Where should Julius Randle be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 66 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 65 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 68.4 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Julius Randle play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 79 last season.

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Julius Randle

Brooklyn Nets · PF · Age 31 · 6′9″ · 13th season

Rankings Dejounte Murray Joel Embiid

Rank#66PF #26 · of 233

Value-0.0699-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP68.4ESPN 59.7

$ Max value$15Yahoo avg $5.6

Games7033 min a game

Rostered89.3%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 66 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 65 in 2025-26. His weakest category is blocks at 0.2 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 68.4 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Steady: between 18.7 and 25.1 for 5 seasons.

Last season21.1

5-season average21.8

Trend a season−0.4

2026-27 proj.21.2

Fairly steady: lowest in 2024-25, highest in 2022-23.
Per 36 minutes: 20.5 in 2021-22, 23.0 last season, on 35.3 → 33.0 minutes: it has held.
The projection (21.2) is in line with last season (21.1).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#57of 24724-25#61of 26625-26#31of 27226-27*#30of 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.	66	-0.069	70	33	21.2	1.4	7.1	4.9	0.8	0.2	48.1%	7.5/15.5	80.1%	4.9/6.1	2.7
2025-26	65	0.140	79	33	21.1	1.4	6.7	5.0	1.1	0.2	48.1%	7.3/15.3	80.2%	5.0/6.3	2.7
2024-25	106	-0.002	69	32	18.7	1.6	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	48.5%	6.6/13.6	80.6%	3.9/4.9	2.8
2023-24	156	-0.373	46	35	24.0	1.7	9.2	5.0	0.5	0.3	47.2%	8.6/18.2	78.1%	5.1/6.6	3.5
2022-23	-	-	77	36	25.1	2.8	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	45.7%	8.5/18.6	75.4%	5.2/6.9	2.8
2021-22	-	-	72	35	20.1	1.7	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	41.0%	7.1/17.3	75.0%	4.2/5.6	3.4

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

21.2#30 of 2130.65

3PM

1.4#125 of 2130.01

REB

7.1#35 of 2130.24

AST

4.9#32 of 2130.43

STL

0.8#148 of 213-0.21

BLK

0.2#186 of 213-0.74

FG%

48.1%7.5/15.5#88 of 213-0.10

FT%

80.1%4.9/6.1#100 of 2130.00

TO

2.7#190 of 213-0.53

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

Team role · Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets starter at PF, with Noah Clowney behind him. 179 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Nic Claxton, Cam Thomas, and Malachi Smith; no arrival is projected for starter's minutes.

PF

1Julius RandleNew
2Noah Clowney
3Joshua JeffersonNew
4Danny Wolf
5Keon EllisNew
6Josh Minott
7Chaney Johnson
8Tyler BilodeauNew

Left since 2025-26

Nic ClaxtonAcquired by CHI Jul 1028 min → CHI
Cam Thomas24 min
Malachi SmithWaived Jul 1024 min → TOR
Ziaire Williams23 min → LAL
Tyrese Martin19 min
Ochai Agbaji16 min
Jalen WilsonSigned by ATL Jul 2216 min → ATL
Tyson Etienne16 min
E.J. Liddell13 min
Minutes a night179

Arrived

Julius RandleAcquired Jul 1033 min from MIN
Keon EllisSigned Jul 621 min from CLE
Moritz WagnerSigned Jul 3112 min from ORL
Mikel Brown Jr.new
Joshua JeffersonSigned Jul 10new
Tyler Bilodeaunew

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. Brooklyn Nets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	MIN	79	33.0	21.1	1.4	6.7	5.0	1.1	0.2	47.7%	7.3/15.3	79.4%	5.0/6.3	2.7
2024-25	MIN	69	32.3	18.7	1.6	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	48.5%	6.6/13.6	79.6%	3.9/4.9	2.8
2023-24	NY	46	35.4	24.0	1.7	9.2	5.0	0.5	0.3	47.3%	8.6/18.2	77.3%	5.1/6.6	3.5
2022-23	NY	77	35.5	25.1	2.8	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	45.7%	8.5/18.6	75.4%	5.2/6.9	2.8
2021-22	NY	72	35.3	20.1	1.7	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	41.0%	7.1/17.3	75.0%	4.2/5.6	3.4
2020-21	NY	71	37.6	24.1	2.3	10.2	6.0	0.9	0.3	45.7%	8.5/18.6	81.7%	4.9/6.0	3.4
2019-20	NY	64	32.5	19.5	1.0	9.7	3.1	0.8	0.3	45.9%	7.2/15.7	72.7%	4.0/5.5	3.0
2018-19	NO	73	30.6	21.4	0.9	8.7	3.1	0.7	0.6	52.3%	7.8/14.9	73.1%	4.9/6.7	2.8
2017-18	LAL	82	26.7	16.1	0.1	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	55.5%	6.1/11.0	71.2%	3.7/5.2	2.6
2016-17	LAL	74	28.8	13.2	0.2	8.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	48.6%	5.1/10.5	73.7%	2.8/3.8	2.3
2015-16	LAL	81	28.2	11.3	0.1	10.2	1.8	0.7	0.4	42.7%	4.4/10.3	72.7%	2.4/3.3	1.8
2014-15	LAL	1	14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3%	1.0/3.0	0.0%	0.0/2.0	1.0

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Julius Randle 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.