Daniel Gafford

Dallas Mavericks

Position:

C

Offensive Role:

Roll/Cut Big

Defensive Role:

Hang Back Big

Height:

6'9.25"

Positional Size:

C-

Weight:

234

Wingspan:

7'2.5"

Age:

26

Hometown:

El Dorado, AR

Daniel Gafford Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Plus Minus

	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	0.701	0 - 0	0	0.7 - 1.4	0.533	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	0.7	5.1
2021	54	14.7	2.9 - 4.2	0.684	0 - 0	0	1.3 - 2	0.667	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	0.8	7
2022	72	20.1	4 - 5.7	0.693	0 - 0	0	1.5 - 2.1	0.699	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	15	20.5 ↑	5.3 - 7.5 ↑	70.8 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 –	1.9 - 2.8 ↑	66.7 ↓	6.5 ↑	1 –	0.4 ↓	1.2 ↓	3 ↑	0.9 –	12.5 ↑
Career	336	19.6	3.7 - 5.2	71.1	0 - 0	0.0	1.4 - 2.2	66.8	5.5	1	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.9	8.9

	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2020	609	68.6		44.8	29.7	1	16.4	1.5	3.1		0.2	0.1
2021	791	69.7		48	37.9	1.6	20.3	1.4	4.6	21	1.6	0.8
2022	1444	70.8	0.2	37.2	19	1.7	21.6	2.6	4.1	14	2.4	1.3
2023	1604	73.9		47.3	20.4	1.6	20.2	2.8	3.5	3	2.1	1.2
2024	1815	73.1		36.5	21.9	1.6	20.9	3.4	3.8	4	3.54	2.1
2025	308	71.5		37.2	21.1	2.3	26.7	2.3	0.6	4	0.59	0.5

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	308	0.6 82%	0.8 74%	1.4 84%	0.1	0.5	0.6	-0.5	0.9	0.4	3.6	0.2	3.8

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	72.4%	99
SQ	21.5	7
FTr	36.8%	88
3PAr	0%	1
ORB	1.5	92
cTOV	8.7%	35
Load	23.5	44
Creation	1.9	41
Portability	2.4	30
Passer Rating	2.9	31
CraftedOPM	0.3	78

Stat	Value
Deflections	2.5	68
raDTOV	-0.1	38
DRB	-1.5	20
Rim Defense	-7.3	86
Rim Frequency	45.2	91
BLKpct	6.4	97
Versatility	4	11
rPF	2	5
CraftedDPM	1.2	82

*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 308 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Trayce Jackson-Davis	91
2	Clint Capela	90
3	Onyeka Okongwu	90
4	Isaiah Jackson	88
5	Dereck Lively II	88
6	Ivica Zubac	88
7	Jakob Pöltl	88
8	Jarrett Allen	88
9	Isaiah Hartenstein	86
10	Neemias Queta	86

defense

	Player	Score
1	Paul Reed	86
2	Zeke Nnaji	85
3	Dominick Barlow	84
4	Charles Bassey	84
5	Drew Eubanks	83
6	Jaren Jackson Jr.	83
7	Jonathan Mogbo	83
8	Isaiah Jackson	82
9	Dereck Lively II	82
10	Keon Ellis	82

overall

	Player	Score
1	Dereck Lively II	87
2	Isaiah Jackson	86
3	Trayce Jackson-Davis	86
4	Clint Capela	85
5	Onyeka Okongwu	85
6	Paul Reed	85
7	Goga Bitadze	84
8	Drew Eubanks	83
9	Neemias Queta	83
10	Charles Bassey	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.