Ron Harper Jr.
Age 26 · 6'6" · 245 lb
Rookie 2023 · 40 games · 6 playoff games
DPM · #279 of 530
-0.8Game 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
- +1.18
- -2.00 before the first game, -0.81 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +2.05
- Nov 12 vs MEM · 4 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.95
- Feb 8 vs NYK · 21 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.17
- Last 17 games, vs 0.46 in the first 17. 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.
-0.8 at age 26 in 2025-26 ranks 582nd of 1,010 age-26 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Cartier Martin, 2010-11.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartier Martin 2010-11 | 26 | -0.9 | -0.9, -1.0, -0.6, -1.8, under 10 games | 92 |
| Justin Anderson 2018-19 | 25 | -1.0 | -2.0, under 10 games, -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Taurean Prince 2019-20 | 25 | -0.8 | -1.4, -0.7, -1.3, -1.1, -1.3 | 91 |
| Paul Watson 2020-21 | 26 | -1.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Terrence Ross 2015-16 | 25 | -0.5 | -0.3, +0.1, +0.2, 0.0, -1.5 | 88 |
| Carlos Delfino 2007-08 | 25 | -0.6 | under 10 games, -0.3, -0.1, -0.9, +0.3 | 88 |
| Rodney Carney 2009-10 | 26 | -0.6 | -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Rasual Butler 2004-05 | 26 | -0.9 | +0.1, -0.4, -0.7, -0.8, -1.6 | 88 |
| Grayson Allen 2020-21 | 25 | -0.3 | -0.1, +0.4, +0.9, +0.4, +0.3 | 88 |
| Damion Lee 2018-19 | 26 | -0.4 | -0.1, +0.1, -0.7, -1.4, under 10 games | 88 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Ron'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 Ron Harper Jr.'s salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $3.1M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $1.4M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$1.8M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.3
- 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 | BOS | 26 | 29 +6 | 10.9 | -0.81 | -0.21 | -0.60 | 582nd of 1010 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 25 | 1 | 17.0 | -1.31 | -0.85 | -0.46 | — |
| 2023-24 | TOR | 23 | 1 | 3.6 | -1.43 | -1.13 | -0.31 | — |
| 2022-23 | TOR | 22 | 9 | 5.3 | -0.79 | -0.80 | +0.01 | — |
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 Ron Harper Jr. right now, so there is no per-game line.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 18.7 | — |
| Rebounds | 8.1 | — |
| Offensive | 2.2 | — |
| Defensive | 5.9 | — |
| Assists | 3.1 | — |
| Steals | 1.7 | — |
| Blocks | 1.1 | — |
| Turnovers | 2.0 | — |
| 3-pt attempts | 12.0 | — |
| FG attempts | 16.3 | — |
| FT attempts | 2.4 | — |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.5% · 33.2% · 75.6% | |