Where should Jalen Smith be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 220 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 212 in 2025-26. Availability is the question: 53 games last season, 62 projected.

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

Our projection has him at 62 games, after 53 last season.

CHI

Jalen Smith

Chicago Bulls · PF/C · Age 26 · 6′8″ · 7th season

Rankings Moritz Wagner Marcus Smart

Rank#220PF #116 · of 233

Value-1.0119-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6219 min a game

Rostered1.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 220 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 212 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 75.3%. Availability is the question: 53 games last season, 62 projected.

Stats over time

Steady: between 8.2 and 10.2 for 5 seasons.

Last season10.2

5-season average9.4

Trend a season+0.08

2026-27 proj.9.0

Very steady: lowest in 2024-25, highest in 2025-26.
Per 36 minutes: 18.3 in 2021-22, 17.7 last season, on 18.1 → 20.7 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (9.0) is down on last season (10.2).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25–of 26625-26#184of 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.	220	-1.011	62	19	9.0	1.4	5.8	1.1	0.4	0.7	48.8%	3.2/6.7	75.3%	1.2/1.5	0.9
2025-26	212	-0.365	53	21	10.2	1.5	6.7	1.2	0.5	0.8	48.3%	3.7/7.6	74.2%	1.3/1.8	1.0
2024-25	237	-0.412	64	15	8.2	1.1	5.6	1.0	0.3	0.7	46.6%	3.0/6.4	80.9%	1.1/1.4	0.6
2023-24	199	-0.493	61	17	9.9	1.0	5.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	59.2%	3.8/6.5	69.2%	1.2/1.7	0.7
2022-23	-	-	68	19	9.4	0.8	5.8	1.0	0.3	0.9	48.0%	3.6/7.5	75.0%	1.5/2.0	1.1
2021-22	-	-	51	18	9.2	0.8	6.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	50.7%	3.5/6.9	75.0%	1.5/2.0	0.8

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

9.0-0.79

3PM

1.40.03

REB

5.8-0.37

AST

1.1-0.84

STL

0.4-0.72

BLK

0.7-0.28

FG%

48.8%3.2/6.7-0.10

FT%

75.3%1.2/1.5-0.88

TO

0.90.59

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

Team role · Chicago Bulls

No. 6 at PF for the Chicago Bulls, behind Caleb Wilson, Patrick Williams, Dailyn Swain, Matas Buzelis, and Leonard Miller. 251 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, and Ayo Dosunmu; Norman Powell is the arrival projected for the most minutes (30).

PF

1Caleb WilsonNew
2Patrick Williams
3Dailyn SwainNew
4Matas Buzelis
5Leonard Miller
6Jalen Smith
7Noa Essengue
8Zach Collins
9Tobe AwakaNew

C

1Nic ClaxtonNew
2Jalen Smith
3Zach Collins
4Tobe AwakaNew
5Leonard Miller

Left since 2025-26

Nikola VucevicSigned by ORL Jul 131 min → ORL
Coby WhiteSigned by CHA Jul 629 min → CHA
Ayo Dosunmu26 min → MIN
Collin Sexton26 min → LAL
Guerschon Yabusele25 min
Kevin Huerter24 min → DET
Nick RichardsSigned by MIA Aug 2722 min → MIA
Rob DillinghamTraded Sep 2721 min
Lachlan Olbrich13 min
Yuki Kawamura12 min
Dalen Terry11 min
Jevon CarterSigned by ORL Jul 111 min → ORL
Minutes a night251

Arrived

Norman Powell30 min from MIA
Nic ClaxtonAcquired Jul 1028 min from BKN
Buddy HieldAcquired Sep 2716 min from ATL
Jordan HawkinsTraded by NO Sep 814 min from NO
Jaylin Sellersnew
Dailyn Swainnew
Caleb Wilsonnew
Tobe AwakaSigned 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. Chicago Bulls depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CHI	53	20.7	10.2	1.5	6.7	1.2	0.5	0.8	48.7%	3.7/7.6	72.2%	1.3/1.8	1.0
2024-25	CHI	64	15.0	8.2	1.1	5.6	1.0	0.3	0.7	46.9%	3.0/6.4	78.6%	1.1/1.4	0.6
2023-24	IND	61	17.2	9.9	1.0	5.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	58.5%	3.8/6.5	70.6%	1.2/1.7	0.7
2022-23	IND	68	18.8	9.4	0.8	5.8	1.0	0.3	0.9	48.0%	3.6/7.5	75.0%	1.5/2.0	1.1
2021-22	PHX/IND	51	18.1	9.2	0.8	6.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	50.7%	3.5/6.9	75.0%	1.5/2.0	0.8
2020-21	PHX	27	5.8	2.0	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	42.1%	0.8/1.9	66.7%	0.2/0.3	0.3

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jalen 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.