Daniel Gafford 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: -0.86; +0.74 before the first game, -0.13 at the end
Biggest boost: +0.25; Nov 21 vs NOP · 25 min
Biggest drop: -0.28; Nov 7 vs MEM · 12 min
Typical change per game: 0.11; Last 20 games, vs 0.13 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.

-0.1 at age 27 in 2025-26 ranks 396th of 924 age-27 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Brandan Wright, 2014-15.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Brandan Wright 2014-15	27	-0.3	0.0, -0.6, 0.0, under 10 games, under 10 games	90
Dan Gadzuric 2005-06	28	-0.3	-0.7, -1.1, -1.3, -0.8, -1.6	87
Marcus Camby 2001-02	27	-0.3	-1.0, +1.4, +1.8, +1.4, +1.6	87
Mason Plumlee 2017-18	28	-0.3	-0.1, 0.0, +0.5, +1.2, -0.1	87
Marcin Gortat 2010-11	27	-0.2	+0.7, -0.4, +1.4, +1.9, +1.5	86
Emeka Okafor 2009-10	27	-0.7	+0.9, -0.1, +0.1, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Alexis Ajinca 2014-15	26	+0.3	-0.5, -0.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Alex Len 2020-21	27	-0.1	-1.4, -1.0, +1.0, -2.3, under 10 games	85
Jason Smith 2012-13	27	-0.3	-1.3, -3.0, -1.7, -1.8, -2.6	84
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 2001-02	26	+0.4	+0.4, +0.8, +1.4, +2.2, +1.1	84

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

Yves Missi NOP like his 2019-20 84

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

Fair value: $12.2M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $14.4M; Actual
Surplus: -$2.2M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 1.2; Projected
Retires at: 29.0; Projected age

Career

Season by season

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

Daniel Gafford, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	DAL	27	55	21.7	-0.13	-0.88	+0.76	396th of 924
2024-25	DAL	26	57	21.5	+0.55	+0.35	+0.20	286th of 1010
2023-24	DAL	25	74 +22	24.5	+0.77	-0.33	+1.11	220th of 1078
2022-23	WAS	24	78	20.6	-0.33	-0.58	+0.25	416th of 1185
2021-22	WAS	23	72	20.1	+0.20	+0.23	-0.03	258th of 1100
2020-21	WAS	22	54 +5	14.7	+1.68	+1.21	+0.47	50th of 813
2019-20	CHI	21	43	14.2	-1.04	-1.92	+0.89	247th 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 94.7.

Daniel Gafford, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	22.5	9.8
Rebounds	15.2	6.6
Offensive	5.6	2.4
Defensive	9.7	4.2
Assists	2.5	1.1
Steals	1.3	0.6
Blocks	2.8	1.2
Turnovers	2.6	1.1
3-pt attempts	1.2	0.5
FG attempts	15.8	6.9
FT attempts	7.5	3.3
FG% · 3P% · FT%	61.0% · 18.5% · 63.8%