Professional DNA

Fred Saunders: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1977-78 · 56 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1977-78

The question

What kind of player is Fred Saunders?

The evidence

Fred Saunders · Defensive impact: 60th percentile (DBPM 0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

60 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+10) · 256 players with a sample in 1977-78

Fred Saunders: what moved most is Rebounding

16 percentilcompared against: 40 percentil (-24) · Fred Saunders, from 1974-75 to 1977-78

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 56 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 60th 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 256 players with a sample in 1977-78. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring8th percentile
4.0 points per game
Playmaking11th percentile
0.8 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact60th percentile
DBPM 0.2: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding16th percentile
2.0 rebounds per game

Limitations

Rebounding16th percentile
Very low · 2.0 rebounds per game
Playmaking11th percentile
Very low · 0.8 assists per game
Scoring8th percentile
Very low · 4.0 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: 35th percentile → 8th percentile (-27) · Playmaking: 29th percentile → 11th percentile (-18) · Rebounding: 50th percentile → 16th percentile (-34)

1974-7550th percentile
69 games · 15.3 minutes per game
Scoring
35th percentile
Playmaking
29th percentile
Rebounding
50th percentile
1975-7624th percentile
17 games · 8.6 minutes per game
Scoring
16th percentile
Playmaking
19th percentile
Rebounding
24th percentile
1976-7745th percentile
68 games · 15.5 minutes per game
Scoring
28th percentile
Playmaking
32th percentile
Rebounding
45th percentile
1977-7816th percentile
56 games · 11.5 minutes per game
Scoring
8th percentile
Playmaking
11th percentile
Rebounding
16th percentile

Context

1977-78 · 56 games · 11.5 minutes per game · Percentile against 256 measured players in 1977-78 · 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 1977-78 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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