Ziaire Williams
Age 24 · 6'8" · 185 lb
Pick #10, 2021 Draft · Rookie 2022 · 269 games · 14 playoff games
DPM · #293 of 530
-0.9Game 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
- -0.14
- -0.80 before the first game, -0.94 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.37
- Mar 7 vs DET · 32 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.53
- Nov 11 vs TOR · 17 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.14
- 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.
-0.9 at age 24 in 2025-26 ranks 609th of 1,185 age-24 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Corey Brewer, 2010-11.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Brewer 2010-11 | 25 | -1.0 | +0.4, +0.7, +1.7, +1.0, -0.2 | 89 |
| Mario Hezonja 2018-19 | 24 | -1.0 | -2.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| DeAndre' Bembry 2018-19 | 24 | -1.1 | -1.0, -0.7, -0.4, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Josh Jackson 2020-21 | 24 | -0.5 | -1.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Troy Williams 2018-19 | 24 | -0.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Walter McCarty 1998-99 | 25 | -0.5 | -1.4, -1.3, -1.5, -0.7, -0.8 | 85 |
| Jarrell Brantley 2020-21 | 25 | -0.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Chris Douglas-Roberts 2010-11 | 24 | -0.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, -0.1, -1.2, under 10 games | 85 |
| Anthony Randolph 2013-14 | 24 | -0.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Donatas Motiejunas 2014-15 | 24 | -0.8 | -0.6, -1.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Ziaire'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.
Value
Contract & longevity
DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Ziaire Williams's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $8.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $6.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$2.3M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 24.9
- 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 | BKN | 24 | 56 | 22.9 | -0.94 | -1.54 | +0.60 | 609th of 1185 |
| 2024-25 | BKN | 23 | 63 | 24.5 | -0.81 | -0.92 | +0.11 | 468th of 1100 |
| 2023-24 | MEM | 22 | 51 | 20.3 | -2.17 | -1.57 | -0.59 | 657th of 813 |
| 2022-23 | MEM | 21 | 37 +4 | 15.2 | -2.02 | -1.10 | -0.93 | 425th of 571 |
| 2021-22 | MEM | 20 | 62 +10 | 21.7 | -0.62 | +0.05 | -0.67 | 90th 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 25.2 projected minutes and a pace of 94.5.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 22.6 | 11.2 |
| Rebounds | 6.2 | 3.1 |
| Offensive | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Defensive | 4.9 | 2.4 |
| Assists | 2.9 | 1.4 |
| Steals | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 2.8 | 1.4 |
| 3-pt attempts | 8.0 | 3.9 |
| FG attempts | 19.1 | 9.5 |
| FT attempts | 6.5 | 3.2 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 41.5% · 33.6% · 81.5% | |