Where should Fred VanVleet be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 107 player on the 2026-27 projection, after missing 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 117.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Fred VanVleet play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 60 games.

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Fred VanVleet

Houston Rockets · PG/SG · Age 32 · 6′0″ · 11th season

Rankings Christian Braun Jalen Green

Rank#107PG #53 · of 233

Value-0.3609-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP117.0ESPN 105.5

$ Max value$4Yahoo avg $1.3

Games6032 min a game

Rostered57.8%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 107 player on the 2026-27 projection, after missing 2025-26. His weakest category is field-goal percentage at 40.5%. Yahoo drafters take him at 117.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Falling: down 3 seasons in a row.

2024-2514.1

5-season average18.1

Trend a season−1.4

2026-27 proj.13.3

Fairly steady: between 14.1 (2024-25) and 20.3 (2021-22).
Per 36 minutes: 19.3 in 2020-21, 14.4 in 2024-25, on 36.5 → 35.2 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (13.3) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#63of 24724-25#110of 26626-27*#153of 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.	107	-0.360	60	32	13.3	2.5	3.1	5.6	1.2	0.4	40.5%	4.6/11.4	84.1%	1.6/1.9	1.6
2024-25	73	0.175	60	35	14.1	2.7	3.7	5.6	1.6	0.4	37.8%	4.8/12.7	81.0%	1.9/2.3	1.5
2023-24	13	0.373	73	37	17.4	3.1	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	41.6%	5.8/14.0	86.0%	2.7/3.1	1.7
2022-23	-	-	69	37	19.3	3.0	4.1	7.2	1.8	0.6	39.1%	6.3/16.1	90.2%	3.7/4.1	2.0
2021-22	-	-	65	38	20.3	3.7	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	40.2%	6.8/16.9	88.2%	3.0/3.4	2.6
2020-21	-	-	52	37	19.6	3.3	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	38.9%	6.5/16.7	89.2%	3.3/3.7	1.8

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

13.3#153 of 213-0.44

3PM

2.5#67 of 2130.35

REB

3.1#181 of 213-0.76

AST

5.6#45 of 2130.21

STL

1.2#77 of 2130.12

BLK

0.4#100 of 213-0.33

FG%

40.5%4.6/11.4#208 of 213-0.79

FT%

84.1%1.6/1.9#52 of 2130.00

TO

1.6#79 of 2130.27

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

Team role · Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets starter at PG; Marcus Smart, new to the team, is behind him. 48 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Josh Okogie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Aaron Holiday; Marcus Smart is the arrival projected for the most minutes (24).

PG

1Fred VanVleetNew
2Marcus SmartNew
3Bruce ThorntonNew
4Reed Sheppard
5Bogdan BogdanovicNew
6Quadir CopelandNew
7Sean PedullaNew

Left since 2025-26

Josh OkogieSigned by UTAH Jul 1017 min → UTAH
Dorian Finney-SmithAcquired by CHA Jul 617 min → ATL
Aaron Holiday14 min
Minutes a night48

Arrived

Marcus SmartSigned Jul 1029 min from LAL
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min from LAC
Oscar Tshiebwe17 min from UTAH
Sean PedullaSigned Aug 174 min from LAC
Fred VanVleetnew
Bruce ThorntonSigned Jul 7new
Quadir Copelandnew

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. Houston Rockets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2024-25	HOU	60	35.2	14.1	2.7	3.7	5.6	1.6	0.4	37.8%	4.8/12.7	82.6%	1.9/2.3	1.5
2023-24	HOU	73	36.8	17.4	3.1	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	41.7%	5.8/13.9	87.1%	2.7/3.1	1.7
2022-23	TOR	69	36.7	19.3	3.0	4.1	7.2	1.8	0.6	39.1%	6.3/16.1	90.2%	3.7/4.1	2.0
2021-22	TOR	65	37.9	20.3	3.7	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	40.2%	6.8/16.9	88.2%	3.0/3.4	2.6
2020-21	TOR	52	36.5	19.6	3.3	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	38.9%	6.5/16.7	89.2%	3.3/3.7	1.8
2019-20	TOR	54	35.7	17.6	2.7	3.8	6.6	1.9	0.3	41.3%	5.9/14.3	83.8%	3.1/3.7	2.2
2018-19	TOR	64	27.5	11.0	1.8	2.6	4.8	0.9	0.3	40.4%	3.8/9.4	83.3%	1.5/1.8	1.3
2017-18	TOR	76	20.0	8.6	1.4	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.3	43.1%	3.1/7.2	84.6%	1.1/1.3	1.0
2016-17	TOR	37	7.9	2.9	0.3	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.1	36.7%	1.1/3.0	83.3%	0.5/0.6	0.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Fred VanVleet 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.