Professional DNA
Michael Phelps: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1987-88 · 2 games
100
percentil
The question
What kind of player is Michael Phelps?
The evidence
Michael Phelps · Defensive impact: 100th percentile (DBPM 7.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Michael Phelps: what moved most is Playmaking
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: 11.5 minutes per game across 2 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 100th percentile
DBPM 7.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 288 players with a sample in 1987-88. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring21th percentile
4.5 points per game
- Playmaking44th percentile
1.5 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact100th percentile
DBPM 7.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding6th percentile
1.0 rebounds per game
Strengths
- Defensive impact100th percentile
Elite · DBPM 7.7: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Limitations
- Playmaking44th percentile
Average · 1.5 assists per game
- Scoring21th percentile
Very low · 4.5 points per game
- Rebounding6th percentile
Very low · 1.0 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: 16th percentile → 21th percentile (+5) · Playmaking: 24th percentile → 44th percentile (+20) · Rebounding: 9th percentile → 6th percentile (-3)
- 1985-8624th percentile
70 games · 12.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 16th percentile
- Playmaking
- 24th percentile
- Rebounding
- 9th percentile
- 1986-8732th percentile
60 games · 7.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 8th percentile
- Playmaking
- 32th percentile
- Rebounding
- 2th percentile
- 1987-8844th percentile
2 games · 11.5 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 21th percentile
- Playmaking
- 44th percentile
- Rebounding
- 6th percentile
Context
1987-88 · 2 games · 11.5 minutes per game · Percentile against 288 measured players in 1987-88 · 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 1987-88 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-07
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