How many games will Dru Smith play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 70 last season.

MIA

Dru Smith

Miami Heat · PG/SG · Age 28 · 6′2″

Rankings Isaiah Hartenstein Ronald Holland II

Rank#164PG #85 · of 233

Value-0.6539-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games7016 min a game

Rostered0.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 164 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 236 in 2025-26. His weakest category is points at 5.7 a game.

Stats over time

Rising: 2.9 in 2022-23, 5.6 last season.

Last season5.6

4-season average4.8

Trend a season+1.0

2026-27 proj.5.7

Up and down: between 2.9 (2022-23) and 6.2 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 9.9 in 2022-23, 12.4 last season, on 10.5 → 16.3 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (5.7) is in line with last season (5.6).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25–of 26625-26–of 27226-27*–of 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.	164	-0.653	70	16	5.7	0.5	2.4	2.5	1.4	0.3	43.6%	2.0/4.5	90.2%	1.2/1.4	0.8
2025-26	236	-0.436	70	16	5.6	0.5	2.5	2.6	1.4	0.3	41.5%	1.9/4.6	82.9%	1.2/1.5	0.8
2024-25	182	-0.317	14	19	6.2	1.1	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.4	50.8%	2.2/4.4	75.0%	0.6/0.9	1.2
2023-24	379	-0.897	9	14	4.3	0.8	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.3	45.5%	1.7/3.7	100.0%	0.2/0.2	0.6
2022-23	-	-	15	11	2.9	0.3	1.6	1.5	0.7	0.3	40.0%	1.2/3.0	100.0%	0.2/0.2	0.2

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

5.7-1.05

3PM

0.5-0.57

REB

2.4-0.89

AST

2.5-0.50

STL

1.40.47

BLK

0.3-0.54

FG%

43.6%2.0/4.5-0.18

FT%

90.2%1.2/1.40.00

TO

0.80.66

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · Miami Heat

No. 2 at PG for the Miami Heat, behind Davion Mitchell. 129 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Tyler Herro, Norman Powell, and Jaime Jaquez Jr.; Giannis Antetokounmpo is the arrival projected for the most minutes (33).

PG

1Davion Mitchell
2Dru Smith
3Ryan ConwellNew
4Tre DonaldsonNew

SG

1Klay ThompsonNew
2Tim Hardaway Jr.New
3Ryan ConwellNew
4Pelle Larsson
5Myron Gardner
6Dru Smith

Left since 2025-26

Tyler HerroTraded Jul 631 min → MIL
Norman Powell30 min → CHI
Jaime Jaquez Jr.Traded Jul 628 min → MIL
Kel'el WareTraded Jul 622 min → MIL
Kasparas JakučionisTraded Jul 618 min → MIL
Minutes a night129

Arrived

Giannis AntetokounmpoAcquired Jul 629 min from MIL
Tim Hardaway Jr.Signed Jul 627 min from DEN
Bobby PortisAcquired Jul 624 min from MIL
Klay ThompsonWaived by DAL Aug 2122 min from DAL
Nick RichardsSigned Aug 2715 min from CHI
Ryan Conwellnew
Tre DonaldsonSigned Jul 3new

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. Miami Heat depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	MIA	70	16.3	5.6	0.5	2.5	2.6	1.4	0.3	41.3%	1.9/4.6	80.0%	1.2/1.5	0.8
2024-25	MIA	14	19.1	6.2	1.1	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.4	50.0%	2.2/4.4	66.7%	0.6/0.9	1.2
2023-24	MIA	9	14.6	4.3	0.8	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.3	45.9%	1.7/3.7	100.0%	0.2/0.2	0.6
2022-23	MIA/BKN	15	10.5	2.9	0.3	1.6	1.5	0.7	0.3	40.0%	1.2/3.0	100.0%	0.2/0.2	0.2

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Dru Smith 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.