Daniel Gafford

Seasons 2019-20–2025-26 · 7 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1998

Player info

Nickname	The Landlord
Position	C
Number	#21 (also #12)
Team	Dallas Mavericks
Height	6-10
Weight	265 lb
Born	1998-10-01 (age 27)
College	Arkansas
Drafted	2019 · Round 2, Pick 38 · Chicago Bulls
Seasons	2019-20–2025-26 (7)

Career averages

9.3 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.1 APG · 433 games · .702 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2019-20	CHI	21	43	14.2	.701	—	.533	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	5.1	16.2	.686
2020-21	2TM	22	54	14.6	.684	—	.667	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.4	7.0	22.2	.697
	CHI	22	31	12.4	.690	—	.659	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	4.7	18.8	.700
	WAS	22	23	17.7	.681	—	.672	5.6	0.5	0.7	1.8	10.1	25.4	.696
2021-22	WAS	23	72	20.1	.693	0.000	.699	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	9.4	21.8	.708
2022-23	WAS	24	78	20.6	.732	—	.679	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	9.0	19.7	.739
2023-24	2TM	25	74	24.5	.725	—	.674	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	11.0	21.7	.731
	WAS	25	45	26.5	.690	—	.706	8.0	1.5	1.0	2.2	10.9	19.9	.707
	DAL	25	29	21.5	.780	—	.607	6.9	1.6	0.7	1.9	11.2	25.0	.769
2024-25	DAL	26	57	21.5	.702	—	.689	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	12.3	24.7	.716
2025-26	DAL	27	55	21.7	.655	—	.683	6.9	1.1	0.8	1.3	9.5	18.8	.677

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2019-20	CHI	43	7	609	94	134	.701	0	32	60	106	21	13	56	29	220
2020-21	2TM	54	11	791	154	225	.684	0	72	108	231	29	26	75	41	380
	CHI	31	11	383	60	87	.690	0	27	41	103	17	11	34	22	147
	WAS	23	0	408	94	138	.681	0	45	67	128	12	15	41	19	233
2021-22	WAS	72	53	1,444	285	411	.693	1	107	153	407	68	30	99	65	677
2022-23	WAS	78	47	1,604	289	395	.732	0	127	187	433	84	33	99	85	705
2023-24	2TM	74	66	1,815	348	480	.725	0	118	175	562	115	65	153	74	814
	WAS	45	45	1,192	203	294	.690	0	84	119	361	69	44	97	46	490
	DAL	29	21	623	145	186	.780	0	34	56	201	46	21	56	28	324
2024-25	DAL	57	31	1,226	283	403	.702	0	135	196	388	80	23	102	66	701
2025-26	DAL	55	44	1,195	207	316	.655	0	110	161	378	58	42	69	63	524
Career		433	—	—	1,660	2,364	.702	1	701	1040	2505	455	232	653	423	4,021

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2019-20	CHI	43	14.2	5.6	7.9	.701	1.9	3.5	6.3	1.2	0.8	3.3	1.7	13.0
2020-21	2TM	54	14.6	7.0	10.2	.684	3.3	4.9	10.5	1.3	1.2	3.4	1.9	17.3
	CHI	31	12.4	5.6	8.2	.690	2.5	3.9	9.7	1.6	1.0	3.2	2.1	13.8
	WAS	23	17.7	8.3	12.2	.681	4.0	5.9	11.3	1.1	1.3	3.6	1.7	20.6
2021-22	WAS	72	20.1	7.1	10.2	.693	2.7	3.8	10.1	1.7	0.7	2.5	1.6	16.9
2022-23	WAS	78	20.6	6.5	8.9	.732	2.9	4.2	9.7	1.9	0.7	2.2	1.9	15.8
2023-24	2TM	74	24.5	6.9	9.5	.725	2.3	3.5	11.1	2.3	1.3	3.0	1.5	16.1
	WAS	45	26.5	6.1	8.9	.690	2.5	3.6	10.9	2.1	1.3	2.9	1.4	14.8
	DAL	29	21.5	8.4	10.7	.780	2.0	3.2	11.6	2.7	1.2	3.2	1.6	18.7
2024-25	DAL	57	21.5	8.3	11.8	.702	4.0	5.8	11.4	2.3	0.7	3.0	1.9	20.6
2025-26	DAL	55	21.7	6.2	9.5	.655	3.3	4.9	11.4	1.7	1.3	2.1	1.9	15.8

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2019-20	CHI	43	609	16.2	.686	13.3	1.1	0.8	1.9	.146	-2.8	+1.5	-1.3	+0.1
2020-21	2TM	54	791	22.2	.697	16.7	2.1	1.3	3.5	.209	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+0.8
	CHI	31	383	18.8	.700	14.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	.182	-1.4	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2
	WAS	23	408	25.4	.696	18.9	1.3	0.7	2.0	.235	+2.5	+1.6	+4.0	+0.6
2021-22	WAS	72	1,444	21.8	.708	16.7	4.4	1.6	6.0	.198	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	+1.3
2022-23	WAS	78	1,604	19.7	.739	15.2	4.2	1.9	6.1	.184	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+1.2
2023-24	2TM	74	1,815	21.7	.731	14.7	5.2	2.5	7.8	.205	+0.7	+1.9	+2.6	+2.1
	WAS	45	1,192	19.9	.707	13.9	3.0	1.4	4.4	.178	-0.2	+1.1	+0.9	+0.9
	DAL	29	623	25.0	.769	16.4	2.2	1.1	3.3	.257	+2.5	+3.4	+5.9	+1.3
2024-25	DAL	57	1,226	24.7	.716	19.5	4.4	1.5	5.9	.232	+2.7	+1.1	+3.8	+1.8
2025-26	DAL	55	1,195	18.8	.677	15.8	2.5	1.7	4.1	.167	-0.5	+1.2	+0.7	+0.8
Career		433	—	—	—	—	—	—	35.3	—	—	—	—	+8.1

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2020-21	5	23.0	11.8	5.8	0.6	1.0	2.0	.846	—	.807
2023-24	22	19.8	9.0	5.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	.634	—	.650
Career	27	20.4	9.5	5.6	0.7	0.4	1.6	.671	—	.680

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Game log — 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	+/−
2025-11-01	@ DET	L 110–122	17	7	4	3	0	0	2-3	0-0	+1
2025-11-03	@ HOU	L 102–110	25	14	4	1	2	3	7-9	0-0	+1
2025-11-05	vs NOP	L 99–101	24	15	8	0	2	2	6-8	0-0	+8
2025-11-07	@ MEM	L 104–118	12	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	-26
2025-11-08	@ WAS	W 111–105	18	8	5	0	0	2	4-5	0-0	-2
2025-11-10	vs MIL	L 114–116	23	7	8	3	1	0	2-8	0-0	-5
2025-11-12	vs PHX	L 114–123	26	15	9	0	1	2	6-7	0-0	0
2025-11-14	vs LAC	L 127–133	27	10	8	1	1	3	4-7	0-0	-1
2025-11-16	vs POR	W 138–133	31	20	6	2	1	3	6-8	0-0	+11
2025-11-19	vs NYK	L 111–113	24	7	8	2	0	1	2-3	0-0	-11
2025-11-21	vs NOP	W 118–115	25	8	7	3	3	1	3-5	0-0	-6
2025-11-22	vs MEM	L 96–102	27	5	8	4	0	2	2-6	0-0	-13
2025-11-24	@ MIA	L 102–106	28	11	11	0	1	2	4-8	0-0	+20
2025-11-28	@ LAL	L 119–129	17	5	4	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	-4
2025-12-03	vs MIA	W 118–108	14	2	5	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	+8
2025-12-15	@ UTA	L 133–140	13	2	2	2	1	1	1-1	0-0	-8
2025-12-18	vs DET	W 116–114	15	9	6	1	0	3	3-5	0-0	-4
2025-12-20	@ PHI	L 114–121	14	2	4	0	0	4	0-0	0-0	-5
2025-12-22	@ NOP	L 113–119	14	3	5	0	2	0	1-3	0-0	+1
2025-12-23	vs DEN	W 131–130	17	4	3	0	1	1	2-4	0-0	0
2025-12-25	@ GSW	L 116–126	15	6	5	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	-11
2025-12-27	@ SAC	L 107–113	23	11	7	1	1	1	5-7	0-0	-9
2025-12-29	@ POR	L 122–125	25	17	10	0	1	3	7-9	0-0	+2
2026-01-01	vs PHI	L 108–123	11	8	5	0	2	0	3-5	0-0	-1
2026-01-03	vs HOU	W 110–104	19	9	8	1	0	2	4-5	0-0	-3
2026-01-06	@ SAC	W 100–98	22	10	13	0	1	1	5-8	0-0	+11
2026-01-08	@ UTA	L 114–116	25	0	7	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-10	@ CHI	L 107–125	24	6	7	0	0	1	2-6	0-0	-10
2026-01-12	vs BKN	W 113–105	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-14	vs DEN	L 109–118	18	6	10	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	-6
2026-01-17	vs UTA	W 138–120	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-24	vs LAL	L 110–116	16	2	2	1	0	2	0-1	0-0	-5
2026-01-28	vs MIN	L 105–118	21	14	6	0	1	0	5-8	0-0	-6
2026-01-29	vs CHA	L 121–123	25	5	4	3	0	1	2-4	0-0	-8
2026-01-31	@ HOU	L 107–111	28	16	11	1	0	0	7-10	0-0	+1
2026-02-03	vs BOS	L 100–110	24	10	12	1	1	2	4-5	0-0	-11
2026-02-05	vs SAS	L 123–135	33	16	10	2	3	4	5-8	0-0	+2
2026-02-07	@ SAS	L 125–138	18	9	4	2	0	0	3-5	0-0	0
2026-02-10	@ PHX	L 111–120	17	4	4	0	1	3	2-2	0-0	-16
2026-02-12	@ LAL	L 104–124	28	2	6	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	-2
2026-02-20	@ MIN	L 111–122	23	8	5	1	2	2	4-7	0-0	-6
2026-02-22	@ IND	W 134–130	22	8	6	2	1	0	3-7	0-0	+10
2026-02-24	@ BKN	W 123–114	16	9	4	1	1	1	3-5	0-0	-5
2026-02-27	vs MEM	L 105–124	20	14	5	0	0	2	7-8	0-0	-20
2026-03-01	vs OKC	L 87–100	22	8	7	2	1	0	3-9	0-0	-9
2026-03-03	@ CHA	L 90–117	21	10	6	2	2	1	5-8	0-0	-19
2026-03-05	@ ORL	L 114–115	25	12	13	1	0	2	5-6	0-0	+6
2026-03-08	@ TOR	L 92–122	23	21	11	3	0	1	10-10	0-0	-8
2026-03-10	@ ATL	L 112–124	25	14	10	1	1	0	6-9	0-0	-22
2026-03-12	@ MEM	W 120–112	27	22	14	1	0	1	9-12	0-0	+6
2026-03-18	vs ATL	L 120–135	22	24	8	0	0	1	9-10	0-0	+7
2026-03-21	vs LAC	L 131–138	25	7	13	1	0	0	3-8	0-0	0
2026-03-23	vs GSW	L 131–137	31	20	7	5	1	1	8-8	0-0	-5
2026-03-30	vs MIN	L 94–124	24	21	8	2	0	1	9-11	0-0	-23
2026-03-31	@ MIL	L 99–123	11	7	4	0	0	1	2-6	0-0	-15
2026-04-03	vs ORL	L 127–138	20	7	3	1	2	2	2-3	0-0	+3
2026-04-05	vs LAL	W 134–128	20	7	7	0	2	2	2-4	0-0	+19

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	233	8.6	5.2	0.9	104–129
Away	234	8.5	5.4	1.0	88–146
In wins	192	9.2	5.5	1.0	192–0
In losses	275	8.0	5.1	0.9	0–275

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	21	9.9	5.2	0.9	8–13
BOS Boston Celtics	12	5.4	5.2	0.9	2–10
BKN Brooklyn Nets	14	6.9	4.6	0.5	4–10
CHA Charlotte Hornets	20	10.3	6.8	1.0	9–11
CHI Chicago Bulls	10	10.5	5.7	0.6	4–6
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	19	7.5	5.3	0.7	6–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	10	10.0	6.6	1.1	7–3
DEN Denver Nuggets	14	8.1	4.7	0.9	3–11
DET Detroit Pistons	23	7.7	5.5	1.1	19–4
GSW Golden State Warriors	16	10.4	6.2	1.5	5–11
HOU Houston Rockets	16	5.9	4.2	0.8	7–9
IND Indiana Pacers	23	8.0	4.3	0.8	10–13
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	14	5.6	4.6	0.8	2–12
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	13	7.0	4.5	0.8	3–10
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	14	8.6	4.8	0.9	7–7
MIA Miami Heat	15	7.9	5.5	0.9	6–9
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	15	9.6	5.3	1.3	2–13
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	13	10.5	5.6	1.0	6–7
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	15	11.8	6.5	1.2	8–7
NYK New York Knicks	15	5.7	4.3	0.5	4–11
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	18	8.2	5.9	0.8	9–9
ORL Orlando Magic	17	10.5	6.6	1.2	8–9
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	17	6.1	3.7	0.8	4–13
PHX Phoenix Suns	15	9.8	6.5	1.2	4–11
POR Portland Trail Blazers	15	10.3	4.7	1.1	7–8
SAC Sacramento Kings	14	7.1	4.4	1.0	7–7
SAS San Antonio Spurs	14	9.9	5.8	1.5	7–7
TOR Toronto Raptors	18	9.1	5.2	0.9	7–11
UTA Utah Jazz	16	9.4	5.8	1.2	8–8
WAS Washington Wizards	11	9.1	4.7	1.0	9–2

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2025-26

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	66%	.756
In the paint (3-10 ft)	31%	.465
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	2%	.333
Long two (16 ft-3P)	1%	.500
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 2.7 ft · 34% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
2019-20	$898,310
2020-21	$1,517,981
2021-22	$1,782,621
2022-23	$1,930,681
2023-24	$12,402,000
2024-25	$13,394,160
2025-26	$14,386,320
2026-27	$17,263,584
2027-28	$18,126,763
2028-29	$18,989,942
Career earnings	$100,692,362

Frequently asked questions

What team does Daniel Gafford play for?

Daniel Gafford plays C for the Dallas Mavericks.

What are Daniel Gafford's career stats?

Daniel Gafford has averaged 9.3 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.1 APG over 7 seasons (2019-20–2025-26).

How much does Daniel Gafford make?

Daniel Gafford's salary is $18,989,942 for the 2028-29 season, with career earnings of about $100.7M.

How tall is Daniel Gafford?

Daniel Gafford is 6-10 (265 lb).

How old is Daniel Gafford?

Daniel Gafford was born 1998-10-01 and is 27 years old.

When was Daniel Gafford drafted?

Daniel Gafford was drafted in 2019, round 2, pick 38, by the Chicago Bulls.