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Daniel Gafford

Dallas Mavericks

Birthdate:

10/1/1998 (27)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Rim Protector

Height:

6'9"

Weight:

234

Wingspan:

7'3"

Positional Size:

C

Hometown:

El Dorado, AR

Daniel Gafford Stats

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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
2026	15	22.9 ↑	3.3 - 5.5 ↓	61.0 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 –	2.3 - 2.9 ↑	79.1 ↑	6.4 ↑	1.3 ↑	0.9 ↑	1.4 ↓	2.7 ↑	1.4 ↑	8.9 ↓
Career	393	19.9	3.8 - 5.4	70.6	0 - 0	0.0	1.6 - 2.3	67.8	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	1	9.2

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
2026	343	66.4		52.4	38.6	1.3	19.4	28	2.2	4	0.55	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
2026	343	-0.8 47%	1.5 89%	0.8 77%	-0.6	0.8	0.2	-0.2	1	0.7	-2.1	2.3	0.2

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	69.3%	98
SQ	31.2	13
FTr	50.3%	97
3PAr	0%	1
ORB	2.8	94
cTOV	12.1%	9
Load	23.4	38
Creation	1.9	34
Portability	2.4	28
Passer Rating	27.5	22
CraftedOPM	0.1	74

Stat	Value
Deflections	4.7	91
raDTOV	-0.7	8
DRB	-1.2	25
Rim Defense	-8.4	82
Rim Frequency	47.5	93
BLKpct	6.5	98
Versatility	5.7	16
rPF	1.6	7
CraftedDPM	1.2	83

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 343 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

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1	Walker Kessler	92
2	Mitchell Robinson	91
3	Rudy Gobert	91
4	Jakob Poeltl	89
5	Moussa Diabaté	89
6	Isaiah Jackson	87
7	Jalen Duren	87
8	Dereck Lively II	86
9	Jarrett Allen	86
10	Neemias Queta	85

defense

	Player	Score
1	Adem Bona	82
2	Day'Ron Sharpe	81
3	Oso Ighodaro	81
4	Dwight Powell	80
5	Charles Bassey	80
6	Brook Lopez	80
7	Paul Reed	80
8	Walker Kessler	80
9	Asa Newell	80
10	Tristan Vukcevic	80

overall

	Player	Score
1	Walker Kessler	88
2	Mitchell Robinson	86
3	Jakob Poeltl	85
4	Day'Ron Sharpe	84
5	Moussa Diabaté	83
6	Adem Bona	83
7	Charles Bassey	82
8	Goga Bitadze	82
9	Jalen Duren	82
10	Mark Williams	81

*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.