Where should Aaron Gordon be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 169 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 93 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 110.8 on average, 58 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Aaron Gordon play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 60 games, after 36 last season.

DEN

Aaron Gordon

Denver Nuggets · PF · Age 31 · 6′8″ · 13th season

Rankings De'Anthony Melton Max Christie

Rank#169PF #66 · of 233

Value-0.6749-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP110.8ESPN 131.4

$ Max value$0Yahoo avg $1.1

Games6028 min a game

Rostered46.2%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 169 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 93 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 75.7%. Yahoo drafters take him at 110.8 on average, 58 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 13.9 and 16.3 for 5 seasons.

Last season16.2

5-season average15.2

Trend a season+0.08

2026-27 proj.16.1

Very steady: lowest in 2023-24, highest in 2022-23.
Per 36 minutes: 17.0 in 2021-22, 20.9 last season, on 31.7 → 27.9 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (16.1) is in line with last season (16.2).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#97of 24724-25#95of 26625-26#83of 27226-27*#96of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	169	-0.674	60	28	16.1	1.7	5.8	2.7	0.6	0.4	51.5%	5.7/11.1	75.7%	2.9/3.9	1.2
2025-26	93	-0.018	36	28	16.2	1.7	5.8	2.7	0.6	0.3	49.7%	5.5/11.1	76.7%	3.5/4.5	1.1
2024-25	135	-0.165	51	28	14.7	1.5	4.8	3.2	0.5	0.3	53.1%	5.2/9.8	81.0%	2.8/3.5	1.4
2023-24	116	-0.251	73	31	13.9	0.6	6.5	3.6	0.8	0.6	55.6%	5.5/9.8	65.8%	2.4/3.7	1.4
2022-23	-	-	68	30	16.3	0.9	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	56.3%	6.3/11.2	60.9%	2.8/4.6	1.4
2021-22	-	-	75	32	15.0	1.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	52.3%	5.8/11.1	74.2%	2.3/3.1	1.8

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

16.1#96 of 213-0.10

3PM

1.7#115 of 2130.07

REB

5.8#77 of 213-0.23

AST

2.7#127 of 213-0.38

STL

0.6#193 of 213-0.49

BLK

0.4#139 of 213-0.48

FG%

51.5%5.7/11.1#59 of 2130.00

FT%

75.7%2.9/3.9#167 of 213-0.92

TO

1.2#46 of 2130.44

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets starter at PF; DeMar DeRozan, new to the team, is behind him. 110 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Peyton Watson, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Bruce Brown; DeMar DeRozan is the arrival projected for the most minutes (29).

PF

1Aaron Gordon
2DeMar DeRozanNew
3Spencer Jones
4Alpha DialloNew
5Trevon BrazileNew
6Marvin Bagley IIINew
7Bryce HopkinsNew
8Zeke Nnaji
9Julian Strawther

Left since 2025-26

Peyton WatsonTraded Aug 2030 min → CLE
Tim Hardaway Jr.Signed by MIA Jul 627 min → MIA
Bruce Brown24 min
Jalen Pickett16 min → LAC
Jonas ValanciunasWaived Jul 813 min
Minutes a night110

Arrived

DeMar DeRozanWaived by SAC Jul 631 min from SAC
Marvin Bagley III20 min from DAL
RJ Nembhard Jr.new
Lonnie Walker IVnew
Alpha Diallonew
Bryce HopkinsSigned Aug 26new
Trevon BrazileSigned Jul 10new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Denver Nuggets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	DEN	36	27.9	16.2	1.7	5.8	2.7	0.6	0.3	49.5%	5.5/11.1	77.8%	3.5/4.5	1.1
2024-25	DEN	51	28.4	14.7	1.5	4.8	3.2	0.5	0.3	53.6%	5.2/9.7	80.0%	2.8/3.5	1.4
2023-24	DEN	73	31.5	13.9	0.5	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	56.1%	5.5/9.8	64.9%	2.4/3.7	1.4
2022-23	DEN	68	30.2	16.3	0.9	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	56.3%	6.3/11.2	60.9%	2.8/4.6	1.4
2021-22	DEN	75	31.7	15.0	1.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	52.3%	5.8/11.1	74.2%	2.3/3.1	1.8
2020-21	ORL/DEN	50	27.7	12.4	1.2	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	46.0%	4.6/10.0	63.3%	1.9/3.0	1.9
2019-20	ORL	62	32.5	14.4	1.2	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	43.5%	5.4/12.4	66.7%	2.4/3.6	1.6
2018-19	ORL	78	33.8	16.0	1.6	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	44.8%	6.0/13.4	75.0%	2.4/3.2	2.1
2017-18	ORL	58	32.9	17.6	2.0	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	43.6%	6.5/14.9	69.2%	2.7/3.9	1.8
2016-17	ORL	80	28.7	12.7	1.0	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	45.4%	4.9/10.8	74.1%	2.0/2.7	1.1
2015-16	ORL	78	23.9	9.2	0.5	6.5	1.6	0.8	0.7	47.3%	3.5/7.4	68.0%	1.7/2.5	0.8
2014-15	ORL	47	17.0	5.2	0.3	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	45.5%	2.0/4.4	69.2%	0.9/1.3	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Aaron Gordon in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.