Where should Brandon Miller be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 42 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 49 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 43.5 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Brandon Miller play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 65 games, after 65 last season.

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Brandon Miller

Charlotte Hornets · SF/PF · Age 23 · 6′7″

Rankings Keyonte George Tyler Herro

Rank#42SF #23 · of 233

Value0.1249-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP43.5ESPN 69.0

$ Max value$23Yahoo avg $21.5

Games6532 min a game

Rostered84.4%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 42 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 49 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in threes and top 25 in free-throw percentage among rotation players; the cost is field-goal percentage at 43.8%, which makes him a natural punt-FG% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 43.5 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: 17.3 in 2023-24, 20.2 last season.

Last season20.2

3-season average19.5

Trend a season+1.4

2026-27 proj.22.8

Fairly steady: between 17.3 (2023-24) and 21.0 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 19.3 in 2023-24, 24.0 last season, on 32.2 → 30.3 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (22.8) is above anything in his last 3 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#61of 24724-25#40of 26625-26#43of 27226-27*#26of 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.	42	0.124	65	32	22.8	3.4	5.1	3.7	1.0	0.7	43.8%	8.0/18.4	89.0%	3.3/3.7	2.6
2025-26	49	0.237	65	30	20.2	3.1	4.9	3.3	1.0	0.7	43.5%	7.0/16.1	89.2%	3.1/3.4	2.5
2024-25	67	0.197	27	34	21.0	3.9	4.9	3.6	1.1	0.7	40.3%	7.3/18.2	86.1%	2.5/2.9	2.8
2023-24	90	-0.148	74	32	17.3	2.5	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	44.0%	6.4/14.6	82.7%	1.9/2.3	1.8

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

22.8#26 of 2130.70

3PM

3.4#4 of 2130.96

REB

5.1#106 of 213-0.34

AST

3.7#67 of 213-0.02

STL

1.0#87 of 2130.07

BLK

0.7#66 of 213-0.10

FG%

43.8%8.0/18.4#211 of 213-0.86

FT%

89.0%3.3/3.7#20 of 2130.39

TO

2.6#181 of 213-0.42

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

Team role · Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets starter at SF, with Sion James behind him. 126 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, and Collin Sexton; Naz Reid is the arrival projected for the most minutes (29).

SF

Left since 2025-26

Miles BridgesTraded Jul 1331 min → PHX
LaMelo BallTraded Jul 1028 min → MIN
Collin Sexton22 min → LAL
KJ Simpson16 min
Josh GreenTraded Jul 1016 min → UTAH
Tre MannAcquired by WSH Aug 2013 min → WSH
Minutes a night126

Arrived

Grayson AllenAcquired Jul 1329 min from PHX
Royce O'NealeAcquired Jul 1328 min from PHX
Naz ReidAcquired Jul 1026 min from MIN
Dennis SchroderAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
Christian AndersonSigned Jul 6new
Kylan BoswellSigned Jul 6new
Michael AjayiSigned Jul 6new
Hannes SteinbachSigned Jul 6new

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. Charlotte Hornets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CHA	65	30.3	20.2	3.1	4.9	3.3	1.0	0.7	43.5%	7.0/16.1	91.2%	3.1/3.4	2.5
2024-25	CHA	27	34.2	21.0	3.9	4.9	3.6	1.1	0.7	40.1%	7.3/18.2	86.2%	2.5/2.9	2.8
2023-24	CHA	74	32.2	17.3	2.5	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	43.8%	6.4/14.6	82.6%	1.9/2.3	1.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Brandon Miller 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.