Daniel Gafford

DAL Mavericks • #21 • Center

Active
Position Center
Height 6'10"
Weight 265
Age 27
Birthdate Oct 1, 1998
Birthplace El Dorado, AR, USA
Draft 2019 Round 2 (38 overall) by Chicago

Daniel Gafford Projections, Player Props and Stats

Points Scored

7.7 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Pts Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 4(u) 6.5
Dec 22 @ NO NO 3(u) 6.5
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 2(u) 6.5
Dec 18 vs DET DET 9(o) 5.5
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 2(u) 6.5
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 2(u) 8.5
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 5(u) 8.5
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 11(o) 10.5
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 5(u) 11.5
Nov 21 vs NO NO 8(u) 12.5
Last 10 average 5.1

Points and Rebounds

13.5 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent P+R Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 7(u) 11.5
Dec 22 @ NO NO 8(u) 11.5
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 6(u) 11.5
Dec 18 vs DET DET 15(o) 10.5
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 4(u) 12.5
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 7(u) 14.5
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 9(u) 14.5
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 22(o) 18.5
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 13(u) 18.5
Nov 21 vs NO NO 15(u) 19.5
Last 10 average 10.6

Total Blocks

1.5 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Blk Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 1 -
Dec 22 @ NO NO 0 -
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 4 -
Dec 18 vs DET DET 3 -
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 1 -
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 0 -
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 0(u) 0.5
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 2(o) 1.5
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 2(o) 1.5
Nov 21 vs NO NO 1(u) 1.5
Last 10 average 1.4

Total Steals

0.9 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent St Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 1 -
Dec 22 @ NO NO 2 -
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 18 vs DET DET 0 -
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 1 -
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 1 -
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 1 -
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 1 -
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 0 -
Nov 21 vs NO NO 3 -
Last 10 average 1.0

Total Rebounds

5.8 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Reb Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 3(u) 4.5
Dec 22 @ NO NO 5(o) 4.5
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 4(u) 4.5
Dec 18 vs DET DET 6(o) 4.5
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 2(u) 5.5
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 5(u) 5.5
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 4(u) 5.5
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 11(o) 7.5
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 8(o) 7.5
Nov 21 vs NO NO 7(u) 7.5
Last 10 average 5.5

Total Points, Rebounds, and Assists

14.6 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent P+Reb+A Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 7(u) 12.5
Dec 22 @ NO NO 8(u) 11.5
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 6(u) 11.5
Dec 18 vs DET DET 16(o) 10.5
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 6(u) 16.5
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 7(u) 16.5
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 9(u) 15.5
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 22(o) 18.5
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 17(u) 19.5
Nov 21 vs NO NO 18(u) 21.5
Last 10 average 11.6

Total Turnovers

1.4 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent TO Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 0 -
Dec 22 @ NO NO 0 -
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 1 -
Dec 18 vs DET DET 5 -
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 1 -
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 2 -
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 2 -
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 1 -
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 2 -
Nov 21 vs NO NO 3 -
Last 10 average 1.7

Total Assists

1.1 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Ast Close
Dec 23 vs DEN DEN 0(u) 0.5
Dec 22 @ NO NO 0(u) 1.5
Dec 20 @ PHI PHI 0(u) 0.5
Dec 18 vs DET DET 1(o) 0.5
Dec 15 @ UTA UTA 2(o) 1.5
Dec 3 vs MIA MIA 0(u) 0.5
Nov 28 @ LAL LAL 0(u) 1.5
Nov 24 @ MIA MIA 0(u) 1.5
Nov 22 vs MEM MEM 4(o) 1.5
Nov 21 vs NO NO 3(o) 1.5
Last 10 average 1.0

Daniel Gafford Game Logs

2025-2026 Game Log
Date Opp Score ATS O/U MIN PTS A Reb BLK T/S
Dec 23 @ DEN W 131 - 130 W 1 O 234.0 17:13 4 0 3 1 0/1
Dec 22 @ NO L 119 - 113 L 4 U 244.0 14:05 3 0 5 0 0/2
Dec 20 @ PHI L 121 - 114 L -2 O 227.5 14:03 2 0 4 4 1/0
Dec 18 @ DET W 116 - 114 (OT) W 1 U 233.0 15:38 9 1 6 3 5/0
Dec 15 @ UTA L 140 - 133 (OT) L -1 O 241.5 12:53 2 2 2 1 1/1
Dec 3 @ MIA W 118 - 108 W 4 U 239.0 14:04 2 0 5 0 2/1
Nov 28 @ LAL L 129 - 119 L 9 O 232.5 17:29 5 0 4 0 2/1
Nov 24 @ MIA L 106 - 102 W 7 U 240.0 28:27 11 0 11 2 1/1
Nov 22 @ MEM L 102 - 96 L -1 U 229.5 27:06 5 4 8 2 2/0
Nov 21 @ NO W 118 - 115 L -3 U 234.0 25:14 8 3 7 1 3/3
Nov 19 @ NY L 113 - 111 W 8 U 232.5 24:36 7 2 8 1 1/0
Nov 16 @ POR W 138 - 133 (OT) W 4 O 237.0 31:11 20 2 6 3 0/1
Nov 14 @ LAC L 133 - 127 (OT) L 3 O 221.5 27:23 10 1 8 3 3/1
Nov 12 @ PHO L 123 - 114 L 2 O 227.0 26:39 15 0 9 2 2/1
Nov 10 @ MIL L 116 - 114 W 3 O 229.5 23:23 7 3 8 0 1/1
Nov 8 @ WAS W 111 - 105 W -4 U 234.0 18:35 8 0 5 2 2/0
Nov 7 @ MEM L 118 - 104 L 4 U 233.0 12:23 0 0 1 0 0/0
Nov 5 @ NO L 101 - 99 L -8 U 226.0 24:44 15 0 8 2 2/2
Nov 3 @ HOU L 110 - 102 W 12 U 225.5 24:51 14 1 4 3 0/2
Nov 1 @ DET L 122 - 110 L 7 O 227.5 17:22 7 3 4 0 0/0
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Daniel Gafford's Shooting Statistics

Season Team GP MPG FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% PPG
2025-2026 DAL 20 20.9 57 95 60.0 0 0 0.0 40 51 78.4 7.7
2024-2025 DAL 57 21.5 283 403 70.2 0 0 0.0 135 196 68.9 12.3
2023-2024 DAL 29 21.5 145 186 78.0 0 0 0.0 34 56 60.7 11.2
2023-2024 WAS 45 26.5 203 294 69.0 0 0 0.0 84 119 70.6 10.9
2022-2023 WAS 78 20.6 289 395 73.2 0 0 0.0 127 187 67.9 9.0
2021-2022 WAS 72 20.1 285 411 69.3 0 1 0.0 107 153 69.9 9.4
2020-2021 WAS 23 17.7 94 138 68.1 0 0 0.0 45 67 67.2 10.1
2020-2021 CHI 31 12.4 60 87 69.0 0 0 0.0 27 41 65.9 4.7
2019-2020 CHI 43 14.2 94 134 70.1 0 0 0.0 32 60 53.3 5.1

Daniel Gafford's Other Statistics

Season Team GP MPG Reb Reb/G A APG STL SPG BLK BPG TO PF
2025-2026 DAL 20 20.9 116 5.8 22 1.1 18 0.9 30 1.5 28 54
2024-2025 DAL 57 21.5 388 6.8 80 1.4 23 0.4 102 1.8 66 152
2023-2024 DAL 29 21.5 201 6.9 46 1.6 21 0.7 56 1.9 28 80
2023-2024 WAS 45 26.5 361 8.0 69 1.5 44 1.0 97 2.2 46 147
2022-2023 WAS 78 20.6 433 5.6 84 1.1 33 0.4 99 1.3 85 187
2021-2022 WAS 72 20.1 407 5.7 68 0.9 30 0.4 99 1.4 65 170
2020-2021 WAS 23 17.7 128 5.6 12 0.5 15 0.7 41 1.8 19 44
2020-2021 CHI 31 12.4 103 3.3 17 0.5 11 0.4 34 1.1 22 54
2019-2020 CHI 43 14.2 106 2.5 21 0.5 13 0.3 56 1.3 29 98


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