Daniel Gafford Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — DAL 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 14

Gafford is 115th in the site's Player Rankings, at +0.1 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 124th last season, and his rebounds have fallen the most, to 11.6 per 100 possessions from 14.5.

He's averaging 9.2 points a game, about what he scored last season (9.5), and his true shooting is 73.5%, up from 67.7%.

He has 15.4% of the Mavericks' assists while he's on the floor, up from 9.5% last season. Kyrie Irving finishes the most of them.

Last night at Cleveland

The Cavaliers beat the Mavericks 127-117.Box score

He had 10 points on 4 for 5 shooting, 1 assist and 3 rebounds in 17 minutes.

Tonight at Boston

Last time, Feb. 3: 10 points on 4 for 5 shooting, 1 assist and 12 rebounds in a 110-100 loss.
In 12 games against the Celtics, he has averaged 5.4 points, 0.9 assists and 5.3 rebounds.
Of the Celtics, Mitchell Robinson has guarded him the most in their careers: 235 possessions over 11 games. Gafford has 24 points on 9 for 12 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.

His passing

10.1

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays, from 5.3 last season

Finishing them: Kyrie Irving 9, Cooper Flagg 5, P.J. Washington 3.
42% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	69.7%	79.7%	80.4%	69.8%
Rest of the paint	22.7%	18.4%	46.7%	50.0%
Midrange	4.5%	1.9%	33.3%	33.3%
Corner threes	1.5%	0.0%	100.0%
Threes above the break	1.5%	0.0%	100.0%

He takes 51.5 free throws per 100 shots, from 50.9 last season.

His work inside

He's grabbing 8.8 rebounds per 36 minutes, 44th among the 227 players with 200 minutes, and 3.5 on the offensive glass, 19th.
He's blocking 2.9 shots per 36 minutes, fourth.

What changed from last season

His shots have moved away from the basket: fewer at the rim, 69.7%, down from 79.7%, and more in the paint away from the rim, 22.7%, up from 18.4%. More of his shots are going in: he's making 70.3% of his twos, up from 65.5%, with more falling at the rim (80.4%, up from 69.8%).

With him on the floor

The Mavericks have outscored teams by 3.2 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 117.2 to 114.1, with garbage time left out. They're minus 1.3 overall.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

Nov. 14, a 127-117 loss at Cleveland

Daniel Gafford

1-2 FT16:45 min

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His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 9.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 12 regular-season games.

Shot making: 9 points from the field on 5 shots3.1 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made an alley oop dunk2nd quarter, 7:08 leftchance to win 28% to 32%
Rating: Performance Score +1.5+0.07 wins added85.0% true shooting16.2% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 13 games

The players he guarded scored 12.1 more points per 100 possessions than their usual, 9th worst among the 326 defenders with 150 possessions (488 possessions).
Best game: 18 points and 3 blocks against Brooklyn on Nov. 8, +8.0.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

+0.1

points per 100 possessions against an average player, from this season’s lineup data

115th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 39th to 220th.
Offense −0.8 (185th), defense +1.0 (44th).
0.4 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely −0.1 to 0.8, 110th in the league.
The Mavericks are 4.3 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (585 and 747 possessions).
13 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 92% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +0.7, 92nd.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Gafford leads the Mavericks in alley oops since 2025-26: 51 tries, 42 made.

He leads the Mavericks in putbacks since 2025-26: 84 tries, 61 made.

Career

8 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2019-20CHI	CHI	43	14.2	5.1	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.7	.701	0.0	–	.533	.686	−0.7
2020-212 teams	2 teams	54	14.7	7.0	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	.684	0.0	–	.667	.697	+0.9
CHI	CHI	31	12.4	4.7	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.7	.690	0.0	–	.659	.700	−0.4
WAS	WAS	23	17.8	10.1	5.6	0.5	0.7	1.8	0.8	.681	0.0	–	.672	.696	+2.7
2021-22WAS	WAS	72	20.1	9.4	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	0.9	.693	0.0	.000	.699	.708	−2.9
2022-23WAS	WAS	78	20.6	9.0	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	.732	0.0	–	.679	.739	−1.1
2023-242 teams	2 teams	74	24.5	11.0	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	1.0	.725	0.0	–	.674	.731	−1.4
WAS	WAS	45	26.5	10.9	8.0	1.5	1.0	2.2	1.0	.690	0.0	–	.706	.707	−4.1
DAL	DAL	29	21.5	11.2	6.9	1.6	0.7	1.9	1.0	.780	0.0	–	.607	.769	+2.9
2024-25DAL	DAL	57	21.5	12.3	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.2	.702	0.0	–	.689	.716	+0.6
2025-26DAL	DAL	55	21.7	9.5	6.9	1.1	0.8	1.3	1.1	.655	0.0	–	.683	.677	−3.4
2026-27so farDAL, so far	DAL	13	21.1	9.2	5.2	1.8	0.6	1.7	1.3	.712	0.2	100	.676	.735	+0.7
NBA rank			174th	152nd	85th	150th	171st	6th					106th		117th
Career8 seasons	8 seasons	446	20.1	9.3	5.8	1.1	0.5	1.5	1.0	.702	0.0	.667	.674	.713	−1.2

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 477 games

Best game+24.231 points, 15 rebounds and 7 blocks on 12 for 15 shooting at Charlotte, Jan. 20, 2025The story Best four games+37.619.0 points a game, Jan. 20 to 25, 2025The story

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Gafford	NBA avg
Paint	73.9%	41.2%
Mid-range	1.7%	6.3%
Threes	5.0%	35.2%
Free throws	19.4%	17.2%
Fast break	5.9%	12.7%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 14	@ CLE	L117–127	16:45	10	3	1	0	0	4–5	1–1	1–2	1	2	−11
Nov 12	@ MIN	L94–133	16:20	3	3	1	0	2	1–2	0–0	1–2	1	2	−17
Nov 9	vs IND	W125–122	19:36	8	2	3	1	0	2–3	0–0	4–5	0	4	+15
Nov 8	vs BKN	W130–93	19:08	18	5	2	0	3	7–8	0–0	4–6	1	4	+13
Nov 6	vs UTA	W112–100

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	42–58	87.9%	38.9%	72.4%	59.1%
8–16 ft	3–5	7.6%	13.4%	60.0%	43.9%
16–24 ft	0–1	1.5%	4.6%	0.0%	39.0%
24+ ft	2–2	3.0%	43.1%	100.0%	35.1%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.0	220th
Contested shots	6.8	26th
Twos contested	5.5	18th
Threes contested	1.3	142nd
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	0.1	252nd
Box outs	1.7	21st
Screen assists	2.9	14th
Points from screen assists	6.4	16th

Per game	Gafford	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.60	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.42	4.43
Touches	30.4	38.0
Passes	22.5	29.0
Potential assists	3.5	4.9

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	7	12.9	6.0	1.7	81.4%	100.0%	76.0%	83.3%	+3.4
Away	6	4.8	4.2	2.0	52.2%	100.0%	44.4%	53.8%	−2.5
Result

Unassisted makes	31.9%	34.8%

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 30, 2026	5	2-2	30.1
Oct. 21, 2026	0	0-0	9.1
Jan. 31, 2026	2	1-3	11.7
Jan. 3, 2026	0	0-0	3.9
Nov. 3, 2025	0	0-1	7.4
Nov. 25, 2024	2	1-1	17.9
April 4, 2024	2	1-1	22.8
Jan. 13, 2024	2	1-1	41.6
Dec. 31, 2023	8	2-3	47.0
Nov. 25, 2023	4	2-4	31.6
April 5, 2023	8

Usage rate	14.5%	209th
Assist rate	12.1%	153rd
Assists per turnover	1.41	172nd
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	14.3	240th
Offensive rating	116.6	63rd
Defensive rating	112.9	171st
Net rating	+3.7	102nd
Offensive rebound rate	9.9%	28th
Defensive rebound rate	13.8%	97th
Effective FG%	72.7%
Fouls drawn a game	2.8	76th

Zone	Gafford	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	69.7%	27.7%	80.4%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	22.7%	19.0%	46.7%	44.4%
Mid-range	4.5%	10.2%	33.3%	40.0%
Corner three	1.5%	11.7%	100.0%	36.1%
Above-break three	1.5%	31.4%	100.0%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 14	@ CLE	L117–127	16:45	10	3	1	4–5	1–1	1–2	1	−11
Nov 12	@ MIN	L94–133	16:20	3	3	1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1	−17
Nov 9	vs IND	W125–122	19:36	8	2	3	2–3	0–0	4–5	0	+15
Nov 8	vs BKN	W130–93	19:08	18	5	2	7–8	0–0	4–6	1	+13
Nov 6	vs UTA	W112–100	18:17	7	1	1	2–2	0–0	3–3	1

Dunks	16–18	27.3%	5.8%	88.9%	88.4%
Layups	19–30	45.5%	25.7%	63.3%	56.0%
Floaters	3–4	6.1%	8.8%	75.0%	45.3%
Hooks	3–6	9.1%	2.1%	50.0%	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	0–0	0.0%	13.7%	—	37.6%
Step-backs	0–0	0.0%	5.2%	—	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	3–3	4.5%	5.2%	100.0%	40.3%
Other jump shots	3–5	7.6%	33.5%	60.0%	36.2%

Dunks

16–18

27.3%

5.8%

88.9%

88.4%

Layups

19–30

45.5%

25.7%

63.3%

56.0%

Floaters

3–4

6.1%

8.8%

75.0%

45.3%

Hooks

3–6

9.1%

2.1%

50.0%

47.5%

Pull-up jumpers

0–0

0.0%

13.7%

—

37.6%

Step-backs

0–0

0.0%

5.2%

—

37.9%

Turnarounds and fadeaways

3–3

4.5%

5.2%

100.0%

40.3%

Other jump shots

3–5

7.6%

33.5%

60.0%

36.2%

Secondary assists	0.0	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	5.8	2.6

Defensive rebound chances	7.6	5.9

Stat	Gafford	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	4.9	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	57.6%	64.4%

Games	Min	Pts	FG	FG%	3P	FT	+/−
3	6.1	4	1–1	100.0%	0–0	2–2	+8

Wins	7	10.0	5.4	2.6	78.8%	100.0%	73.9%	81.2%	+7.7

Losses	6	8.2	4.8	1.0	63.6%	100.0%	54.5%	64.7%	−7.5

Month
Oct	6	8.5	7.0	2.5	70.0%	100.0%	61.5%	71.4%	+4.8
Nov	7	9.7	3.6	1.3	72.2%	100.0%	71.4%	75.2%	−2.9

Month

Oct

8.5

7.0

2.5

70.0%

100.0%

61.5%

71.4%

+4.8

Nov

9.7

3.6

1.3

72.2%

100.0%

71.4%

75.2%

−2.9

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Jan. 3, 2025	3	1-1	14.4
Feb. 27, 2024	0	0-0	3.3
Feb. 7, 2024	10	5-9	54.2
Jan. 5, 2024	2	0-1	38.1
Jan. 3, 2024	6	3-5	26.7
Feb. 6, 2023	4	2-3	32.2
Feb. 26, 2022	6	3-5	25.3
Dec. 3, 2021	2	1-2	34.2
Nov. 10, 2021	0	0-1	22.8
May 14, 2021	2	0-1	19.4
April 30, 2021	6	3-3	11.1
April 25, 2021	6	3-5	29.9
March 24, 2021	2	1-1	6.4
March 8, 2020	0	0-0	10.6

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 5, 2026	0	0-0	9.3
Jan. 24, 2026	0	0-1	6.5
Nov. 28, 2025	0	0-1	6.7
Jan. 9, 2025	0	0-0	1.1
Dec. 28, 2024	9	3-4	31.0
Dec. 23, 2024	7	2-2	16.3
Dec. 1, 2024	5	2-3	28.4
Dec. 21, 2023	6	3-5	41.1
Dec. 28, 2022	8	4-4	32.2
Dec. 20, 2022	3	1-2	22.4
Feb. 5, 2022	2	1-1	5.1
Dec. 16, 2021	0	0-1	19.1
April 10, 2021	1	0-1	11.9
Feb. 22, 2020	3	1-1	36.0

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 12, 2026	2	1-3	21.8
March 30, 2026	8	4-5	19.6
Feb. 20, 2026	3	1-2	24.1
Jan. 28, 2026	0	0-1	22.1
Jan. 22, 2025	2	0-0	29.6
Dec. 25, 2024	0	0-0	10.1
Oct. 29, 2024	0	0-1	23.1
May 30, 2024	2	1-2	15.4
May 28, 2024	0	0-1	39.7
May 26, 2024	0	0-0	22.1
May 24, 2024	2	1-2	26.5
May 22, 2024	2	1-2	28.3
Jan. 24, 2024	8	2-4	33.8
Feb. 16, 2023	2	1-3	17.5
Nov. 28, 2022	9	3-3	20.6
Dec. 18, 2021	0	0-0	33.8
Dec. 11, 2021	2	1-1	26.7
April 12, 2021	0	0-0	13.7
March 22, 2021	6	3-3	10.5
Jan. 2, 2020	5	2-3	13.0

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Jan. 3, 2025	0	0-2	13.1
Feb. 27, 2024	2	0-0	6.4
Feb. 7, 2024	7	3-7	53.8
Jan. 5, 2024	8	4-5	39.2
Jan. 3, 2024	4	1-2	28.6
Feb. 6, 2023	6	3-3	31.7
Feb. 26, 2022	2	1-1	27.2
Dec. 3, 2021	10	5-5	33.7
Nov. 10, 2021	4	2-6	25.6
May 14, 2021	2	1-2	17.1
April 30, 2021	0	0-2	14.2
April 25, 2021	4	2-4	29.3
March 24, 2021

Daniel Gafford

Inside his season

Last night at Cleveland

Tonight at Boston

His passing

Where his shots come from

His work inside

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

By shot type

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Career bests

His season

Impact

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Advanced

Shot profile

Last 10 games

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

His last game

His game

Inside his season

Last night at Cleveland

Tonight at Boston

His passing

Where his shots come from

His work inside

What changed from last season

With him on the floor