Where should Moussa Diabate be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 172 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 166 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 114.6 on average, 57 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Moussa Diabate play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 72 games, after 73 last season.

CHA

Moussa Diabate

Charlotte Hornets · PF/C · Age 24 · 6′10″

Rankings Alex Caruso Jakob Poeltl

Rank#172PF #88 · of 233

Value-0.6769-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP114.6

$ Max value$0Yahoo avg $0.0

Games7225 min a game

Rostered7.7%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 172 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 166 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in field-goal percentage and turnovers among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 65.3%. Yahoo drafters take him at 114.6 on average, 57 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: up 2 seasons in a row.

Last season7.9

4-season average4.7

Trend a season+1.9

2026-27 proj.7.5

Up and down: between 2.6 (2023-24) and 7.9 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 10.9 in 2022-23, 10.9 last season, on 8.9 → 26.0 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (7.5) sits between last season (7.9) and his 4-season average (4.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25–of 26625-26#232of 27226-27*#198of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	172	-0.676	72	25	7.5	8.0	1.8	0.7	1.0	63.3%	3.0/4.8	65.3%	1.5/2.2	0.8
2025-26	166	-0.284	73	26	7.9	8.7	1.9	0.8	1.0	63.1%	3.1/5.0	65.9%	1.6/2.4	1.0
2024-25	334	-0.651	71	17	5.7	6.2	0.8	0.6	0.6	59.6%	2.4/3.9	59.5%	1.0/1.6	0.9
2023-24	479	-1.030	11	6	2.6	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	52.6%	0.9/1.7	64.3%	0.8/1.3	0.2
2022-23	-	-	22	9	2.7	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	52.4%	1.1/2.1	71.4%	0.5/0.7	0.4

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

7.5#198 of 213-0.84

3PM

0.0#203 of 213-0.85

REB

8.0#33 of 2130.28

AST

1.8#156 of 213-0.54

STL

0.7#153 of 213-0.24

BLK

1.0#45 of 2130.21

FG%

63.3%3.0/4.8#18 of 2130.40

FT%

65.3%1.5/2.2#199 of 213-1.07

TO

0.8#25 of 2130.55

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

Team role · Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets starter at C; Hannes Steinbach, new to the team, is behind him. 126 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, and Collin Sexton; Naz Reid is the arrival projected for the most minutes (29).

C

1Moussa Diabate
2Hannes SteinbachNew
3Ryan Kalkbrenner
4PJ Hall

Left since 2025-26

Miles BridgesTraded Jul 1331 min → PHX
LaMelo BallTraded Jul 1028 min → MIN
Collin Sexton22 min → LAL
KJ Simpson16 min
Josh GreenTraded Jul 1016 min → UTAH
Tre MannAcquired by WSH Aug 2013 min → WSH
Minutes a night126

Arrived

Grayson AllenAcquired Jul 1329 min from PHX
Royce O'NealeAcquired Jul 1328 min from PHX
Naz ReidAcquired Jul 1026 min from MIN
Dennis SchroderAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
Christian AndersonSigned Jul 6new
Kylan BoswellSigned Jul 6new
Michael AjayiSigned Jul 6new
Hannes SteinbachSigned Jul 6new

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. Charlotte Hornets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CHA	73	26.0	7.9	8.7	1.9	0.8	1.0	62.0%	3.1/5.0	66.7%	1.6/2.4	1.0
2024-25	CHA	71	17.5	5.7	6.2	0.8	0.6	0.6	61.5%	2.4/3.9	62.5%	1.0/1.6	0.9
2023-24	LAC	11	5.8	2.6	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	52.9%	0.9/1.7	61.5%	0.8/1.3	0.2
2022-23	LAC	22	8.9	2.7	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	52.4%	1.1/2.1	71.4%	0.5/0.7	0.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Moussa Diabate 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.