Where should C.J. McCollum be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 152 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 113 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 109.2 on average, 43 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will C.J. McCollum play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 68 games, after 76 last season.

ATL

C.J. McCollum

Atlanta Hawks · PG/SG · Age 35 · 6′3″ · 14th season

Rankings Dillon Brooks Collin Sexton

Rank#152PG #77 · of 233

Value-0.5939-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP109.2ESPN 98.8

$ Max value$1Yahoo avg $1.0

Games6827 min a game

Rostered76.9%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 152 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 113 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 77.2%. Yahoo drafters take him at 109.2 on average, 43 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Falling: 22.1 in 2021-22, 18.7 last season.

Last season18.7

5-season average20.6

Trend a season−0.7

2026-27 proj.18.0

Very steady: between 18.7 (2025-26) and 22.1 (2021-22).
Per 36 minutes: 23.0 in 2021-22, 22.6 last season, on 34.6 → 29.8 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (18.0) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#47of 24724-25#41of 26625-26#53of 27226-27*#64of 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.	152	-0.593	68	27	18.0	2.4	3.1	4.0	0.9	0.4	45.2%	6.7/14.8	77.2%	2.3/2.9	1.9
2025-26	113	-0.109	76	30	18.7	2.5	3.3	3.9	0.8	0.5	45.5%	6.9/15.2	77.2%	2.4/3.1	1.8
2024-25	89	0.091	56	33	21.1	3.1	3.8	4.1	0.8	0.4	44.4%	7.9/17.9	71.7%	2.2/3.1	1.9
2023-24	33	0.121	66	33	20.0	3.6	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	45.9%	7.3/16.0	82.7%	1.7/2.1	1.7
2022-23	-	-	75	35	20.9	2.8	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	43.6%	7.8/17.9	75.0%	2.4/3.2	2.4
2021-22	-	-	62	35	22.1	2.9	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	45.7%	8.6/18.8	70.4%	1.9/2.7	2.0

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

18.0#64 of 2130.19

3PM

2.4#58 of 2130.42

REB

3.1#169 of 213-0.67

AST

4.0#76 of 213-0.07

STL

0.9#144 of 213-0.18

BLK

0.4#89 of 213-0.26

FG%

45.2%6.7/14.8#161 of 213-0.37

FT%

77.2%2.3/2.9#160 of 213-0.91

TO

1.9#126 of 2130.04

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

Team role · Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks starter at PG, with Dyson Daniels behind him. 174 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Trae Young, Kristaps Porzingis, and Zaccharie Risacher; Luguentz Dort is the arrival projected for the most minutes (25).

PG

1CJ McCollum
2Dyson Daniels
3Kingston FlemingsNew
4RayJ Dennis
5Keshon Gilbert

Left since 2025-26

Trae Young28 min → WSH
Kristaps Porzingis24 min → GS
Zaccharie Risacher22 min → DAL
Vit Krejci22 min → POR
Jonathan Kuminga22 min → MIN
Luke KennardSigned by PHX Jul 1421 min → PHX
Gabe Vincent13 min
Christian Koloko11 min
Keaton Wallace10 min
Minutes a night174

Arrived

Luguentz DortAcquired Jul 1927 min from OKC
Aaron WigginsAcquired Jul 622 min from OKC
Dorian Finney-SmithTraded by CHA Sep 2217 min from HOU
Jalen WilsonSigned Jul 2216 min from BKN
Kingston FlemingsSigned Jul 2new
Zuby EjioforSigned Jul 1new
Henri VeesaarSigned Jul 1new

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. Atlanta Hawks depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	WSH/ATL	76	29.8	18.7	2.5	3.3	3.9	0.8	0.5	45.4%	6.9/15.2	77.4%	2.4/3.1	1.8
2024-25	NO	56	32.7	21.1	3.1	3.8	4.1	0.8	0.4	44.1%	7.9/17.9	71.0%	2.2/3.1	1.9
2023-24	NO	66	32.7	20.0	3.6	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	45.6%	7.3/16.0	81.0%	1.7/2.1	1.7
2022-23	NO	75	35.3	20.9	2.8	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	43.6%	7.8/17.9	75.0%	2.4/3.2	2.4
2021-22	POR/NO	62	34.6	22.1	2.9	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	45.7%	8.6/18.8	70.4%	1.9/2.7	2.0
2020-21	POR	47	34.0	23.1	3.6	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	45.7%	8.6/18.8	82.1%	2.3/2.8	1.4
2019-20	POR	70	36.5	22.2	2.8	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	44.8%	8.7/19.4	76.9%	2.0/2.6	1.8
2018-19	POR	70	33.9	21.0	2.4	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	46.1%	8.2/17.8	85.2%	2.3/2.7	1.5
2017-18	POR	81	36.1	21.4	2.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	44.1%	8.2/18.6	83.9%	2.6/3.1	1.9
2016-17	POR	80	35.0	23.0	2.3	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	48.3%	8.7/18.0	91.9%	3.4/3.7	2.2
2015-16	POR	80	34.8	20.8	2.5	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	44.7%	8.0/17.9	82.1%	2.3/2.8	2.5
2014-15	POR	62	15.7	6.8	0.9	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	44.1%	2.6/5.9	66.7%	0.8/1.2	0.8
2013-14	POR	38	12.5	5.3	0.8	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	40.4%	1.9/4.7	66.7%	0.6/0.9	0.9

Box-score averages from ESPN.

C.J. McCollum 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.