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Dyson Daniels

Atlanta Hawks · #5 · Plus starter
SG6'7"199 lbage 234 yrs expBendigo, VIC
2nd best of 15 on ATLworth +5.2 wins to the rotation
OFF73DEF85
Elite rebounder & perimeter defender
ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 41-41 (▲+1.7)
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2× All-DefensiveMost Improved Player

The best perimeter defender in basketball and the heartbeat of Atlanta's defense — a DPOY-vote finisher and All-Defensive pick who racked up 2.0 steals a game and sits in the 95th percentile on the perimeter, swarming ball-handlers and living in passing lanes. He's a genuine secondary playmaker too (5.9 assists, 90th-percentile passing) and finishes inside. The one glaring hole is the jumper — 18.8% from three — which lets defenses sag, but on both ends he's an elite, max-level connector.

11.9
PPG
6.8
RPG
5.9
APG
2
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 76MPG 33.2FG% 51.73P% 18.8FT% 61.5TS% 54.2USG% 16PER 15.5BPM +1.3VORP 2.1EPM +3.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding97
Perimeter defense96
Inside finishing91
Playmaking90
Rim protection79
Scoring71
Shooting51

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

2022-23 to 2025-26 · 4 seasons
9.4
PPG
5.1
RPG
4.0
APG
272
GAMES
Points 2,555Win Shares 15.8Starts 179Best season 2025-26 · 11.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons87%

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 20 → 22
▲Rising

Dyson, at 22, is on a clear upward trajectory — 2.9 → 5.1 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 7.8 wins (+2.8)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 23. Range 6.2–9.5 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.6 → +1.3+0.726-27 forecast +1.7
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +0.6 · 61 games2024-25: +1.5 · 76 games2025-26: +1.3 · 76 games2026-27: +1.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.9 → 5.1+2.226-27 forecast 7.8
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 2.9 · 61 games2024-25: 5.5 · 76 games2025-26: 5.1 · 76 games2026-27: 7.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $44.1M vs $25.0M salary+$19.1M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$25.0M salary2023-24: $6.4M · 61 games2024-25: $20.6M · 76 games2025-26: $17.5M · 76 games2026-27: $44.1M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $25,000,000 cap hit · through '30. 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
$25,000,000Guaranteed
13% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 15 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$44,120,000 /yr
Surplus+$19,120,000
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

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.