Professional DNA
Magic Johnson: PURE PLAYMAKER
Playmaking · 1995-96 · 32 games
96
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Magic Johnson?
The evidence
Magic Johnson · Playmaking: 96th percentile (6.9 assists per game)
Magic Johnson: 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 arePURE PLAYMAKER
- RoleFull rotation: 29.9 minutes per game across 32 games
- What sets them apartPlaymaking · 96th percentile
6.9 assists per game
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 361 players with a sample in 1995-96. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring82th percentile
14.6 points per game
- Playmaking96th percentile
6.9 assists per game
- Outside shooting82th percentile
- Defensive impact68th percentile
DBPM 0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding79th percentile
5.7 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Playmaking96th percentile
Elite · 6.9 assists per game
- Scoring82th percentile
Very high · 14.6 points per game
- Outside shooting82th percentile
Very high ·
- Rebounding79th percentile
Very high · 5.7 rebounds per game
Limitations
No measured axis falls below his league's median. What follows are the limits of the read, not weak spots in the player.
- Axes without enough sample
Finishing at the rim
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
Recent change
Scoring: 97th percentile → 82th percentile (-15) · Playmaking: 100th percentile → 96th percentile (-4) · Rebounding: 80th percentile → 79th percentile (-1)
- 1986-8797th percentile
80 games · 36.3 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 97th percentile
- Playmaking
- 100th percentile
- Rebounding
- 80th percentile
- 1987-8891th percentile
72 games · 36.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 91th percentile
- Playmaking
- 100th percentile
- Rebounding
- 79th percentile
- 1988-8996th percentile
77 games · 37.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 96th percentile
- Playmaking
- 100th percentile
- Rebounding
- 89th percentile
- 1989-9094th percentile
79 games · 37.2 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 94th percentile
- Playmaking
- 100th percentile
- Rebounding
- 82th percentile
- 1990-9191th percentile
79 games · 37.1 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 91th percentile
- Playmaking
- 100th percentile
- Rebounding
- 84th percentile
- 1995-9682th percentile
32 games · 29.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 82th percentile
- Playmaking
- 96th percentile
- Rebounding
- 79th percentile
Context
1995-96 · 32 games · 29.9 minutes per game · Percentile against 361 measured players in 1995-96 · 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 1995-96 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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This answer
2026-10-12
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