Khaman Maluach
Age 19 · 7'1" · 250 lb
Pick #10, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 46 games · 4 playoff games
DPM · #289 of 530
-0.9Game 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
- +1.63
- -2.55 before the first game, -0.92 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.59
- Mar 22 vs TOR · 17 min
- Biggest drop
- -1.18
- Mar 28 vs UTA · 20 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.26
- Last 20 games, vs 0.18 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.
-0.9 at age 19 in 2025-26 ranks 36th of 109 age-19 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Andrew Bynum, 2006-07.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Bynum 2006-07 | 19 | -1.3 | +1.0, -0.5, +0.1, +1.3, +1.6 | 85 |
| Jermaine O'Neal 1997-98 | 19 | -1.9 | -1.3, -1.3, -0.3, +1.0, +2.3 | 81 |
| Jarrett Allen 2017-18 | 19 | -0.7 | +0.2, +0.8, -0.5, +1.5, +2.2 | 80 |
| Tyson Chandler 2001-02 | 19 | -0.3 | -1.2, -1.6, +1.0, +1.3, +1.2 | 80 |
| Olumide Oyedeji 2000-01 | 19 | -1.4 | -0.7, -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
| Isaiah Stewart 2020-21 | 19 | -0.5 | -2.2, -1.1, -0.8, -0.9, -1.4 | 79 |
| Darko Milicic 2003-04 | 18 | -2.1 | -2.7, -1.0, +0.2, -1.9, -1.0 | 78 |
| Myles Turner 2015-16 | 20 | -1.9 | +0.4, +0.2, +1.5, +0.7, +1.1 | 78 |
| Andris Biedrins 2005-06 | 20 | 0.0 | +1.0, +1.7, +1.9, +0.5, -1.3 | 77 |
| Georgios Papagiannis 2016-17 | 19 | -1.9 | -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 76 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Khaman'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 Khaman Maluach's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- $3.9M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $6.0M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$2.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 7.6
- Projected
- Retires at
- 27.3
- 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 | PHX | 19 | 46 +4 | 8.9 | -0.92 | -2.69 | +1.76 | 36th of 109 |
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 9.2 projected minutes and a pace of 94.1.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 15.6 | 2.8 |
| Rebounds | 15.8 | 2.9 |
| Offensive | 5.6 | 1.0 |
| Defensive | 10.3 | 1.9 |
| Assists | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Steals | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Turnovers | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| 3-pt attempts | 3.2 | 0.6 |
| FG attempts | 12.6 | 2.3 |
| FT attempts | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 50.6% · 26.5% · 68.5% | |