Nick Richards

Miami Heat · C

Age 28 · 6'11" · 245 lb

Pick #42, 2020 Draft · Rookie 2021 · 305 games

DPM · #406 of 519

-2.1
Offense -2.3 Defense +0.2 Last played Oct 21, 2026

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

CompAgeDPM thenNext 5 seasonsMatch
Jamaal Magloire 2006-0728-2.0 -1.6, 0.0, -0.5, -1.4, -0.9 92
Shawnelle Scott 2000-0128-2.3 -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 90
Steven Hunter 2009-1028-2.4 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 89
Lou Amundson 2010-1128-2.2 -2.2, -2.1, -1.5, -2.1, -2.7 89
Chris Mihm 2007-0828-2.4 -3.2, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 89
Kwame Brown 2010-1129-2.5 under 10 games, -1.8, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 88
Obinna Ekezie 2004-0529-2.0 under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 88
Kris Humphries 2012-1328-2.2 -1.8, -2.2, -1.9, -2.6, under 10 games 87
Aaron Gray 2012-1328-2.1 -2.3, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games 87
Brian Skinner 2004-0528-1.7 -2.3, -2.5, -3.7, -4.0, -3.9 87

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Nick's 2026-27 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.

Around the league

Top 10 comps today

Current players closest to Nick Richards's current profile, by DARKO ratings, age and projected box-score style.

  1. 1 Nick Richards MIA Self
    -2.1DPMDPM Offense -2.3 Defense +0.2 Per 100 possessions:18.8points17.7rebounds1.6assistsP/R/A
    100.0
  2. -2.5DPMDPM Offense -2.8 Defense +0.3 Per 100 possessions:16.5points15.3rebounds2.2assistsP/R/A
    84.8
  3. -2.3DPMDPM Offense -2.5 Defense +0.2 Per 100 possessions:23.3points14.2rebounds2.0assistsP/R/A
    84.2
  4. -1.9DPMDPM Offense -1.8 Defense -0.1 Per 100 possessions:13.6points15.1rebounds4.1assistsP/R/A
    83.0
  5. -2.0DPMDPM Offense -3.2 Defense +1.2 Per 100 possessions:17.1points19.1rebounds2.7assistsP/R/A
    82.5
  6. -2.2DPMDPM Offense -2.8 Defense +0.6 Per 100 possessions:15.2points13.7rebounds3.4assistsP/R/A
    82.0
  7. -2.5DPMDPM Offense -2.4 Defense -0.1 Per 100 possessions:20.3points10.5rebounds2.2assistsP/R/A
    81.4
  8. -1.1DPMDPM Offense -1.3 Defense +0.3 Per 100 possessions:18.8points17.6rebounds3.9assistsP/R/A
    80.9
  9. -1.1DPMDPM Offense -2.0 Defense +0.9 Per 100 possessions:19.1points14.3rebounds2.5assistsP/R/A
    80.6
  10. -1.8DPMDPM Offense -1.4 Defense -0.4 Per 100 possessions:19.9points13.0rebounds5.8assistsP/R/A
    79.9
How these matches work

Each player's latest published profile is compared with today's league. The score uses standardized differences in DPM, offense, defense, age, scoring, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, turnovers, three-point shot share and free-throw rate. DPM and age carry the most weight. Historical trajectory and a same-age cutoff are not used here.

100 is an identical profile, so a current player is his own first match. Scores fall by 8 points per unit of weighted distance, down to zero. This is a similarity index, not a probability. Box-score figures are projections per 100 possessions, so playing time does not distort the comparison.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Nick Richards's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value
-$0.5M
DARKO's market estimate
Salary
$2.3M
Actual
Surplus
-$2.8M
Value minus salary
WARP
0.0
Wins above replacement
Seasons left
0.8
Projected, within 15
Retires at
29.7
Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Nick Richards, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2026-27 so farMIA2813.2-2.24-2.43+0.19—
2025-26CHI284714.9-2.13-2.27+0.14766th of 858
2024-25PHX275722.0-2.10-1.73-0.37828th of 924
2023-24CHA266726.2-1.35-1.59+0.23744th of 1010
2022-23CHA256518.7-0.58-1.45+0.88535th of 1077
2021-22CHA24507.3-2.01-2.10+0.10966th of 1185
2020-21CHA23183.5-3.00-2.95-0.05—

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 3.4 projected minutes and a pace of 100.9.

Nick Richards, projected box score
StatPer 100Per game
Points18.81.3
Rebounds17.71.2
Offensive5.90.4
Defensive11.80.8
Assists1.60.1
Steals0.80.1
Blocks2.30.2
Turnovers3.20.2
3-pt attempts0.90.1
FG attempts11.70.8
FT attempts6.20.4
FG% · 3P% · FT%57.7% · 27.0% · 69.2%