P.J. Washington 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: -2.10; +0.70 before the first game, -1.40 at the end
Biggest boost: +0.30; Nov 24 vs MIA · 34 min
Biggest drop: -0.29; Dec 15 vs UTA · 39 min
Typical change per game: 0.10; Last 20 games, vs 0.11 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.

-1.4 at age 27 in 2025-26 ranks 692nd of 924 age-27 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Brian Cook, 2007-08.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Brian Cook 2007-08	27	-1.1	-3.1, -3.5, -1.4, -2.2, under 10 games	89
Marcus Morris Sr. 2016-17	27	-1.3	-1.7, -0.4, +1.4, -0.1, -1.5	87
Gorgui Dieng 2017-18	28	-1.3	-0.3, -0.2, -0.4, -1.3, -2.3	86
James Ennis III 2017-18	27	-1.1	-0.4, -0.6, +0.1, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Wilson Chandler 2013-14	26	-0.9	-1.0, under 10 games, -0.6, -0.2, -1.2	86
Tyreke Evans 2016-17	27	-1.2	+1.6, -0.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Austin Croshere 2002-03	28	-1.0	-0.5, -2.0, -0.5, -2.6, -1.8	85
Will Barton 2018-19	28	-1.5	-0.1, -0.1, 0.0, -2.1, under 10 games	85
Danuel House Jr. 2020-21	27	-1.5	-0.1, -1.8, -2.2, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Jason Maxiell 2009-10	27	-1.2	-1.5, -0.9, -0.8, -1.6, -2.7	85

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to P.J.'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 P.J. Washington's seasons, at the same age.

Zaccharie Risacher ATL like his 2019-20 89
Taylor Hendricks MEM like his 2020-21 88
Ryan Dunn PHX like his 2020-21 86

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 P.J. Washington's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $5.3M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $14.2M; Actual
Surplus: -$8.9M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 0.0; Projected
Retires at: 27.9; Projected age

Career

Season by season

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

P.J. Washington, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	DAL	27	56	31.0	-1.40	-1.38	-0.02	692nd of 924
2024-25	DAL	26	57	32.2	+0.75	+0.10	+0.65	252nd of 1010
2023-24	DAL	25	73 +22	30.4	+0.38	-0.47	+0.85	293rd of 1078
2022-23	CHA	24	73	32.6	-0.59	-0.98	+0.40	499th of 1185
2021-22	CHA	23	65	27.2	+0.24	-0.39	+0.62	251st of 1100
2020-21	CHA	22	64	30.5	-0.32	-1.06	+0.74	261st of 813
2019-20	CHA	21	58	30.3	-2.01	-1.68	-0.32	424th of 571

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 22.1 projected minutes and a pace of 94.6.

P.J. Washington, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	19.1	8.3
Rebounds	10.6	4.6
Offensive	2.1	0.9
Defensive	8.5	3.7
Assists	2.2	0.9
Steals	1.4	0.6
Blocks	1.4	0.6
Turnovers	2.1	0.9
3-pt attempts	7.4	3.2
FG attempts	16.5	7.2
FT attempts	4.8	2.1
FG% · 3P% · FT%	42.2% · 33.7% · 66.6%