Where should De'Andre Hunter be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 167 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 250 in 2025-26. Availability is the question: 45 games last season, 62 projected.

How many games will De'Andre Hunter play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 62 games, after 45 last season.

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De'Andre Hunter

Sacramento Kings · SF/PF · Age 28 · 6′7″ · 8th season

Rankings Sam Hauser De'Anthony Melton

Rank#167SF #89 · of 233

Value-0.6639-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6227 min a game

Rostered3.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 167 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 250 in 2025-26. His weakest category is blocks at 0.2 a game. Availability is the question: 45 games last season, 62 projected.

Stats over time

Steady: between 13.4 and 17.0 for 5 seasons.

Last season13.7

5-season average15.0

Trend a season+0.2

2026-27 proj.15.3

Fairly steady: lowest in 2021-22, highest in 2024-25.
Per 36 minutes: 16.2 in 2021-22, 18.9 last season, on 29.8 → 26.1 minutes: it has held.
The projection (15.3) is up on last season (13.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#103of 24724-25#73of 26625-26#118of 27226-27*#113of 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.	167	-0.663	62	27	15.3	2.1	4.0	1.4	0.7	0.2	46.0%	5.2/11.2	84.3%	2.8/3.3	1.4
2025-26	250	-0.487	45	26	13.7	1.7	4.1	2.0	0.7	0.1	41.5%	4.6/11.1	86.7%	2.8/3.2	1.7
2024-25	116	-0.054	64	27	17.0	2.5	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	47.0%	5.6/11.9	84.6%	3.4/4.0	1.3
2023-24	180	-0.442	57	30	15.6	2.1	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	45.9%	5.3/11.6	84.7%	2.9/3.4	1.5
2022-23	-	-	67	32	15.4	1.5	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	46.3%	5.7/12.3	83.9%	2.6/3.1	1.2
2021-22	-	-	53	30	13.4	1.4	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	44.4%	4.8/10.8	77.4%	2.4/3.1	1.3

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

15.3#113 of 213-0.20

3PM

2.1#77 of 2130.28

REB

4.0#170 of 213-0.67

AST

1.4#193 of 213-0.76

STL

0.7#183 of 213-0.44

BLK

0.2#197 of 213-0.82

FG%

46.0%5.2/11.2#136 of 213-0.27

FT%

84.3%2.8/3.3#45 of 2130.05

TO

1.4#63 of 2130.34

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

Team role · Sacramento Kings

No. 2 at SF for the Sacramento Kings, behind Ben Simmons. 169 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it DeMar DeRozan, Russell Westbrook, and Dennis Schroder; Darius Acuff Jr. is the arrival projected for the most minutes (27).

SF

1Ben SimmonsNew
2De'Andre Hunter
3Nique Clifford
4Alex KarabanNew
5Malik Monk
6Daeqwon Plowden

Left since 2025-26

DeMar DeRozanWaived Jul 631 min → DEN
Russell Westbrook29 min
Dennis SchroderAcquired by CHA Aug 2026 min → CHA
Devin CarterTraded Jun 3018 min
Killian Hayes18 min
Keon EllisSigned by BKN Jul 618 min → BKN
Doug McDermott15 min
Drew Eubanks13 min
Minutes a night169

Arrived

Jonathan MogboSigned Jul 26 min from TOR
Darius Acuff Jr.new
Ben Simmonsnew
Adam Flaglernew
Emanuel Sharpnew
Alex Karabannew

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. Sacramento Kings depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CLE/SAC	45	26.1	13.7	1.7	4.1	2.0	0.7	0.1	41.4%	4.6/11.1	87.5%	2.8/3.2	1.7
2024-25	ATL/CLE	64	27.2	17.0	2.5	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	47.1%	5.6/11.9	85.0%	3.4/4.0	1.3
2023-24	ATL	57	29.5	15.6	2.1	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	45.7%	5.3/11.6	85.3%	2.9/3.4	1.5
2022-23	ATL	67	31.7	15.4	1.5	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	46.3%	5.7/12.3	83.9%	2.6/3.1	1.2
2021-22	ATL	53	29.8	13.4	1.4	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	44.4%	4.8/10.8	77.4%	2.4/3.1	1.3
2020-21	ATL	23	29.5	15.0	1.3	4.8	1.9	0.8	0.5	48.1%	5.2/10.8	86.5%	3.2/3.7	1.3
2019-20	ATL	63	32.0	12.3	1.7	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	40.7%	4.4/10.8	73.9%	1.7/2.3	1.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

De'Andre Hunter 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.