Where should Karl-Anthony Towns be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 12 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 30 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 15.6 on average, 4 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Karl-Anthony Towns play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 75 last season.

Karl-Anthony Towns

New York Knicks · PF/C · Age 30 · 7′0″ · 12th season

Rankings Donovan Mitchell Tyrese Haliburton

Rank#12PF #6 · of 233

Value0.5279-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP15.6ESPN 21.5

$ Max value$41Yahoo avg $43.7

Games7031 min a game

Rostered99.9%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 12 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 30 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in rebounds and top 10 in free-throw percentage among rotation players; the cost is turnovers at 2.6 a game, which makes him a natural punt-TO pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 15.6 on average, 4 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Steady: between 20.1 and 24.6 for 5 seasons, and top 50 among rotation players every season on our board.

Last season20.1

5-season average22.3

Trend a season−0.5

2026-27 proj.20.3

Fairly steady: lowest in 2025-26, highest in 2021-22.
Per 36 minutes: 26.5 in 2021-22, 23.3 last season, on 33.4 → 31.0 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (20.3) is in line with last season (20.1).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#40of 24724-25#16of 26625-26#40of 27226-27*#31of 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.	12	0.527	70	31	20.3	1.6	11.7	3.1	0.9	0.8	50.6%	7.0/13.9	84.8%	4.6/5.5	2.6
2025-26	30	0.358	75	31	20.1	1.5	11.9	3.0	0.9	0.5	50.1%	6.9/13.8	85.8%	4.8/5.6	2.5
2024-25	7	0.715	72	35	24.4	2.0	12.8	3.1	1.0	0.7	52.6%	8.9/16.9	82.9%	4.7/5.7	2.7
2023-24	61	-0.025	62	33	21.8	2.2	8.3	3.1	0.7	0.7	50.4%	7.7/15.3	87.3%	4.1/4.7	2.9
2022-23	-	-	29	33	20.8	2.1	8.1	4.8	0.7	0.6	49.3%	7.3/14.8	87.2%	4.1/4.7	3.0
2021-22	-	-	74	33	24.6	2.0	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	53.0%	8.7/16.4	82.5%	5.2/6.3	3.1

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

20.3#31 of 2130.63

3PM

1.6#71 of 2130.31

REB

11.7#3 of 2131.04

AST

3.1#82 of 213-0.10

STL

0.9#92 of 2130.03

BLK

0.8#61 of 213-0.04

FG%

50.6%7.0/13.9#68 of 213-0.01

FT%

84.8%4.6/5.5#10 of 2130.52

TO

2.6#187 of 213-0.51

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

Team role · New York Knicks

The New York Knicks starter at C; Andre Drummond, new to the team, is behind him. 20 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Mitchell Robinson; no arrival is projected for starter's minutes.

C

1Karl-Anthony Towns
2Andre DrummondNew
3Mohamed Diawara

Left since 2025-26

Mitchell RobinsonSigned by BOS Jul 620 min → BOS
Minutes a night20

Arrived

Andre DrummondSigned Jul 620 min from PHI
Jaden Akinsnew
Tyler Nickelnew

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. New York Knicks depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	NY	75	31.0	20.1	1.5	11.9	3.0	0.9	0.5	50.0%	6.9/13.8	87.3%	4.8/5.5	2.5
2024-25	NY	72	35.0	24.4	2.0	12.8	3.1	1.0	0.7	52.7%	8.9/16.9	82.5%	4.7/5.7	2.7
2023-24	MIN	62	32.7	21.8	2.2	8.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	50.3%	7.7/15.3	87.2%	4.1/4.7	2.9
2022-23	MIN	29	33.0	20.8	2.1	8.1	4.8	0.7	0.6	49.3%	7.3/14.8	87.2%	4.1/4.7	3.0
2021-22	MIN	74	33.4	24.6	2.0	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	53.0%	8.7/16.4	82.5%	5.2/6.3	3.1
2020-21	MIN	50	33.8	24.8	2.4	10.6	4.5	0.8	1.1	48.6%	8.5/17.5	85.5%	5.3/6.2	3.2
2019-20	MIN	35	33.9	26.5	3.3	10.8	4.4	0.9	1.2	50.6%	9.0/17.8	78.5%	5.1/6.5	3.1
2018-19	MIN	77	33.1	24.4	1.8	12.4	3.4	0.9	1.6	51.5%	8.8/17.1	84.5%	4.9/5.8	3.1
2017-18	MIN	82	35.6	21.3	1.5	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	54.5%	7.8/14.3	85.7%	4.2/4.9	1.9
2016-17	MIN	82	37.0	25.1	1.2	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	54.4%	9.8/18.0	82.7%	4.3/5.2	2.6
2015-16	MIN	82	32.0	18.3	0.4	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	53.9%	7.6/14.1	79.4%	2.7/3.4	2.2

Box-score averages from ESPN.