Maxi Kleber
Age 34 · 6'10" · 240 lb · Germany
Rookie 2018 · 482 games · 48 playoff games
DPM · #331 of 530
-1.3Game 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
- +0.68
- -1.96 before the first game, -1.28 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.48
- Nov 8 vs ATL · 14 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.24
- Apr 9 vs GSW · 5 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.05
- 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.
-1.3 at age 34 in 2025-26 ranks 199th of 336 age-34 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Bryon Russell, 2004-05.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryon Russell 2004-05 | 34 | -0.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Bruce Bowen 2005-06 | 34 | -0.4 | +0.6, -0.1, -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| Derrick McKey 2000-01 | 34 | -0.8 | -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| George Lynch 2004-05 | 34 | -1.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| James Johnson 2020-21 | 34 | -1.1 | -1.9, -2.3, under 10 games, -3.4, under 10 games | 82 |
| Eduardo Najera 2010-11 | 34 | -0.4 | -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Oliver Miller 2003-04 | 34 | -1.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Adrian Griffin 2007-08 | 33 | -1.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| Stacey Augmon 2002-03 | 34 | -1.0 | -1.3, -2.2, -1.2, under 10 games, under 10 games | 81 |
| DeMarre Carroll 2019-20 | 34 | -1.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Maxi'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 Maxi Kleber's seasons, at the same age.
- Haywood Highsmith PHX like his 2020-21 88
- Jalen Slawson IND like his 2018-19 87
- Jay Huff IND like his 2018-19 81
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 Maxi Kleber's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $0.8M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $11.0M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$10.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.1
- Projected
- Retires at
- 34.6
- 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 | LAL | 34 | 42 +3 | 11.0 | -1.28 | -2.64 | +1.36 | 199th of 336 |
| 2024-25 | LAL | 33 | 34 +1 | 18.7 | -1.94 | -2.52 | +0.58 | 306th of 406 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 32 | 43 +13 | 20.3 | +0.03 | -1.38 | +1.42 | 199th of 530 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 31 | 37 | 25.1 | -0.40 | -1.12 | +0.73 | 289th of 616 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 30 | 59 +18 | 24.6 | +0.92 | -0.52 | +1.43 | 181st of 697 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 29 | 50 +7 | 26.8 | -0.36 | -0.77 | +0.41 | 394th of 774 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 28 | 74 +6 | 25.5 | -0.13 | -0.37 | +0.24 | 394th of 858 |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 27 | 71 | 21.2 | -0.27 | -1.07 | +0.80 | 431st of 924 |
| 2017-18 | DAL | 26 | 72 | 16.7 | -0.06 | -0.45 | +0.39 | 406th of 1010 |
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. It projects no minutes for Maxi Kleber right now, so there is no per-game line.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 9.0 | — |
| Rebounds | 9.3 | — |
| Offensive | 3.7 | — |
| Defensive | 5.6 | — |
| Assists | 2.7 | — |
| Steals | 1.2 | — |
| Blocks | 1.4 | — |
| Turnovers | 1.9 | — |
| 3-pt attempts | 3.5 | — |
| FG attempts | 9.4 | — |
| FT attempts | 2.7 | — |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 40.0% · 29.6% · 58.6% | |