Professional DNA
Ralph Sampson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
Defensive impact · 1991-92 · 10 games
73
percentil

The question
What kind of player is Ralph Sampson?
The evidence
Ralph Sampson · Defensive impact: 73th percentile (DBPM 0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)
Ralph Sampson: 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 arePROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET
- RoleShort rotation: 10.8 minutes per game across 10 games
- What sets them apartDefensive impact · 73th percentile
DBPM 0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
The axes, one by one
Every axis with its percentile against 342 players with a sample in 1991-92. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.
- Scoring6th percentile
2.2 points per game
- Playmaking8th percentile
0.4 assists per game
- Outside shootingno data
no data
- Defensive impact73th percentile
DBPM 0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
- Finishing at the rimno data
no data
- Rebounding43th percentile
3.0 rebounds per game
Limitations
- Rebounding43th percentile
Average · 3.0 rebounds per game
- Playmaking8th percentile
Very low · 0.4 assists per game
- Scoring6th percentile
Very low · 2.2 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: 80th percentile → 6th percentile (-74) · Playmaking: 68th percentile → 8th percentile (-60) · Rebounding: 92th percentile → 43th percentile (-49)
- 1986-8780th percentile
43 games · 30.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 80th percentile
- Playmaking
- 68th percentile
- Rebounding
- 92th percentile
- 1987-8882th percentile
48 games · 34.6 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 82th percentile
- Playmaking
- 67th percentile
- Rebounding
- 96th percentile
- 1988-8937th percentile
61 games · 17.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 37th percentile
- Playmaking
- 40th percentile
- Rebounding
- 70th percentile
- 1989-9021th percentile
26 games · 16.0 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 21th percentile
- Playmaking
- 33th percentile
- Rebounding
- 49th percentile
- 1990-9110th percentile
25 games · 13.9 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 10th percentile
- Playmaking
- 22th percentile
- Rebounding
- 63th percentile
- 1991-926th percentile
10 games · 10.8 minutes per game
- Scoring
- 6th percentile
- Playmaking
- 8th percentile
- Rebounding
- 43th percentile
Context
1991-92 · 10 games · 10.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 342 measured players in 1991-92 · 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 1991-92 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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2026-11-06
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