Professional DNA

Rich Kelley: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1985-86 · 37 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1985-86

The question

What kind of player is Rich Kelley?

The evidence

Rich Kelley · Defensive impact: 88th percentile (DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

88 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+38) · 285 players with a sample in 1985-86

Rich Kelley: what moved most is Playmaking

45 percentilcompared against: 79 percentil (-34) · Rich Kelley, from 1980-81 to 1982-83

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: 8.8 minutes per game across 37 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 88th percentile
DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 285 players with a sample in 1985-86. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring3th percentile
2.0 points per game
Playmaking33th percentile
1.2 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact88th percentile
DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding31th percentile
2.2 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact88th percentile
Very high · DBPM 1.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Playmaking33th percentile
Low · 1.2 assists per game
Rebounding31th percentile
Low · 2.2 rebounds per game
Scoring3th percentile
Very low · 2.0 points 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: 34th percentile → 3th percentile (-31) · Playmaking: 77th percentile → 33th percentile (-44) · Rebounding: 70th percentile → 31th percentile (-39)

1980-8177th percentile
81 games · 20.8 minutes per game
Scoring
34th percentile
Playmaking
77th percentile
Rebounding
70th percentile
1981-8281th percentile
81 games · 23.4 minutes per game
Scoring
44th percentile
Playmaking
81th percentile
Rebounding
79th percentile
1982-8352th percentile
70 games · 19.2 minutes per game
Scoring
32th percentile
Playmaking
52th percentile
Rebounding
76th percentile
1983-8454th percentile
75 games · 22.3 minutes per game
Scoring
28th percentile
Playmaking
54th percentile
Rebounding
82th percentile
1984-8542th percentile
77 games · 16.6 minutes per game
Scoring
17th percentile
Playmaking
42th percentile
Rebounding
64th percentile
1985-8633th percentile
37 games · 8.8 minutes per game
Scoring
3th percentile
Playmaking
33th percentile
Rebounding
31th percentile

Context

1985-86 · 37 games · 8.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 285 measured players in 1985-86 · 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 1985-86 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

2026-11-08

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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