Bam Adebayo 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: +1.55; +1.42 before the first game, +2.97 before the last game
Biggest boost: +0.34; Mar 30 vs PHI · 42 min
Biggest drop: -0.27; Mar 12 vs MIL · 35 min
Typical change per game: 0.12; Last 20 games, vs 0.10 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.

+3.0 at age 28 in 2025-26 ranks 67th of 858 age-28 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Kevin Love, 2016-17.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Kevin Love 2016-17	28	+2.6	+1.2, +1.9, -0.2, -0.2, -0.4	86
Gerald Wallace 2010-11	28	+3.2	+2.1, +2.4, +0.9, +0.9, under 10 games	85
Tobias Harris 2020-21	28	+2.1	+1.0, +1.0, +0.6, +0.7, +1.3	83
Danny Granger 2011-12	29	+3.0	under 10 games, -1.2, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games	82
Pau Gasol 2008-09	28	+2.7	+2.1, +2.6, +1.9, +0.9, -0.5	82
Josh Howard 2008-09	29	+2.6	+0.7, -0.8, -2.1, -1.8, under 10 games	82
Paul Millsap 2013-14	29	+3.5	+3.9, +3.6, +2.9, +1.7, +2.3	82
Chris Webber 2000-01	28	+3.5	+3.8, +3.7, +2.4, 0.0, 0.0	81
Rashard Lewis 2007-08	28	+2.7	+3.5, +2.8, +0.6, -1.1, -2.9	81
Chris Bosh 2012-13	29	+2.9	+2.3, +1.5, +1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games	81

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

Alperen Sengun HOU like his 2020-21 91
Jalen Duren DET like his 2019-20 88
Amen Thompson HOU like his 2020-21 86
Donovan Clingan POR like his 2018-19 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 Bam Adebayo's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $46.2M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $37.1M; Actual
Surplus: +$9.1M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 5.3; Projected
Retires at: 34.3; Projected age

Career

Season by season

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

Bam Adebayo, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	MIA	28	73	32.4	+2.97	+1.82	+1.16	67th of 858
2024-25	MIA	27	78 +4	34.3	+1.61	+0.35	+1.26	149th of 924
2023-24	MIA	26	71 +5	34.0	+1.87	+0.17	+1.70	123rd of 1010
2022-23	MIA	25	75 +23	34.6	+2.00	+0.87	+1.13	111th of 1078
2021-22	MIA	24	56 +18	32.6	+3.05	+0.93	+2.12	41st of 1185
2020-21	MIA	23	64 +4	33.5	+1.95	+0.94	+1.01	70th of 1100
2019-20	MIA	23	72 +19	33.6	+1.91	+0.91	+1.01	72nd of 1100
2018-19	MIA	21	82	23.3	+1.11	-0.60	+1.71	44th of 571
2017-18	MIA	20	69 +5	19.8	-1.46	-1.81	+0.35	176th 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 27.3 projected minutes and a pace of 95.6.

Bam Adebayo, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	29.4	16.0
Rebounds	14.9	8.1
Offensive	3.1	1.7
Defensive	11.8	6.4
Assists	5.1	2.8
Steals	1.7	0.9
Blocks	1.1	0.6
Turnovers	3.0	1.6
3-pt attempts	8.4	4.6
FG attempts	23.7	12.9
FT attempts	9.0	4.9
FG% · 3P% · FT%	43.7% · 31.4% · 75.2%