Where should Obi Toppin be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 188 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 192 in 2025-26. Availability is the question: 24 games last season, 66 projected.

How many games will Obi Toppin play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games, after 24 last season.

IND

Obi Toppin

Indiana Pacers · PF · Age 28 · 6′9″ · 7th season

Rankings Ace Bailey Bilal Coulibaly

Rank#188PF #73 · of 233

Value-0.7769-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6618 min a game

Rostered3.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 188 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 192 in 2025-26. His weakest category is points at 9.6 a game. Availability is the question: 24 games last season, 66 projected.

Stats over time

Rising: up 3 seasons in a row.

Last season11.6

5-season average9.8

Trend a season+0.8

2026-27 proj.9.6

Fairly steady: between 7.4 (2022-23) and 11.6 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 18.9 in 2021-22, 23.6 last season, on 17.1 → 17.7 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (9.6) is down on last season (11.6).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#141of 24724-25#162of 26625-26–of 27226-27*–of 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.	188	-0.776	66	18	9.6	1.3	3.9	1.5	0.5	0.3	51.8%	3.6/7.0	79.1%	1.1/1.3	1.1
2025-26	192	-0.336	24	18	11.6	1.5	4.4	2.3	0.5	0.0	50.3%	4.2/8.3	91.3%	1.8/1.9	1.2
2024-25	201	-0.344	79	20	10.5	1.4	4.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	52.9%	4.0/7.6	78.1%	1.1/1.4	0.9
2023-24	123	-0.276	82	21	10.3	1.2	3.9	1.6	0.6	0.5	57.3%	4.1/7.1	77.0%	0.9/1.2	0.8
2022-23	-	-	67	16	7.4	1.3	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.2	44.4%	2.8/6.3	85.7%	0.6/0.7	0.6
2021-22	-	-	72	17	9.0	0.7	3.7	1.1	0.3	0.5	53.0%	3.5/6.6	76.5%	1.3/1.7	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

9.6-0.70

3PM

1.3-0.09

REB

3.9-0.64

AST

1.5-0.70

STL

0.5-0.63

BLK

0.3-0.61

FG%

51.8%3.6/7.00.00

FT%

79.1%1.1/1.30.00

TO

1.10.46

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

Team role · Indiana Pacers

No. 2 at PF for the Indiana Pacers, behind Pascal Siakam. 173 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Bennedict Mathurin, Ethan Thompson, and Micah Potter; Tyrese Haliburton is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

PF

C

Left since 2025-26

Bennedict MathurinSigned by NO Sep 1032 min → NO
Ethan ThompsonWaived Aug 1321 min
Micah PotterWaived Jul 819 min → POR
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl18 min
Isaiah Jackson17 min → LAC
Kam JonesSigned by MIL Jul 617 min → MIL
Garrison Mathews13 min
Taelon PeterWaived Jul 2013 min
RayJ Dennis13 min → ATL
Tony Bradley11 min
Minutes a night173

Arrived

Kelly Oubre Jr.32 min from PHI
Larry Nance Jr.Signed Jul 913 min from CLE
Tyrese Haliburtonnew
Braden SmithSigned Aug 17new

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. Indiana Pacers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	IND	24	17.7	11.6	1.5	4.4	2.3	0.5	0.0	50.6%	4.2/8.3	94.7%	1.8/1.9	1.2
2024-25	IND	79	19.6	10.5	1.4	4.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	52.6%	4.0/7.6	78.6%	1.1/1.4	0.9
2023-24	IND	82	21.1	10.3	1.2	3.9	1.6	0.6	0.5	56.3%	4.0/7.1	75.0%	0.9/1.2	0.8
2022-23	NY	67	15.7	7.4	1.3	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.2	44.4%	2.8/6.3	85.7%	0.6/0.7	0.6
2021-22	NY	72	17.1	9.0	0.7	3.7	1.1	0.3	0.5	53.0%	3.5/6.6	76.5%	1.3/1.7	0.8
2020-21	NY	62	11.0	4.1	0.4	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	50.0%	1.7/3.4	75.0%	0.3/0.4	0.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Obi Toppin 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.