Jordan Poole

New Orleans Pelicans · G

Age 27 · 6'4" · 194 lb · USA

Pick #28, 2019 Draft · Rookie 2020 · 451 games · 35 playoff games

DPM · #464 of 530

-2.3
Offense -0.9 Defense -1.4 Last played Apr 10, 2026

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.

CompAgeDPM thenNext 5 seasonsMatch
Randy Foye 2009-1026-2.1 -2.5, -1.6, -1.7, -1.7, -1.7 87
AJ Price 2013-1427-2.3 -2.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 87
O.J. Mayo 2013-1426-3.0 -2.0, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 87
Will Barton 2016-1726-1.9 -0.5, -1.5, -0.1, -0.1, 0.0 86
Quinn Cook 2019-2027-2.6 -2.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
Cedi Osman 2020-2126-2.3 -2.1, -0.6, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games 86
Norris Cole 2014-1526-2.5 -2.7, -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 85
Shannon Brown 2012-1327-2.3 -2.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 84
Jarrett Jack 2010-1127-2.2 -2.7, -1.6, -2.9, -3.2, -2.1 84
Sebastian Telfair 2011-1226-2.4 -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.

  1. Rob Dillingham CHI like his 2019-20 86
  2. Tre Johnson WAS like his 2019-20 86
  3. Brice Sensabaugh UTA like his 2020-21 85
  4. 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.

Jordan Poole, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2025-26NOP263923.9-2.32-0.93-1.39917th of 1010
2024-25WAS256829.4-1.15+0.46-1.61670th of 1078
2023-24WAS247830.1-2.18-0.46-1.73993rd of 1185
2022-23GSW2382 +1330.0-0.81+0.49-1.30467th of 1100
2021-22GSW2276 +2230.0+0.82+1.53-0.72105th of 813
2020-21GSW215119.4-0.63+0.61-1.24196th of 571
2019-20GSW205722.3-2.55-1.66-0.90287th 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.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 9.7 projected minutes and a pace of 94.8.

Jordan Poole, projected box score
StatPer 100Per game
Points24.34.6
Rebounds4.90.9
Offensive0.60.1
Defensive4.20.8
Assists5.11.0
Steals1.70.3
Blocks0.70.1
Turnovers3.50.7
3-pt attempts13.52.6
FG attempts20.33.9
FT attempts5.61.1
FG% · 3P% · FT%38.5% · 32.7% · 84.3%