Professional DNA

Bill Walton: PROFILE NOT COMPLETE YET

Defensive impact · 1986-87 · 10 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 1986-87

The question

What kind of player is Bill Walton?

The evidence

Bill Walton · Defensive impact: 95th percentile (DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

95 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+45) · 286 players with a sample in 1986-87

Bill Walton: what moved most is Scoring

7 percentilcompared against: 62 percentil (-55) · Bill Walton, from 1979-80 to 1986-87

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: 11.2 minutes per game across 10 games
What sets them apartDefensive impact · 95th percentile
DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 286 players with a sample in 1986-87. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring7th percentile
2.8 points per game
Playmaking26th percentile
0.9 assists per game
Outside shootingno data
no data
Defensive impact95th percentile
DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rimno data
no data
Rebounding45th percentile
3.1 rebounds per game

Strengths

Defensive impact95th percentile
Elite · DBPM 2.3: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

Limitations

Rebounding45th percentile
Average · 3.1 rebounds per game
Playmaking26th percentile
Low · 0.9 assists per game
Scoring7th percentile
Very low · 2.8 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: 71th percentile → 7th percentile (-64) · Playmaking: 58th percentile → 26th percentile (-32) · Rebounding: 93th percentile → 45th percentile (-48)

1979-8071th percentile
14 games · 24.1 minutes per game
Scoring
71th percentile
Playmaking
58th percentile
Rebounding
93th percentile
1982-8375th percentile
33 games · 33.3 minutes per game
Scoring
75th percentile
Playmaking
80th percentile
Rebounding
95th percentile
1983-8468th percentile
55 games · 26.8 minutes per game
Scoring
68th percentile
Playmaking
77th percentile
Rebounding
93th percentile
1984-8558th percentile
67 games · 24.6 minutes per game
Scoring
58th percentile
Playmaking
59th percentile
Rebounding
94th percentile
1985-8639th percentile
80 games · 19.3 minutes per game
Scoring
39th percentile
Playmaking
57th percentile
Rebounding
83th percentile
1986-877th percentile
10 games · 11.2 minutes per game
Scoring
7th percentile
Playmaking
26th percentile
Rebounding
45th percentile

Context

1986-87 · 10 games · 11.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 286 measured players in 1986-87 · 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 1986-87 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

2026-11-06

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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