How many games will Nikola Vucevic play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 64 last season.

ORL

Nikola Vucevic

Orlando Magic · C · Age 35 · 6′9″ · 16th season

Rankings Ayo Dosunmu Damian Lillard

Rank#102C #32 · of 233

Value-0.3289-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP112.9ESPN 117.1

$ Max value$5Yahoo avg $1.0

Games7022 min a game

Rostered72.3%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 102 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 67 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 112.9 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Steady: between 15.1 and 18.5 for 5 seasons.

Last season15.1

5-season average17.4

Trend a season−0.4

2026-27 proj.12.5

Very steady: lowest in 2025-26, highest in 2024-25.
Per 36 minutes: 19.1 in 2021-22, 19.1 last season, on 33.1 → 28.4 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (12.5) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#50of 24724-25#59of 26625-26#90of 27226-27*#124of 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.	102	-0.328	70	22	12.5	1.2	6.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	49.7%	5.1/10.3	82.6%	1.1/1.3	1.2
2025-26	67	0.125	64	28	15.1	1.6	8.4	3.3	0.6	0.6	49.3%	6.2/12.5	82.8%	1.2/1.5	1.3
2024-25	24	0.485	73	31	18.5	1.8	10.1	3.5	0.8	0.7	53.0%	7.5/14.2	80.5%	1.6/2.0	1.6
2023-24	35	0.120	76	34	18.0	1.2	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	48.4%	7.7/15.9	82.2%	1.4/1.7	1.6
2022-23	-	-	82	34	17.6	1.5	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	52.1%	7.3/14.0	84.2%	1.6/1.9	1.7
2021-22	-	-	73	33	17.6	1.4	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	47.5%	7.5/15.8	76.5%	1.3/1.7	1.9

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

12.5#124 of 213-0.26

3PM

1.2#109 of 2130.13

REB

6.9#66 of 213-0.05

AST

2.5#112 of 213-0.29

STL

0.6#189 of 213-0.48

BLK

0.6#101 of 213-0.34

FG%

49.7%5.1/10.3#126 of 213-0.22

FT%

82.6%1.1/1.3#58 of 2130.00

TO

1.2#62 of 2130.34

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

Team role · Orlando Magic

No. 2 at C for the Orlando Magic, behind Wendell Carter Jr.. 40 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Tyus Jones, Jett Howard, and Moritz Wagner; no arrival is projected for starter's minutes.

C

1Wendell Carter Jr.
2Nikola VucevicNew
3Goga Bitadze
4Izaiyah NelsonNew
5Colin Castleton

Left since 2025-26

Tyus JonesSigned by DEN Jul 1416 min → DEN
Jett Howard13 min → DAL
Moritz WagnerSigned by BKN Jul 3112 min → BKN
Minutes a night40

Arrived

Nikola VucevicSigned Jul 128 min from BOS
Izaiyah Nelsonnew

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. Orlando Magic depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CHI/BOS	64	28.4	15.1	1.6	8.4	3.3	0.6	0.6	49.6%	6.2/12.5	80.0%	1.2/1.5	1.3
2024-25	CHI	73	31.2	18.5	1.8	10.1	3.5	0.8	0.7	52.8%	7.5/14.2	80.0%	1.6/2.0	1.6
2023-24	CHI	76	34.3	18.0	1.2	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	48.4%	7.7/15.9	82.4%	1.4/1.7	1.6
2022-23	CHI	82	33.5	17.6	1.5	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	52.1%	7.3/14.0	84.2%	1.6/1.9	1.7
2021-22	CHI	73	33.1	17.6	1.4	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	47.5%	7.5/15.8	76.5%	1.3/1.7	1.9
2020-21	ORL/CHI	70	33.5	23.4	2.5	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	47.7%	9.5/19.9	86.4%	1.9/2.2	1.8
2019-20	ORL	62	32.2	19.6	1.6	10.9	3.6	0.9	0.8	47.9%	8.0/16.7	77.8%	2.1/2.7	1.4
2018-19	ORL	80	31.4	20.8	1.1	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	52.1%	8.8/16.9	78.6%	2.2/2.8	2.0
2017-18	ORL	57	29.5	16.5	1.1	9.2	3.4	1.0	1.1	47.6%	7.0/14.7	87.5%	1.4/1.6	1.9
2016-17	ORL	75	28.8	14.6	0.3	10.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	46.7%	6.4/13.7	66.7%	1.4/2.1	1.6
2015-16	ORL	65	31.3	18.2	0.0	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	50.9%	8.2/16.1	73.9%	1.7/2.3	1.9
2014-15	ORL	74	34.2	19.3	0.0	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	52.1%	8.5/16.3	75.9%	2.2/2.9	2.0
2013-14	ORL	57	31.8	14.2	0.0	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	50.8%	6.2/12.2	75.0%	1.8/2.4	2.0
2012-13	ORL	77	33.2	13.1	0.0	11.9	1.9	0.8	1.0	52.2%	6.0/11.5	68.8%	1.1/1.6	1.8
2011-12	PHI	51	15.9	5.5	0.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	45.6%	2.6/5.7	57.1%	0.4/0.7	0.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Nikola Vucevic 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.