Introducing Membership: Everything you need. All in one place.

Home PlayersDaniel Gafford

Daniel Gafford

Dallas Mavericks

Birthdate:

10/1/1998 (28)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Rim Protector

Height:

6'9.25"

Weight:

234

Wingspan:

7'2.5"

Positional Size:

C

Hometown:

El Dorado, AR

Daniel Gafford Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Per 36
Plus Minus

Season	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2020	43	14.2	2.2 - 3.1	70.1	0 - 0	0	0.7 - 1.4	53.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	0.7	5.1
2021	54	14.7	2.9 - 4.2	68.4	0 - 0	0	1.3 - 2	66.7	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	0.8	7
2022	72	20.1	4 - 5.7	69.3	0 - 0	0	1.5 - 2.1	69.9	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.4	0.9	9.4
2023	78	20.6	3.7 - 5.1	73.2	0 - 0	0	1.6 - 2.4	67.9	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	2.4	1.1	9
2024	74	24.5	4.7 - 6.5	72.5	0 - 0	0	1.6 - 2.4	67.4	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	3.1	1	11
2025	57	21.5	5 - 7.1	70.2	0 - 0	0	2.4 - 3.4	68.9	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.7	1.2	12.3
2025	7	23.8 ↑	4.3 - 5.7 ↑	75.0 ↑	0.1 - 0.1 ↑	100.0 ↑	1.4 - 2.1 ↓	66.7 ↓	7 ↑	2.1 ↑	0.9 ↑	1.9 ↑	3.4 ↑	1.6 ↑	10.1 ↑
Career	440	20.1	3.8 - 5.5	70.3	0 - 0	50.0	1.6 - 2.4	67.4	5.8	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	1	9.3

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2020	609	68.6		44.8	29.7	1	16.4	15	3.1		0.2	0.1
2021	791	69.7		48	37.9	1.6	20.3	14	4.6	21	1.6	0.8
2022	1444	70.8	0.2	37.2	19	1.7	21.6	26	4.1	14	2.4	1.3
2023	1604	73.9		47.3	20.4	1.6	20.2	28	3.5	3	2.1	1.2
2024	1815	73.1		36.5	21.9	1.6	20.9	34	3.8	4	3.54	2.1
2025	1226	71.6		48.6	25.4	2.3	26.6	27	1.9	8	2.56	1.8
2025	167	71.4	3.3	43.3		2.4	22.9	56	2.7	6.7	0.21	0.2

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2020	609	-2.7	1.2	-1.5							-2.8	1.5	-1.3
2021	791	0.1	1.7	1.8							0.6	1.6	2.2
2022	1444	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	-0.1	0.2				1.1	0.5	1.6
2023	1604	-0.1	0.6	0.4	-0.8	0.3	-0.5				0.4	0.6	1
2024	1815	0	1.5	1.5	-0.3	1.3	1	-0.5	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.9	2.6
2025	1226	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.3	2.7	1.1	3.8
2025	167	-1.3 11%	2 94%	0.6 73%	-1.4	1.5	0.1	-0.7	0.9	0.2	-0.1	2.8	2.7

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	72.7%	99
SQ	16.4	11
FTr	38.2%	85
3PAr	0.8%	9
ORB	2.2	95
cTOV	10.5%	22
Load	21.4	25
Creation	1.8	30
Portability	3.5	37
Passer Rating	16.6	55
CraftedOPM	-0.3	50

Stat	Value
Deflections	2.9	74
raDTOV	-0.3	20
DRB	-1.7	20
Rim Defense	-10.1	90
Rim Frequency	47.8	96
BLKpct	6.8	98
Versatility	4.7	8
rPF	1.6	5
CraftedDPM	1.6	87

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 167 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

Similar Players

Compare to Another Player

offense

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	90
2	Isaiah Hartenstein	89
3	Ivica Zubac	89
4	Trayce Jackson-Davis	89
5	Dereck Lively II	89
6	Clint Capela	89
7	Jalen Duren	89
8	Neemias Queta	88
9	Kevon Looney	88
10	Goga Bitadze	88

defense

	Player	Score
1	Charles Bassey	84
2	Goga Bitadze	84
3	Jaren Jackson Jr.	83
4	Adem Bona	83
5	Isaiah Jackson	81
6	Isaiah Hartenstein	80
7	Jakob Poeltl	80
8	Moussa Diabaté	80
9	Jay Huff	80
10	Paul Reed	80

overall

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	87
2	Goga Bitadze	87
3	Isaiah Hartenstein	86
4	Trayce Jackson-Davis	85
5	Charles Bassey	84
6	Moussa Diabaté	84
7	Clint Capela	84
8	Day'Ron Sharpe	83
9	Paul Reed	83
10	Neemias Queta	82

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.