Max Christie
Age 23 · 6'6" · 190 lb
Pick #35, 2022 Draft · Rookie 2023 · 264 games · 9 playoff games
DPM · #402 of 530
-1.7Game 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
- -0.31
- -1.43 before the first game, -1.74 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.61
- Jan 3 vs HOU · 35 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.54
- Mar 8 vs TOR · 26 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.18
- 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.
-1.7 at age 23 in 2025-26 ranks 756th of 1,100 age-23 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Nik Stauskas, 2016-17.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nik Stauskas 2016-17 | 23 | -1.9 | -1.8, -3.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 93 |
| Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot 2017-18 | 23 | -1.9 | -2.9, -1.0, -1.5, -1.8, under 10 games | 92 |
| Daequan Cook 2009-10 | 22 | -2.3 | -0.1, -0.6, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Troy Daniels 2014-15 | 23 | -2.0 | -0.6, -1.7, -2.4, -1.9, -1.2 | 89 |
| Jerome Robinson 2019-20 | 23 | -2.1 | -2.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, -1.3, under 10 games | 88 |
| Malachi Richardson 2018-19 | 23 | -2.3 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Evan Fournier 2014-15 | 22 | -1.0 | -0.4, -0.2, -0.3, -0.2, +0.1 | 88 |
| Carsen Edwards 2020-21 | 23 | -2.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Marco Belinelli 2008-09 | 23 | -1.5 | -0.5, +0.5, -0.8, -1.5, -0.8 | 88 |
| Arron Afflalo 2008-09 | 23 | -1.5 | -0.6, +0.1, -0.6, -2.5, -2.2 | 87 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Max'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 Max Christie'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
- $7.7M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$5.0M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 23.5
- 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 | DAL | 23 | 77 | 29.1 | -1.74 | -0.81 | -0.92 | 756th of 1100 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 22 | 78 | 27.3 | -1.43 | -0.71 | -0.73 | 493rd of 813 |
| 2023-24 | LAL | 21 | 68 | 14.2 | -1.91 | -1.30 | -0.61 | 411th of 571 |
| 2022-23 | LAL | 20 | 41 +9 | 12.5 | -1.74 | -1.60 | -0.14 | 204th 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 21.7 projected minutes and a pace of 95.4.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 18.0 | 7.8 |
| Rebounds | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| Offensive | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Defensive | 4.8 | 2.1 |
| Assists | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| Steals | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Turnovers | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| 3-pt attempts | 10.3 | 4.5 |
| FG attempts | 14.7 | 6.4 |
| FT attempts | 3.3 | 1.4 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 40.7% · 37.5% · 84.3% | |