Where should Chet Holmgren be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 23 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 26 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 30.8 on average, 8 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Chet Holmgren play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 67 games, after 69 last season.

OKC

Chet Holmgren

Oklahoma City Thunder · PF/C · Age 24 · 7′1″

Rankings Trey Murphy III Derrick White

Rank#23PF #12 · of 233

Value0.3749-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP30.8ESPN 65.6

$ Max value$33Yahoo avg $27.2

Games6729 min a game

Rostered92.3%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 23 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 26 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in blocks and top 25 in field-goal percentage among rotation players; the cost is assists at 1.8 a game, which makes him a natural punt-AST pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 30.8 on average, 8 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Steady: between 15.0 and 17.1 for 3 seasons.

Last season17.1

3-season average16.2

Trend a season+0.3

2026-27 proj.18.5

Very steady: lowest in 2024-25, highest in 2025-26.
Per 36 minutes: 20.2 in 2023-24, 21.3 last season, on 29.4 → 28.9 minutes: it has held.
The projection (18.5) is above anything in his last 3 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#56of 24724-25#91of 26625-26#67of 27226-27*#51of 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.	23	0.374	67	29	18.5	1.4	8.9	1.8	0.6	2.0	55.2%	6.8/12.4	79.1%	3.4/4.3	1.6
2025-26	26	0.395	69	29	17.1	1.3	8.9	1.7	0.6	1.9	55.7%	6.3/11.3	79.2%	3.3/4.1	1.6
2024-25	57	0.226	32	27	15.0	1.4	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	49.0%	5.2/10.7	75.4%	3.2/4.2	1.8
2023-24	8	0.428	82	29	16.6	1.6	7.9	2.4	0.7	2.3	53.0%	6.2/11.6	79.3%	2.7/3.4	1.6

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

18.5#51 of 2130.40

3PM

1.4#105 of 2130.14

REB

8.9#26 of 2130.48

AST

1.8#164 of 213-0.57

STL

0.6#178 of 213-0.37

BLK

2.0#3 of 2131.12

FG%

55.2%6.8/12.4#22 of 2130.25

FT%

79.1%3.4/4.3#85 of 2130.00

TO

1.6#117 of 2130.07

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

Team role · Oklahoma City Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder starter at PF, with Alex Caruso behind him. 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.

PF

C

1Isaiah Hartenstein
2Jaylin Williams
3Aday MaraNew
4Chet Holmgren
5Thomas SorberNew

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	69	28.9	17.1	1.3	8.9	1.7	0.6	1.9	55.8%	6.3/11.3	80.5%	3.3/4.1	1.6
2024-25	OKC	32	27.4	15.0	1.4	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	48.6%	5.2/10.7	76.2%	3.2/4.2	1.8
2023-24	OKC	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	53.4%	6.2/11.6	79.4%	2.7/3.4	1.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Chet Holmgren 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.