Game 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
- -0.74
- -2.56 before the first game, -3.30 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.33
- May 6 vs SAS · 10 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.20
- Nov 17 vs DAL · 7 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.06
- Last 14 games, vs 0.08 in the first 14. 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.
-3.3 at age 38 in 2025-26 ranks 65th of 78 age-38 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Lindsey Hunter, 2008-09.
| Comp | Age | DPM then | Next 5 seasons | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Hunter 2008-09 | 38 | -3.4 | -3.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 84 |
| Mark Jackson 2003-04 | 39 | -2.4 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
| Darrell Armstrong 2005-06 | 37 | -2.6 | -0.5, -2.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 80 |
| Clifford Robinson 2004-05 | 38 | -3.6 | -3.8, -5.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 79 |
| Gary Payton 2006-07 | 38 | -2.6 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 79 |
| Johnny Newman 2001-02 | 38 | -3.1 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 74 |
| Sam Mitchell 2001-02 | 38 | -3.7 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 71 |
| Charles Oakley 2002-03 | 39 | -2.5 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 71 |
| Detlef Schrempf 2000-01 | 38 | -3.0 | under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 70 |
| Jason Terry 2015-16 | 38 | -3.8 | -2.5, -2.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games | 70 |
The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Joe'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.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Joe Ingles's seasons, at the same age.
- Marcus Smart LAL like his 2018-19 84
- Fred VanVleet HOU like his 2018-19 80
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Value
Contract & longevity
DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Joe Ingles's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.
- Fair value
- -$1.9M
- DARKO's market estimate
- Salary
- $2.3M
- Actual
- Surplus
- -$4.2M
- Value minus salary
- Seasons left
- 0.0
- Projected
- Retires at
- 38.8
- 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 | MIN | 38 | 26 +3 | 5.9 | -3.30 | -3.14 | -0.16 | 65th of 78 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 37 | 17 | 6.7 | -2.33 | -2.39 | +0.06 | — |
| 2023-24 | ORL | 36 | 68 +7 | 17.2 | -1.85 | -2.08 | +0.22 | 131st of 189 |
| 2022-23 | MIL | 35 | 46 +5 | 22.7 | -0.52 | -0.61 | +0.08 | 92nd of 243 |
| 2021-22 | POR | 34 | 45 | 24.9 | +0.45 | +0.57 | -0.13 | 95th of 336 |
| 2020-21 | UTA | 33 | 67 +11 | 27.9 | +1.46 | +1.10 | +0.36 | 59th of 406 |
| 2019-20 | UTA | 32 | 72 +7 | 29.7 | +1.04 | +0.67 | +0.37 | 117th of 530 |
| 2018-19 | UTA | 31 | 82 +5 | 31.3 | +1.31 | +0.41 | +0.91 | 119th of 616 |
| 2017-18 | UTA | 30 | 82 +11 | 31.4 | +0.96 | +0.37 | +0.59 | 176th of 697 |
| 2016-17 | UTA | 29 | 82 +11 | 24.0 | +0.42 | -0.04 | +0.46 | 265th of 774 |
| 2015-16 | UTA | 28 | 81 | 15.3 | -0.76 | -0.94 | +0.18 | 515th of 858 |
| 2014-15 | UTA | 27 | 79 | 21.2 | -1.08 | -1.11 | +0.03 | 617th of 924 |
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 Joe Ingles right now, so there is no per-game line.
| Stat | Per 100 | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 11.3 | — |
| Rebounds | 6.6 | — |
| Offensive | 1.1 | — |
| Defensive | 5.5 | — |
| Assists | 7.0 | — |
| Steals | 1.8 | — |
| Blocks | 0.6 | — |
| Turnovers | 2.9 | — |
| 3-pt attempts | 7.0 | — |
| FG attempts | 10.2 | — |
| FT attempts | 1.5 | — |
| FG% · 3P% · FT% | 38.1% · 31.7% · 67.3% | |
