54.9 score · 91% MPG role factor
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Player profile · CHI / DAL / WAS
Daniel Gafford
Daniel Gafford advanced stats and career rankings
RoleC · Age 27
Availability55 games · 44 starts
Workload21.7 MPG · 1,195 minutes
Relative impactDAL #3 of 13 · C #35 of 72
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
20.0 total value · 395 qualified players
52.3 all-time composite · 7 seasons
Low ranking precision · Likely rank #49–#328
Bottom line · 2025–26
In 2025–26, Daniel Gafford ranked 137th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 127th, led by strong scoring efficiency. With only about 1,200 minutes, he finished in the 64th percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Daniel Gafford's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
65
54.9Season Value
64
20.0Scoring role
Usage
29
15.8%True shooting
96
67.7%3-point attempt rate
1
0.0%Free-throw rate
96
50.9%Creation and control
Assist rate
10
7.0%Turnover avoidance
27
14.0%Possession stats
Rebound rate
91
16.7%Steal rate
57
1.7%Block rate
94
4.9%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
28
−0.57Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
58
+0.34Workload
Minutes per game
43
21.7Games played
34
55Total minutes
41
1,195Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.
Every season
Daniel Gafford advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26live model | DAL | 27 | 55 | 1,195 | +0.71 | 54.9 | #137 | 20.0 | 64th | Established |
| 2024–25 | DAL | 26 | 57 | 1,226 | +3.33 | 92.8 | #29 | 135.0 | 83rd | Strong |
| 2023–24 | DAL/WAS | 25 | 74 | 1,815 | +3.26 | 92.4 | #29 | 202.3 | 89th | Strong |
| 2022–23 | WAS | 24 | 78 | 1,604 | +1.33 | 78.8 | #81 | 109.6 | 76th | Strong |
| 2021–22 | WAS | 23 | 72 | 1,444 | +2.07 | 83.6 | #64 | 118.8 | 80th | Strong |
| 2020–21 | CHI/WAS | 22 | 54 | 791 | +2.26 | 84.8 | #57 | 71.4 | 69th | Established |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | CHI | 21 | 43 | 609 | -0.66 | 45.2 | #194 | 17.0 | 37th | Established |
Career movement
Daniel Gafford's career impact by season
Peak +3.33 in 2024–25 · 7 seasons · 8,684 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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93% season match · 2024–25 ↔ 2019–20Why this rank?
Why Daniel Gafford ranks #137
The current model starts with box production, checks it against multi-season lineup evidence, caps that correction, then accounts for how many minutes the player was trusted to play each game.
Prior rank #127
Current total -0.73 ±1.0
Split model · O -0.57 · D +0.34 = -0.23
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
57.9 unadjusted · 91% role factor · rank #137
RAPM estimates lineup impact while controlling for the other nine players on the floor. The multi-season blend, current total model, and current offensive/defensive split are separate estimates, so they need not equal one another. hussEyquation uses the multi-season signal as a bounded correction, not as a standalone verdict.
What the point estimate meansLow precision
The model's 80% impact interval is -1.46 to +3.07. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 3%
- Top 50 chance
- 11%
- Top 100 chance
- 28%
- 80% rank range
- #49–#328
Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played. The career ranking rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →