Domantas Sabonis Profile

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: -1.63; +0.99 before the first game, -0.65 at the end
Biggest boost: +0.09; Jan 23 vs CLE · 31 min
Biggest drop: -0.26; Nov 9 vs MIN · 30 min
Typical change per game: 0.08; Last 9 games, vs 0.11 in the first 9. 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.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Carlos Boozer 2010-11	29	-0.7	-1.1, -2.6, -3.1, -3.3, under 10 games	84
Trevor Booker 2016-17	29	-1.2	-1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	81
Al Jefferson 2014-15	30	-0.1	-1.3, -2.0, -1.9, under 10 games, under 10 games	81
David West 2009-10	29	-0.2	+0.9, +1.2, +1.7, +0.9, +0.3	80
David Lee 2012-13	30	-0.5	+0.5, +0.1, -1.7, +1.1, under 10 games	80
Luis Scola 2009-10	29	-0.1	+0.5, -0.4, -0.6, -2.8, -1.5	78
Nikola Vucevic 2020-21	30	+0.5	-0.8, -0.7, -2.0, -2.0, -1.2	77
Troy Murphy 2009-10	29	-1.3	-2.9, -1.9, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games	76
Donyell Marshall 2002-03	29	-1.3	-0.6, -0.1, -0.8, -1.1, -1.8	76
Michael Beasley 2018-19	30	-1.3	under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	76

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

Yang Hansen POR like his 2016-17 91
Day'Ron Sharpe BKN like his 2019-20 86
Jalen Johnson ATL like his 2020-21 86
Alperen Sengun HOU like his 2019-20 79

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

Fair value: $7.2M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $42.3M; Actual
Surplus: -$35.1M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 0.4; Projected
Retires at: 30.6; Projected age

Career

Season by season

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

Domantas Sabonis, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	SAC	29	19	29.7	-0.65	-0.15	-0.49	—
2024-25	SAC	28	70	34.7	+1.12	+0.88	+0.24	190th of 858
2023-24	SAC	27	82	35.7	+1.50	+1.16	+0.34	159th of 924
2022-23	SAC	26	79 +7	34.6	+0.69	+0.67	+0.02	262nd of 1010
2021-22	SAC	25	62	34.4	+0.62	+0.53	+0.09	240th of 1078
2020-21	IND	25	62	36.0	+1.23	+0.65	+0.57	162nd of 1078
2019-20	IND	24	62	34.8	+1.02	+0.17	+0.85	173rd of 1185
2018-19	IND	22	74 +4	24.8	+0.57	-0.06	+0.63	138th of 813
2017-18	IND	21	74 +7	24.5	-1.03	-0.90	-0.14	246th of 571
2016-17	OKC	20	81 +2	20.1	-2.71	-2.93	+0.22	302nd of 354

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, and per game at 20.5 projected minutes and a pace of 94.6.

Domantas Sabonis, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	23.6	9.5
Rebounds	18.2	7.4
Offensive	5.4	2.2
Defensive	12.9	5.2
Assists	7.0	2.8
Steals	1.2	0.5
Blocks	0.6	0.2
Turnovers	3.9	1.6
3-pt attempts	3.7	1.5
FG attempts	19.0	7.7
FT attempts	6.0	2.4
FG% · 3P% · FT%	52.8% · 29.9% · 69.8%