Karlo Matkovic

New Orleans Pelicans · PF · Age 25 · 6′10″

Rankings Taylor Hendricks Zach Collins

Rank 2025-26#315PF #97 · of 582

Value-0.6309-cat, per game

Games6215 min a game

Fantasy outlook

No. 315 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. His weakest category is points at 5.7 a game.

Stats over time

Falling: 7.7 in 2024-25, 5.7 last season.

Last season5.7

2-season average6.7

Trend a season−2.0

Fairly steady: between 5.7 (2025-26) and 7.7 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 14.7 in 2024-25, 14.0 last season, on 18.8 → 14.7 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25–of 26625-26–of 272

Per game, from ESPN box scores.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	315	-0.630	62	15	5.7	0.6	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.9	60.4%	2.3/3.8	73.2%	0.5/0.7	0.5
2024-25	206	-0.353	42	19	7.7	0.5	5.0	1.1	0.5	1.0	57.4%	3.2/5.6	77.3%	0.8/1.1	1.0

Category profile · 2025-26

PTS

5.7-0.97

3PM

0.6-0.53

REB

3.7-0.44

AST

0.8-0.82

STL

0.4-0.75

BLK

0.90.31

FG%

60.4%2.3/3.80.31

FT%

73.2%0.5/0.7-0.77

TO

0.50.83

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · New Orleans Pelicans

No. 2 at PF for the New Orleans Pelicans, behind Zion Williamson. 65 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jose Alvarado, Micah Peavy, and Kevon Looney; Bennedict Mathurin is the arrival projected for the most minutes (25).

PF

1Zion Williamson
2Karlo Matkovic
3Derik Queen
4Saddiq Bey
5Trendon WatfordNew
6Malik DiaNew
7Julian ReeseNew

C

1Yves Missi
2Derik Queen
3Karlo Matkovic
4DeAndre Jordan
5Malik DiaNew

Left since 2025-26

Jose AlvaradoSigned by NY Jul 622 min → NY
Micah PeavyTraded Sep 815 min → MEM
Kevon Looney15 min → LAL
Jordan HawkinsTraded Sep 814 min → CHI
Minutes a night65

Arrived

Julian ReeseSigned Sep 2431 min from WSH
Bennedict MathurinSigned Sep 1030 min from LAC
Trendon WatfordSigned Aug 1716 min from PHI
AJ JohnsonAcquired Sep 810 min from DAL
Jaron Pierre Jr.new
Malik DiaSigned Aug 18new

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 Orleans Pelicans depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	NO	62	14.7	5.7	0.6	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.9	60.5%	2.3/3.8	71.4%	0.5/0.7	0.5
2024-25	NO	42	18.8	7.7	0.5	5.0	1.1	0.5	1.0	57.1%	3.2/5.6	80.0%	0.8/1.0	1.0

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Karlo Matkovic in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2025-26 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.