Zeke Nnaji
Age 25 · 6'11" · 240 lb
Pick #22, 2020 Draft · Rookie 2021 · 302 games · 23 playoff games
DPM · #434 of 530
-2.0Game 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
- -0.43
- -1.59 before the first game, -2.02 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.39
- Nov 7 vs GSW · 4 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.49
- Nov 19 vs NOP · 27 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.11
- Last 20 games, vs 0.15 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.
-2.0 at age 25 in 2025-26 ranks 896th of 1,078 age-25 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: JaKarr Sampson, 2017-18.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JaKarr Sampson 2017-18 | 25 | -1.9 | under 10 games, -1.0, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Jason Smith 2010-11 | 25 | -1.9 | -0.7, -0.3, -1.3, -3.0, -1.7 | 87 |
| Hilton Armstrong 2009-10 | 25 | -2.5 | -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, -2.0, under 10 games | 87 |
| Cal Bowdler 2001-02 | 25 | -1.8 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Loren Woods 2002-03 | 24 | -2.1 | -1.2, -2.3, -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Dominic McGuire 2010-11 | 25 | -1.8 | -1.9, -2.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Viktor Khryapa 2006-07 | 24 | -2.2 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Travis Knight 1999-00 | 25 | -1.8 | -3.2, -3.7, -2.6, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Jake Tsakalidis 2004-05 | 25 | -1.4 | +0.7, -0.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Linton Johnson 2005-06 | 25 | -1.8 | +0.5, under 10 games, -1.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Zeke'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 Zeke Nnaji's seasons, at the same age.
- Pacôme Dadiet NYK like his 2020-21 90
- Liam McNeeley CHA like his 2020-21 89
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 Zeke Nnaji's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$0.1M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $8.2M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$8.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 25.5
- 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 | DEN | 25 | 52 +2 | 12.0 | -2.02 | -2.57 | +0.55 | 896th of 1078 |
| 2024-25 | DEN | 24 | 57 +6 | 10.7 | -1.72 | -2.72 | +1.00 | 857th of 1185 |
| 2023-24 | DEN | 23 | 58 +3 | 9.9 | -3.21 | -2.92 | -0.29 | 1062nd of 1100 |
| 2022-23 | DEN | 22 | 52 +5 | 14.0 | -1.26 | -1.50 | +0.24 | 458th of 813 |
| 2021-22 | DEN | 21 | 41 +2 | 17.0 | -1.85 | -1.48 | -0.37 | 401st of 571 |
| 2020-21 | DEN | 20 | 42 +5 | 9.5 | -1.79 | -0.70 | -1.09 | 212th 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. It projects no minutes for Zeke Nnaji right now, so there is no per-game line.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 14.5 | — |
| Rebounds | 11.0 | — |
| Offensive | 3.0 | — |
| Defensive | 7.9 | — |
| Assists | 2.3 | — |
| Steals | 1.5 | — |
| Blocks | 2.2 | — |
| Turnovers | 2.1 | — |
| 3-pt attempts | 5.1 | — |
| FG attempts | 12.0 | — |
| FT attempts | 3.8 | — |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 45.6% · 30.4% · 69.8% | |