Rafer Alston
Age 33 · 6'2" · 175 lb · USA
Pick #39, 1998 Draft · Rookie 2000 · 671 games · 56 playoff games
DPM
-0.5Around the league
Top 10 comps today
Current players closest to Rafer Alston's latest recorded profile, by DARKO ratings, age and projected box-score style. Reference profile: Mar 14, 2010.
- -0.8DPMDPM Offense -0.9 Defense +0.1 Per 100 possessions:17.4points5.2rebounds4.2assistsP/R/A87.8
- -0.6DPMDPM Offense -0.8 Defense +0.1 Per 100 possessions:20.9points6.3rebounds5.3assistsP/R/A86.5
- -0.7DPMDPM Offense -0.8 Defense +0.1 Per 100 possessions:16.4points5.2rebounds5.8assistsP/R/A86.1
- -1.0DPMDPM Offense -1.1 Defense +0.1 Per 100 possessions:16.6points5.3rebounds8.7assistsP/R/A84.4
- -1.1DPMDPM Offense -0.9 Defense -0.2 Per 100 possessions:21.2points6.5rebounds4.8assistsP/R/A83.2
- -0.1DPMDPM Offense -0.4 Defense +0.3 Per 100 possessions:20.4points9.6rebounds4.1assistsP/R/A81.6
- -0.7DPMDPM Offense -0.6 Defense 0.0 Per 100 possessions:24.7points7.1rebounds3.7assistsP/R/A80.5
- +0.3DPMDPM Offense -0.5 Defense +0.8 Per 100 possessions:19.7points10.8rebounds4.1assistsP/R/A80.2
- -1.0DPMDPM Offense -1.4 Defense +0.4 Per 100 possessions:15.9points7.0rebounds7.2assistsP/R/A78.8
- -0.6DPMDPM Offense -1.1 Defense +0.5 Per 100 possessions:21.5points6.2rebounds8.1assistsP/R/A78.3
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.
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | MIA | 33 | 52 | 27.3 | -0.53 | -1.16 | +0.62 | 194th of 405 |
| 2008-09 | ORL | 32 | 77 +23 | 31.8 | -0.09 | +0.02 | -0.11 | 217th of 530 |
| 2007-08 | HOU | 31 | 74 +4 | 34.1 | +0.29 | -0.09 | +0.38 | 224th of 616 |
| 2006-07 | HOU | 30 | 82 +7 | 37.1 | +0.59 | +0.01 | +0.58 | 226th of 697 |
| 2005-06 | HOU | 29 | 63 | 38.6 | -1.10 | -1.19 | +0.09 | 531st of 774 |
| 2004-05 | TOR | 28 | 80 | 34.0 | +0.54 | +1.19 | -0.65 | 281st of 858 |
| 2003-04 | MIA | 27 | 82 +13 | 31.5 | -0.07 | -0.08 | +0.01 | 400th of 924 |
| 2002-03 | TOR | 26 | 47 | 20.9 | -1.20 | -1.06 | -0.14 | 707th of 1010 |
| 2001-02 | MIL | 25 | 50 | 11.9 | +0.18 | -0.16 | +0.33 | 346th of 1077 |
| 2000-01 | MIL | 24 | 37 +5 | 7.7 | -2.02 | -1.17 | -0.86 | 969th of 1185 |
| 1999-00 | MIL | 23 | 27 +4 | 13.3 | -2.73 | -1.72 | -1.01 | 1005th of 1100 |
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.