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
- -1.31
- -1.01 before the first game, -2.32 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.29
- Jan 18 vs HOU · 25 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.28
- Mar 27 vs TOR · 23 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.13
- Last 19 games, vs 0.12 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.
-2.3 at age 26 in 2025-26 ranks 917th of 1,010 age-26 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Randy Foye, 2009-10.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Foye 2009-10 | 26 | -2.1 | -2.5, -1.6, -1.7, -1.7, -1.7 | 87 |
| AJ Price 2013-14 | 27 | -2.3 | -2.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| O.J. Mayo 2013-14 | 26 | -3.0 | -2.0, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Will Barton 2016-17 | 26 | -1.9 | -0.5, -1.5, -0.1, -0.1, 0.0 | 86 |
| Quinn Cook 2019-20 | 27 | -2.6 | -2.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Cedi Osman 2020-21 | 26 | -2.3 | -2.1, -0.6, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Norris Cole 2014-15 | 26 | -2.5 | -2.7, -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Shannon Brown 2012-13 | 27 | -2.3 | -2.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Jarrett Jack 2010-11 | 27 | -2.2 | -2.7, -1.6, -2.9, -3.2, -2.1 | 84 |
| Sebastian Telfair 2011-12 | 26 | -2.4 | -0.9, under 10 games, -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
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.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Jordan Poole's seasons, at the same age.
- Rob Dillingham CHI like his 2019-20 86
- Tre Johnson WAS like his 2019-20 86
- Brice Sensabaugh UTA like his 2020-21 85
- GG Jackson MEM like his 2020-21 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 Jordan Poole's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$2.7M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $31.8M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$34.5M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 27.1
- 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 | NOP | 26 | 39 | 23.9 | -2.32 | -0.93 | -1.39 | 917th of 1010 |
| 2024-25 | WAS | 25 | 68 | 29.4 | -1.15 | +0.46 | -1.61 | 670th of 1078 |
| 2023-24 | WAS | 24 | 78 | 30.1 | -2.18 | -0.46 | -1.73 | 993rd of 1185 |
| 2022-23 | GSW | 23 | 82 +13 | 30.0 | -0.81 | +0.49 | -1.30 | 467th of 1100 |
| 2021-22 | GSW | 22 | 76 +22 | 30.0 | +0.82 | +1.53 | -0.72 | 105th of 813 |
| 2020-21 | GSW | 21 | 51 | 19.4 | -0.63 | +0.61 | -1.24 | 196th of 571 |
| 2019-20 | GSW | 20 | 57 | 22.3 | -2.55 | -1.66 | -0.90 | 287th of 354 |
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 9.7 projected minutes and a pace of 94.8.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 24.3 | 4.6 |
| Rebounds | 4.9 | 0.9 |
| Offensive | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Defensive | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| Assists | 5.1 | 1.0 |
| Steals | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| 3-pt attempts | 13.5 | 2.6 |
| FG attempts | 20.3 | 3.9 |
| FT attempts | 5.6 | 1.1 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 38.5% · 32.7% · 84.3% | |
