Brandon Clarke
Age 29 · 6'8" · 215 lb · Canada
Pick #21, 2019 Draft · Rookie 2020 · 309 games · 14 playoff games
DPM · #68 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
- -0.58
- +1.88 before the first game, +1.30 at the end
- Biggest drop
- -0.07
- Dec 20 vs WAS · 4 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.05
- Average size of a game's change this season. 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.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Young 2016-17 | 28 | +1.6 | +2.2, +1.8, -0.4, +0.8, -0.2 | 88 |
| P.J. Brown 1998-99 | 29 | +1.6 | +1.8, +2.7, +2.5, +1.3, +1.4 | 86 |
| Tom Gugliotta 1999-00 | 30 | +1.3 | +0.9, -0.7, -1.9, -2.2, -2.3 | 86 |
| Al Horford 2014-15 | 28 | +2.0 | +1.9, +1.3, +2.0, +1.9, +0.5 | 86 |
| Dwight Powell 2019-20 | 29 | +1.9 | +2.2, +1.1, +1.9, +1.6, +1.5 | 85 |
| Brian Cardinal 2005-06 | 28 | +1.1 | +1.3, +1.0, +0.6, -0.8, -0.5 | 85 |
| Dewayne Dedmon 2018-19 | 29 | +0.9 | +0.2, +1.1, -0.8, -2.3, under 10 games | 85 |
| Taj Gibson 2014-15 | 29 | +0.7 | +0.4, +0.4, +1.3, -0.2, -2.3 | 84 |
| Corey Brewer 2014-15 | 29 | +1.0 | -0.2, -0.5, -0.8, -0.4, under 10 games | 84 |
| Jamario Moon 2008-09 | 28 | +1.2 | +0.5, -0.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Brandon'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 Brandon Clarke's seasons, at the same age.
- Ryan Kalkbrenner CHA like his 2020-21 83
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 Brandon Clarke's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $14.7M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $12.5M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$2.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.9
- Projected
- Retires at
- 30.7
- 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 | MEM | 29 | 2 | 10.2 | +1.30 | -0.08 | +1.38 | — |
| 2024-25 | MEM | 28 | 64 | 18.9 | +1.89 | +0.42 | +1.47 | 127th of 858 |
| 2023-24 | MEM | 27 | 6 | 22.4 | +0.84 | -0.32 | +1.16 | — |
| 2022-23 | MEM | 26 | 56 | 19.5 | +1.09 | -0.07 | +1.17 | 211th of 1010 |
| 2021-22 | MEM | 25 | 64 +12 | 19.5 | +1.48 | +0.67 | +0.80 | 140th of 1078 |
| 2020-21 | MEM | 24 | 59 +2 | 24.0 | +1.01 | -0.20 | +1.21 | 174th of 1185 |
| 2019-20 | MEM | 23 | 58 | 22.4 | +0.04 | -0.10 | +0.14 | 291st 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, and per game at 14.9 projected minutes and a pace of 94.2.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 19.3 | 5.6 |
| Rebounds | 11.8 | 3.4 |
| Offensive | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| Defensive | 7.2 | 2.1 |
| Assists | 2.7 | 0.8 |
| Steals | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 3-pt attempts | 5.1 | 1.5 |
| FG attempts | 16.2 | 4.7 |
| FT attempts | 4.0 | 1.2 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 52.5% · 26.2% · 68.1% | |