Where should Amen Thompson be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 25 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 19 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 23.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Amen Thompson play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 74 games, after 79 last season.

HOU

Amen Thompson

Houston Rockets · PG/SG · Age 23 · 6′7″

Rankings Derrick White Desmond Bane

Rank#25PG #16 · of 233

Value0.3569-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP23.0ESPN 21.2

$ Max value$32Yahoo avg $31.3

Games7437 min a game

Rostered99.6%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 25 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 19 in 2025-26. He is top 10 in steals and rebounds and top 25 in field-goal percentage among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 77.8%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 23.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: up 2 seasons in a row.

Last season18.3

3-season average14.0

Trend a season+4.4

2026-27 proj.19.7

Up and down: between 9.5 (2023-24) and 18.3 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 15.3 in 2023-24, 17.6 last season, on 22.4 → 37.4 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (19.7) is above anything in his last 3 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#181of 24724-25#108of 26625-26#59of 27226-27*#41of 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.	25	0.356	74	37	19.7	0.5	8.3	4.8	1.5	0.7	54.3%	7.6/14.0	77.8%	4.0/5.1	2.2
2025-26	19	0.456	79	37	18.3	0.3	7.8	5.3	1.5	0.6	53.4%	7.1/13.2	77.9%	3.9/4.9	2.4
2024-25	41	0.385	69	32	14.1	0.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	55.7%	5.6/10.1	68.4%	2.5/3.6	2.0
2023-24	158	-0.377	62	22	9.6	0.1	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	53.6%	3.9/7.2	68.4%	1.7/2.5	1.5

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

19.7#41 of 2130.50

3PM

0.5#190 of 213-0.55

REB

8.3#9 of 2130.96

AST

4.8#44 of 2130.22

STL

1.5#6 of 2130.71

BLK

0.7#35 of 2130.36

FG%

54.3%7.6/14.0#13 of 2130.65

FT%

77.8%4.0/5.1#172 of 213-0.93

TO

2.2#166 of 213-0.23

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

Team role · Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets starter at SG, with Reed Sheppard behind him. 48 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Josh Okogie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Aaron Holiday; Fred VanVleet is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

SG

1Amen Thompson
2Reed Sheppard
3Marcus SmartNew
4Bogdan BogdanovicNew
5Tari Eason
6Bruce ThorntonNew
7Quadir CopelandNew
8Sean PedullaNew

Left since 2025-26

Josh OkogieSigned by UTAH Jul 1017 min → UTAH
Dorian Finney-SmithAcquired by CHA Jul 617 min → ATL
Aaron Holiday14 min
Minutes a night48

Arrived

Marcus SmartSigned Jul 1029 min from LAL
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min from LAC
Oscar Tshiebwe17 min from UTAH
Sean PedullaSigned Aug 174 min from LAC
Fred VanVleetnew
Bruce ThorntonSigned Jul 7new
Quadir Copelandnew

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. Houston Rockets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	HOU	79	37.4	18.3	0.3	7.8	5.3	1.5	0.6	53.8%	7.1/13.2	77.6%	3.8/4.9	2.4
2024-25	HOU	69	32.2	14.1	0.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	55.4%	5.6/10.1	66.7%	2.4/3.6	2.0
2023-24	HOU	62	22.4	9.5	0.1	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	54.2%	3.9/7.2	68.0%	1.7/2.5	1.5

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Amen Thompson 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.