Where should Jakob Poeltl be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 173 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 176 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 121.9 on average, 51 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Jakob Poeltl play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 56 games, after 46 last season.

TOR

Jakob Poeltl

Toronto Raptors · C · Age 30 · 7′0″ · 11th season

Rankings Moussa Diabate Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Rank#173C #45 · of 233

Value-0.6829-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP121.9ESPN 128.4

$ Max value$0Yahoo avg $1.0

Games5625 min a game

Rostered57.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 173 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 176 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in field-goal percentage among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 63.8%. Yahoo drafters take him at 121.9 on average, 51 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 10.7 and 14.5 for 5 seasons.

Last season10.7

5-season average12.5

Trend a season−0.4

2026-27 proj.10.6

Fairly steady: lowest in 2025-26, highest in 2024-25.
Per 36 minutes: 16.8 in 2021-22, 15.4 last season, on 29.0 → 25.0 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (10.6) is in line with last season (10.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#179of 24724-25#97of 26625-26#173of 27226-27*#176of 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.	173	-0.682	56	25	10.6	8.2	2.7	0.9	1.0	65.2%	4.7/7.2	63.8%	1.3/2.0	1.5
2025-26	176	-0.306	46	25	10.7	7.0	2.0	0.9	0.7	70.0%	4.7/6.7	60.2%	1.3/2.1	1.2
2024-25	60	0.222	57	30	14.5	9.6	2.8	1.2	1.2	62.7%	6.4/10.2	67.4%	1.7/2.5	1.9
2023-24	129	-0.314	50	26	11.1	8.6	2.5	0.7	1.5	65.6%	5.0/7.6	55.1%	1.2/2.1	1.5
2022-23	-	-	72	27	12.5	9.1	2.7	0.9	1.2	62.8%	5.4/8.6	60.7%	1.7/2.8	1.7
2021-22	-	-	68	29	13.5	9.3	2.8	0.7	1.7	61.2%	6.0/9.8	50.0%	1.4/2.8	1.6

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

10.6#176 of 213-0.65

3PM

0.0#206 of 213-0.85

REB

8.2#61 of 213-0.01

AST

2.7#123 of 213-0.36

STL

0.9#135 of 213-0.16

BLK

1.0#58 of 213-0.02

FG%

65.2%4.7/7.2#14 of 2130.64

FT%

63.8%1.3/2.0#195 of 213-1.04

TO

1.5#80 of 2130.26

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

Team role · Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors starter at C, with Collin Murray-Boyles behind him. 85 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Brandon Ingram, Sandro Mamukelashvili, and Ochai Agbaji; Kawhi Leonard is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

C

Left since 2025-26

Brandon Ingram34 min → LAC
Sandro Mamukelashvili22 min → LAL
Ochai Agbaji16 min
Gradey Dick14 min → LAC
Minutes a night85

Arrived

Kawhi Leonard32 min from LAC
Malachi SmithWaived by BKN Jul 1024 min from BKN
Kyle AndersonSigned Jul 620 min from MIN
Trey Jemison III6 min from NY
Jaden BradleySigned Sep 21new
Allen GravesSigned Jul 2new

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. Toronto Raptors depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	TOR	46	25.0	10.7	7.0	2.0	0.9	0.7	70.1%	4.7/6.7	61.9%	1.3/2.1	1.2
2024-25	TOR	57	29.6	14.5	9.6	2.8	1.2	1.2	62.7%	6.4/10.2	68.0%	1.7/2.5	1.9
2023-24	TOR	50	26.4	11.1	8.6	2.5	0.7	1.5	65.8%	5.0/7.6	57.1%	1.2/2.1	1.5
2022-23	SA/TOR	72	26.5	12.5	9.1	2.7	0.9	1.2	62.8%	5.4/8.6	60.7%	1.7/2.8	1.7
2021-22	SA	68	29.0	13.5	9.3	2.8	0.7	1.7	61.2%	6.0/9.8	50.0%	1.4/2.8	1.6
2020-21	SA	69	26.7	8.6	7.9	1.9	0.7	1.8	61.3%	3.8/6.2	50.0%	0.9/1.8	1.2
2019-20	SA	66	17.7	5.6	5.7	1.8	0.6	1.4	62.5%	2.5/4.0	46.2%	0.6/1.3	0.8
2018-19	SA	77	16.5	5.5	5.3	1.2	0.4	0.9	63.2%	2.4/3.8	50.0%	0.6/1.2	0.6
2017-18	TOR	82	18.6	6.9	4.8	0.7	0.5	1.2	66.0%	3.1/4.7	58.3%	0.7/1.2	1.0
2016-17	TOR	54	11.6	3.1	3.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	57.1%	1.2/2.1	54.5%	0.6/1.1	0.5

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jakob Poeltl 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.