VJ Edgecombe
Age 20 · 6'5" · 180 lb
Pick #3, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 75 games · 11 playoff games
DPM · #233 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
- +1.34
- -1.82 before the first game, -0.48 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.79
- Oct 27 vs ORL · 39 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.65
- Dec 28 vs OKC · 34 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.13
- Last 20 games, vs 0.27 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 20 in 2025-26 ranks 77th of 354 age-20 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Malik Beasley, 2016-17.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Beasley 2016-17 | 20 | -0.6 | -1.0, 0.0, -0.8, -0.8, -0.2 | 92 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2018-19 | 20 | -0.7 | +0.9, +0.9, +1.6, +2.3, +4.6 | 91 |
| Miles Bridges 2018-19 | 21 | -0.5 | -1.6, +0.2, +1.1, under 10 games, -0.8 | 90 |
| Tyrese Maxey 2020-21 | 20 | -0.7 | -0.6, +0.9, +2.0, +0.9, +2.7 | 89 |
| Jarrett Culver 2019-20 | 21 | -0.7 | -1.7, -2.5, -2.7, under 10 games, under 10 games | 88 |
| Kenyon Martin Jr. 2020-21 | 20 | -0.8 | -1.2, -2.0, -1.2, -2.6, under 10 games | 88 |
| Jordan Farmar 2006-07 | 20 | -0.7 | -0.2, -1.9, -1.2, -0.9, -1.7 | 87 |
| Bradley Beal 2013-14 | 20 | +0.1 | +0.2, -0.1, +2.4, +2.2, +2.8 | 87 |
| Evan Fournier 2012-13 | 20 | -1.0 | -1.4, -1.0, -0.4, -0.2, -0.3 | 87 |
| Leandro Barbosa 2003-04 | 21 | -0.2 | -0.7, -0.6, +0.4, -0.2, +0.3 | 87 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to VJ'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 VJ Edgecombe's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $15.7M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $11.1M
- Actual
- Surplus
- +$4.6M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 10.4
- Projected
- Retires at
- 31.2
- 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 | 20 | 75 +11 | 35.0 | -0.48 | -0.24 | -0.24 | 77th 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 37.2 projected minutes and a pace of 92.8.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 20.9 | 15.0 |
| Rebounds | 7.3 | 5.3 |
| Offensive | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Defensive | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| Assists | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| Steals | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| Blocks | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| 3-pt attempts | 7.9 | 5.7 |
| FG attempts | 17.4 | 12.5 |
| FT attempts | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 44.0% · 33.7% · 81.6% | |