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
- +2.22
- -1.10 before the first game, +1.12 now
- Biggest boost
- +0.45
- May 20 vs OKC · 38 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.42
- Nov 2 vs PHX · 32 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.12
- 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.
+1.3 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 158th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 2017-18.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2017-18 | 25 | +0.9 | -0.5, -0.2, +0.4, -1.4, +1.6 | 90 |
| Hedo Turkoglu 2003-04 | 25 | +1.5 | 0.0, +0.8, +1.3, +2.6, +2.7 | 88 |
| DerMarr Johnson 2005-06 | 25 | +1.0 | -0.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| Bobby Simmons 2005-06 | 25 | +1.4 | under 10 games, +0.1, +0.9, +0.9, under 10 games | 85 |
| Quentin Richardson 2004-05 | 25 | +0.7 | -1.9, -1.7, -2.6, -1.2, +0.3 | 85 |
| Tyler Johnson 2017-18 | 25 | +0.5 | -1.0, -2.4, -1.9, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Martell Webster 2012-13 | 26 | +0.4 | -0.2, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Patrick Patterson 2013-14 | 25 | +1.5 | +1.6, +1.8, +1.2, -0.5, -1.9 | 84 |
| Francisco Garcia 2007-08 | 26 | +0.8 | -0.5, -0.8, -0.1, -0.9, +0.3 | 84 |
| Davis Bertans 2018-19 | 26 | +0.5 | +1.1, +0.5, +0.3, -0.3, -0.6 | 83 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Devin'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 Devin Vassell's seasons, at the same age.
- Carter Bryant SAS like his 2020-21 86
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 Devin Vassell's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $31.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $27.0M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$4.5M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 7.5
- Projected
- Retires at
- 33.3
- 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 | SAS | 25 | 68 +19 | 30.6 | +1.28 | +0.73 | +0.55 | 158th of 1078 |
| 2024-25 | SAS | 24 | 64 | 31.0 | -1.10 | +0.16 | -1.26 | 657th of 1185 |
| 2023-24 | SAS | 23 | 68 | 33.1 | -1.21 | -0.25 | -0.96 | 588th of 1100 |
| 2022-23 | SAS | 22 | 38 | 31.0 | -0.96 | -0.07 | -0.90 | 394th of 813 |
| 2021-22 | SAS | 21 | 71 | 27.3 | -0.10 | -0.11 | +0.01 | 132nd of 571 |
| 2020-21 | SAS | 20 | 62 | 17.0 | -1.64 | -1.56 | -0.08 | 197th 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 32.8 projected minutes and a pace of 95.5.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 18.2 | 11.9 |
| Rebounds | 6.4 | 4.2 |
| Offensive | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Defensive | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| Assists | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| Steals | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Blocks | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| 3-pt attempts | 10.0 | 6.5 |
| FG attempts | 14.8 | 9.6 |
| FT attempts | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 41.5% · 37.2% · 79.9% | |
