Where should Darius Garland be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 60 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 92 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 61.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Darius Garland play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games, after 45 last season.

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Darius Garland

LA Clippers · PG · Age 26 · 6′1″ · 8th season

Rankings Keegan Murray Payton Pritchard

Rank#60PG #25 · of 233

Value-0.0409-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP61.0ESPN 49.5

$ Max value$16Yahoo avg $7.3

Games6630 min a game

Rostered91.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 60 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 92 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in assists among rotation players; the cost is blocks at 0.2 a game, which makes him a natural punt-BLK pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 61.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Falling: 21.7 in 2021-22, 18.8 last season.

Last season18.8

5-season average20.1

Trend a season−0.7

2026-27 proj.20.9

Very steady: between 18.0 (2023-24) and 21.7 (2021-22).
Per 36 minutes: 21.9 in 2021-22, 22.6 last season, on 35.7 → 29.9 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (20.9) is up on last season (18.8).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#78of 24724-25#44of 26625-26#52of 27226-27*#45of 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.	60	-0.040	66	30	20.9	2.9	2.9	6.8	1.1	0.2	46.3%	7.2/15.5	86.5%	3.7/4.3	3.1
2025-26	92	-0.012	45	30	18.8	2.7	2.4	6.7	1.0	0.2	46.0%	6.9/14.9	86.1%	2.3/2.7	2.9
2024-25	51	0.282	75	31	20.6	2.8	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	47.2%	7.4/15.7	87.8%	3.0/3.4	2.5
2023-24	114	-0.237	57	33	18.0	2.3	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	44.6%	6.6/14.8	83.4%	2.6/3.1	3.1
2022-23	-	-	69	36	21.6	2.4	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	46.3%	7.6/16.4	85.1%	4.0/4.7	2.9
2021-22	-	-	68	36	21.7	2.6	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	46.2%	8.0/17.3	91.4%	3.2/3.5	3.6

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

20.9#45 of 2130.46

3PM

2.9#28 of 2130.66

REB

2.9#183 of 213-0.76

AST

6.8#18 of 2130.66

STL

1.1#70 of 2130.14

BLK

0.2#188 of 213-0.77

FG%

46.3%7.2/15.5#127 of 213-0.22

FT%

86.5%3.7/4.3#31 of 2130.18

TO

3.1#193 of 213-0.61

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

Team role · LA Clippers

The LA Clippers starter at PG, with Kris Dunn behind him. 205 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, and Ivica Zubac; Brandon Ingram is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

PG

Left since 2025-26

James HardenSigned by CLE Sep 836 min → CLE
Kawhi Leonard32 min → TOR
Ivica Zubac31 min → IND
Bennedict MathurinSigned by NO Sep 1028 min → NO
John CollinsAcquired by DET Jul 827 min → DET
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min → HOU
Nicolas Batum18 min
Chris Paul14 min
Minutes a night205

Arrived

Brandon Ingram34 min from TOR
Rui Hachimura28 min from LAL
Max StrusAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
Jalen Pickett16 min from DEN
Gradey Dick14 min from TOR
Blake Wesley12 min from POR
Keaton Waglernew
Nick Martinellinew
Baba Millernew

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. LA Clippers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CLE/LAC	45	29.9	18.8	2.7	2.4	6.7	1.0	0.2	46.3%	6.9/14.9	85.2%	2.3/2.7	2.9
2024-25	CLE	75	30.7	20.6	2.8	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	47.1%	7.4/15.7	88.2%	3.0/3.4	2.5
2023-24	CLE	57	33.3	18.0	2.3	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	44.6%	6.6/14.8	83.9%	2.6/3.1	3.1
2022-23	CLE	69	35.5	21.6	2.4	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	46.3%	7.6/16.4	85.1%	4.0/4.7	2.9
2021-22	CLE	68	35.7	21.7	2.6	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	46.2%	8.0/17.3	91.4%	3.2/3.5	3.6
2020-21	CLE	54	33.1	17.4	1.9	2.4	6.1	1.2	0.1	45.0%	6.7/14.9	87.5%	2.1/2.4	3.0
2019-20	CLE	59	30.9	12.3	1.8	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	39.8%	4.7/11.8	91.7%	1.1/1.2	2.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Darius Garland 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.