Professional DNA

Paul Ruffner: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1974-75 · 22 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1974-75

The question

What kind of player is Paul Ruffner?

The evidence

Paul Ruffner · Defensive impact: 34th percentile (DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

34 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (-16) · 215 players with a sample in 1974-75

Paul Ruffner: what moved most is Scoring

1 percentilcompared against: 13 percentil (-12) · Paul Ruffner, from 1970-71 to 1973-74

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: 4.7 minutes per game across 22 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 34th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 215 players with a sample in 1974-75. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring1th percentile
2.0 points per game
Playmaking1th percentile
0.3 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact34th percentile
DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding4th percentile
1.0 rebounds per game

Limitations

Defensive impact34th percentile
Low · DBPM -0.5: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Rebounding4th percentile
Very low · 1.0 rebounds per game
Scoring1th percentile
Very low · 2.0 points per game
Playmaking1th percentile
Very low · 0.3 assists 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: 13th percentile → 1th percentile (-12) · Playmaking: 2th percentile → 1th percentile (-1) · Rebounding: 12th percentile → 4th percentile (-8)

1970-7113th percentile
10 games · 6.0 minutes per game
Scoring
13th percentile
Playmaking
2th percentile
Rebounding
12th percentile
1973-740th percentile
20 games · 2.6 minutes per game
Scoring
0th percentile
Playmaking
0th percentile
Rebounding
0th percentile
1974-751th percentile
22 games · 4.7 minutes per game
Scoring
1th percentile
Playmaking
1th percentile
Rebounding
4th percentile

Context

1974-75 · 22 games · 4.7 minutes per game · Percentile against 215 measured players in 1974-75 · 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 1974-75 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

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Computation

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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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