Where should Josh Giddey be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 53 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 61 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 23.0 on average, 30 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Josh Giddey play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 54 last season.

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Josh Giddey

Chicago Bulls · PG/SG · Age 24 · 6′7″

Rankings VJ Edgecombe Kon Knueppel

Rank#53PG #29 · of 233

Value0.0339-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP23.0ESPN 23.7

$ Max value$19Yahoo avg $37.8

Games7032 min a game

Rostered98.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 53 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 61 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in assists and top 25 in rebounds among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 77.7%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 23.0 on average, 30 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: up 2 seasons in a row.

Last season17.0

5-season average14.6

Trend a season+0.7

2026-27 proj.17.7

Fairly steady: between 12.3 (2023-24) and 17.0 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 14.3 in 2021-22, 19.1 last season, on 31.5 → 32.1 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (17.7) is above anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#108of 24724-25#102of 26625-26#72of 27226-27*#63of 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.	53	0.033	70	32	17.7	2.0	7.9	9.4	1.1	0.5	46.3%	6.3/13.6	77.7%	3.0/3.9	3.3
2025-26	61	0.148	54	32	17.0	1.9	8.3	9.1	1.0	0.5	44.8%	5.9/13.3	76.3%	3.2/4.2	3.6
2024-25	45	0.346	70	30	14.6	1.5	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	46.5%	5.3/11.4	78.1%	2.5/3.2	2.9
2023-24	93	-0.157	80	25	12.3	1.0	6.4	4.8	0.6	0.6	47.5%	5.0/10.6	80.6%	1.3/1.6	2.1
2022-23	-	-	76	31	16.6	1.0	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	48.3%	7.1/14.7	73.7%	1.4/1.9	2.8
2021-22	-	-	54	32	12.5	1.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	41.9%	5.2/12.4	66.7%	1.0/1.5	3.2

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

17.7#63 of 2130.19

3PM

2.0#84 of 2130.26

REB

7.9#14 of 2130.78

AST

9.4#4 of 2131.17

STL

1.1#72 of 2130.14

BLK

0.5#68 of 213-0.11

FG%

46.3%6.3/13.6#112 of 213-0.19

FT%

77.7%3.0/3.9#161 of 213-0.92

TO

3.3#204 of 213-0.75

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

Team role · Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls starter at PG, with Tre Jones behind him. 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).

PG

1Josh Giddey
2Tre Jones

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	54	32.1	17.0	1.9	8.3	9.1	1.0	0.5	44.4%	5.9/13.3	76.2%	3.2/4.2	3.6
2024-25	CHI	70	30.2	14.6	1.5	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	46.5%	5.3/11.4	78.1%	2.5/3.2	2.9
2023-24	OKC	80	25.2	12.3	1.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	47.2%	5.0/10.6	81.3%	1.3/1.6	2.1
2022-23	OKC	76	31.1	16.6	1.0	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	48.3%	7.1/14.7	73.7%	1.4/1.9	2.8
2021-22	OKC	54	31.5	12.5	1.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	41.9%	5.2/12.4	66.7%	1.0/1.5	3.2

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Josh Giddey 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.