Where should Damian Lillard be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 103 player on the 2026-27 projection, after missing 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 69.6 on average, 33 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Damian Lillard play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 58 games.

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Damian Lillard

Portland Trail Blazers · PG · Age 36 · 6′2″ · 15th season

Rankings Nikola Vucevic Josh Hart

Rank#103PG #36 · of 233

Value-0.3429-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP69.6ESPN 70.0

$ Max value$5Yahoo avg $3.3

Games5832 min a game

Rostered87.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 103 player on the 2026-27 projection, after missing 2025-26. He is top 25 in free-throw percentage among rotation players; the cost is blocks at 0.2 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 69.6 on average, 33 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 24.0 and 32.2 for 5 seasons, and top 20 among rotation players every season on our board.

2024-2524.9

5-season average26.8

Trend a season−0.8

2026-27 proj.20.5

Fairly steady: lowest in 2021-22, highest in 2022-23.
Per 36 minutes: 29.0 in 2020-21, 24.8 in 2024-25, on 35.8 → 36.1 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (20.5) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#16of 24724-25#18of 26626-27*#67of 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.	103	-0.342	58	32	20.5	3.2	3.4	5.5	0.7	0.2	42.9%	6.6/15.3	90.0%	4.2/4.6	2.4
2024-25	12	0.688	58	36	24.9	3.4	4.7	7.1	1.2	0.2	44.8%	7.7/17.1	92.1%	6.2/6.8	2.8
2023-24	24	0.245	73	35	24.3	3.0	4.4	7.0	1.0	0.3	42.4%	7.4/17.5	92.0%	6.5/7.0	2.6
2022-23	-	-	58	36	32.2	4.2	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	46.4%	9.6/20.7	91.7%	8.8/9.6	3.3
2021-22	-	-	29	36	24.0	3.2	4.1	7.3	0.6	0.4	40.5%	7.7/19.0	88.7%	5.5/6.2	2.9
2020-21	-	-	67	36	28.8	4.1	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	45.2%	9.0/19.9	93.1%	6.7/7.2	3.0

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

20.5#67 of 2130.17

3PM

3.2#27 of 2130.66

REB

3.4#177 of 213-0.72

AST

5.5#52 of 2130.14

STL

0.7#200 of 213-0.54

BLK

0.2#189 of 213-0.77

FG%

42.9%6.6/15.3#201 of 213-0.66

FT%

90.0%4.2/4.6#17 of 2130.40

TO

2.4#147 of 213-0.09

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

Team role · Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers starter at PG, with Scoot Henderson behind him. 114 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jerami Grant, Kris Murray, and Caleb Love; Ja Morant is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

PG

Left since 2025-26

Jerami Grant30 min → MEM
Kris Murray24 min → MEM
Caleb LoveSigned by PHI Jul 521 min → PHI
Matisse Thybulle16 min → LAL
Rayan Rupert12 min → PHI
Blake Wesley12 min → LAC
Minutes a night114

Arrived

Ja Morant28 min from MEM
Micah PotterWaived by IND Jul 819 min from IND
Branden CarlsonSigned Jul 112 min from OKC
Jeremy Sochan11 min from NY
John Tonje7 min from BOS
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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. Portland Trail Blazers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2024-25	MIL	58	36.1	24.9	3.4	4.7	7.1	1.2	0.2	45.0%	7.7/17.1	91.2%	6.2/6.8	2.8
2023-24	MIL	73	35.3	24.3	3.0	4.4	7.0	1.0	0.2	42.3%	7.4/17.5	92.9%	6.5/7.0	2.6
2022-23	POR	58	36.3	32.2	4.2	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	46.4%	9.6/20.7	91.7%	8.8/9.6	3.3
2021-22	POR	29	36.4	24.0	3.2	4.1	7.3	0.6	0.4	40.5%	7.7/19.0	88.7%	5.5/6.2	2.9
2020-21	POR	67	35.8	28.8	4.1	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	45.2%	9.0/19.9	93.1%	6.7/7.2	3.0
2019-20	POR	66	37.5	30.0	4.1	4.3	8.0	1.1	0.3	46.6%	9.5/20.4	89.7%	7.0/7.8	2.9
2018-19	POR	80	35.5	25.8	3.0	4.6	6.9	1.1	0.4	44.3%	8.5/19.2	92.2%	5.9/6.4	2.7
2017-18	POR	73	36.6	26.9	3.1	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	43.8%	8.5/19.4	91.9%	6.8/7.4	2.8
2016-17	POR	75	35.9	27.0	2.9	4.9	5.9	0.9	0.3	44.4%	8.8/19.8	89.0%	6.5/7.3	2.6
2015-16	POR	75	35.7	25.1	3.1	4.0	6.8	0.9	0.4	41.6%	8.2/19.7	88.7%	5.5/6.2	3.2
2014-15	POR	82	35.7	21.0	2.4	4.6	6.2	1.2	0.3	43.4%	7.2/16.6	85.7%	4.2/4.9	2.7
2013-14	POR	82	35.8	20.7	2.7	3.5	5.6	0.8	0.3	42.1%	6.7/15.9	86.5%	4.5/5.2	2.4
2012-13	POR	82	38.6	19.0	2.3	3.1	6.5	0.9	0.2	42.7%	6.7/15.7	84.6%	3.3/3.9	3.0

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Damian Lillard 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.