Where should Collin Sexton be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 153 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 155 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 116.1 on average, 37 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Collin Sexton play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 64 games, after 68 last season.

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Collin Sexton

Los Angeles Lakers · PG/SG · Age 27 · 6′3″ · 9th season

Rankings C.J. McCollum Darius Acuff

Rank#153PG #78 · of 233

Value-0.6069-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP116.1ESPN 134.2

$ Max value$1Yahoo avg $0.0

Games6424 min a game

Rostered30.7%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 153 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 155 in 2025-26. His weakest category is rebounds at 2.4 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 116.1 on average, 37 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 14.3 and 18.7 for 5 seasons.

Last season15.4

5-season average16.6

Trend a season+0.3

2026-27 proj.15.1

Fairly steady: lowest in 2022-23, highest in 2023-24.
Per 36 minutes: 20.1 in 2021-22, 23.4 last season, on 28.7 → 23.7 minutes: it has held.
The projection (15.1) is in line with last season (15.4).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#38of 24724-25#66of 26625-26#88of 27226-27*#114of 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.	153	-0.606	64	24	15.1	1.6	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.1	48.2%	5.2/10.7	86.3%	3.2/3.7	2.1
2025-26	155	-0.240	68	24	15.4	1.6	2.3	3.3	1.1	0.1	48.5%	5.3/10.9	85.5%	3.2/3.8	2.1
2024-25	155	-0.229	63	28	18.4	1.7	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	48.0%	6.6/13.8	86.5%	3.4/4.0	2.5
2023-24	79	-0.108	78	27	18.7	1.6	2.6	4.9	0.8	0.2	48.7%	6.5/13.3	85.9%	4.1/4.7	2.1
2022-23	-	-	48	24	14.3	1.0	2.2	2.9	0.6	0.1	50.0%	4.9/9.8	82.9%	3.4/4.1	1.8
2021-22	-	-	11	29	16.0	1.0	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	45.3%	6.2/13.7	74.3%	2.6/3.5	2.8

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

15.1#114 of 213-0.20

3PM

1.6#133 of 213-0.03

REB

2.4#204 of 213-0.91

AST

3.8#96 of 213-0.20

STL

0.8#164 of 213-0.30

BLK

0.1#202 of 213-0.85

FG%

48.2%5.2/10.7#62 of 2130.00

FT%

86.3%3.2/3.7#38 of 2130.10

TO

2.1#131 of 2130.00

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

Team role · Los Angeles Lakers

No. 2 at PG for the Los Angeles Lakers, behind Luka Doncic. 201 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it LeBron James, Marcus Smart, and Rui Hachimura; Walker Kessler is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

PG

SG

Left since 2025-26

LeBron JamesSigned by PHI Jul 2633 min → PHI
Marcus SmartSigned by HOU Jul 1029 min → HOU
Rui Hachimura28 min → LAC
Deandre AytonAcquired by WSH Jul 727 min → WSH
Luke KennardSigned by PHX Jul 1423 min → PHX
Gabe Vincent19 min
Jaxson HayesSigned by UTAH Jul 1018 min → UTAH
Nick Smith Jr.13 min
Maxi Kleber11 min
Minutes a night201

Arrived

Walker KesslerAcquired Jul 831 min from UTAH
Quentin Grimes30 min from PHI
Collin Sexton24 min from CHI
Ziaire Williams23 min from BKN
Sandro Mamukelashvili22 min from TOR
Matisse Thybulle16 min from POR
Jaden HardyAcquired Jul 716 min from WSH
Kevon Looney15 min from NO
Cameron Carrnew
Arthur Kalumanew
AK Okerekenew

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. Los Angeles Lakers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CHA/CHI	68	23.7	15.4	1.6	2.3	3.3	1.1	0.1	48.6%	5.3/10.9	84.2%	3.2/3.8	2.1
2024-25	UTAH	63	27.9	18.4	1.7	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	47.8%	6.6/13.8	85.0%	3.4/4.0	2.5
2023-24	UTAH	78	26.6	18.7	1.6	2.6	4.9	0.8	0.2	48.9%	6.5/13.3	87.2%	4.1/4.7	2.1
2022-23	UTAH	48	23.9	14.3	1.0	2.2	2.9	0.6	0.1	50.0%	4.9/9.8	82.9%	3.4/4.1	1.8
2021-22	CLE	11	28.7	16.0	1.0	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	45.3%	6.2/13.7	74.3%	2.6/3.5	2.8
2020-21	CLE	60	35.3	24.3	1.6	3.1	4.4	1.0	0.2	47.8%	8.8/18.4	81.3%	5.2/6.4	2.8
2019-20	CLE	65	33.0	20.8	1.5	3.1	3.0	1.0	0.1	47.3%	7.9/16.7	85.4%	3.5/4.1	2.4
2018-19	CLE	82	31.8	16.7	1.5	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	42.9%	6.3/14.7	83.9%	2.6/3.1	2.3

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Collin Sexton 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.