Where should Ivica Zubac be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 86 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 179 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 61.4 on average, 25 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Ivica Zubac play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 74 games, after 48 last season.

IND

Ivica Zubac

Indiana Pacers · C · Age 29 · 7′0″ · 11th season

Rankings Kel'el Ware Neemias Queta

Rank#86C #26 · of 233

Value-0.2469-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP61.4ESPN 89.0

$ Max value$8Yahoo avg $6.3

Games7430 min a game

Rostered83.3%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 86 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 179 in 2025-26. He is top 10 in field-goal percentage and rebounds among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 72.0%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 61.4 on average, 25 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: 10.3 in 2021-22, 14.1 last season.

Last season14.1

5-season average12.7

Trend a season+1.4

2026-27 proj.15.2

Up and down: between 10.3 (2021-22) and 16.8 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 15.2 in 2021-22, 16.9 last season, on 24.4 → 30.1 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (15.2) is up on last season (14.1).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#142of 24724-25#74of 26625-26#101of 27226-27*#70of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	86	-0.246	74	30	15.2	11.0	2.1	0.4	1.1	63.8%	6.4/10.1	72.0%	2.3/3.2	1.6
2025-26	179	-0.312	48	30	14.1	10.6	2.2	0.4	0.8	59.8%	6.0/10.0	71.1%	2.1/3.0	1.8
2024-25	62	0.216	80	33	16.8	12.6	2.7	0.7	1.1	62.8%	7.4/11.8	66.1%	2.0/3.0	1.6
2023-24	113	-0.224	68	26	11.7	9.2	1.4	0.3	1.2	64.9%	5.0/7.6	72.3%	1.8/2.4	1.2
2022-23	-	-	76	29	10.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	63.2%	4.3/6.8	71.0%	2.2/3.1	1.5
2021-22	-	-	76	24	10.3	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.0	63.1%	4.1/6.5	73.3%	2.2/3.0	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

15.2#70 of 2130.15

3PM

0.0#208 of 213-0.85

REB

11.0#10 of 2130.96

AST

2.1#133 of 213-0.40

STL

0.4#208 of 213-0.63

BLK

1.1#43 of 2130.28

FG%

63.8%6.4/10.1#6 of 2130.97

FT%

72.0%2.3/3.2#176 of 213-0.95

TO

1.6#129 of 2130.02

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

Team role · Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers starter at C, with Jay Huff behind him. 173 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Bennedict Mathurin, Ethan Thompson, and Micah Potter; Tyrese Haliburton is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

C

Left since 2025-26

Bennedict MathurinSigned by NO Sep 1032 min → NO
Ethan ThompsonWaived Aug 1321 min
Micah PotterWaived Jul 819 min → POR
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl18 min
Isaiah Jackson17 min → LAC
Kam JonesSigned by MIL Jul 617 min → MIL
Garrison Mathews13 min
Taelon PeterWaived Jul 2013 min
RayJ Dennis13 min → ATL
Tony Bradley11 min
Minutes a night173

Arrived

Kelly Oubre Jr.32 min from PHI
Larry Nance Jr.Signed Jul 913 min from CLE
Tyrese Haliburtonnew
Braden SmithSigned Aug 17new

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. Indiana Pacers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	LAC/IND	48	30.1	14.1	10.6	2.2	0.4	0.8	60.0%	6.0/10.0	70.0%	2.1/3.0	1.8
2024-25	LAC	80	32.8	16.8	12.6	2.7	0.7	1.1	62.7%	7.4/11.8	66.7%	2.0/3.0	1.6
2023-24	LAC	68	26.4	11.7	9.2	1.4	0.3	1.2	65.8%	5.0/7.6	75.0%	1.8/2.4	1.2
2022-23	LAC	76	28.5	10.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	63.2%	4.3/6.8	71.0%	2.2/3.1	1.5
2021-22	LAC	76	24.4	10.3	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.0	63.1%	4.1/6.5	73.3%	2.2/3.0	1.5
2020-21	LAC	72	22.3	9.0	7.2	1.3	0.3	0.9	65.5%	3.6/5.5	79.2%	1.9/2.4	1.1
2019-20	LAC	72	18.4	8.3	7.5	1.1	0.2	0.9	62.3%	3.3/5.3	73.9%	1.7/2.3	0.8
2018-19	LAL/LAC	59	17.6	8.9	6.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	56.3%	3.6/6.4	81.0%	1.7/2.1	1.2
2017-18	LAL	43	9.5	3.7	2.9	0.6	0.2	0.3	50.0%	1.4/2.8	75.0%	0.9/1.2	0.6
2016-17	LAL	38	16.0	7.5	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.9	52.4%	3.3/6.3	61.5%	0.8/1.3	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Ivica Zubac 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.