Daniel Gafford

DAL

Position:

C

Offensive Role:

Roll/Cut Big

Defensive Role:

Rim Protector

Height:

6'9.25"

Positional Size:

C

Weight:

234

Wingspan:

7'2.5"

Age:

27

Hometown:

El Dorado, AR

Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Plus Minus

	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2020	43	14.2	2.2 - 3.1	70.1	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	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	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	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	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	2.4 - 3.4	68.9	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.7	1.2	12.3
2024	54	21.8	3.8 - 5.8	0.657	0 - 0	2 - 2.9	0.682	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.6	1.2	9.6
Career	433	20.1	3.8 - 5.5	0.702	0 - 0	1.6 - 2.4	0.674	5.8	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	1	9.3

	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2020	68.6		44.8	29.7	1	16.4	15	3.1		0.2	0.1
2021	69.7		48	37.9	1.6	20.3	14	4.6	21	1.6	0.8
2022	70.8	0.2	37.2	19	1.7	21.6	26	4.1	14	2.4	1.3
2023	73.9		47.3	20.4	1.6	20.2	28	3.5	3	2.1	1.2
2024	73.1		36.5	21.9	1.6	20.9	34	3.8	4	3.54	2.1
2025	71.6		48.6	25.4	2.3	26.6	27	1.9	8	2.56	1.8
2024	67.7		50.9	26.5	1.5	20.4	20	1.6	6.7	1.7	0.8

Season	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2020	-2.7	1.2	-1.5							-2.8	1.5	-1.3
2021	0.1	1.7	1.8							0.6	1.6	2.2
2022	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	-0.1	0.2				1.1	0.5	1.6
2023	-0.1	0.6	0.4	-0.8	0.3	-0.5				0.4	0.6	1
2024	0	1.5	1.5	-0.3	1.3	1	-0.5	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.9	2.6
2025	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.3	2.7	1.1	3.8
2024	-1.2 35%	1.6 89%	0.4 72%	-1.4	1.5	0.1	-0.7	0.9	0.2	-0.5	1.2	0.7

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	67.7%	95
SQ	26.5	11
FTr	50.9%	94
3PAr	null%	0
ORB	6.9	94
cTOV	12.3%	9
Load	20.4	17
Creation	1.5	23
Portability	1.6	18
Passer Rating	20	8
CraftedOPM	-1.2	37

Stat	Value
Deflections	4.7	90
raDTOV	-0.7	7
DRB	23	23
Rim Defense	-9.9	91
Rim Frequency	47.5	93
BLKpct	5.8	96
Versatility	6.7	15
rPF	1.4	16
CraftedDPM	1.6	88

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*based on 1195 minutes played during the 2023-24 season and compared to all other players who played > 100 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Rudy Gobert	94
2	Charles Bassey	93
3	Deandre Ayton	92
4	Mitchell Robinson	91
5	DeAndre Jordan	90
6	Zach Edey	89
7	Mark Williams	88
8	Adem Bona	88
9	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	88
10	Ryan Kalkbrenner	88

defense

	Player	Score
1	Kristaps Porziņģis	89
2	Paul Reed	88
3	Jay Huff	86
4	Christian Koloko	85
5	Jaren Jackson Jr.	85
6	Charles Bassey	84
7	Walker Kessler	84
8	Ariel Hukporti	84
9	Oso Ighodaro	84
10	Isaiah Stewart	83

overall

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	86
2	Mitchell Robinson	84
3	Adem Bona	84
4	Ariel Hukporti	84
5	Oso Ighodaro	84
6	Ryan Kalkbrenner	84
7	Isaiah Stewart	83
8	Goga Bitadze	83
9	Paul Reed	83
10	Rudy Gobert	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.