Ben Saraf
Age 19 · 6'6" · 200 lb
Pick #26, 2025 Draft · Rookie 2026 · 44 games
DPM · #523 of 530
-3.4Game 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
- -1.32
- -2.03 before the first game, -3.36 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +1.25
- Dec 4 vs UTA · 24 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.93
- Mar 16 vs POR · 24 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.32
- Last 20 games, vs 0.31 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.
-3.4 at age 19 in 2025-26 ranks 100th of 109 age-19 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Jerryd Bayless, 2008-09.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerryd Bayless 2008-09 | 20 | -3.1 | -1.4, -1.9, -0.3, -1.5, -2.1 | 87 |
| Tyler Ennis 2014-15 | 20 | -2.8 | -2.5, -1.6, -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games | 87 |
| R.J. Hampton 2020-21 | 20 | -2.9 | -3.4, -2.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Tony Wroten 2012-13 | 20 | -2.9 | -2.3, -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 86 |
| Dennis Schroder 2013-14 | 20 | -2.9 | -1.3, +0.8, -0.5, -0.5, -0.8 | 85 |
| De'Aaron Fox 2017-18 | 20 | -2.5 | +0.3, +0.7, +0.7, -0.6, +2.4 | 84 |
| DeShawn Stevenson 2000-01 | 20 | -2.9 | -4.0, -4.5, -3.0, -3.5, -3.1 | 84 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay 2015-16 | 20 | -2.7 | -1.9, -3.3, -2.5, -3.2, under 10 games | 84 |
| Avery Bradley 2010-11 | 20 | -2.6 | -0.5, -1.1, -0.7, -0.3, +0.5 | 83 |
| Sekou Doumbouya 2020-21 | 20 | -2.9 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 83 |
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 Saraf's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$9.7M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.9M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$12.5M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 6.3
- Projected
- Retires at
- 26.3
- 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 | BKN | 19 | 44 | 20.8 | -3.36 | -2.76 | -0.59 | 100th 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 36.0 projected minutes and a pace of 95.5.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 21.3 | 15.2 |
| Rebounds | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| Offensive | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Defensive | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Assists | 8.0 | 5.7 |
| Steals | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Blocks | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Turnovers | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 3-pt attempts | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| FG attempts | 18.1 | 13.0 |
| FT attempts | 5.1 | 3.7 |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 42.8% · 31.0% · 82.2% | |