How many games will Jaxson Hayes play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 68 games, after 66 last season.

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Jaxson Hayes

Utah Jazz · C · Age 26 · 7′0″ · 8th season

Rankings Joan Beringer Spencer Jones

Rank#225C #64 · of 233

Value-1.1109-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6819 min a game

Rostered0.4%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 225 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 313 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 64.9%.

Stats over time

Steady: between 4.3 and 9.3 for 5 seasons.

Last season7.5

5-season average6.6

Trend a season−0.2

2026-27 proj.7.0

Up and down: lowest in 2023-24, highest in 2021-22.
Per 36 minutes: 16.7 in 2021-22, 14.8 last season, on 20.0 → 18.3 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (7.0) sits between last season (7.5) and his 5-season average (6.6).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25#248of 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.	225	-1.110	68	19	7.0	0.0	4.1	0.8	0.5	0.8	72.6%	2.8/3.9	64.9%	1.4/2.1	0.4
2025-26	313	-0.625	66	18	7.5	0.0	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.8	75.6%	3.0/4.0	65.3%	1.5/2.3	0.5
2024-25	264	-0.494	56	20	6.8	0.0	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	72.2%	2.9/4.0	62.2%	1.1/1.8	0.8
2023-24	304	-0.754	70	13	4.3	0.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	72.0%	1.8/2.5	62.2%	0.7/1.2	0.6
2022-23	-	-	47	13	5.0	0.1	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	54.5%	1.8/3.3	66.7%	1.2/1.8	0.7
2021-22	-	-	70	20	9.3	0.3	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	61.4%	3.5/5.7	77.8%	2.1/2.7	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

7.0-0.93

3PM

0.0-0.85

REB

4.1-0.72

AST

0.8-0.89

STL

0.5-0.58

BLK

0.8-0.20

FG%

72.6%2.8/3.90.66

FT%

64.9%1.4/2.1-1.04

TO

0.40.76

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

Team role · Utah Jazz

No. 2 at C for the Utah Jazz, behind Jaren Jackson Jr.. 223 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Bez Mbeng, Kennedy Chandler, and John Konchar; Darryn Peterson is the arrival projected for the most minutes (30).

C

Left since 2025-26

Bez MbengClaimed by MIA Sep 2233 min → MIA
Kennedy Chandler32 min
John KoncharTraded Aug 2926 min
Cody WilliamsTraded Aug 2924 min → MIN
Elijah Harkless21 min → DET
Kyle AndersonSigned by TOR Jul 620 min → TOR
Walter Clayton Jr.18 min → MEM
Oscar Tshiebwe17 min → HOU
Kevin Love17 min
Taylor Hendricks15 min → MEM
Minutes a night223

Arrived

Jaxson HayesSigned Jul 1018 min from LAL
Josh OkogieSigned Jul 1017 min from HOU
Josh GreenAcquired Aug 2916 min from CHA
Trey AlexanderSigned Jul 712 min from NO
Harrison Ingram4 min from SA
Darryn Petersonnew
Tamar BatesSigned 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. Utah Jazz depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	LAL	66	18.3	7.5	0.0	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.8	75.0%	3.0/4.0	65.2%	1.5/2.3	0.5
2024-25	LAL	56	19.5	6.8	0.0	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	72.5%	2.9/4.0	61.1%	1.1/1.8	0.8
2023-24	LAL	70	12.5	4.3	0.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	72.0%	1.8/2.5	58.3%	0.7/1.2	0.6
2022-23	NO	47	13.0	5.0	0.1	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	54.5%	1.8/3.3	66.7%	1.2/1.8	0.7
2021-22	NO	70	20.0	9.3	0.3	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	61.4%	3.5/5.7	77.8%	2.1/2.7	0.8
2020-21	NO	60	16.1	7.5	0.1	4.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	61.7%	2.9/4.7	80.0%	1.6/2.0	0.7
2019-20	NO	64	16.9	7.4	0.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	67.5%	2.7/4.0	63.3%	1.9/3.0	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jaxson Hayes 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.