Where should Nic Claxton be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 141 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 184 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 96.3 on average, 45 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Nic Claxton play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 67 games, after 69 last season.

CHI

Nic Claxton

Chicago Bulls · C · Age 27 · 6′11″ · 8th season

Rankings Jerami Grant Tre Jones

Rank#141C #39 · of 233

Value-0.5529-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP96.3ESPN 127.0

$ Max value$1Yahoo avg $1.6

Games6728 min a game

Rostered57.3%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 141 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 184 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in field-goal percentage and blocks among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 59.6%. Yahoo drafters take him at 96.3 on average, 45 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: 8.7 in 2021-22, 11.7 last season.

Last season11.7

5-season average11.0

Trend a season+0.4

2026-27 proj.11.9

Fairly steady: between 8.7 (2021-22) and 12.6 (2022-23).
Per 36 minutes: 15.1 in 2021-22, 15.2 last season, on 20.7 → 27.8 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (11.9) is in line with last season (11.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#133of 24724-25#164of 26625-26#153of 27226-27*#135of 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.	141	-0.552	67	28	11.9	0.0	7.5	2.8	0.8	1.3	59.6%	5.1/8.5	59.6%	1.8/3.0	1.4
2025-26	184	-0.325	69	28	11.7	0.0	6.9	3.7	0.7	1.1	57.1%	4.8/8.5	61.6%	2.0/3.3	1.4
2024-25	159	-0.236	70	27	10.3	0.1	7.4	2.2	0.9	1.4	56.3%	4.6/8.1	51.3%	1.1/2.2	1.2
2023-24	57	-0.005	71	30	11.9	0.0	9.9	2.1	0.7	2.1	62.9%	5.2/8.2	55.1%	1.5/2.8	1.3
2022-23	-	-	76	30	12.6	0.0	9.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	70.1%	5.4/7.7	56.3%	1.8/3.2	1.3
2021-22	-	-	47	21	8.7	0.0	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.1	67.9%	3.8/5.6	55.0%	1.1/2.0	0.8

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

11.9#135 of 213-0.32

3PM

0.0#199 of 213-0.82

REB

7.5#51 of 2130.10

AST

2.8#98 of 213-0.20

STL

0.8#134 of 213-0.15

BLK

1.3#24 of 2130.51

FG%

59.6%5.1/8.5#19 of 2130.39

FT%

59.6%1.8/3.0#210 of 213-1.28

TO

1.4#96 of 2130.21

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

Team role · Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls starter at C, with Jalen Smith behind him. 251 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, and Ayo Dosunmu; Norman Powell is the arrival projected for the most minutes (30).

C

1Nic ClaxtonNew
2Jalen Smith
3Zach Collins
4Tobe AwakaNew
5Leonard Miller

Left since 2025-26

Nikola VucevicSigned by ORL Jul 131 min → ORL
Coby WhiteSigned by CHA Jul 629 min → CHA
Ayo Dosunmu26 min → MIN
Collin Sexton26 min → LAL
Guerschon Yabusele25 min
Kevin Huerter24 min → DET
Nick RichardsSigned by MIA Aug 2722 min → MIA
Rob DillinghamTraded Sep 2721 min
Lachlan Olbrich13 min
Yuki Kawamura12 min
Dalen Terry11 min
Jevon CarterSigned by ORL Jul 111 min → ORL
Minutes a night251

Arrived

Norman Powell30 min from MIA
Nic ClaxtonAcquired Jul 1028 min from BKN
Buddy HieldAcquired Sep 2716 min from ATL
Jordan HawkinsTraded by NO Sep 814 min from NO
Jaylin Sellersnew
Dailyn Swainnew
Caleb Wilsonnew
Tobe AwakaSigned Jul 3new

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. Chicago Bulls depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	BKN	69	27.8	11.7	0.0	6.9	3.7	0.7	1.1	57.1%	4.8/8.4	60.6%	2.0/3.3	1.4
2024-25	BKN	70	26.9	10.3	0.1	7.4	2.2	0.9	1.4	56.8%	4.6/8.1	50.0%	1.1/2.2	1.2
2023-24	BKN	71	29.8	11.8	0.0	9.9	2.1	0.6	2.1	63.4%	5.2/8.2	53.6%	1.5/2.8	1.3
2022-23	BKN	76	29.9	12.6	0.0	9.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	70.1%	5.4/7.7	56.3%	1.8/3.2	1.3
2021-22	BKN	47	20.7	8.7	0.0	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.1	67.9%	3.8/5.6	55.0%	1.1/2.0	0.8
2020-21	BKN	32	18.6	6.6	0.0	5.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	62.2%	2.8/4.5	50.0%	1.0/2.0	0.6
2019-20	BKN	15	12.5	4.4	0.1	2.9	1.1	0.1	0.5	56.3%	1.8/3.2	50.0%	0.7/1.4	0.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Nic Claxton 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.