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
- -0.41
- -0.78 before the first game, -1.18 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.29
- Jan 11 vs HOU · 26 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.32
- Mar 24 vs CHA · 30 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.11
- 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.
-1.2 at age 28 in 2025-26 ranks 604th of 858 age-28 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Ricky Davis, 2006-07.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Davis 2006-07 | 27 | -0.8 | -2.2, -2.7, -3.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| J.J. Barea 2012-13 | 28 | -1.1 | -2.0, -0.2, -0.7, +0.1, +1.1 | 89 |
| Voshon Lenard 2001-02 | 28 | -1.6 | -1.7, -0.6, under 10 games, -0.9, under 10 games | 87 |
| Mike Bibby 2006-07 | 28 | -0.8 | -1.0, -1.1, -0.4, -2.0, -2.6 | 86 |
| Jannero Pargo 2007-08 | 28 | -0.9 | under 10 games, -2.0, under 10 games, -2.3, -2.5 | 86 |
| Marcus Thornton 2015-16 | 28 | -0.9 | -2.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Dennis Schroder 2020-21 | 27 | -1.0 | -2.2, +0.3, -1.5, -1.7, -2.3 | 86 |
| Ramon Sessions 2013-14 | 28 | -1.1 | -1.4, -1.8, -2.6, -2.5, under 10 games | 85 |
| Jerry Stackhouse 2002-03 | 28 | -0.7 | -1.7, -0.8, -2.4, -2.1, -2.4 | 85 |
| Marcus Banks 2009-10 | 28 | -0.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Malik'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 Malik Monk's seasons, at the same age.
- Jaden Hardy WAS like his 2020-21 90
- Jase Richardson ORL like his 2018-19 87
- Tre Johnson WAS like his 2017-18 87
- Jarace Walker IND like his 2019-20 86
- Nick Smith Jr. LAL like his 2019-20 83
- Carlton Carrington WAS like his 2017-18 82
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 Malik Monk's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $5.6M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $18.8M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$13.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 28.5
- 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 | SAC | 28 | 62 | 22.0 | -1.18 | +0.19 | -1.37 | 604th of 858 |
| 2024-25 | SAC | 27 | 65 | 31.6 | -0.81 | +0.40 | -1.20 | 544th of 924 |
| 2023-24 | SAC | 26 | 72 | 26.0 | -1.10 | +0.31 | -1.41 | 662nd of 1010 |
| 2022-23 | SAC | 25 | 77 +7 | 22.3 | -0.45 | +1.05 | -1.50 | 468th of 1078 |
| 2021-22 | LAL | 24 | 76 | 28.1 | -0.23 | +0.83 | -1.06 | 381st of 1185 |
| 2020-21 | CHA | 23 | 42 | 20.9 | -1.20 | +0.10 | -1.30 | 585th of 1100 |
| 2019-20 | CHA | 22 | 55 | 21.3 | -2.16 | -0.51 | -1.66 | 656th of 813 |
| 2018-19 | CHA | 21 | 73 | 17.2 | -1.82 | -0.53 | -1.29 | 395th of 571 |
| 2017-18 | CHA | 20 | 63 | 13.5 | -2.81 | -0.34 | -2.48 | 306th 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.
Projections
Projected box score
DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 26.5 projected minutes and a pace of 94.9.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 27.3 | 14.3 |
| Rebounds | 4.9 | 2.6 |
| Offensive | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Defensive | 4.3 | 2.2 |
| Assists | 7.2 | 3.8 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Blocks | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 3.5 | 1.9 |
| 3-pt attempts | 11.6 | 6.0 |
| FG attempts | 22.8 | 11.9 |
| FT attempts | 4.4 | 2.3 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 40.8% · 33.7% · 83.3% | |
