Where should Norman Powell be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 97 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 72 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 93.4 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Norman Powell play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games, after 58 last season.

CHI

Norman Powell

Chicago Bulls · SG/SF · Age 33 · 6′4″ · 12th season

Rankings John Collins Paolo Banchero

Rank#97SG #56 · of 233

Value-0.2899-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP93.4ESPN 81.7

$ Max value$6Yahoo avg $2.6

Games6630 min a game

Rostered81.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 97 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 72 in 2025-26. His weakest category is blocks at 0.2 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 93.4 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: 19.0 in 2021-22, 21.7 last season.

Last season21.7

5-season average18.7

Trend a season+1.0

2026-27 proj.21.2

Up and down: between 13.9 (2023-24) and 21.8 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 21.1 in 2021-22, 26.4 last season, on 32.4 → 29.6 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (21.2) is in line with last season (21.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#92of 24724-25#35of 26625-26#27of 27226-27*#46of 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.	97	-0.289	66	30	21.2	2.7	3.5	2.3	1.0	0.2	46.5%	7.1/15.2	82.6%	4.4/5.3	1.9
2025-26	72	0.097	58	30	21.7	2.7	3.5	2.5	1.1	0.2	47.0%	7.3/15.4	82.7%	4.5/5.5	1.9
2024-25	82	0.119	60	33	21.8	3.0	3.2	2.1	1.2	0.2	48.4%	7.6/15.8	80.4%	3.6/4.4	1.8
2023-24	137	-0.340	76	26	13.9	2.2	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	48.6%	4.9/10.1	83.1%	1.9/2.3	0.9
2022-23	-	-	60	26	17.0	1.9	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	48.3%	5.7/11.8	82.6%	3.8/4.6	1.7
2021-22	-	-	45	32	19.0	2.4	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	46.3%	6.2/13.4	80.8%	4.2/5.2	1.5

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

21.2#46 of 2130.46

3PM

2.7#43 of 2130.54

REB

3.5#165 of 213-0.64

AST

2.3#153 of 213-0.52

STL

1.0#115 of 213-0.07

BLK

0.2#174 of 213-0.68

FG%

46.5%7.1/15.2#106 of 213-0.18

FT%

82.6%4.4/5.3#108 of 2130.00

TO

1.9#128 of 2130.02

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 SG, with Isaac Okoro behind him. 251 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, and Ayo Dosunmu; Caleb Wilson is the arrival projected for the most minutes (30).

SG

1Norman PowellNew
2Isaac Okoro
3Buddy HieldNew
4Tre Jones
5Jordan HawkinsNew
6Jaylin SellersNew

SF

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	MIA	58	29.6	21.7	2.7	3.5	2.5	1.1	0.2	47.4%	7.3/15.4	81.8%	4.5/5.5	1.9
2024-25	LAC	60	32.6	21.8	3.0	3.2	2.1	1.2	0.2	48.1%	7.6/15.8	81.8%	3.6/4.4	1.8
2023-24	LAC	76	26.2	13.9	2.2	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	48.5%	4.9/10.1	82.6%	1.9/2.3	0.9
2022-23	LAC	60	26.1	17.0	1.9	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	48.3%	5.7/11.8	82.6%	3.8/4.6	1.7
2021-22	POR/LAC	45	32.4	19.0	2.4	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	46.3%	6.2/13.4	80.8%	4.2/5.2	1.5
2020-21	TOR/POR	69	32.0	18.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	47.4%	6.3/13.3	87.2%	3.4/3.9	1.7
2019-20	TOR	52	28.4	16.0	2.1	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	49.6%	5.7/11.5	86.2%	2.5/2.9	1.5
2018-19	TOR	60	18.8	8.6	1.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	47.8%	3.2/6.7	76.9%	1.0/1.3	1.1
2017-18	TOR	70	15.2	5.5	0.8	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	39.6%	2.1/5.3	83.3%	0.5/0.6	0.9
2016-17	TOR	76	18.0	8.4	0.7	2.2	1.1	0.7	0.2	44.8%	3.0/6.7	81.0%	1.7/2.1	0.9
2015-16	TOR	49	14.8	5.6	0.7	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	42.6%	2.0/4.7	81.8%	0.9/1.1	0.7

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Norman Powell 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.