Pat Connaughton

Charlotte Hornets · G

Age 33 · 6'5" · 209 lb · USA

Pick #41, 2015 Draft · Rookie 2016 · 638 games · 86 playoff games

DPM · #465 of 530

-2.3
Offense -2.3 Defense -0.1 Last played Apr 17, 2026

Game 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
-0.48
-1.84 before the first game, -2.32 before the last game
Biggest boost
+0.27
Oct 26 vs WAS · 2 min
Biggest drop
-0.19
Apr 5 vs MIN · 3 min
Typical change per game
0.06
Last 20 games, vs 0.08 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.

-2.3 at age 33 in 2025-26 ranks 333rd of 406 age-33 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Wilson Chandler, 2019-20.

CompAgeDPM thenNext 5 seasonsMatch
Wilson Chandler 2019-2032-2.3 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 91
Rodney Rogers 2004-0533-2.1 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 91
Willie Green 2014-1533-2.4 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 89
James Posey 2009-1033-1.6 -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 88
Rasual Butler 2011-1232-2.8 under 10 games, -3.6, -3.3, -2.3, under 10 games 87
Randy Foye 2016-1733-1.9 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 87
Lamond Murray 2005-0633-2.6 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
James Jones 2012-1332-1.8 -0.4, -2.3, -3.0, -4.4, under 10 games 86
Ira Newble 2007-0833-2.9 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
Richard Jefferson 2013-1433-2.1 -1.5, -2.8, -2.5, -3.7, under 10 games 86

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Pat'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 Pat Connaughton's seasons, at the same age.

  1. Max Shulga BOS like his 2015-16 94
  2. Dillon Jones NYK like his 2016-17 93
  3. David Roddy DEN like his 2016-17 90
  4. Andre Jackson Jr. MIL like his 2016-17 89
  5. Chris Youngblood POR like his 2016-17 89
  6. Jamison Battle TOR like his 2016-17 89
  7. Vit Krejci POR like his 2018-19 89
  8. Koby Brea PHX like his 2015-16 88

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 Pat Connaughton's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value
-$0.3M
DARKO's market estimate
Salary
$10.7M
Actual
Surplus
-$11.0M
Value minus salary
Seasons left
0.1
Projected
Retires at
33.7
Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Pat Connaughton, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2025-26CHA33427.1-2.32-2.27-0.05333rd of 406
2024-25MIL3242 +314.7-1.61-1.31-0.30382nd of 530
2023-24MIL3176 +622.1-1.12-1.120.00393rd of 616
2022-23MIL3061 +423.7-0.45-0.63+0.18366th of 697
2021-22MIL2965 +1226.0-0.10+0.40-0.50356th of 774
2020-21MIL2869 +2322.8-0.08-0.33+0.25381st of 858
2019-20MIL2767 +1018.5-0.76-0.81+0.05535th of 924
2018-19MIL2661 +1520.7-0.52-0.49-0.03513th of 1010
2017-18POR2582 +418.1-1.26-1.04-0.22705th of 1078
2016-17POR2439 +38.1-1.66-1.16-0.51841st of 1185
2015-16POR2334 +64.2-2.38-1.65-0.72923rd of 1100

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.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections. It projects no minutes for Pat Connaughton right now, so there is no per-game line.

Pat Connaughton, projected box score
StatPer 100Per game
Points15.0—
Rebounds9.6—
Offensive2.1—
Defensive7.5—
Assists3.4—
Steals1.3—
Blocks0.5—
Turnovers1.6—
3-pt attempts8.7—
FG attempts13.5—
FT attempts2.8—
FG% · 3P% · FT%40.7% · 33.2% · 68.8%