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
- -0.99
- +1.68 before the first game, +0.69 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.33
- Dec 27 vs DEN · 10 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.26
- Dec 20 vs UTA · 11 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.05
- 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.
+0.7 at age 28 in 2025-26 ranks 252nd of 858 age-28 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Andrew DeClercq, 2001-02.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew DeClercq 2001-02 | 29 | +1.2 | +1.0, +0.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Jared Jeffries 2009-10 | 28 | +1.5 | +1.6, +1.4, -0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Roy Hibbert 2014-15 | 28 | +0.8 | -2.6, -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Brendan Haywood 2007-08 | 28 | +1.0 | under 10 games, +2.1, +0.8, +0.7, -1.3 | 80 |
| Joakim Noah 2012-13 | 28 | +1.5 | +2.7, +2.0, +0.8, -1.0, under 10 games | 80 |
| Ryan Bowen 2003-04 | 28 | +1.2 | +0.4, -0.7, under 10 games, -1.1, -1.9 | 80 |
| Taj Gibson 2012-13 | 27 | +0.9 | +1.2, +0.7, +0.4, +0.4, +1.3 | 80 |
| Greg Ostertag 2000-01 | 28 | +0.9 | +1.0, +2.6, +1.9, +1.3, -0.1 | 80 |
| Andrew Bogut 2012-13 | 28 | +0.8 | +2.5, +2.3, +2.3, 0.0, -0.6 | 80 |
| John Henson 2019-20 | 29 | +0.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 79 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Jonathan'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 Jonathan Isaac's seasons, at the same age.
- Dereck Lively II DAL like his 2019-20 85
- Ronald Holland II DET like his 2018-19 85
- Jordan Walsh BOS like his 2018-19 84
- Ausar Thompson DET like his 2019-20 82
- Mouhamed Gueye ATL like his 2019-20 82
- Donovan Clingan POR 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 Jonathan Isaac's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $8.7M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $15.0M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$6.3M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.6
- Projected
- Retires at
- 29.4
- 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 | ORL | 28 | 52 | 10.0 | +0.69 | -1.83 | +2.53 | 252nd of 858 |
| 2024-25 | ORL | 27 | 71 +5 | 15.4 | +1.81 | -0.84 | +2.65 | 129th of 924 |
| 2023-24 | ORL | 26 | 58 +7 | 15.8 | +2.83 | +0.66 | +2.18 | 65th of 1010 |
| 2022-23 | ORL | 25 | 11 | 11.3 | +0.78 | -0.60 | +1.37 | — |
| 2021-22 | ORL | 24 | 0 | — | +1.67 | +0.16 | +1.52 | — |
| 2020-21 | ORL | 23 | 0 | — | +1.74 | +0.16 | +1.58 | — |
| 2019-20 | ORL | 22 | 34 | 28.8 | +1.58 | -0.37 | +1.94 | 55th of 813 |
| 2018-19 | ORL | 21 | 75 +5 | 26.6 | +0.16 | -0.76 | +0.92 | 104th of 571 |
| 2017-18 | ORL | 20 | 27 | 19.8 | +0.02 | -1.91 | +1.92 | 61st 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 17.4 projected minutes and a pace of 94.5.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 15.3 | 5.2 |
| Rebounds | 12.6 | 4.3 |
| Offensive | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| Defensive | 8.3 | 2.9 |
| Assists | 2.4 | 0.8 |
| Steals | 2.3 | 0.8 |
| Blocks | 3.3 | 1.1 |
| Turnovers | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| 3-pt attempts | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| FG attempts | 13.8 | 4.7 |
| FT attempts | 5.3 | 1.8 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 42.9% · 31.7% · 64.7% | |
