Where should Desmond Bane be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 26 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 45 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 53.2 on average, 27 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Desmond Bane play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 72 games, after 82 last season.

ORL

Desmond Bane

Orlando Magic · SG/SF · Age 28 · 6′6″ · 7th season

Rankings Amen Thompson Lauri Markkanen

Rank#26SG #16 · of 233

Value0.3099-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP53.2ESPN 49.1

$ Max value$31Yahoo avg $9.2

Games7233 min a game

Rostered95.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 26 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 45 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in free-throw percentage among rotation players. Yahoo drafters take him at 53.2 on average, 27 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Steady: between 18.2 and 23.7 for 5 seasons.

Last season20.1

5-season average20.5

Trend a season+0.2

2026-27 proj.20.2

Fairly steady: lowest in 2021-22, highest in 2023-24.
Per 36 minutes: 22.0 in 2021-22, 21.5 last season, on 29.8 → 33.6 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (20.2) is in line with last season (20.1).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#70of 24724-25#54of 26625-26#44of 27226-27*#34of 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.	26	0.309	72	33	20.2	2.1	4.1	4.3	1.1	0.4	48.6%	7.2/14.8	90.2%	3.7/4.1	2.1
2025-26	45	0.255	82	34	20.1	2.0	4.1	4.1	1.0	0.5	48.4%	7.1/14.7	90.8%	3.8/4.2	2.0
2024-25	33	0.434	69	32	19.2	2.4	6.1	5.3	1.2	0.4	48.4%	7.1/14.8	89.4%	2.6/2.9	2.4
2023-24	96	-0.162	42	34	23.7	3.3	4.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	46.4%	8.6/18.5	87.0%	3.3/3.8	2.7
2022-23	-	-	58	32	21.5	2.9	5.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	48.1%	7.8/16.2	88.6%	3.1/3.5	2.2
2021-22	-	-	76	30	18.2	3.0	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.4	46.2%	6.7/14.5	90.0%	1.8/2.0	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

20.2#34 of 2130.56

3PM

2.1#70 of 2130.32

REB

4.1#114 of 213-0.37

AST

4.3#51 of 2130.15

STL

1.1#60 of 2130.20

BLK

0.4#92 of 213-0.28

FG%

48.6%7.2/14.8#51 of 2130.00

FT%

90.2%3.7/4.1#12 of 2130.49

TO

2.1#158 of 213-0.16

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

Team role · Orlando Magic

The Orlando Magic starter at SG, with Anthony Black behind him. 40 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Tyus Jones, Jett Howard, and Moritz Wagner; no arrival is projected for starter's minutes.

SG

Left since 2025-26

Tyus JonesSigned by DEN Jul 1416 min → DEN
Jett Howard13 min → DAL
Moritz WagnerSigned by BKN Jul 3112 min → BKN
Minutes a night40

Arrived

Nikola VucevicSigned Jul 128 min from BOS
Izaiyah Nelsonnew

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. Orlando Magic depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	ORL	82	33.6	20.1	2.0	4.1	4.1	1.0	0.5	48.3%	7.1/14.7	90.5%	3.8/4.2	2.0
2024-25	MEM	69	32.0	19.2	2.4	6.1	5.3	1.2	0.4	48.0%	7.1/14.8	89.7%	2.6/2.9	2.4
2023-24	MEM	42	34.4	23.7	3.3	4.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	46.5%	8.6/18.5	86.8%	3.3/3.8	2.7
2022-23	MEM	58	31.7	21.5	2.9	5.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	48.1%	7.8/16.2	88.6%	3.1/3.5	2.2
2021-22	MEM	76	29.8	18.2	3.0	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.4	46.2%	6.7/14.5	90.0%	1.8/2.0	1.5
2020-21	MEM	68	22.3	9.2	1.7	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	46.6%	3.4/7.3	85.7%	0.6/0.7	0.9

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Desmond Bane 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.