Amari Williams
Age 24 · 6'11" · 250 lb
Pick #46, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 22 games · 1 playoff games
DPM · #496 of 530
-2.8Game 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
- +0.39
- -3.18 before the first game, -2.79 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.47
- Jan 23 vs BKN · 5 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.69
- Nov 26 vs DET · 15 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.08
- Last 11 games, vs 0.19 in the first 11. 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.
-2.8 at age 24 in 2025-26 ranks 1092nd of 1,185 age-24 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Semih Erden, 2010-11.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semih Erden 2010-11 | 24 | -3.0 | -2.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 92 |
| Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje 2001-02 | 23 | -2.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 91 |
| Evan Eschmeyer 1999-00 | 24 | -2.4 | -0.6, -1.4, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Loren Woods 2001-02 | 23 | -2.5 | -2.1, -1.2, -2.3, -0.7, under 10 games | 90 |
| AJ Hammons 2016-17 | 24 | -3.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 90 |
| Alvin Jones 2001-02 | 23 | -2.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Michael Olowokandi 1998-99 | 24 | -2.9 | -3.3, -3.2, -1.9, -2.5, -0.9 | 89 |
| Melvin Ely 2002-03 | 24 | -2.4 | -2.2, -2.2, -1.4, -2.3, -2.1 | 89 |
| Ryan Stack 1999-00 | 24 | -3.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
| Robert Whaley 2005-06 | 24 | -2.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 89 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Amari'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 Amari Williams's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$0.9M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $0.5M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$1.4M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 1.9
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.1
- 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 | 24 | 22 +1 | 6.6 | -2.79 | -2.80 | 0.00 | 1092nd of 1185 |
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 6.0 projected minutes and a pace of 96.0.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 16.1 | 1.9 |
| Rebounds | 13.9 | 1.7 |
| Offensive | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| Defensive | 9.4 | 1.1 |
| Assists | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| Steals | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 3.1 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| 3-pt attempts | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| FG attempts | 11.2 | 1.3 |
| FT attempts | 5.9 | 0.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 47.4% · 20.3% · 66.2% | |