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Nick Richards

Miami Heat · C · Age 28 · 6′11″ · 7th season

Rankings Chris Livingston Joan Beringer

Rank 2025-26#480C #101 · of 582

Value-1.0219-cat, per game

Games4815 min a game

Fantasy outlook

No. 480 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. His weakest category is points at 5.8 a game.

Stats over time

Rising: 3.0 in 2021-22, 5.8 last season.

Last season5.8

5-season average7.2

Trend a season+0.7

Up and down: between 3.0 (2021-22) and 9.7 (2023-24).
Per 36 minutes: 14.8 in 2021-22, 14.3 last season, on 7.3 → 14.6 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#170of 24724-25#197of 26625-26–of 272

Per game, from ESPN box scores.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	480	-1.021	48	15	5.8	0.1	5.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	51.2%	2.2/4.2	64.4%	1.4/2.1	1.2
2024-25	260	-0.484	57	22	9.3	0.0	8.2	0.9	0.2	1.0	59.1%	3.6/6.1	74.4%	2.1/2.8	1.4
2023-24	142	-0.349	67	26	9.7	0.0	8.0	0.8	0.4	1.1	69.1%	3.9/5.6	73.7%	2.0/2.7	1.1
2022-23	-	-	65	19	8.2	0.0	6.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	62.5%	3.0/4.8	75.0%	2.1/2.8	0.9
2021-22	-	-	50	7	3.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	66.7%	1.2/1.8	66.7%	0.6/0.9	0.5

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2025-26

PTS

5.8-0.95

3PM

0.1-0.84

REB

5.1-0.30

AST

0.3-0.90

STL

0.2-0.90

BLK

0.7-0.16

FG%

51.2%2.2/4.2-0.01

FT%

64.4%1.4/2.1-0.88

TO

1.20.35

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · Miami Heat

No. 3 at C for the Miami Heat, behind Bam Adebayo and Bobby Portis. 129 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Tyler Herro, Norman Powell, and Jaime Jaquez Jr.; Giannis Antetokounmpo is the arrival projected for the most minutes (33).

C

Left since 2025-26

Tyler HerroTraded Jul 631 min → MIL
Norman Powell30 min → CHI
Jaime Jaquez Jr.Traded Jul 628 min → MIL
Kel'el WareTraded Jul 622 min → MIL
Kasparas JakučionisTraded Jul 618 min → MIL
Minutes a night129

Arrived

Giannis AntetokounmpoAcquired Jul 629 min from MIL
Tim Hardaway Jr.Signed Jul 627 min from DEN
Bobby PortisAcquired Jul 624 min from MIL
Klay ThompsonWaived by DAL Aug 2122 min from DAL
Nick RichardsSigned Aug 2715 min from CHI
Ryan Conwellnew
Tre DonaldsonSigned 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. Miami Heat depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	PHX/CHI	48	14.6	5.8	0.1	5.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	50.0%	2.1/4.2	66.7%	1.4/2.1	1.2
2024-25	CHA/PHX	57	22.0	9.3	0.0	8.2	0.9	0.2	1.0	59.0%	3.6/6.1	75.0%	2.1/2.8	1.4
2023-24	CHA	67	26.3	9.7	0.0	8.0	0.8	0.4	1.1	69.6%	3.9/5.6	74.1%	2.0/2.7	1.1
2022-23	CHA	65	18.7	8.2	0.0	6.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	62.5%	3.0/4.8	75.0%	2.1/2.8	0.9
2021-22	CHA	50	7.3	3.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	66.7%	1.2/1.8	66.7%	0.6/0.9	0.5
2020-21	CHA	18	3.5	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	40.0%	0.2/0.5	66.7%	0.4/0.6	0.2

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Nick Richards in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2025-26 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.