Where should Onyeka Okongwu be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 57 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 34 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 55.1 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Onyeka Okongwu play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 74 last season.

ATL

Onyeka Okongwu

Atlanta Hawks · C · Age 25 · 6′10″ · 7th season

Rankings Myles Turner Jalen Suggs

Rank#57C #16 · of 233

Value0.0149-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP55.1ESPN 78.3

$ Max value$18Yahoo avg $7.9

Games7031 min a game

Rostered82.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 57 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 34 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in threes among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 75.3%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 55.1 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: up 4 seasons in a row.

Last season15.2

5-season average11.4

Trend a season+1.8

2026-27 proj.14.7

Up and down: between 8.2 (2021-22) and 15.2 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 14.3 in 2021-22, 17.7 last season, on 20.7 → 31.0 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (14.7) sits between last season (15.2) and his 5-season average (11.4).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#182of 24724-25#114of 26625-26#87of 27226-27*#80of 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.	57	0.014	70	31	14.7	1.8	7.9	2.8	1.1	1.1	50.2%	5.5/10.9	75.3%	2.0/2.6	1.6
2025-26	34	0.306	74	31	15.2	1.9	7.6	3.1	1.1	1.1	48.0%	5.6/11.6	75.7%	2.1/2.7	1.7
2024-25	77	0.143	74	28	13.4	0.6	8.9	2.3	0.9	0.9	56.7%	5.2/9.2	75.9%	2.2/2.9	1.2
2023-24	155	-0.373	55	26	10.2	0.4	6.8	1.4	0.5	1.1	61.1%	4.1/6.6	79.3%	1.7/2.1	0.8
2022-23	-	-	80	23	9.9	0.1	7.2	1.0	0.7	1.3	64.5%	4.0/6.2	76.0%	1.9/2.5	1.0
2021-22	-	-	48	21	8.2	0.0	5.9	1.1	0.6	1.3	70.2%	3.3/4.7	73.9%	1.7/2.3	0.9

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

14.7#80 of 2130.05

3PM

1.8#24 of 2130.71

REB

7.9#37 of 2130.23

AST

2.8#87 of 213-0.17

STL

1.1#35 of 2130.38

BLK

1.1#42 of 2130.29

FG%

50.2%5.5/10.9#109 of 213-0.19

FT%

75.3%2.0/2.6#130 of 213-0.87

TO

1.6#118 of 2130.07

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

Team role · Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks starter at C, with Jock Landale behind him. 174 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Trae Young, Kristaps Porzingis, and Zaccharie Risacher; Luguentz Dort is the arrival projected for the most minutes (25).

C

1Onyeka Okongwu
2Jock Landale
3Mouhamed Gueye
4Zuby EjioforNew
5Asa Newell
6Dorian Finney-SmithNew
7Henri VeesaarNew

Left since 2025-26

Trae Young28 min → WSH
Kristaps Porzingis24 min → GS
Zaccharie Risacher22 min → DAL
Vit Krejci22 min → POR
Jonathan Kuminga22 min → MIN
Luke KennardSigned by PHX Jul 1421 min → PHX
Gabe Vincent13 min
Christian Koloko11 min
Keaton Wallace10 min
Minutes a night174

Arrived

Luguentz DortAcquired Jul 1927 min from OKC
Aaron WigginsAcquired Jul 622 min from OKC
Dorian Finney-SmithTraded by CHA Sep 2217 min from HOU
Jalen WilsonSigned Jul 2216 min from BKN
Kingston FlemingsSigned Jul 2new
Zuby EjioforSigned Jul 1new
Henri VeesaarSigned Jul 1new

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. Atlanta Hawks depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	ATL	74	31.0	15.2	1.9	7.6	3.1	1.1	1.1	48.3%	5.6/11.6	77.8%	2.1/2.7	1.7
2024-25	ATL	74	27.9	13.4	0.6	8.9	2.3	0.9	0.9	56.5%	5.2/9.2	75.9%	2.2/2.9	1.2
2023-24	ATL	55	25.5	10.2	0.4	6.8	1.3	0.5	1.1	62.1%	4.1/6.6	81.0%	1.7/2.1	0.8
2022-23	ATL	80	23.1	9.9	0.1	7.2	1.0	0.7	1.3	64.5%	4.0/6.2	76.0%	1.9/2.5	1.0
2021-22	ATL	48	20.7	8.2	0.0	5.9	1.1	0.6	1.3	70.2%	3.3/4.7	73.9%	1.7/2.3	0.9
2020-21	ATL	50	12.0	4.6	0.0	3.3	0.4	0.5	0.7	63.3%	1.9/3.0	63.6%	0.7/1.1	0.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Onyeka Okongwu 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.