Categories & Actions
Each possession a player is involved in gets assigned to a playtype — such as pick-and-roll ball handler, isolation, spot-up shooting, post-up, transition, and more. This tells you exactly what kind of actions a player runs and defends most frequently.
More Than a Box Score
Together these three numbers tell you not just what a player does, but how well and how often they do it. A player might be an elite isolation scorer but rarely use it, or rely heavily on spot-up opportunities while being merely average at converting them. Playtype data surfaces those nuances that traditional box score stats simply can't.
A word of caution: playtype data does not tell you how good a player is overall. A role player and a superstar can both post elite percentiles in a given playtype. What it does tell you is what a player does best and where they are most comfortable operating on the court.
Since 2016
Playtype tracking data has only been available since the 2015-16 season. As a result, career statistics on this site reflect each player's career from 2016 onwards — not their full career. For players who were active before 2016, earlier seasons are not included in their career averages.