Where should De'Anthony Melton be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 168 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 157 in 2025-26. Availability is the question: 49 games last season, 60 projected.

How many games will De'Anthony Melton play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 60 games, after 49 last season.

De'Anthony Melton

Golden State Warriors · PG/SG · Age 28 · 6′2″ · 9th season

Rankings De'Andre Hunter Aaron Gordon

Rank#168PG #86 · of 233

Value-0.6689-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6023 min a game

Rostered1.6%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 168 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 157 in 2025-26. His weakest category is rebounds at 3.1 a game. Availability is the question: 49 games last season, 60 projected.

Stats over time

Steady: between 10.1 and 12.3 for 5 seasons.

Last season12.3

5-season average10.9

Trend a season+0.3

2026-27 proj.10.9

Very steady: lowest in 2022-23, highest in 2025-26.
Per 36 minutes: 17.1 in 2021-22, 19.3 last season, on 22.7 → 23.0 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (10.9) sits between last season (12.3) and his 5-season average (10.9).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#200of 24724-25–of 26625-26#141of 27226-27*#179of 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.	168	-0.668	60	23	10.9	1.4	3.1	2.4	1.5	0.4	41.1%	3.8/9.3	80.2%	1.9/2.4	1.8
2025-26	157	-0.250	49	23	12.3	1.5	3.2	2.6	1.6	0.4	40.7%	4.4/10.8	82.6%	2.0/2.5	1.9
2024-25	199	-0.341	6	20	10.3	2.2	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	40.7%	3.7/9.0	62.5%	0.8/1.3	1.7
2023-24	185	-0.465	38	27	11.1	2.0	3.7	3.0	1.6	0.4	38.6%	3.7/9.5	83.5%	1.7/2.1	1.0
2022-23	-	-	77	28	10.1	2.0	4.1	2.6	1.6	0.5	42.4%	3.6/8.5	81.8%	0.9/1.1	1.3
2021-22	-	-	73	23	10.8	1.9	4.5	2.7	1.4	0.5	40.0%	3.8/9.5	75.0%	1.2/1.6	1.5

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

10.9#179 of 213-0.69

3PM

1.4#157 of 213-0.18

REB

3.1#190 of 213-0.79

AST

2.4#165 of 213-0.58

STL

1.5#26 of 2130.45

BLK

0.4#131 of 213-0.45

FG%

41.1%3.8/9.3#194 of 213-0.58

FT%

80.2%1.9/2.4#101 of 2130.00

TO

1.8#97 of 2130.20

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

Team role · Golden State Warriors

No. 2 at PG for the Golden State Warriors, behind Stephen Curry. 119 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jonathan Kuminga, Pat Spencer, and Buddy Hield; no arrival is projected for starter's minutes.

PG

SG

Left since 2025-26

Jonathan Kuminga24 min → MIN
Pat SpencerSigned by PHX Jul 419 min → PHX
Buddy HieldAcquired by CHI Sep 2718 min → CHI
Quinten Post17 min → MEM
Nate Williams17 min
Seth Curry13 min
Trayce Jackson-Davis11 min → TOR
Minutes a night119

Arrived

Brandon WilliamsSigned Aug 2622 min from DAL
Yaxel LendeborgSigned Jul 1new
Georges Niangnew
Alex Tooheynew

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. Golden State Warriors depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	GS	49	23.0	12.3	1.5	3.2	2.6	1.6	0.4	40.7%	4.4/10.8	80.0%	2.0/2.5	1.9
2024-25	GS	6	20.2	10.3	2.2	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	41.1%	3.7/9.0	61.5%	0.8/1.3	1.7
2023-24	PHI	38	26.9	11.1	2.0	3.7	3.0	1.6	0.4	38.9%	3.7/9.5	81.0%	1.7/2.1	1.0
2022-23	PHI	77	27.9	10.1	2.0	4.1	2.6	1.6	0.5	42.4%	3.6/8.5	81.8%	0.9/1.1	1.3
2021-22	MEM	73	22.7	10.8	1.9	4.5	2.7	1.4	0.5	40.0%	3.8/9.5	75.0%	1.2/1.6	1.5
2020-21	MEM	52	20.1	9.1	1.7	3.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	43.4%	3.3/7.6	80.0%	0.8/1.0	1.3
2019-20	MEM	60	19.5	7.6	0.7	3.7	2.9	1.3	0.3	40.3%	2.7/6.7	80.0%	1.6/2.0	1.4
2018-19	PHX	50	19.7	5.0	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.4	0.5	39.2%	2.0/5.1	66.7%	0.4/0.6	1.5

Box-score averages from ESPN.