 1979-80 · 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 1979-80 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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