Where should Jusuf Nurkic be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 193 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 134 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 114.4 on average, 79 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Jusuf Nurkic play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 55 games, after 41 last season.

UTAH

Jusuf Nurkic

Utah Jazz · C · Age 32 · 6′11″ · 13th season

Rankings Dereck Lively II Scoot Henderson

Rank#193C #52 · of 233

Value-0.8119-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP114.4

$ Max value$0Yahoo avg $1.0

Games5527 min a game

Rostered8.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 193 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 134 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 63.2%. Yahoo drafters take him at 114.4 on average, 79 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Falling: 15.0 in 2021-22, 10.9 last season.

Last season10.9

5-season average11.8

Trend a season−1.3

2026-27 proj.11.0

Up and down: between 8.9 (2024-25) and 15.0 (2021-22).
Per 36 minutes: 19.1 in 2021-22, 14.9 last season, on 28.2 → 26.4 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (11.0) is in line with last season (10.9).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#139of 24724-25#208of 26625-26#170of 27226-27*#175of 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.	193	-0.811	55	27	11.0	0.6	9.4	4.3	1.0	0.6	50.4%	4.4/8.8	63.2%	1.6/2.5	2.4
2025-26	134	-0.167	41	26	10.9	0.6	10.4	4.8	1.3	0.5	50.3%	4.4/8.7	54.9%	1.5/2.8	2.5
2024-25	236	-0.412	51	21	8.9	0.6	7.8	2.3	0.8	0.7	47.7%	3.3/6.9	66.4%	1.7/2.5	1.9
2023-24	76	-0.095	76	27	10.9	0.3	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	51.0%	4.2/8.3	64.0%	2.2/3.4	2.3
2022-23	-	-	52	27	13.3	0.8	9.1	2.9	0.8	0.8	51.5%	5.0/9.7	64.9%	2.4/3.7	2.3
2021-22	-	-	56	28	15.0	0.3	11.1	2.8	1.1	0.6	53.3%	5.7/10.7	68.8%	3.3/4.8	2.6

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

11.0#175 of 213-0.63

3PM

0.6#183 of 213-0.47

REB

9.4#38 of 2130.20

AST

4.3#53 of 2130.12

STL

1.0#108 of 213-0.04

BLK

0.6#129 of 213-0.44

FG%

50.4%4.4/8.8#90 of 213-0.10

FT%

63.2%1.6/2.5#200 of 213-1.09

TO

2.4#159 of 213-0.16

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

Team role · Utah Jazz

No. 6 at C for the Utah Jazz, behind Jaren Jackson Jr., Jaxson Hayes, Kyle Filipowski, Mo Bamba, and Blake Hinson. 223 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Bez Mbeng, Kennedy Chandler, and John Konchar; Darryn Peterson is the arrival projected for the most minutes (30).

C

Left since 2025-26

Bez MbengClaimed by MIA Sep 2233 min → MIA
Kennedy Chandler32 min
John KoncharTraded Aug 2926 min
Cody WilliamsTraded Aug 2924 min → MIN
Elijah Harkless21 min → DET
Kyle AndersonSigned by TOR Jul 620 min → TOR
Walter Clayton Jr.18 min → MEM
Oscar Tshiebwe17 min → HOU
Kevin Love17 min
Taylor Hendricks15 min → MEM
Minutes a night223

Arrived

Jaxson HayesSigned Jul 1018 min from LAL
Josh OkogieSigned Jul 1017 min from HOU
Josh GreenAcquired Aug 2916 min from CHA
Trey AlexanderSigned Jul 712 min from NO
Harrison Ingram4 min from SA
Darryn Petersonnew
Tamar BatesSigned 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. Utah Jazz depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	UTAH	41	26.4	10.9	0.6	10.4	4.8	1.3	0.5	50.6%	4.4/8.7	53.6%	1.5/2.8	2.5
2024-25	PHX/CHA	51	20.8	8.9	0.6	7.8	2.3	0.8	0.7	47.8%	3.3/6.9	68.0%	1.7/2.5	1.9
2023-24	PHX	76	27.3	10.9	0.3	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	50.6%	4.2/8.3	64.7%	2.2/3.4	2.3
2022-23	POR	52	26.8	13.3	0.8	9.1	2.9	0.8	0.8	51.5%	5.0/9.7	64.9%	2.4/3.7	2.3
2021-22	POR	56	28.2	15.0	0.3	11.1	2.8	1.1	0.6	53.3%	5.7/10.7	68.8%	3.3/4.8	2.6
2020-21	POR	37	23.8	11.5	0.3	9.0	3.4	1.0	1.1	51.1%	4.6/9.0	61.3%	1.9/3.1	2.0
2019-20	POR	8	31.6	17.6	0.3	10.3	4.0	1.4	2.0	50.0%	6.8/13.6	88.6%	3.9/4.4	2.4
2018-19	POR	72	27.4	15.6	0.0	10.4	3.2	1.0	1.4	50.4%	5.8/11.5	76.5%	3.9/5.1	2.3
2017-18	POR	79	26.4	14.3	0.0	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	50.8%	6.1/12.0	62.9%	2.2/3.5	2.3
2016-17	DEN/POR	65	21.4	10.2	0.0	7.2	1.9	0.8	1.1	51.2%	4.2/8.2	56.3%	1.8/3.2	2.2
2015-16	DEN	32	17.1	8.2	0.0	5.5	1.3	0.8	1.4	42.1%	3.2/7.6	61.3%	1.9/3.1	1.7
2014-15	DEN	62	17.8	6.9	0.0	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	45.2%	2.8/6.2	66.7%	1.4/2.1	1.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jusuf Nurkic 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.