Daniel Gafford

6'10"265 lb

Born 1998-10-01 (Age: 27)Pre-NBA: Arkansas

2019Rd 2Pk 38CHI

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2026-27	-	-	-	-
2025-26	9.5	1.1	6.9	67.7%
2024-25	12.3	1.4	6.8	71.6%
2023-24	11.0	1.6	7.6	73.1%
2022-23	9.0	1.1	5.6	73.9%

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2026-27 · DAL

Joined the Mavericks in a trade with the Wizards on Feb 8, 2024. How they got him

2025-26 percentile ranking

19-2025-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	DAL	55	9.5	1.1	6.9	21.7	2.5	4.4	1.1	2.6
2024-25	DAL	57	12.3	1.4	6.8	21.5	2.7	4.1	1.2	2.7
2023-24	WAS/DAL	74	11.0	1.6	7.6	24.5	2.6	5.0	1.0	3.1
2022-23	WAS	78	9.0	1.1	5.6	20.6	2.1	3.5	1.1	2.4
2021-22	WAS	72	9.4	0.9	5.7	20.1	2.2	3.5	0.9	2.4
2020-21	CHI/WAS	54	7.0	0.5	4.3	14.6	1.7	2.5	0.8	1.8
2019-20	CHI	43	5.1	0.5	2.5	14.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	2.3

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Contract

$54.4M over 3 seasons through 2028-29 · $54.4M guaranteed

DAL payroll

Projected surplus

+$36.3M

80% range -$42.5M to +$111.8M

Estimated worth

$90.7M

Against $54.4M in salary

Among contracts

96th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Worth more than his salary in every season of the deal.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $17.3M, worth about $29.1M (likely $6.7M to $50.7M)

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

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$17.3M	$29.1M	$6.7M–$50.7M	+$11.9M	—
2027-28	$18.1M	$30.6M	$3.8M–$55.9M	+$12.5M	—
2028-29	$19.0M	$31.0M	$1.4M–$59.6M	+$12.0M	—

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (17,737 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Signed 3-yr/$54M contract extension July 12, 2025.

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 406 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	27	DAL	C	55	44	0.74	0.36	0.37	-	-	-	-	1.9	0.8	1.1	2.5	0.1	21.7	9.5	6.9	2.5	4.4	1.1	1.1	2.6	3.8	5.7	65.5%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	3.8	5.7	65.5%	2.0	2.9	68.3%	65.5%	67.7%	0.8	1.3	1.7%	4.9%	21.1%	112.0	1.2	1.7	1.9	7.1	2.8	0.1	0.5	1.4	0.0%	0.509	15.8%	14.0%	7.0%	12.3%	16.7%	1.00	129.0	17.0	18.8	2.5	4.1	0.167	-0.5	0.7
2024-25	26	DAL	C	57	31	0.76	-0.31	1.07	-	-	-	-	2.1	1.8	1.2	4.3	-1.4	21.5	12.3	6.8	2.7	4.1	1.4	1.2	2.7	5.0	7.1	70.2%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	5.0	7.1	70.2%	2.4	3.4	68.9%	70.2%	71.6%	0.4	1.8	0.9%	7.1%	20.3%	113.0	1.1	1.5	1.4	8.3	2.6	0.0	0.6	1.6	0.0%	0.486	19.5%	11.9%	10.2%	14.1%	17.2%	1.17	137.0	24.0	24.7	4.4	5.9	0.232	2.7	3.8
2023-24	25	WAS/DAL	C	74	66	-0.26	-0.61	0.35	-	-	-	-	3.1	2.1	1.3	3.7	-0.7	24.5	11.0	7.6	2.6	5.0	1.6	1.0	3.1	4.7	6.5	72.5%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	4.7	6.5	72.5%	1.6	2.4	67.4%	72.5%	73.1%	0.9	2.1	1.7%	7.1%	22.1%	109.0	1.9	2.5	1.6	8.8	3.7	0.1	0.6	2.3	0.0%	0.365	14.7%	11.7%	9.1%	11.4%	16.7%	1.60	145.0	36.0	21.7	5.2	7.8	0.205	0.7	2.6
2022-23	24	WAS	C	78	47	0.05	0.02	0.03	-	-	-	-	1.8	1.2	0.8	3.4	-1.5	20.6	9.0	5.6	2.1	3.5	1.1	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.1	73.2%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	3.7	5.1	73.2%	1.6	2.4	67.9%	73.2%	73.9%	0.4	1.3	1.0%	5.2%	18.0%	113.0	0.6	1.9	1.0	7.3	3.1	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0%	0.473	15.2%	15.1%	7.5%	11.7%	15.0%	1.00	135.0	22.0	19.7	4.2	6.1	0.184	0.4	1.0
2021-22	23	WAS	C	72	53	1.46	0.80	0.66	-0.31	0.37	-0.68	1.80	2.4	1.3	1.2	3.8	-1.0	20.1	9.4	5.7	2.2	3.5	0.9	0.9	2.4	4.0	5.7	69.3%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	4.0	5.7	69.5%	1.5	2.1	69.9%	69.3%	70.8%	0.4	1.4	1.0%	5.8%	19.0%	111.0	0.5	1.6	1.2	8.9	3.4	0.0	0.5	1.9	0.2%	0.372	16.7%	12.0%	7.3%	12.1%	15.6%	1.00	134.0	23.0	21.8	4.4	6.0	0.198	1.1	1.6
2020-21	22	CHI/WAS	C	54	11	-1.29	-1.90	0.61	3.85	1.81	2.04	3.08	1.9	0.8	1.4	3.3	0.5	14.6	7.0	4.3	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.9	4.2	68.4%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.9	4.2	68.4%	1.3	2.0	66.7%	68.4%	69.7%	0.5	1.4	1.5%	8.1%	18.6%	106.0	1.6	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	0.480	16.7%	13.1%	5.3%	12.9%	15.8%	0.63	133.0	27.0	22.2	2.1	3.5	0.209	0.6	2.2
2019-20	21	CHI	C	43	7	-2.99	-2.97	-0.02	-1.69	-2.62	0.93	0.33	-	0.1	-	-	-	14.2	5.1	2.5	1.2	1.3	0.5	0.7	2.3	2.2	3.1	70.1%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.2	3.1	70.1%	0.7	1.4	53.3%	70.1%	68.6%	0.3	1.3	1.0%	8.7%	10.3%	109.0	1.5	0.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	0.448	13.3%	15.3%	5.2%	9.0%	9.6%	0.71	124.0	15.0	16.2	1.1	1.9	0.146	-2.8	-1.3

Daniel Gafford

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