Where should Alex Caruso be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 171 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 227 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 108.9 on average, 62 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Alex Caruso play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 64 games, after 56 last season.

OKC

Alex Caruso

Oklahoma City Thunder · PG/SG · Age 32 · 6′5″ · 10th season

Rankings Max Christie Moussa Diabate

Rank#171PG #88 · of 233

Value-0.6769-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP108.9

$ Max value$0Yahoo avg $0.0

Games6418 min a game

Rostered8.2%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 171 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 227 in 2025-26. His weakest category is points at 6.3 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 108.9 on average, 62 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 5.6 and 10.1 for 5 seasons.

Last season6.2

5-season average7.3

Trend a season−0.09

2026-27 proj.6.3

Up and down: lowest in 2022-23, highest in 2023-24.
Per 36 minutes: 9.5 in 2021-22, 12.3 last season, on 28.0 → 18.2 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (6.3) is in line with last season (6.2).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#161of 24724-25–of 26625-26–of 27226-27*–of 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.	171	-0.676	64	18	6.3	0.9	2.7	1.9	1.2	0.4	44.1%	2.3/5.3	80.2%	0.7/0.9	0.8
2025-26	227	-0.424	56	18	6.2	0.9	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.3	42.3%	2.3/5.4	80.4%	0.7/0.9	0.9
2024-25	120	-0.101	54	19	7.1	1.1	2.9	2.5	1.6	0.6	44.6%	2.6/5.8	82.4%	0.8/0.9	0.7
2023-24	50	0.021	71	29	10.1	1.9	3.9	3.5	1.7	1.0	46.8%	3.6/7.6	76.0%	1.0/1.4	1.4
2022-23	-	-	67	24	5.6	0.8	2.9	2.9	1.5	0.7	44.2%	1.9/4.3	81.8%	0.9/1.1	1.1
2021-22	-	-	41	28	7.4	1.0	3.6	4.0	1.7	0.4	40.3%	2.5/6.2	77.8%	1.4/1.8	1.4

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

6.3-1.03

3PM

0.9-0.38

REB

2.7-0.83

AST

1.9-0.67

STL

1.20.18

BLK

0.4-0.37

FG%

44.1%2.3/5.3-0.18

FT%

80.2%0.7/0.90.00

TO

0.80.63

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · Oklahoma City Thunder

No. 5 at SG for the Oklahoma City Thunder, behind Cason Wallace, Jared McCain, Ajay Mitchell, and Bennett Stirtz. 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.

SG

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

SF

1Jalen Williams
2Alex Caruso
3Kenrich Williams
4Brooks Barnhizer
5Otega OwehNew
6Josh DixNew

PF

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	56	18.2	6.2	0.9	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.3	42.6%	2.3/5.4	77.8%	0.7/0.9	0.9
2024-25	OKC	54	19.3	7.1	1.1	2.9	2.5	1.6	0.6	44.8%	2.6/5.8	88.9%	0.8/0.9	0.7
2023-24	CHI	71	28.7	10.1	1.9	3.8	3.5	1.7	1.0	47.4%	3.6/7.6	71.4%	1.0/1.4	1.4
2022-23	CHI	67	23.5	5.6	0.8	2.9	2.9	1.5	0.7	44.2%	1.9/4.3	81.8%	0.9/1.1	1.1
2021-22	CHI	41	28.0	7.4	1.0	3.6	4.0	1.7	0.4	40.3%	2.5/6.2	77.8%	1.4/1.8	1.4
2020-21	LAL	58	21.0	6.4	0.9	2.9	2.8	1.1	0.3	43.4%	2.3/5.3	61.5%	0.8/1.3	1.3
2019-20	LAL	64	18.4	5.5	0.6	1.9	1.9	1.1	0.3	42.2%	1.9/4.5	73.3%	1.1/1.5	0.8
2018-19	LAL	25	21.2	9.2	1.0	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.4	44.9%	3.1/6.9	76.9%	2.0/2.6	1.7
2017-18	LAL	37	15.2	3.6	0.4	1.8	2.0	0.6	0.3	45.2%	1.4/3.1	75.0%	0.6/0.8	1.1

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Alex Caruso 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.