Keldon Johnson 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: +1.46; -1.70 before the first game, -0.24 now
Biggest boost: +0.31; Nov 20 vs ATL · 32 min
Biggest drop: -0.25; Apr 19 vs POR · 20 min
Typical change per game: 0.08; 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.

-0.3 at age 26 in 2025-26 ranks 452nd of 1,010 age-26 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Bostjan Nachbar, 2006-07.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Bostjan Nachbar 2006-07	26	-0.1	-1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	91
Glenn Robinson III 2019-20	26	-0.7	-1.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	90
Al Harrington 2006-07	27	0.0	+0.7, +0.9, -0.2, -0.4, +0.3	89
Brandon Rush 2011-12	26	0.0	under 10 games, -1.2, -3.7, -2.9, -2.3	88
Allen Crabbe 2017-18	26	-0.1	+0.2, -1.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	88
Dario Saric 2020-21	27	-0.1	under 10 games, 0.0, -0.9, -2.5, under 10 games	88
Linas Kleiza 2011-12	27	-1.0	-1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	87
Rodney Hood 2019-20	27	-0.8	-2.0, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	87
Joe Harris 2017-18	26	-0.6	-1.2, -0.6, 0.0, -0.3, -0.5	87
Doug McDermott 2018-19	27	-0.7	-0.5, -0.5, -0.9, -2.2, -1.9	86

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Keldon'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 Keldon Johnson's seasons, at the same age.

Cam Whitmore WAS like his 2020-21 85

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 Keldon Johnson's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $9.0M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $17.5M; Actual
Surplus: -$8.5M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 5.3; Projected
Retires at: 31.9; Projected age

Career

Season by season

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

Keldon Johnson, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	SAS	26	83 +19	23.2	-0.27	+0.15	-0.41	452nd of 1010
2024-25	SAS	25	77	23.9	-1.90	-0.37	-1.53	871st of 1078
2023-24	SAS	24	69	29.5	-1.61	-0.47	-1.15	822nd of 1185
2022-23	SAS	23	63	32.7	-0.93	+0.80	-1.73	496th of 1100
2021-22	SAS	22	75	31.9	+0.62	+1.03	-0.41	130th of 813
2020-21	SAS	21	69	28.5	-1.07	-0.30	-0.77	255th of 571
2019-20	SAS	20	17	17.7	-0.19	-0.40	+0.21	—

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 13.9 projected minutes and a pace of 95.3.

Keldon Johnson, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	24.1	6.6
Rebounds	9.1	2.5
Offensive	2.9	0.8
Defensive	6.1	1.7
Assists	1.9	0.5
Steals	1.0	0.3
Blocks	0.3	0.1
Turnovers	2.3	0.6
3-pt attempts	8.8	2.4
FG attempts	20.2	5.6
FT attempts	5.1	1.4
FG% · 3P% · FT%	44.8% · 35.1% · 74.8%