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
- +0.01
- -0.31 before the first game, -0.30 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.18
- Nov 29 vs DEN · 28 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.29
- Dec 10 vs OKC · 26 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.08
- 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.
-0.3 at age 30 in 2025-26 ranks 351st of 697 age-30 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Bojan Bogdanovic, 2018-19.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bojan Bogdanovic 2018-19 | 30 | -0.2 | +0.4, -0.1, -0.2, -1.9, -2.8 | 91 |
| Al Harrington 2009-10 | 30 | -0.2 | -0.4, +0.3, -0.8, -1.2, under 10 games | 91 |
| Wilson Chandler 2016-17 | 29 | -0.6 | -0.2, -1.2, -2.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Wally Szczerbiak 2006-07 | 30 | -0.5 | -0.8, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Stephen Jackson 2007-08 | 30 | -0.1 | -0.3, +0.5, -0.4, -0.6, -1.2 | 88 |
| Terrence Ross 2019-20 | 29 | 0.0 | -1.5, -3.5, -2.4, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Will Barton 2020-21 | 30 | -0.1 | 0.0, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Mirza Teletovic 2015-16 | 30 | -0.4 | -0.7, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Nick Young 2014-15 | 29 | +0.5 | -1.7, -1.1, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Keith Van Horn 2004-05 | 29 | +0.3 | -0.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Dillon'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 Dillon Brooks's seasons, at the same age.
- Bilal Coulibaly WAS like his 2017-18 86
- RJ Barrett TOR like his 2020-21 84
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 Dillon Brooks's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $17.1M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $21.1M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$4.1M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.4
- Projected
- Retires at
- 31.9
- 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 | PHX | 30 | 56 +4 | 30.4 | -0.30 | +0.67 | -0.97 | 351st of 697 |
| 2024-25 | HOU | 29 | 75 +7 | 31.8 | -0.04 | +0.15 | -0.19 | 346th of 774 |
| 2023-24 | HOU | 28 | 72 | 30.9 | -0.26 | -0.14 | -0.12 | 416th of 858 |
| 2022-23 | MEM | 27 | 73 +6 | 30.3 | +0.51 | -0.15 | +0.65 | 291st of 924 |
| 2021-22 | MEM | 26 | 32 +11 | 27.7 | +0.85 | +0.98 | -0.13 | 233rd of 1010 |
| 2020-21 | MEM | 25 | 67 +5 | 29.8 | +0.51 | +0.96 | -0.45 | 266th of 1078 |
| 2019-20 | MEM | 24 | 73 | 28.9 | -1.09 | -0.49 | -0.60 | 655th of 1185 |
| 2018-19 | MEM | 23 | 18 | 18.3 | -1.65 | -1.21 | -0.44 | — |
| 2017-18 | MEM | 22 | 82 | 28.7 | -2.25 | -1.71 | -0.54 | 675th of 813 |
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 23.8 projected minutes and a pace of 93.9.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 27.4 | 12.8 |
| Rebounds | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| Offensive | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Defensive | 5.1 | 2.4 |
| Assists | 2.7 | 1.3 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Blocks | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 2.5 | 1.2 |
| 3-pt attempts | 9.6 | 4.5 |
| FG attempts | 24.5 | 11.4 |
| FT attempts | 5.4 | 2.5 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 42.3% · 34.2% · 81.4% | |
