Kevin Porter Jr. 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: +0.45; +0.01 before the first game, +0.46 at the end
Biggest boost: +0.34; Jan 4 vs SAC · 40 min
Biggest drop: -0.39; Mar 1 vs CHI · 32 min
Typical change per game: 0.13; Last 19 games, vs 0.18 in the first 19. 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.

+0.5 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 278th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Shaun Livingston, 2010-11.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Shaun Livingston 2010-11	25	+0.6	-1.1, -0.9, +0.4, -1.0, -1.0	87
Elfrid Payton 2019-20	26	+0.8	-2.1, -2.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, -1.2	86
Shelvin Mack 2015-16	25	+0.1	-1.4, -0.6, -3.3, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Kirk Hinrich 2005-06	25	+1.0	+1.7, +0.6, +1.8, +0.7, -1.4	85
Tyreke Evans 2015-16	26	+0.6	-1.2, +1.6, -0.6, under 10 games, under 10 games	83
Raymond Felton 2009-10	25	+0.9	+0.5, +1.4, +1.3, +1.1, -0.8	83
T.J. Ford 2008-09	26	+0.7	-1.1, -0.9, -1.0, under 10 games, under 10 games	83
Rajon Rondo 2011-12	26	+0.8	+0.7, -0.6, -1.4, -1.6, -1.8	82
Cory Alexander 1998-99	25	-0.2	-1.0, -2.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	82
Brevin Knight 2001-02	26	+0.5	-0.5, -0.4, +0.8, +0.8, +0.5	81

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Kevin'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 Kevin Porter Jr.'s seasons, at the same age.

Nolan Traore BKN like his 2019-20 89
Will Riley WAS like his 2019-20 88
Ace Bailey UTA like his 2019-20 85
Isaiah Collier UTA 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 Kevin Porter Jr.'s salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $16.8M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $5.1M; Actual
Surplus: +$11.7M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 2.1; Projected
Retires at: 28.3; Projected age

Career

Season by season

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

Kevin Porter Jr., season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	MIL	25	38	33.2	+0.46	-0.20	+0.66	278th of 1078
2024-25	MIL	24	75 +5	19.8	+0.21	+0.04	+0.17	295th of 1185
2022-23	HOU	22	59	34.3	+0.35	+1.40	-1.05	164th of 813
2021-22	HOU	21	61	31.3	-0.21	+0.63	-0.84	142nd of 571
2020-21	HOU	21	26	32.1	-1.72	-0.22	-1.50	379th of 571
2019-20	CLE	19	50	23.2	-2.12	-1.41	-0.71	76th of 109

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 28.8 projected minutes and a pace of 94.4.

Kevin Porter Jr., projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	25.7	14.6
Rebounds	8.0	4.5
Offensive	1.5	0.9
Defensive	6.5	3.7
Assists	10.1	5.7
Steals	2.7	1.6
Blocks	0.7	0.4
Turnovers	4.1	2.3
3-pt attempts	5.0	2.8
FG attempts	20.8	11.7
FT attempts	6.6	3.7
FG% · 3P% · FT%	44.8% · 33.9% · 80.3%