Lonzo Ball
Age 28 · 6'6" · 190 lb · USA
Pick #2, 2017 Draft · Rookie 2018 · 322 games
DPM
+0.5 Offense -0.9 Defense +1.4 Last played Feb 1, 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
- -1.07
- +1.58 before the first game, +0.52 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.27
- Nov 15 vs MEM · 22 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.52
- Oct 22 vs NYK · 23 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.07
- Last 17 games, vs 0.13 in the first 17. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Lonzo Ball's seasons, at the same age.
- Ryan Rollins MIL like his 2020-21 85
- Kasparas Jakučionis MIA like his 2017-18 82
- Josh Giddey CHI like his 2020-21 81
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
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 | CLE | 28 | 35 | 20.8 | +0.52 | -0.90 | +1.42 | 283rd of 858 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 27 | 35 | 22.2 | +1.45 | 0.00 | +1.44 | 164th of 924 |
| 2023-24 | CHI | 26 | 0 | — | +1.05 | -0.41 | +1.46 | — |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 25 | 0 | — | +0.61 | -0.48 | +1.09 | — |
| 2021-22 | CHI | 24 | 35 | 34.6 | +0.54 | -0.51 | +1.04 | 245th of 1185 |
| 2020-21 | NOP | 23 | 55 | 31.8 | +0.08 | 0.00 | +0.08 | 286th of 1100 |
| 2019-20 | NOP | 22 | 63 | 32.1 | +0.07 | -0.68 | +0.74 | 211th of 813 |
| 2018-19 | LAL | 21 | 47 | 30.3 | -0.68 | -1.70 | +1.02 | 203rd of 571 |
| 2017-18 | LAL | 20 | 52 | 34.2 | +0.38 | -0.82 | +1.20 | 46th 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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