Tyus Jones
Age 30 · 6'2" · 196 lb · USA
Pick #24, 2015 Draft · Rookie 2016 · 749 games · 30 playoff games
DPM · #350 of 530
-1.5Game by game
Seismograph
DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.
- Season change
- -0.33
- -1.14 before the first game, -1.47 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.26
- Feb 7 vs SAS · 17 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.30
- Oct 22 vs MIA · 24 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.09
- Last 20 games, vs 0.09 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Historical comps
Comps & futures
The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.
-1.5 at age 29 in 2025-26 ranks 578th of 774 age-29 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Chris Duhon, 2012-13.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Duhon 2012-13 | 30 | -1.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Eddie House 2007-08 | 30 | -1.1 | -0.3, -1.5, -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Matt Maloney 2000-01 | 29 | -1.0 | under 10 games, -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Howard Eisley 2001-02 | 29 | -1.2 | -1.1, -1.9, -3.5, -3.6, under 10 games | 88 |
| Fred Jones 2008-09 | 30 | -0.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Juan Dixon 2008-09 | 30 | -1.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Keyon Dooling 2009-10 | 29 | -1.7 | -0.6, -2.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Erick Strickland 2002-03 | 29 | -1.2 | -0.1, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Randy Foye 2013-14 | 30 | -1.7 | -1.7, -1.1, -1.9, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Roger Mason Jr. 2009-10 | 29 | -1.6 | -2.6, -0.5, -1.0, -1.5, under 10 games | 86 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Tyus's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Tyus Jones's seasons, at the same age.
- Ryan Rollins MIL like his 2019-20 85
- Reed Sheppard HOU like his 2017-18 83
- Kasparas Jakučionis MIA like his 2015-16 80
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Value
Contract & longevity
DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Tyus Jones's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $1.2M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $7.0M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$5.8M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.1
- Projected
- Retires at
- 30.3
- Projected age
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DEN | 29 | 67 +3 | 14.6 | -1.47 | -0.85 | -0.62 | 578th of 774 |
| 2024-25 | PHX | 28 | 81 | 26.8 | -1.44 | +0.27 | -1.71 | 647th of 858 |
| 2023-24 | WAS | 27 | 66 | 29.3 | -1.62 | -0.29 | -1.33 | 730th of 924 |
| 2022-23 | MEM | 26 | 80 +6 | 24.2 | -0.17 | +0.06 | -0.23 | 438th of 1010 |
| 2021-22 | MEM | 26 | 73 +12 | 21.2 | +0.80 | +0.73 | +0.07 | 243rd of 1010 |
| 2020-21 | MEM | 25 | 70 +5 | 17.5 | -1.71 | -1.16 | -0.56 | 808th of 1078 |
| 2019-20 | MEM | 24 | 65 | 18.9 | +0.24 | +0.70 | -0.46 | 287th of 1185 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 22 | 68 | 22.9 | +0.11 | +0.09 | +0.02 | 199th of 813 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 21 | 82 +4 | 17.9 | +0.91 | +0.25 | +0.65 | 52nd of 571 |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 20 | 60 | 12.9 | -0.86 | -1.21 | +0.36 | 114th of 354 |
| 2015-16 | MIN | 19 | 37 | 15.5 | -0.67 | -1.08 | +0.41 | 28th of 109 |
Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.
Projections
Projected box score
DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 0.2 projected minutes and a pace of 94.0.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 13.8 | 0.1 |
| Rebounds | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Offensive | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Defensive | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Assists | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Steals | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| FG attempts | 13.7 | 0.1 |
| FT attempts | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.3% · 33.3% · 78.1% | |