Where should Ajay Mitchell be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 84 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 104 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 118.5 on average, 35 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Ajay Mitchell play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games, after 57 last season.

OKC

Ajay Mitchell

Oklahoma City Thunder · PG/SG · Age 24 · 6′4″

Rankings Kyshawn George Kel'el Ware

Rank#84PG #43 · of 233

Value-0.2349-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP118.5

$ Max value$8Yahoo avg $1.0

Games6628 min a game

Rostered7.3%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 84 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 104 in 2025-26. His weakest category is blocks at 0.3 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 118.5 on average, 35 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Rising: 6.5 in 2024-25, 13.6 last season.

Last season13.6

2-season average10.1

Trend a season+7.1

2026-27 proj.15.4

Up and down: between 6.5 (2024-25) and 13.6 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 14.1 in 2024-25, 19.0 last season, on 16.6 → 25.8 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (15.4) is above anything in his last 2 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25–of 26625-26#120of 27226-27*#105of 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.	84	-0.234	66	28	15.4	1.2	3.7	4.1	1.3	0.3	47.9%	5.7/11.8	86.3%	2.8/3.3	1.6
2025-26	104	-0.080	57	26	13.6	1.1	3.3	3.6	1.2	0.3	48.5%	5.0/10.4	87.0%	2.5/2.8	1.4
2024-25	357	-0.730	36	17	6.5	0.6	1.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	49.5%	2.5/5.1	82.9%	0.8/1.0	0.8

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

15.4#105 of 213-0.15

3PM

1.2#162 of 213-0.22

REB

3.7#144 of 213-0.54

AST

4.1#78 of 213-0.09

STL

1.3#48 of 2130.27

BLK

0.3#156 of 213-0.57

FG%

47.9%5.7/11.8#47 of 2130.00

FT%

86.3%2.8/3.3#40 of 2130.07

TO

1.6#91 of 2130.23

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

Team role · Oklahoma City Thunder

No. 2 at PG for the Oklahoma City Thunder, behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. 93 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, and Isaiah Joe; no arrival is projected for starter's minutes.

PG

1Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
2Ajay Mitchell
3Bennett StirtzNew
4Nikola Topic
5Jared McCain
6Otega OwehNew

SG

1Cason Wallace
2Jared McCain
3Ajay Mitchell
4Bennett StirtzNew
5Alex Caruso
6Nikola Topic
7Otega OwehNew
8Josh DixNew

Left since 2025-26

Luguentz DortAcquired by ATL Jul 1927 min → ATL
Aaron WigginsTraded Jul 622 min → ATL
Isaiah JoeAcquired by DET Jul 621 min → DET
Branden CarlsonSigned by POR Jul 112 min → POR
Ousmane Dieng11 min → MIL
Minutes a night93

Arrived

Bennett StirtzSigned Jul 3new
Otega OwehSigned Jul 3new
Josh DixSigned Jul 3new
Aday MaraSigned Jul 3new
Thomas Sorbernew

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. Oklahoma City Thunder depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	OKC	57	25.8	13.6	1.1	3.3	3.6	1.2	0.3	48.1%	5.0/10.4	89.3%	2.5/2.8	1.4
2024-25	OKC	36	16.6	6.5	0.6	1.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	49.0%	2.5/5.1	80.0%	0.8/1.0	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Ajay Mitchell 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.