Professional DNA

John Paxson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1993-94 · 27 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1993-94

The question

What kind of player is John Paxson?

The evidence

John Paxson · Defensive impact: 59th percentile (DBPM 0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

59 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+9) · 341 players with a sample in 1993-94

John Paxson: what moved most is Playmaking

38 percentilcompared against: 77 percentil (-39) · John Paxson, from 1988-89 to 1993-94

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: 12.7 minutes per game across 27 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 59th percentile
DBPM 0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 341 players with a sample in 1993-94. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring9th percentile
2.6 points per game
Playmaking38th percentile
1.2 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact59th percentile
DBPM 0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding2th percentile
0.7 rebounds per game

Limitations

Playmaking38th percentile
Low · 1.2 assists per game
Scoring9th percentile
Very low · 2.6 points per game
Rebounding2th percentile
Very low · 0.7 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: 45th percentile → 9th percentile (-36) · Playmaking: 83th percentile → 38th percentile (-45) · Rebounding: 11th percentile → 2th percentile (-9)

1988-8983th percentile
78 games · 22.3 minutes per game
Scoring
45th percentile
Playmaking
83th percentile
Rebounding
11th percentile
1989-9085th percentile
82 games · 28.8 minutes per game
Scoring
58th percentile
Playmaking
85th percentile
Rebounding
16th percentile
1990-9180th percentile
82 games · 24.0 minutes per game
Scoring
52th percentile
Playmaking
80th percentile
Rebounding
7th percentile
1991-9276th percentile
79 games · 24.6 minutes per game
Scoring
40th percentile
Playmaking
76th percentile
Rebounding
11th percentile
1992-9363th percentile
59 games · 17.5 minutes per game
Scoring
20th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
2th percentile
1993-9438th percentile
27 games · 12.7 minutes per game
Scoring
9th percentile
Playmaking
38th percentile
Rebounding
2th percentile

Context

1993-94 · 27 games · 12.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 341 measured players in 1993-94 · 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 1993-94 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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