Where should Jaylen Brown be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 71 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 32 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 30.9 on average, 40 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Jaylen Brown play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 71 last season.

PHI

Jaylen Brown

Philadelphia 76ers · SG/SF/PF · Age 29 · 6′6″ · 11th season

Rankings Dyson Daniels Jabari Smith Jr

Rank#71SG #54 · of 233

Value-0.0959-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP30.9ESPN 32.9

$ Max value$13Yahoo avg $23.7

Games7035 min a game

Rostered99.6%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 71 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 32 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in points among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 79.2%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 30.9 on average, 40 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 22.2 and 28.7 for 5 seasons, and top 50 among rotation players every season on our board.

Last season28.7

5-season average24.8

Trend a season+0.6

2026-27 proj.24.7

Fairly steady: lowest in 2024-25, highest in 2025-26.
Per 36 minutes: 25.3 in 2021-22, 30.0 last season, on 33.6 → 34.4 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (24.7) is down on last season (28.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#23of 24724-25#33of 26625-26#4of 27226-27*#13of 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.	71	-0.095	70	35	24.7	2.1	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.4	47.6%	8.9/18.7	79.2%	4.8/6.1	2.5
2025-26	32	0.338	71	34	28.7	2.0	6.9	5.1	1.0	0.4	47.7%	10.4/21.7	79.5%	6.0/7.6	3.6
2024-25	70	0.185	63	34	22.2	1.8	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	46.3%	8.2/17.8	76.4%	3.9/5.1	2.6
2023-24	60	-0.018	70	33	23.0	2.1	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	49.9%	9.0/17.9	70.3%	3.0/4.3	2.4
2022-23	-	-	67	36	26.6	2.4	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	49.0%	10.1/20.6	76.5%	3.9/5.1	2.9
2021-22	-	-	66	34	23.6	2.5	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	47.3%	8.7/18.4	77.1%	3.7/4.8	2.7

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

24.7#13 of 2130.97

3PM

2.1#80 of 2130.28

REB

5.9#48 of 2130.11

AST

4.1#62 of 2130.04

STL

1.2#51 of 2130.26

BLK

0.4#99 of 213-0.33

FG%

47.6%8.9/18.7#76 of 213-0.05

FT%

79.2%4.8/6.1#134 of 213-0.87

TO

2.5#177 of 213-0.36

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

Team role · Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers starter at SF; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, new to the team, is behind him. 188 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Kelly Oubre Jr., Paul George, and Quentin Grimes; LeBron James is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

SF

Left since 2025-26

Kelly Oubre Jr.32 min → IND
Paul GeorgeAcquired by BOS Jul 631 min → BOS
Quentin Grimes30 min → LAL
Andre DrummondSigned by NY Jul 620 min → NY
Cameron Payne17 min
Jared McCain17 min → OKC
Trendon WatfordSigned by NO Aug 1716 min → NO
MarJon Beauchamp14 min
Dalen TerryWaived Jul 2612 min
Minutes a night188

Arrived

Jaylen BrownAcquired Jul 634 min from BOS
LeBron JamesSigned Jul 2633 min from LAL
Anfernee SimonsSigned Jul 625 min from CHI
Dean WadeSigned Jul 622 min from CLE
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeWaived by MEM Jul 2621 min from MEM
Caleb LoveSigned Jul 521 min from POR
Rayan Rupert17 min from MEM
Ariel HukportiSigned Jul 69 min from NY
Labaron Philon Jr.new

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. Philadelphia 76ers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	BOS	71	34.4	28.7	2.0	6.9	5.1	1.0	0.4	47.9%	10.4/21.7	80.0%	6.0/7.5	3.6
2024-25	BOS	63	34.3	22.2	1.8	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	46.3%	8.2/17.7	76.5%	3.9/5.1	2.6
2023-24	BOS	70	33.5	23.0	2.1	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	50.3%	9.0/17.9	69.8%	3.0/4.3	2.4
2022-23	BOS	67	35.9	26.6	2.4	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	49.0%	10.1/20.6	76.5%	3.9/5.1	2.9
2021-22	BOS	66	33.6	23.6	2.5	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	47.3%	8.7/18.4	77.1%	3.7/4.8	2.7
2020-21	BOS	58	34.5	24.7	2.8	6.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	48.4%	9.3/19.2	76.7%	3.3/4.3	2.7
2019-20	BOS	57	33.9	20.3	2.3	6.4	2.1	1.1	0.4	48.1%	7.5/15.6	72.1%	3.1/4.3	2.2
2018-19	BOS	74	25.9	13.0	1.3	4.2	1.4	0.9	0.4	46.7%	5.0/10.7	66.7%	1.8/2.7	1.3
2017-18	BOS	70	30.7	14.5	1.7	4.9	1.6	1.0	0.4	46.1%	5.3/11.5	63.6%	2.1/3.3	1.8
2016-17	BOS	78	17.2	6.6	0.6	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	46.3%	2.5/5.4	68.8%	1.1/1.6	0.9

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jaylen Brown 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.