How many games will Malik Monk play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 68 games, after 62 last season.

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Malik Monk

Sacramento Kings · PG/SG · Age 28 · 6′3″ · 10th season

Rankings Khaman Maluach Jaylen Wells

Rank#156PG #80 · of 233

Value-0.6289-cat, per game

$ Max value$1

Games6823 min a game

Rostered23.7%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 156 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 214 in 2025-26. His weakest category is rebounds at 2.0 a game.

Stats over time

Steady: between 12.5 and 17.2 for 5 seasons.

Last season12.5

5-season average14.5

Trend a season+0.1

2026-27 proj.13.0

Fairly steady: lowest in 2025-26, highest in 2024-25.
Per 36 minutes: 17.7 in 2021-22, 20.5 last season, on 28.1 → 22.0 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (13.0) sits between last season (12.5) and his 5-season average (14.5).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#79of 24724-25#75of 26625-26#138of 27226-27*#142of 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.	156	-0.628	68	23	13.0	2.1	2.0	3.1	0.6	0.4	44.1%	4.7/10.7	87.5%	1.5/1.7	1.5
2025-26	214	-0.376	62	22	12.5	2.0	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.4	43.8%	4.5/10.2	87.9%	1.5/1.7	1.5
2024-25	90	0.091	65	32	17.2	2.1	3.8	5.6	0.9	0.6	43.9%	6.3/14.5	86.5%	2.4/2.7	2.4
2023-24	107	-0.210	72	26	15.4	2.1	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.5	44.3%	5.5/12.4	82.9%	2.4/2.9	2.1
2022-23	-	-	77	22	13.5	1.9	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	44.7%	4.6/10.3	88.9%	2.4/2.7	1.9
2021-22	-	-	76	28	13.8	2.3	3.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	46.8%	5.1/10.9	80.0%	1.2/1.5	1.6

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

13.0#142 of 213-0.36

3PM

2.1#85 of 2130.26

REB

2.0#210 of 213-0.96

AST

3.1#116 of 213-0.33

STL

0.6#197 of 213-0.51

BLK

0.4#97 of 213-0.30

FG%

44.1%4.7/10.7#163 of 213-0.38

FT%

87.5%1.5/1.7#63 of 2130.00

TO

1.5#85 of 2130.24

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

Team role · Sacramento Kings

No. 2 at PG for the Sacramento Kings, behind Darius Acuff Jr.. 169 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it DeMar DeRozan, Russell Westbrook, and Dennis Schroder; Darius Acuff Jr. is the arrival projected for the most minutes (27).

Left since 2025-26

DeMar DeRozanWaived Jul 631 min → DEN
Russell Westbrook29 min
Dennis SchroderAcquired by CHA Aug 2026 min → CHA
Devin CarterTraded Jun 3018 min
Killian Hayes18 min
Keon EllisSigned by BKN Jul 618 min → BKN
Doug McDermott15 min
Drew Eubanks13 min
Minutes a night169

Arrived

Jonathan MogboSigned Jul 26 min from TOR
Darius Acuff Jr.new
Ben Simmonsnew
Adam Flaglernew
Emanuel Sharpnew
Alex Karabannew

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. Sacramento Kings depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	SAC	62	22.0	12.5	2.0	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.4	44.1%	4.5/10.2	88.2%	1.5/1.7	1.5
2024-25	SAC	65	31.6	17.2	2.1	3.8	5.6	0.9	0.6	43.8%	6.3/14.4	88.9%	2.4/2.7	2.4
2023-24	SAC	72	26.0	15.4	2.1	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.5	44.4%	5.5/12.4	85.7%	2.4/2.8	2.1
2022-23	SAC	77	22.3	13.5	1.9	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	44.7%	4.6/10.3	88.9%	2.4/2.7	1.9
2021-22	LAL	76	28.1	13.8	2.3	3.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	46.8%	5.1/10.9	80.0%	1.2/1.5	1.6
2020-21	CHA	42	20.9	11.7	2.0	2.4	2.1	0.5	0.1	43.2%	4.1/9.5	82.4%	1.4/1.7	1.3
2019-20	CHA	55	21.3	10.3	1.1	2.9	2.1	0.5	0.3	43.8%	3.9/8.9	83.3%	1.5/1.8	1.4
2018-19	CHA	73	17.2	8.9	1.5	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.3	38.8%	3.1/8.0	85.7%	1.2/1.4	1.2
2017-18	CHA	63	13.5	6.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	35.8%	2.4/6.7	83.3%	0.5/0.6	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Malik Monk 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.