Where should Christian Braun be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 106 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 147 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 119.5 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Christian Braun play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 44 last season.

DEN

Christian Braun

Denver Nuggets · SG/SF · Age 25 · 6′6″

Rankings Cameron Boozer Fred VanVleet

Rank#106SG #62 · of 233

Value-0.3539-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP119.5

$ Max value$4Yahoo avg $0.0

Games7032 min a game

Rostered22.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 106 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 147 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in field-goal percentage among rotation players. Yahoo drafters take him at 119.5 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: 4.7 in 2022-23, 12.0 last season.

Last season12.0

4-season average9.9

Trend a season+3.0

2026-27 proj.13.0

Up and down: between 4.7 (2022-23) and 15.4 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 10.9 in 2022-23, 13.6 last season, on 15.5 → 31.8 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (13.0) is up on last season (12.0).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#190of 24724-25#90of 26625-26#154of 27226-27*#136of 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.	106	-0.353	70	32	13.0	1.1	4.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	53.1%	5.0/9.3	80.1%	2.0/2.5	1.1
2025-26	147	-0.215	44	32	12.0	1.0	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.3	51.9%	4.6/8.8	78.2%	1.8/2.3	1.0
2024-25	55	0.255	79	34	15.4	1.1	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.5	58.0%	6.0/10.4	82.7%	2.2/2.7	1.0
2023-24	216	-0.549	82	20	7.3	0.8	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.4	46.0%	2.7/5.9	69.4%	1.1/1.6	0.7
2022-23	-	-	76	16	4.7	0.4	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	50.0%	1.9/3.8	62.5%	0.5/0.8	0.5

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

13.0#136 of 213-0.33

3PM

1.1#168 of 213-0.25

REB

4.7#90 of 213-0.26

AST

2.6#137 of 213-0.42

STL

0.8#152 of 213-0.22

BLK

0.3#138 of 213-0.48

FG%

53.1%5.0/9.3#25 of 2130.16

FT%

80.1%2.0/2.5#112 of 2130.00

TO

1.1#40 of 2130.46

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

Team role · Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets starter at SG; DeMar DeRozan, new to the team, is behind him. 110 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Peyton Watson, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Bruce Brown; DeMar DeRozan is the arrival projected for the most minutes (29).

SG

Left since 2025-26

Peyton WatsonTraded Aug 2030 min → CLE
Tim Hardaway Jr.Signed by MIA Jul 627 min → MIA
Bruce Brown24 min
Jalen Pickett16 min → LAC
Jonas ValanciunasWaived Jul 813 min
Minutes a night110

Arrived

DeMar DeRozanWaived by SAC Jul 631 min from SAC
Marvin Bagley III20 min from DAL
RJ Nembhard Jr.new
Lonnie Walker IVnew
Alpha Diallonew
Bryce HopkinsSigned Aug 26new
Trevon BrazileSigned Jul 10new

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. Denver Nuggets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	DEN	44	31.8	12.0	1.0	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.3	52.3%	4.6/8.8	78.3%	1.8/2.3	1.0
2024-25	DEN	79	33.9	15.4	1.1	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.5	57.7%	6.0/10.4	81.5%	2.2/2.7	1.0
2023-24	DEN	82	20.2	7.3	0.8	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.4	45.8%	2.7/5.9	68.8%	1.1/1.6	0.7
2022-23	DEN	76	15.5	4.7	0.4	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	50.0%	1.9/3.8	62.5%	0.5/0.8	0.5

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Christian Braun 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.