Professional DNA

Ralph Simpson: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1979-80 · 8 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1979-80

The question

What kind of player is Ralph Simpson?

The evidence

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

59 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+9) · 254 players with a sample in 1979-80

Ralph Simpson: what moved most is Scoring

29 percentilcompared against: 68 percentil (-39) · Ralph Simpson, from 1976-77 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: 10.1 minutes per game across 8 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 254 players with a sample in 1979-80. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring20th percentile
5.1 points per game
Playmaking40th percentile
1.8 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
Rebounding8th percentile
1.4 rebounds per game

Limitations

Playmaking40th percentile
Average · 1.8 assists per game
Scoring20th percentile
Very low · 5.1 points per game
Rebounding8th percentile
Very low · 1.4 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: 68th percentile → 20th percentile (-48) · Playmaking: 63th percentile → 40th percentile (-23) · Rebounding: 29th percentile → 8th percentile (-21)

1976-7768th percentile
77 games · 20.7 minutes per game
Scoring
68th percentile
Playmaking
63th percentile
Rebounding
29th percentile
1977-7841th percentile
64 games · 20.7 minutes per game
Scoring
41th percentile
Playmaking
60th percentile
Rebounding
25th percentile
1978-7927th percentile
69 games · 14.2 minutes per game
Scoring
27th percentile
Playmaking
46th percentile
Rebounding
11th percentile
1979-8020th percentile
8 games · 10.1 minutes per game
Scoring
20th percentile
Playmaking
40th percentile
Rebounding
8th percentile

Context

1979-80 · 8 games · 10.1 minutes per game · Percentile against 254 measured players in 1979-80 · 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 1979-80 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

2026-11-07

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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