How many games will Marcus Smart play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 60 games, after 62 last season.

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Marcus Smart

Houston Rockets · PG/SG · Age 32 · 6′3″ · 13th season

Rankings Jalen Smith Mitchell Robinson

Rank#221PG #109 · of 233

Value-1.0669-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6024 min a game

Rostered1.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 221 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 177 in 2025-26. His weakest category is rebounds at 2.3 a game.

Stats over time

Falling: 12.1 in 2021-22, 9.3 last season.

Last season9.3

5-season average11.3

Trend a season−0.8

2026-27 proj.8.8

Up and down: between 9.0 (2024-25) and 14.5 (2023-24).
Per 36 minutes: 13.5 in 2021-22, 11.7 last season, on 32.3 → 28.5 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (8.8) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#204of 24724-25#211of 26625-26#205of 27226-27*#201of 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.	221	-1.066	60	24	8.8	1.5	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.3	41.1%	3.0/7.3	79.4%	1.3/1.7	1.1
2025-26	177	-0.308	62	29	9.3	1.6	2.8	3.0	1.4	0.4	39.5%	3.0/7.7	82.2%	1.7/2.1	1.5
2024-25	259	-0.482	34	20	9.0	1.4	2.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	39.3%	3.0/7.6	76.1%	1.6/2.1	1.6
2023-24	257	-0.634	20	30	14.5	2.1	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	43.0%	5.1/11.9	76.8%	2.2/2.8	3.1
2022-23	-	-	61	32	11.5	1.9	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	41.4%	4.1/9.9	73.7%	1.4/1.9	2.3
2021-22	-	-	71	32	12.1	1.7	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	41.6%	4.2/10.1	80.0%	2.0/2.5	2.2

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

8.8#201 of 213-0.87

3PM

1.5#145 of 213-0.12

REB

2.3#208 of 213-0.94

AST

2.9#141 of 213-0.46

STL

1.3#65 of 2130.17

BLK

0.3#169 of 213-0.66

FG%

41.1%3.0/7.3#180 of 213-0.46

FT%

79.4%1.3/1.7#132 of 213-0.87

TO

1.1#31 of 2130.51

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

Team role · Houston Rockets

No. 2 at PG for the Houston Rockets, behind Fred VanVleet. 48 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Josh Okogie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Aaron Holiday; Fred VanVleet is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

PG

1Fred VanVleetNew
2Marcus SmartNew
3Bruce ThorntonNew
4Reed Sheppard
5Bogdan BogdanovicNew
6Quadir CopelandNew
7Sean PedullaNew

SG

1Amen Thompson
2Reed Sheppard
3Marcus SmartNew
4Bogdan BogdanovicNew
5Tari Eason
6Bruce ThorntonNew
7Quadir CopelandNew
8Sean PedullaNew

Left since 2025-26

Josh OkogieSigned by UTAH Jul 1017 min → UTAH
Dorian Finney-SmithAcquired by CHA Jul 617 min → ATL
Aaron Holiday14 min
Minutes a night48

Arrived

Marcus SmartSigned Jul 1029 min from LAL
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min from LAC
Oscar Tshiebwe17 min from UTAH
Sean PedullaSigned Aug 174 min from LAC
Fred VanVleetnew
Bruce ThorntonSigned Jul 7new
Quadir Copelandnew

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. Houston Rockets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	LAL	62	28.5	9.3	1.6	2.8	3.0	1.4	0.4	39.0%	3.0/7.7	81.0%	1.7/2.1	1.5
2024-25	MEM/WSH	34	20.0	9.0	1.4	2.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	39.5%	3.0/7.6	76.2%	1.6/2.1	1.6
2023-24	MEM	20	30.3	14.5	2.1	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	42.9%	5.1/11.9	78.6%	2.2/2.8	3.1
2022-23	BOS	61	32.1	11.5	1.9	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	41.4%	4.1/9.9	73.7%	1.4/1.9	2.3
2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	1.7	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	41.6%	4.2/10.1	80.0%	2.0/2.5	2.2
2020-21	BOS	48	32.9	13.1	1.9	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	39.6%	4.2/10.6	79.4%	2.7/3.4	2.0
2019-20	BOS	60	32.0	12.9	2.3	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	37.7%	4.3/11.4	84.0%	2.1/2.5	1.7
2018-19	BOS	80	27.5	8.9	1.6	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	42.3%	3.0/7.1	81.3%	1.3/1.6	1.5
2017-18	BOS	54	29.9	10.2	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	36.8%	3.5/9.5	72.0%	1.8/2.5	2.4
2016-17	BOS	79	30.4	10.6	1.2	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	35.8%	3.4/9.5	81.3%	2.6/3.2	2.0
2015-16	BOS	61	27.3	9.1	1.0	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	34.5%	3.0/8.7	77.8%	2.1/2.7	1.3
2014-15	BOS	67	27.0	7.8	1.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	36.6%	2.6/7.1	63.2%	1.2/1.9	1.3

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Marcus Smart 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.