Aaron Gordon

ORLPF

DENPF

6'8"235 lb

Born 1995-09-16 (Age: 25)Pre-NBA: Arizona

2014Rd 1Pk 4ORL

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2026-27	-	-	-	-
2025-26	16.2	2.7	5.8	62.0%
2024-25	14.7	3.2	4.8	65.0%
2023-24	13.9	3.5	6.5	60.7%
2022-23	16.3	3.0	6.6	61.7%

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2026-27 · DEN

Joined the Nuggets in a trade with the Magic on Mar 25, 2021. How they got him →

2020-21 percentile ranking

14-1525-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	DEN	36	16.2	2.7	5.8	27.9	1.4	4.4	1.1	1.7
2024-25	DEN	51	14.7	3.2	4.8	28.4	1.6	3.3	1.4	1.6
2023-24	DEN	73	13.9	3.5	6.5	31.5	2.4	4.1	1.4	1.9
2022-23	DEN	68	16.3	3.0	6.6	30.2	2.4	4.1	1.4	1.9
2021-22	DEN	75	15.0	2.5	5.9	31.7	1.7	4.2	1.8	2.0
2020-21	ORL/DEN	50	12.4	3.2	5.7	27.7	1.5	4.1	1.9	1.8
2019-20	ORL	62	14.4	3.7	7.7	32.5	1.7	5.9	1.6	2.0
2018-19	ORL	78	16.0	3.7	7.4	33.8	1.7	5.7	2.1	2.2
2017-18	ORL	58	17.6	2.3	7.9	32.9	1.5	6.4	1.8	1.9
2016-17	ORL	80	12.7	1.9	5.1	28.7	1.5	3.6	1.1	2.2
2015-16	ORL	78	9.2	1.6	6.5	23.9	2.0	4.5	0.8	2.0
2014-15	ORL	47	5.2	0.7	3.6	17.0	1.0	2.6	0.8	1.8

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Contract

$109.1M over 3 seasons through 2028-29 · $70.0M guaranteed

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Projected surplus

-$51.4M

80% range -$105.0M to +$15.0M

Estimated worth

$59.2M

Against $109.1M in salary

Among contracts

9th percentile

By total surplus, of 407 we can estimate

Paid more than he's projected to be worth in every season. The loss grows as his salary rises.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $33.7M, worth about $20.7M (likely $1.3M to $41.2M)

Salary
Estimated worth
Likely range (80%)
Gain or loss

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$33.7M	$20.7M	$1.3M–$41.2M	-$13.0M	—
2027-28	$36.4M	$20.3M	$1.4M–$43.9M	-$16.1M	—
2028-29Player option	$39.0M	$18.3M	$1.4M–$43.3M	-$22.4M	Player option

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (19,411 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

2027-28 is a player option. Signed 3-yr/$104M contract extension October 21, 2024.

How this works

Worth is what his projected DRBL wins would cost on the open market. We count wins above a minimum-salary player in the same minutes and price them at what teams paid per DRBL win from 2020-21 to 2025-26: 9.8% of the cap, about $16.2M in 2026-27.

Projections weight his last 3 seasons 3, 2 and 1, newest first, and pull toward what players at his salary usually produce, then adjust for age. Playing time comes from recent minutes, age and salary, since teams play the players they pay. A season lost to injury still pulls the playing time down.

Surplus is worth minus salary. A team can always bench a player, so worth never drops below the minimum salary. A player option leaves the team only the downside, because he walks when he could earn more. A team option or a non-guaranteed year leaves only the upside.

To test it, we refit the model three times, each with only the seasons through 2022-23, 2023-24 or 2024-25, valued what players were actually paid afterward, and compared with what they did. The typical miss the next season was 0.91 wins, against 1.09 for assuming a player repeats his last season. Three seasons out it was 1.18 wins, against 1.54. 12% of players beat the top of the range. Fewer than 2% fell below the bottom, since worth can't drop under the minimum salary.

Cap figures after 2026-27 assume 5.8% growth a year, the recent average. The percentile compares total surplus across the 407 current contracts we can estimate.

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Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Impact												Profile								Shooting														Defense								Hustle						Advanced
Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	DARKO	DARKO-O	DARKO-D	RAPTOR	O-RAPTOR	D-RAPTOR	WAR	WAR1	VORP	DRBL/100	DRBL-O	DRBL-D	MP	PTS	TRB	ORB	DRB	AST	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	eFG%	TS%	STL	BLK	STL%	BLK%	DRB%	DRtg	DBPM	DWS	Defl	Contest	ScrAst	Chrg	Loose	BoxOut	3PAr	FTr	USG%	TOV%	AST%	ORB%	TRB%	AST/TO	ORtg	NET	PER	OWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	BPM
2025-26	30	DEN	PF	36	33	2.30	1.86	0.44	-	-	-	-	1.2	0.9	0.8	3.0	-1.1	27.9	16.2	5.8	1.4	4.4	2.7	1.1	1.7	5.5	11.1	49.7%	1.7	4.4	38.9%	3.8	6.7	56.8%	3.5	4.5	76.7%	57.4%	62.0%	0.6	0.3	1.0%	0.9%	16.8%	118.0	-1.2	0.7	0.8	2.8	1.0	-	0.4	0.4	39.4%	0.410	21.9%	7.5%	13.7%	6.0%	11.6%	2.45	127.0	9.0	18.5	2.4	3.2	0.153	2.9	1.7
2024-25	29	DEN	PF	51	42	2.01	0.80	1.21	-	-	-	-	1.5	1.2	0.7	3.8	-2.0	28.4	14.7	4.8	1.6	3.3	3.2	1.4	1.6	5.2	9.7	53.1%	1.5	3.4	43.6%	3.7	6.3	58.2%	2.8	3.5	81.0%	60.7%	65.0%	0.5	0.3	0.8%	0.9%	12.1%	120.0	-1.5	0.7	0.9	3.2	0.7	-	0.4	0.4	34.6%	0.360	19.0%	11.3%	15.0%	6.4%	9.4%	2.29	129.0	9.0	17.0	3.6	4.3	0.143	2.7	1.2
2023-24	28	DEN	PF	73	73	2.51	1.45	1.05	-	-	-	-	1.9	1.9	0.7	2.2	-0.7	31.5	13.9	6.5	2.4	4.1	3.5	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	55.6%	0.5	1.9	29.0%	5.0	7.9	61.9%	2.4	3.7	65.8%	58.4%	60.7%	0.8	0.6	1.2%	1.7%	13.9%	114.0	0.1	2.6	1.4	4.7	1.3	0.0	0.6	0.6	19.3%	0.376	17.8%	11.2%	15.2%	8.6%	11.4%	2.50	125.0	11.0	16.8	4.5	7.1	0.148	1.2	1.3
2022-23	27	DEN	PF	68	68	0.84	0.96	-0.12	-	-	-	-	2.6	2.1	1.0	2.9	-0.7	30.2	16.3	6.6	2.4	4.1	3.0	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	56.4%	0.9	2.5	34.7%	5.4	8.7	62.8%	2.8	4.6	60.8%	60.3%	61.7%	0.8	0.8	1.3%	2.2%	15.4%	115.0	-0.3	2.2	1.2	5.5	0.9	0.0	0.8	0.5	22.7%	0.413	21.1%	9.8%	14.2%	9.4%	12.5%	2.14	124.0	9.0	19.5	4.6	6.8	0.158	2.4	2.1
2021-22	26	DEN	PF	75	75	-0.06	-0.14	0.08	0.36	0.58	-0.21	4.04	0.4	0.9	0.1	1.2	-0.9	31.7	15.0	5.9	1.7	4.2	2.5	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	52.0%	1.2	3.5	33.5%	4.6	7.6	60.5%	2.3	3.1	74.3%	57.3%	60.2%	0.6	0.6	0.9%	1.7%	14.3%	114.0	-1.1	2.0	0.9	5.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.5	31.2%	0.276	19.7%	12.5%	11.6%	6.1%	10.3%	1.39	115.0	1.0	15.3	3.2	5.2	0.105	0.5	-0.6
2020-21	25	ORL/DEN	PF	50	50	0.88	0.30	0.58	0.35	-0.66	1.01	2.67	-1.1	0.7	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	27.7	12.4	5.7	1.5	4.1	3.2	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	46.3%	1.2	3.5	33.5%	3.4	6.5	53.3%	1.9	3.0	65.1%	52.2%	54.7%	0.7	0.7	1.2%	2.3%	16.4%	113.0	-0.1	1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.3%	0.299	20.7%	14.7%	17.8%	6.0%	11.1%	1.68	115.0	2.0	14.5	0.7	1.9	0.066	0.2	0.1
2019-20	24	ORL	PF	62	62	0.97	0.36	0.61	-0.94	0.25	-1.18	1.85	-	1.0	-	-	-	32.5	14.4	7.7	1.7	5.9	3.7	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	43.7%	1.2	3.8	30.8%	4.2	8.6	49.4%	2.4	3.6	67.4%	48.4%	51.6%	0.8	0.6	1.2%	1.7%	20.3%	110.0	0.1	2.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	30.9%	0.292	20.7%	10.4%	17.4%	5.5%	12.7%	2.31	107.0	-3.0	15.1	1.4	3.7	0.087	-0.1	-
2018-19	23	ORL	PF	78	78	0.65	0.57	0.08	0.38	0.05	0.32	4.42	-	1.7	-	-	-	33.8	16.0	7.4	1.7	5.7	3.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	44.9%	1.6	4.4	34.9%	4.4	9.0	49.9%	2.4	3.2	73.1%	50.7%	53.8%	0.7	0.7	1.1%	1.8%	18.4%	109.0	0.3	3.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.2%	0.242	21.8%	12.3%	16.6%	5.2%	11.7%	1.76	107.0	-2.0	15.1	1.8	5.1	0.093	0.3	0.6
2017-18	22	ORL	PF	58	57	0.44	1.07	-0.63	1.71	0.13	1.57	4.35	-	1.1	-	-	-	32.9	17.6	7.9	1.5	6.4	2.3	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	43.4%	2.0	5.9	33.6%	4.5	9.0	49.7%	2.7	3.9	69.8%	50.0%	53.0%	1.0	0.8	1.5%	1.9%	21.5%	109.0	-0.6	2.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	39.5%	0.260	24.7%	10.0%	11.7%	5.0%	13.2%	1.28	103.0	-6.0	16.5	0.9	2.9	0.072	0.9	0.3
2016-17	21	ORL	SF	80	72	1.02	0.57	0.45	0.86	1.14	-0.28	4.23	-	0.6	-	-	-	28.7	12.7	5.1	1.5	3.6	1.9	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	45.4%	1.0	3.3	28.8%	3.9	7.5	52.8%	2.0	2.7	71.9%	49.9%	53.0%	0.8	0.5	1.4%	1.4%	14.1%	111.0	-0.7	1.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	30.9%	0.251	20.1%	8.5%	10.5%	5.3%	9.6%	1.73	107.0	-4.0	14.5	2.0	3.7	0.077	-0.3	-1.0
2015-16	20	ORL	PF	78	37	-1.64	-1.19	-0.45	0.94	0.89	0.05	3.51	-	1.4	-	-	-	23.9	9.2	6.5	2.0	4.5	1.6	0.8	2.0	3.5	7.4	47.3%	0.5	1.8	29.6%	3.0	5.6	53.1%	1.7	2.5	66.8%	50.9%	54.1%	0.8	0.7	1.6%	2.4%	21.3%	105.0	0.1	2.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.5%	0.333	17.3%	9.0%	10.3%	9.0%	15.1%	2.00	114.0	9.0	17.0	3.2	5.4	0.139	0.9	1.0
2014-15	19	ORL	PF	47	8	-1.89	-1.53	-0.36	-1.87	-1.85	-0.01	0.36	-	-0.2	-	-	-	17.0	5.2	3.6	1.0	2.6	0.7	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	44.7%	0.3	1.0	27.1%	1.7	3.4	50.0%	0.9	1.3	72.1%	47.8%	51.7%	0.4	0.5	1.3%	2.2%	17.8%	107.0	-0.1	0.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.1%	0.293	15.5%	13.9%	6.3%	6.4%	12.0%	0.87	101.0	-6.0	11.4	0.3	1.0	0.060	-2.6	-2.7

Aaron Gordon

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