How many games will Jay Huff play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 74 games, after 82 last season.

IND

Jay Huff

Indiana Pacers · C · Age 29 · 7′1″

Rankings Cameron Johnson Herbert Jones

Rank#122C #34 · of 233

Value-0.4589-cat, per game

$ Max value$1

Games7418 min a game

Rostered0.6%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 122 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 124 in 2025-26. His weakest category is rebounds at 3.4 a game.

Stats over time

Rising: up 2 seasons in a row.

Last season9.5

5-season average5.0

Trend a season+1.9

2026-27 proj.8.2

Up and down: between 0.0 (2021-22) and 9.5 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 0.0 in 2021-22, 16.3 last season, on 5.0 → 21.0 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (8.2) sits between last season (9.5) and his 5-season average (5.0).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25–of 26625-26#197of 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.	122	-0.458	74	18	8.2	1.2	3.4	1.3	0.4	1.5	48.0%	3.1/6.4	82.2%	0.9/1.0	0.8
2025-26	124	-0.134	82	21	9.5	1.5	4.0	1.5	0.5	1.9	47.6%	3.6/7.5	82.8%	1.0/1.2	0.9
2024-25	281	-0.534	64	12	6.9	1.3	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.9	51.5%	2.5/4.8	78.6%	0.7/0.9	0.5
2023-24	500	-1.053	20	2	1.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	60.0%	0.5/0.8	100.0%	0.1/0.1	0.1
2022-23	-	-	7	14	7.3	0.9	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.6	58.3%	2.1/3.6	91.3%	2.1/2.3	0.7
2021-22	-	-	4	5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0%	0.0/0.8	0.0%	0.0/0.0	0.3

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

8.2-0.74

3PM

1.20.18

REB

3.4-0.82

AST

1.3-0.73

STL

0.4-0.66

BLK

1.50.76

FG%

48.0%3.1/6.4-0.25

FT%

82.2%0.9/1.00.00

TO

0.80.58

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

Team role · Indiana Pacers

No. 8 at PF for the Indiana Pacers, behind Pascal Siakam, Obi Toppin, Kelly Oubre Jr., Kobe Brown, Larry Nance Jr., Jarace Walker, and Jalen Slawson. 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).

PF

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	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	IND	82	21.0	9.5	1.5	4.0	1.5	0.5	1.9	46.7%	3.5/7.5	83.3%	1.0/1.2	0.9
2024-25	MEM	64	11.7	6.9	1.3	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.9	52.1%	2.5/4.8	77.8%	0.7/0.9	0.5
2023-24	DEN	20	2.5	1.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	62.5%	0.5/0.8	100.0%	0.1/0.1	0.1
2022-23	WSH	7	13.6	7.3	0.9	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.6	58.3%	2.1/3.6	91.3%	2.1/2.3	0.7
2021-22	LAL	4	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0%	0.0/0.8	0.0%	0.0/0.0	0.3

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jay Huff 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.