Where should Paolo Banchero be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 98 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 68 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 35.8 on average, 62 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Paolo Banchero play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 72 last season.

ORL

Paolo Banchero

Orlando Magic · SF/PF · Age 23 · 6′10″

Rankings Norman Powell DeMar DeRozan

Rank#98SF #53 · of 233

Value-0.3009-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP35.8ESPN 41.9

$ Max value$6Yahoo avg $16.2

Games7035 min a game

Rostered98.4%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 98 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 68 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in points, rebounds, and assists among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 77.1%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 35.8 on average, 62 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: 20.0 in 2022-23, 22.2 last season, and top 50 among rotation players every season on our board.

Last season22.2

4-season average22.7

Trend a season+1.0

2026-27 proj.22.3

Fairly steady: between 20.0 (2022-23) and 25.9 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 21.3 in 2022-23, 23.0 last season, on 33.8 → 34.8 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (22.3) is in line with last season (22.2).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#17of 24724-25#9of 26625-26#26of 27226-27*#20of 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.	98	-0.300	70	35	22.3	1.2	8.1	5.3	0.8	0.6	45.8%	7.4/16.1	77.1%	6.4/8.3	3.1
2025-26	68	0.115	72	35	22.2	1.2	8.4	5.2	0.7	0.6	45.9%	7.4/16.0	77.5%	6.4/8.2	3.1
2024-25	81	0.129	46	34	25.9	1.9	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	45.2%	9.0/19.8	72.7%	6.1/8.4	3.0
2023-24	77	-0.098	80	35	22.6	1.5	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	45.5%	8.0/17.6	72.5%	5.1/7.0	3.1
2022-23	-	-	72	34	20.0	1.2	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	42.9%	6.7/15.6	74.3%	5.5/7.4	2.8

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

22.3#20 of 2130.82

3PM

1.2#148 of 213-0.13

REB

8.1#23 of 2130.54

AST

5.3#23 of 2130.61

STL

0.8#137 of 213-0.16

BLK

0.6#79 of 213-0.20

FG%

45.8%7.4/16.1#181 of 213-0.48

FT%

77.1%6.4/8.3#163 of 213-0.92

TO

3.1#207 of 213-0.77

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

Team role · Orlando Magic

The Orlando Magic starter at PF, with Tristan da Silva behind him. 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.

PF

1Paolo Banchero
2Tristan da Silva
3Noah Penda
4Jamal Cain
5Jonathan Isaac
6Izaiyah NelsonNew
7Colin 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	ORL	72	34.8	22.2	1.2	8.4	5.2	0.7	0.6	45.6%	7.3/16.0	76.8%	6.3/8.2	3.1
2024-25	ORL	46	34.4	25.9	1.9	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	45.5%	9.0/19.8	72.6%	6.1/8.4	3.0
2023-24	ORL	80	35.0	22.6	1.5	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	45.5%	8.0/17.6	72.9%	5.1/7.0	3.1
2022-23	ORL	72	33.8	20.0	1.2	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	42.9%	6.7/15.6	74.3%	5.5/7.4	2.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Paolo Banchero 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.