How many games will Luke Kennard play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 78 last season.

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Luke Kennard

Phoenix Suns · SG · Age 30 · 6′5″ · 10th season

Rankings Davion Mitchell Daniel Gafford

Rank#180SG #76 · of 233

Value-0.7349-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games7022 min a game

Rostered1.4%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 180 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 241 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in turnovers among rotation players; the cost is blocks at 0.1 a game.

Stats over time

Falling: down 2 seasons in a row.

Last season8.4

5-season average9.9

Trend a season−0.7

2026-27 proj.8.0

Fairly steady: between 8.4 (2025-26) and 11.9 (2021-22).
Per 36 minutes: 15.6 in 2021-22, 14.1 last season, on 27.4 → 21.5 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (8.0) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#197of 24724-25#216of 26625-26#226of 27226-27*#200of 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.	180	-0.734	70	22	8.0	1.6	2.6	2.8	0.7	0.1	47.5%	2.8/5.8	91.0%	0.8/0.9	0.8
2025-26	241	-0.450	78	22	8.4	1.5	2.3	2.2	0.7	0.1	53.3%	3.0/5.7	91.3%	0.8/0.9	0.8
2024-25	207	-0.353	65	23	8.9	1.7	2.8	3.3	0.8	0.1	47.8%	3.2/6.6	89.5%	0.8/0.9	1.1
2023-24	235	-0.586	39	26	11.0	2.7	2.9	3.5	0.5	0.1	44.8%	3.6/8.1	88.9%	1.0/1.2	1.4
2022-23	-	-	59	22	9.3	2.3	2.7	1.5	0.5	0.1	49.2%	3.2/6.5	85.7%	0.6/0.7	0.8
2021-22	-	-	70	27	11.9	2.7	3.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	45.1%	4.1/9.1	90.9%	1.0/1.1	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

8.0#200 of 213-0.87

3PM

1.6#121 of 2130.03

REB

2.6#196 of 213-0.83

AST

2.8#135 of 213-0.41

STL

0.7#186 of 213-0.45

BLK

0.1#210 of 213-0.88

FG%

47.5%2.8/5.8#72 of 213-0.02

FT%

91.0%0.8/0.9#103 of 2130.00

TO

0.8#15 of 2130.64

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

Team role · Phoenix Suns

No. 3 at PG for the Phoenix Suns, behind Devin Booker and Collin Gillespie. 71 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale, and Amir Coffey; Miles Bridges is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

PG

SG

SF

Left since 2025-26

Grayson AllenTraded Jul 1329 min → CHA
Royce O'NealeTraded Jul 1328 min → CHA
Amir Coffey14 min
Minutes a night71

Arrived

Miles BridgesAcquired Jul 1331 min from CHA
Luke KennardSigned Jul 1422 min from LAL
Pat SpencerSigned Jul 419 min from GS
Duop Reath8 min from POR
Koa Peatnew

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. Phoenix Suns depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	ATL/LAL	78	21.5	8.4	1.5	2.3	2.2	0.7	0.1	52.6%	3.0/5.7	88.9%	0.8/0.9	0.8
2024-25	MEM	65	22.6	8.9	1.7	2.8	3.3	0.8	0.1	48.5%	3.2/6.6	88.9%	0.8/0.9	1.1
2023-24	MEM	39	25.6	11.0	2.7	2.9	3.5	0.5	0.1	44.4%	3.6/8.1	83.3%	1.0/1.2	1.4
2022-23	LAC/MEM	59	22.3	9.3	2.3	2.7	1.5	0.5	0.1	49.2%	3.2/6.5	85.7%	0.6/0.7	0.8
2021-22	LAC	70	27.4	11.9	2.7	3.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	45.1%	4.1/9.1	90.9%	1.0/1.1	0.9
2020-21	LAC	63	19.6	8.3	1.6	2.6	1.7	0.4	0.1	47.0%	3.1/6.6	80.0%	0.4/0.5	0.8
2019-20	DET	28	32.9	15.8	2.6	3.5	4.1	0.4	0.2	44.3%	5.4/12.2	88.9%	2.4/2.7	1.5
2018-19	DET	63	22.8	9.7	1.7	2.9	1.8	0.4	0.2	43.4%	3.6/8.3	80.0%	0.8/1.0	0.9
2017-18	DET	73	20.0	7.6	1.1	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.2	43.7%	2.8/6.4	90.0%	0.9/1.0	0.9

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Luke Kennard 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.