How many games will Jaylon Tyson play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 72 games, after 66 last season.

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Jaylon Tyson

Cleveland Cavaliers · SG/SF · Age 23 · 6′6″

Rankings Robert Williams III Keon Ellis

Rank#201SG #126 · of 233

Value-0.8789-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games7224 min a game

Rostered2.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 201 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 160 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 75.8%.

Stats over time

Rising: 3.6 in 2024-25, 13.2 last season.

Last season13.2

2-season average8.4

Trend a season+9.6

2026-27 proj.11.0

Up and down: between 3.6 (2024-25) and 13.2 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 13.5 in 2024-25, 17.7 last season, on 9.6 → 26.9 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (11.0) sits between last season (13.2) and his 2-season average (8.4).

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25–of 26625-26#129of 27226-27*#161of 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.	201	-0.878	72	24	11.0	1.6	4.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	48.7%	4.2/8.6	75.8%	1.0/1.3	1.3
2025-26	160	-0.260	66	27	13.2	2.0	5.1	2.2	0.8	0.4	49.3%	5.0/10.2	73.8%	1.2/1.6	1.5
2024-25	473	-0.981	47	10	3.6	0.4	2.0	0.9	0.3	0.1	43.0%	1.4/3.2	79.2%	0.4/0.5	0.6

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

11.0#161 of 213-0.52

3PM

1.6#123 of 2130.02

REB

4.4#105 of 213-0.34

AST

1.7#180 of 213-0.67

STL

0.7#176 of 213-0.35

BLK

0.4#125 of 213-0.42

FG%

48.7%4.2/8.6#64 of 2130.00

FT%

75.8%1.0/1.3#155 of 213-0.90

TO

1.3#72 of 2130.30

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

Team role · Cleveland Cavaliers

No. 4 at SG for the Cleveland Cavaliers, behind Donovan Mitchell, Sam Merrill, and Tyrese Proctor. 183 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Darius Garland, De'Andre Hunter, and Keon Ellis; Peyton Watson is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

Left since 2025-26

Darius Garland30 min → LAC
De'Andre Hunter26 min → SAC
Keon EllisSigned by BKN Jul 625 min → BKN
Max StrusAcquired by LAC Aug 2024 min → LAC
Dean WadeSigned by PHI Jul 622 min → PHI
Dennis SchroderAcquired by CHA Aug 2021 min → CHA
Lonzo Ball21 min
Larry Nance Jr.Signed by IND Jul 913 min → IND
Minutes a night183

Arrived

Peyton WatsonTraded by DEN Aug 2030 min from DEN
Meleek ThomasSigned Jul 1new
Mario HezonjaSigned Jul 31new
Khalifa DiopSigned Sep 2new
Ernest Udeh Jr.Signed Jul 1new

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. Cleveland Cavaliers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CLE	66	26.9	13.2	2.0	5.1	2.2	0.8	0.4	49.0%	5.0/10.2	75.0%	1.2/1.6	1.5
2024-25	CLE	47	9.6	3.6	0.4	2.0	0.9	0.3	0.1	43.7%	1.4/3.2	80.0%	0.4/0.5	0.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jaylon Tyson 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.