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
- -2.49
- +0.92 before the first game, -1.57 now
- Biggest boost
- +0.96
- Feb 5 vs DAL · 4 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.63
- Feb 4 vs OKC · 13 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.19
- 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.
-1.6 at age 30 in 2025-26 ranks 526th of 697 age-30 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Kirk Hinrich, 2010-11.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Hinrich 2010-11 | 30 | -1.4 | -0.8, -0.1, +0.3, -1.6, -2.4 | 87 |
| Travis Best 2002-03 | 30 | -1.7 | -0.9, -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Raymond Felton 2014-15 | 30 | -0.8 | -0.9, -2.5, -2.3, -2.2, under 10 games | 85 |
| Rafer Alston 2005-06 | 29 | -0.9 | +0.4, +0.4, -0.3, -0.2, under 10 games | 84 |
| Kent Bazemore 2018-19 | 29 | -1.3 | -0.9, +0.9, -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
| Chris Duhon 2012-13 | 30 | -1.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Juan Dixon 2008-09 | 30 | -1.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Erick Strickland 2002-03 | 29 | -1.2 | -0.1, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Nate Robinson 2014-15 | 30 | -2.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 82 |
| Lindsey Hunter 2000-01 | 30 | -0.7 | -1.7, -2.6, -2.7, -1.7, -2.2 | 81 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Jordan'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.
Value
Contract & longevity
DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Jordan McLaughlin's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $0.3M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$2.0M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 3.1
- Projected
- Retires at
- 33.3
- 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 | SAS | 30 | 44 +10 | 6.4 | -1.57 | -1.38 | -0.19 | 526th of 697 |
| 2024-25 | SAS | 29 | 46 | 6.8 | +0.89 | +0.26 | +0.63 | 203rd of 774 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 28 | 56 +6 | 11.2 | +1.18 | -0.14 | +1.32 | 182nd of 858 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 27 | 43 +2 | 15.8 | +0.03 | -0.24 | +0.27 | 362nd of 924 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 26 | 62 +5 | 14.5 | +0.38 | -0.16 | +0.54 | 320th of 1010 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 25 | 51 | 18.4 | -1.54 | -1.27 | -0.27 | 766th of 1078 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 23 | 30 | 19.7 | +0.11 | +0.29 | -0.18 | 277th of 1100 |
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 Jordan McLaughlin right now, so there is no per-game line.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 14.2 | — |
| Rebounds | 5.9 | — |
| Offensive | 1.3 | — |
| Defensive | 4.5 | — |
| Assists | 6.9 | — |
| Steals | 2.5 | — |
| Blocks | 0.2 | — |
| Turnovers | 2.9 | — |
| 3-pt attempts | 7.3 | — |
| FG attempts | 13.0 | — |
| FT attempts | 2.2 | — |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.2% · 32.6% · 74.8% | |
