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Darius Garland★

Los Angeles Clippers · #10 · Plus starter
PG6'1"192 lbage 267 yrs expVanderbiltGary, IN
2nd best of 13 on LACworth +4.5 wins to the rotation
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High-level shooter & scorer
LAC
Los Angeles Clippers
Western · Pacific · proj. 42-40 (▲+0.9)
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2× All-Star

A silky lead guard and shotmaker who split last season between two teams while battling injury, averaging 18.8 points and 6.7 assists on 39.6% from deep and 86.1% at the line. The playmaking and pull-up shooting are elite, but he's a small, turnover-prone defender who offers nothing on the glass or at the rim.

18.8
PPG
2.4
RPG
6.7
APG
1
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 45MPG 29.9FG% 463P% 39.6FT% 86.1TS% 58.2USG% 27.4PER 17.1BPM -0.2VORP 0.6EPM +2.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting89
Scoring87
Playmaking87
Inside finishing72
Perimeter defense63
Rim protection62
Rebounding52

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2019-20 to 2025-26 · 7 seasons
18.9
PPG
2.6
RPG
6.7
APG
427
GAMES
Points 8,049Win Shares 27.1Starts 421Best season 2024-25 · 20.6 ppg
Games played, last three seasons72%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 24 → 26
▬Steady

Darius, at 26, has held steady — 2.1 → 2.3 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 6.7 wins (+4.4)
Assumes a normal season; he played 45 games last year. Range 3.7–9.7 wins.
Production (BPM)-1.0 → -0.2+0.826-27 forecast +1.0
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -1.0 · 57 games2024-25: +3.1 · 75 games2025-26: -0.2 · 45 games2026-27: +1.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.1 → 2.3+0.226-27 forecast 6.7
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.1 · 57 games2024-25: 6.8 · 75 games2025-26: 2.3 · 45 games2026-27: 6.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $35.4M vs $42.2M salary−$6.7M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$42.2M salary2023-24: $4.7M · 57 games2024-25: $35.8M · 75 games2025-26: $5.0M · 45 games2026-27: $35.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $42,166,510 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$42,166,510Guaranteed
22% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 17 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$35,436,000 /yr
Surplus−$6,730,510
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.