Jabari Walker
Age 23 · 6'8" · 200 lb
Pick #57, 2022 Draft · Rookie 2023 · 252 games · 6 playoff games
DPM · #239 of 530
-0.5Game 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
- +1.00
- -1.52 before the first game, -0.52 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.85
- Mar 3 vs SAS · 19 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.57
- Oct 27 vs ORL · 14 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.16
- Last 20 games, vs 0.17 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.
-0.5 at age 23 in 2025-26 ranks 408th of 1,100 age-23 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Glenn Robinson III, 2016-17.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Robinson III 2016-17 | 23 | -0.6 | -0.6, -1.5, -0.7, -1.9, under 10 games | 92 |
| Guerschon Yabusele 2018-19 | 23 | -1.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Jeff Green 2009-10 | 23 | -0.5 | -1.7, under 10 games, -1.1, -2.6, -2.4 | 89 |
| Jordan Hamilton 2013-14 | 23 | -1.0 | -1.8, -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Bruno Caboclo 2018-19 | 23 | -0.5 | -0.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Donte Greene 2010-11 | 23 | -0.8 | +0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Troy Williams 2017-18 | 23 | -0.4 | -0.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Moritz Wagner 2019-20 | 23 | -0.4 | -1.0, -1.0, -0.3, +0.3, +0.5 | 88 |
| Tony Snell 2015-16 | 24 | -0.9 | -1.0, -1.4, -0.9, -1.7, -2.0 | 87 |
| James Anderson 2012-13 | 24 | -1.0 | -2.0, under 10 games, -0.8, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Jabari'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 Jabari Walker's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $2.5M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $0.7M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$1.8M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 24.0
- 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 | PHI | 23 | 64 +6 | 11.9 | -0.52 | -0.58 | +0.06 | 408th of 1100 |
| 2024-25 | POR | 22 | 60 | 12.5 | -1.58 | -1.41 | -0.16 | 525th of 813 |
| 2023-24 | POR | 21 | 72 | 23.6 | -3.06 | -1.89 | -1.17 | 537th of 571 |
| 2022-23 | POR | 20 | 56 | 11.1 | -3.43 | -2.49 | -0.94 | 339th 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 1.7 projected minutes and a pace of 96.0.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.3 | 0.6 |
| Rebounds | 12.2 | 0.4 |
| Offensive | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Defensive | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Assists | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| Steals | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| 3-pt attempts | 6.7 | 0.2 |
| FG attempts | 13.9 | 0.5 |
| FT attempts | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 44.2% · 32.3% · 71.6% | |