Western Conference
Minnesota Timberwolves
Record 0-0Projected 45.0-37.0Playoffs 76.7%Win conference 4.7%Win Finals 2.2%Lottery 23.3%Expected pick 18.8SRS +3.42
DARKO rating · #8 of 30
+5.6Worth about 50 wins over 82 games
Ratings through Oct 21, 2026
Where the rating comes from
Each player's DPM times their share of DARKO's projected team minutes, times five for the five players on the floor, split into offense and defense (points per 100 possessions; 0 is an average player). The columns add up to the team's numbers at the bottom, and offense plus defense is net. Players above average add +7.48; the ones below take away 1.93.
- Anthony Edwards Offense+3.38 Defense-0.11 Net+3.26
- LaMelo Ball Offense+2.03 Defense-0.25 Net+1.79
- Rudy Gobert Offense-0.64 Defense+2.05 Net+1.42
- Donte DiVincenzo Offense+0.09 Defense+0.65 Net+0.74
- Jaden McDaniels Offense-0.23 Defense+0.50 Net+0.27
- Nah'Shon Hyland Offense+0.05 Defense-0.03 Net+0.01
- Joan Beringer Offense-0.01 Defense-0.07 Net-0.08
- Trey Lyles Offense-0.18 Defense+0.06 Net-0.12
- Ayo Dosunmu Offense+0.05 Defense-0.30 Net-0.25
- Jonathan Kuminga Offense-0.17 Defense-0.19 Net-0.35
- Terrence Shannon Jr. Offense-0.04 Defense-0.56 Net-0.60
Players
| Player | Pos |
|---|
| Player | Pos | DPM | Off | Def | Fair Salary | Box | On/Off | MPG | Pace | Pts/100 | Ast/100 | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Edwards | G | +5.1 | +5.3 | -0.2 | $72.3M | +4.8 | +5.2 | 33.8 | 100.7 | 39.4 | 5.2 | 46.0% | 35.9% | 81.8% |
| Ayo Dosunmu | G | -0.5 | +0.1 | -0.6 | $12.0M | +0.2 | -0.9 | 24.7 | 100.7 | 24.5 | 6.6 | 49.1% | 38.6% | 83.7% |
| Cody Williams | F | -2.8 | -1.8 | -1.0 | -$3.8M | -2.5 | -3.1 | 5.3 | 99.6 | 18.9 | 3.5 | 44.2% | 32.7% | 74.6% |
| Donte DiVincenzo | G | +1.5 | +0.2 | +1.3 | $20.9M | +1.0 | +1.6 | 25.8 | 100.5 | 19.1 | 6.2 | 40.2% | 37.2% | 76.1% |
| Isaiah Evans | F | -1.6 | -1.5 | -0.1 | $0.2M | -1.6 | -2.9 | 2.7 | 99.5 | 19.4 | 3.3 | 39.0% | 33.8% | 77.6% |
| Jaden McDaniels | F | +0.5 | -0.4 | +0.9 | $25.6M | +0.1 | +0.6 | 29.0 | 100.5 | 24.8 | 3.6 | 49.9% | 36.4% | 82.7% |
| Jaylen Clark | G | -0.2 | -0.8 | +0.6 | $4.8M | -0.2 | -0.1 | 3.4 | 99.4 | 15.4 | 3.0 | 42.7% | 34.1% | 71.7% |
| Joan Beringer | F | -0.4 | -0.0 | -0.4 | $2.5M | -0.4 | -1.3 | 9.5 | 99.9 | 20.2 | 1.6 | 60.1% | 21.8% | 68.5% |
| Jonathan Kuminga | F | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | $6.2M | -1.1 | -0.6 | 26.8 | 100.4 | 23.4 | 4.5 | 46.9% | 34.1% | 73.4% |
| LaMelo Ball | G | +3.2 | +3.7 | -0.4 | $59.4M | +3.0 | +3.5 | 28.8 | 100.5 | 32.9 | 11.7 | 40.8% | 36.1% | 87.2% |
| Nah'Shon Hyland | G | +0.1 | +0.4 | -0.3 | $9.6M | -0.1 | +0.3 | 5.6 | 99.5 | 24.7 | 7.4 | 42.0% | 36.3% | 83.2% |
| Rocco Zikarsky | C | -0.6 | -1.8 | +1.2 | $4.6M | -0.6 | -1.9 | 5.4 | 100.1 | 16.3 | 2.5 | 53.3% | 27.5% | 70.7% |
| Rudy Gobert | C | +2.6 | -1.2 | +3.8 | $38.6M | +1.6 | +2.6 | 28.4 | 100.3 | 14.3 | 2.9 | 65.0% | 19.5% | 54.4% |
| Terrence Shannon Jr. | G-F | -1.8 | -0.1 | -1.7 | $1.9M | -2.1 | -1.3 | 17.3 | 100.9 | 23.3 | 4.4 | 44.7% | 35.8% | 81.0% |
| Trey Lyles | F | -0.5 | -0.7 | +0.2 | $9.0M | -1.0 | -0.4 | 13.2 | 100.2 | 14.8 | 2.8 | 42.5% | 35.3% | 72.1% |
| Zyon Pullin | G | -2.0 | -1.3 | -0.7 | -$0.4M | -2.0 | -2.0 | 4.5 | 99.9 | 20.6 | 7.0 | 47.7% | 31.8% | 77.2% |
Core outlook
The rotation by projected minutes: age, rating and how long DARKO expects each player to last.
| Player | Age | DPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Edwards | 25 | +5.1 | 10.5 | 99% |
| Jaden McDaniels | 26 | +0.5 | 8.2 | 98% |
| LaMelo Ball | 25 | +3.2 | 7.4 | 96% |
| Rudy Gobert | 34 | +2.6 | 4.3 | 79% |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 24 | -0.7 | 4.7 | 68% |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 29 | +1.5 | 4.5 | 80% |
| Ayo Dosunmu | 26 | -0.5 | 5.6 | 90% |
| Terrence Shannon Jr. | 26 | -1.8 | 2.4 | 40% |
| Trey Lyles | 30 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 11% |
Payroll against DARKO value
$202.5M of salary for $267.7M of DARKO fair value. The 12 best-paid players:
- Anthony Edwards : salary $45.9M, DARKO value $72.3M, surplus +$26.4M
- LaMelo Ball : salary $38.2M, DARKO value $59.4M, surplus +$21.2M
- Rudy Gobert : salary $34.2M, DARKO value $38.6M, surplus +$4.4M
- Jaden McDaniels : salary $24.6M, DARKO value $25.6M, surplus +$1.0M
- Ayo Dosunmu : salary $18.1M, DARKO value $12.0M, surplus -$6.1M
- Donte DiVincenzo : salary $11.8M, DARKO value $20.9M, surplus +$9.2M
- Jonathan Kuminga : salary $5.7M, DARKO value $6.2M, surplus +$0.6M
- Cody Williams : salary $5.6M, DARKO value -$3.8M, surplus -$9.4M
- Joan Beringer : salary $4.1M, DARKO value $2.5M, surplus -$1.6M
- Jaylen Clark : salary $2.9M, DARKO value $4.8M, surplus +$1.9M
- Nah'Shon Hyland : salary $2.7M, DARKO value $9.6M, surplus +$6.9M
- Terrence Shannon Jr. : salary $2.6M, DARKO value $1.9M, surplus -$0.7M