Where should Kelly Oubre Jr. be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 203 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 123 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 110.9 on average, 92 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Kelly Oubre Jr. play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 65 games, after 50 last season.

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Kelly Oubre Jr.

Indiana Pacers · SG/SF · Age 30 · 6′8″ · 12th season

Rankings Keon Ellis Mark Williams

Rank#203SG #128 · of 233

Value-0.8969-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP110.9

$ Max value$0Yahoo avg $0.0

Games6526 min a game

Rostered7.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 203 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 123 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 76.1%. Yahoo drafters take him at 110.9 on average, 92 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Falling: down 3 seasons in a row.

Last season14.1

5-season average16.0

Trend a season−0.7

2026-27 proj.11.5

Fairly steady: between 14.1 (2025-26) and 20.3 (2022-23).
Per 36 minutes: 20.5 in 2021-22, 16.1 last season, on 26.3 → 31.5 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (11.5) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#88of 24724-25#93of 26625-26#106of 27226-27*#165of 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.	203	-0.896	65	26	11.5	1.4	4.2	1.2	1.1	0.4	46.2%	4.1/8.9	76.1%	1.9/2.5	1.3
2025-26	123	-0.131	50	32	14.1	1.7	5.0	1.6	1.4	0.5	46.7%	5.1/10.9	76.6%	2.2/2.9	1.4
2024-25	78	0.136	60	35	15.1	1.2	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.5	47.0%	5.8/12.4	75.1%	2.3/3.1	1.3
2023-24	126	-0.288	68	30	15.4	1.5	5.0	1.5	1.1	0.7	44.1%	5.7/12.9	75.0%	2.6/3.4	1.3
2022-23	-	-	48	32	20.3	2.3	5.2	1.1	1.4	0.4	43.3%	7.4/17.1	76.7%	3.3/4.3	1.3
2021-22	-	-	76	26	15.0	2.5	4.0	1.1	1.0	0.4	43.9%	5.4/12.3	68.0%	1.7/2.5	0.9

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

11.5#165 of 213-0.55

3PM

1.4#150 of 213-0.14

REB

4.2#131 of 213-0.47

AST

1.2#205 of 213-0.84

STL

1.1#85 of 2130.07

BLK

0.4#127 of 213-0.43

FG%

46.2%4.1/8.9#95 of 213-0.13

FT%

76.1%1.9/2.5#164 of 213-0.92

TO

1.3#53 of 2130.40

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

Team role · Indiana Pacers

No. 2 at SG for the Indiana Pacers, behind Andrew Nembhard. 173 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Bennedict Mathurin, Ethan Thompson, and Micah Potter; Tyrese Haliburton is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

SG

SF

PF

Left since 2025-26

Bennedict MathurinSigned by NO Sep 1032 min → NO
Ethan ThompsonWaived Aug 1321 min
Micah PotterWaived Jul 819 min → POR
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl18 min
Isaiah Jackson17 min → LAC
Kam JonesSigned by MIL Jul 617 min → MIL
Garrison Mathews13 min
Taelon PeterWaived Jul 2013 min
RayJ Dennis13 min → ATL
Tony Bradley11 min
Minutes a night173

Arrived

Kelly Oubre Jr.32 min from PHI
Larry Nance Jr.Signed Jul 913 min from CLE
Tyrese Haliburtonnew
Braden SmithSigned Aug 17new

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. Indiana Pacers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	PHI	50	31.5	14.1	1.7	5.0	1.6	1.4	0.5	46.8%	5.1/10.9	75.9%	2.2/2.9	1.4
2024-25	PHI	60	34.6	15.1	1.2	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.5	46.8%	5.8/12.4	74.2%	2.3/3.1	1.3
2023-24	PHI	68	30.2	15.4	1.5	5.0	1.5	1.1	0.7	44.2%	5.7/12.9	76.5%	2.6/3.4	1.3
2022-23	CHA	48	32.3	20.3	2.3	5.2	1.1	1.4	0.4	43.3%	7.4/17.1	76.7%	3.3/4.3	1.3
2021-22	CHA	76	26.3	15.0	2.5	4.0	1.1	1.0	0.4	43.9%	5.4/12.3	68.0%	1.7/2.5	0.9
2020-21	GS	55	30.7	15.4	1.6	6.0	1.3	1.0	0.8	43.9%	5.8/13.2	68.8%	2.2/3.2	1.3
2019-20	PHX	56	34.5	18.7	1.9	6.4	1.5	1.3	0.7	45.3%	6.7/14.8	77.3%	3.4/4.4	1.5
2018-19	WSH/PHX	69	28.0	15.2	1.6	4.7	1.2	1.2	0.9	44.3%	5.4/12.2	77.1%	2.7/3.5	1.5
2017-18	WSH	81	27.5	11.8	1.6	4.5	1.2	1.0	0.4	39.8%	3.9/9.8	82.8%	2.4/2.9	1.1
2016-17	WSH	79	20.3	6.3	0.7	3.3	0.6	0.7	0.2	42.9%	2.4/5.6	69.2%	0.9/1.3	0.6
2015-16	WSH	63	10.7	3.7	0.4	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	42.4%	1.4/3.3	62.5%	0.5/0.8	0.5

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Kelly Oubre Jr. 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.