Ben Sheppard
Age 25 · 6'6" · 190 lb
Pick #26, 2023 Draft · Rookie 2024 · 186 games · 38 playoff games
DPM · #337 of 530
-1.3Game 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
- +0.50
- -1.84 before the first game, -1.34 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.52
- Apr 3 vs CHA · 25 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.39
- Nov 9 vs GSW · 27 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.13
- Last 20 games, vs 0.14 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.
-1.3 at age 24 in 2025-26 ranks 730th of 1,185 age-24 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: James Anderson, 2012-13.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson 2012-13 | 24 | -1.0 | -2.0, under 10 games, -0.8, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Wayne Ellington 2011-12 | 24 | -1.4 | -0.8, -0.9, -0.9, -2.2, -0.7 | 91 |
| Damyean Dotson 2018-19 | 24 | -1.6 | -1.6, -2.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Justin Anderson 2018-19 | 25 | -1.0 | -2.0, under 10 games, -1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Nik Stauskas 2017-18 | 24 | -1.8 | -3.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| JJ Redick 2008-09 | 24 | -1.4 | -0.4, -0.5, -0.5, -1.5, +0.2 | 90 |
| E'Twaun Moore 2013-14 | 25 | -1.3 | -0.5, 0.0, -0.3, +0.5, +0.2 | 90 |
| Jake Layman 2018-19 | 25 | -1.4 | -1.0, -0.4, -0.3, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Brian Evans 1997-98 | 24 | -1.4 | -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Solomon Hill 2014-15 | 24 | -1.6 | -0.2, +0.1, -0.7, -1.5, -1.0 | 90 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Ben'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 Ben Sheppard's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $5.1M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.8M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$2.3M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 25.0
- 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 | IND | 24 | 65 | 21.4 | -1.34 | -0.69 | -0.65 | 730th of 1185 |
| 2024-25 | IND | 23 | 63 +21 | 19.5 | -1.96 | -1.12 | -0.84 | 813th of 1100 |
| 2023-24 | IND | 22 | 58 +17 | 14.1 | -0.57 | -0.51 | -0.06 | 308th of 813 |
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 23.6 projected minutes and a pace of 94.9.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.8 | 8.3 |
| Rebounds | 6.6 | 3.1 |
| Offensive | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| Defensive | 5.2 | 2.4 |
| Assists | 3.6 | 1.7 |
| Steals | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Blocks | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| 3-pt attempts | 8.6 | 4.0 |
| FG attempts | 15.7 | 7.3 |
| FT attempts | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 42.3% · 34.5% · 78.1% | |