Where should Pascal Siakam be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 78 player on the 2026-27 projection, where he finished 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 50.3 on average, 28 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Pascal Siakam play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 72 games, after 62 last season.

IND

Pascal Siakam

Indiana Pacers · PF · Age 32 · 6′8″ · 11th season

Rankings Derik Queen Rudy Gobert

Rank#78PF #32 · of 233

Value-0.1699-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP50.3ESPN 30.7

$ Max value$11Yahoo avg $9.1

Games7232 min a game

Rostered99.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 78 player on the 2026-27 projection, where he finished 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 73.1%. Yahoo drafters take him at 50.3 on average, 28 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 20.2 and 24.2 for 5 seasons, and top 50 among rotation players every season on our board.

Last season24.0

5-season average22.6

Trend a season−0.2

2026-27 proj.21.0

Very steady: lowest in 2024-25, highest in 2022-23.
Per 36 minutes: 21.7 in 2021-22, 26.0 last season, on 37.9 → 33.2 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (21.0) is down on last season (24.0).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#20of 24724-25#45of 26625-26#20of 27226-27*#28of 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.	78	-0.169	72	32	21.0	1.7	6.8	3.3	0.9	0.5	51.6%	8.2/15.8	73.1%	3.0/4.1	1.5
2025-26	78	0.077	62	33	24.0	1.7	6.6	3.8	1.1	0.4	48.4%	9.0/18.6	69.3%	4.2/6.1	2.2
2024-25	48	0.321	78	33	20.2	1.6	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	51.9%	7.9/15.2	73.4%	2.9/4.0	1.4
2023-24	48	0.038	80	33	21.7	1.1	7.1	4.3	0.8	0.3	53.6%	8.5/15.9	73.2%	3.6/5.0	1.8
2022-23	-	-	71	37	24.2	1.3	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	48.1%	8.9/18.5	77.6%	5.2/6.7	2.4
2021-22	-	-	68	38	22.8	1.1	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	49.4%	8.8/17.8	75.0%	4.2/5.6	2.7

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

21.0#28 of 2130.67

3PM

1.7#101 of 2130.18

REB

6.8#39 of 2130.20

AST

3.3#74 of 213-0.07

STL

0.9#95 of 2130.01

BLK

0.5#112 of 213-0.37

FG%

51.6%8.2/15.8#26 of 2130.11

FT%

73.1%3.0/4.1#191 of 213-1.02

TO

1.5#107 of 2130.14

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

Team role · Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers starter at PF, with Obi Toppin behind him. 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

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	62	33.2	24.0	1.7	6.6	3.8	1.1	0.4	48.4%	9.0/18.6	68.9%	4.2/6.1	2.2
2024-25	IND	78	32.7	20.2	1.6	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	52.0%	7.9/15.2	74.4%	2.9/3.9	1.4
2023-24	TOR/IND	80	33.2	21.7	1.1	7.1	4.3	0.8	0.3	53.5%	8.5/15.9	72.0%	3.6/5.0	1.8
2022-23	TOR	71	37.4	24.2	1.3	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	48.1%	8.9/18.5	77.6%	5.2/6.7	2.4
2021-22	TOR	68	37.9	22.8	1.1	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	49.4%	8.8/17.8	75.0%	4.2/5.6	2.7
2020-21	TOR	56	35.8	21.4	1.3	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	45.3%	7.8/17.2	81.5%	4.4/5.4	2.3
2019-20	TOR	60	35.2	22.9	2.2	7.3	3.5	1.0	0.9	45.1%	8.3/18.4	78.4%	4.0/5.1	2.5
2018-19	TOR	80	31.9	16.9	1.0	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	55.1%	6.5/11.8	78.9%	3.0/3.8	1.9
2017-18	TOR	81	20.7	7.3	0.4	4.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	50.8%	3.1/6.1	63.6%	0.7/1.1	0.8
2016-17	TOR	55	15.6	4.2	0.0	3.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	51.4%	1.9/3.7	66.7%	0.4/0.6	0.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Pascal Siakam 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.