Bronny James
Age 21 · 6'2" · 210 lb
Pick #55, 2024 Draft · Rookie 2025 · 69 games · 10 playoff games
DPM · #376 of 530
-1.6Game 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
- +0.52
- -2.09 before the first game, -1.58 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.69
- Feb 3 vs BKN · 5 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.80
- Mar 30 vs WAS · 26 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.22
- Last 20 games, vs 0.20 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.
-1.6 at age 21 in 2025-26 ranks 359th of 571 age-21 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Frank Ntilikina, 2019-20.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ntilikina 2019-20 | 21 | -1.5 | -0.2, -0.5, -0.9, under 10 games, under 10 games | 93 |
| Elie Okobo 2018-19 | 21 | -2.0 | -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Jerome Robinson 2018-19 | 22 | -1.9 | -2.1, -2.9, under 10 games, under 10 games, -1.3 | 88 |
| Cameron Payne 2015-16 | 21 | -2.0 | -3.2, -1.8, -2.0, under 10 games, +0.7 | 87 |
| Nate Hinton 2020-21 | 21 | -1.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, -0.5, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Kevin Huerter 2019-20 | 21 | -1.6 | -0.6, -0.3, +0.2, +0.5, +0.2 | 86 |
| Furkan Korkmaz 2018-19 | 21 | -1.3 | -0.2, +0.2, -1.2, -1.7, -1.5 | 85 |
| Dante Exum 2016-17 | 21 | -1.0 | -1.8, -1.7, -1.5, under 10 games, under 10 games | 85 |
| Shane Larkin 2013-14 | 21 | -1.4 | -1.5, -1.8, under 10 games, -1.3, under 10 games | 85 |
| Stanley Johnson 2016-17 | 20 | -1.1 | +0.2, -2.3, -1.3, -1.9, -0.8 | 85 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Bronny'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 Bronny James's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $0.4M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.0M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$1.6M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 21.8
- 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 | LAL | 21 | 42 +8 | 8.9 | -1.58 | -1.68 | +0.10 | 359th of 571 |
| 2024-25 | LAL | 20 | 27 +2 | 6.7 | -2.28 | -2.01 | -0.28 | 268th 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. It projects no minutes for Bronny James right now, so there is no per-game line.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 17.0 | — |
| Rebounds | 4.6 | — |
| Offensive | 1.1 | — |
| Defensive | 3.5 | — |
| Assists | 6.0 | — |
| Steals | 2.1 | — |
| Blocks | 0.5 | — |
| Turnovers | 3.0 | — |
| 3-pt attempts | 8.8 | — |
| FG attempts | 15.8 | — |
| FT attempts | 2.4 | — |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 39.7% · 32.1% · 77.6% | |