Where should Rui Hachimura be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 218 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 273 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 116.8 on average, 101 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Rui Hachimura play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games, after 68 last season.

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Rui Hachimura

LA Clippers · SF/PF · Age 28 · 6′8″ · 8th season

Rankings Jordan Goodwin Moritz Wagner

Rank#218SF #120 · of 233

Value-0.9979-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP116.8ESPN 136.9

$ Max value$0Yahoo avg $1.1

Games6627 min a game

Rostered16.9%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 218 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 273 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in turnovers among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 73.2%. Yahoo drafters take him at 116.8 on average, 101 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Steady: between 11.2 and 13.6 for 5 seasons.

Last season11.5

5-season average12.1

Trend a season+0.2

2026-27 proj.10.8

Fairly steady: lowest in 2022-23, highest in 2023-24.
Per 36 minutes: 18.1 in 2021-22, 14.6 last season, on 22.5 → 28.3 minutes: it has held.
The projection (10.8) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#110of 24724-25#118of 26625-26#164of 27226-27*#168of 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.	218	-0.997	66	27	10.8	1.7	4.6	0.7	0.6	0.3	50.5%	3.9/7.8	73.2%	1.3/1.8	0.5
2025-26	273	-0.530	68	28	11.5	1.7	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.3	51.4%	4.5/8.8	69.4%	0.7/1.1	0.6
2024-25	127	-0.129	59	32	13.1	1.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	50.9%	5.0/9.8	77.0%	1.5/1.9	0.8
2023-24	144	-0.353	68	27	13.6	1.4	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	53.7%	5.3/9.9	73.9%	1.5/2.0	0.7
2022-23	-	-	63	23	11.2	0.8	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	48.4%	4.5/9.3	73.7%	1.4/1.9	0.8
2021-22	-	-	42	23	11.3	1.3	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	49.5%	4.5/9.1	68.8%	1.1/1.6	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

10.8#168 of 213-0.58

3PM

1.7#112 of 2130.08

REB

4.6#127 of 213-0.46

AST

0.7#210 of 213-0.91

STL

0.6#204 of 213-0.57

BLK

0.3#171 of 213-0.66

FG%

50.5%3.9/7.8#57 of 2130.00

FT%

73.2%1.3/1.8#170 of 213-0.93

TO

0.5#4 of 2130.74

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

Team role · LA Clippers

The LA Clippers starter at PF; Baba Miller, new to the team, is behind him. 205 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, and Ivica Zubac; Brandon Ingram is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

PF

1Rui HachimuraNew
2Baba MillerNew
3Kobe Sanders
4Nick MartinelliNew
5Max StrusNew

Left since 2025-26

James HardenSigned by CLE Sep 836 min → CLE
Kawhi Leonard32 min → TOR
Ivica Zubac31 min → IND
Bennedict MathurinSigned by NO Sep 1028 min → NO
John CollinsAcquired by DET Jul 827 min → DET
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min → HOU
Nicolas Batum18 min
Chris Paul14 min
Minutes a night205

Arrived

Brandon Ingram34 min from TOR
Rui Hachimura28 min from LAL
Max StrusAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
Jalen Pickett16 min from DEN
Gradey Dick14 min from TOR
Blake Wesley12 min from POR
Keaton Waglernew
Nick Martinellinew
Baba Millernew

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. LA Clippers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	LAL	68	28.3	11.5	1.7	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.3	51.1%	4.5/8.8	63.6%	0.7/1.1	0.6
2024-25	LAL	59	31.7	13.1	1.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	51.0%	5.0/9.8	78.9%	1.5/1.9	0.8
2023-24	LAL	68	26.8	13.6	1.4	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	53.5%	5.3/9.9	75.0%	1.5/2.0	0.7
2022-23	WSH/LAL	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	48.4%	4.5/9.3	73.7%	1.4/1.9	0.8
2021-22	WSH	42	22.5	11.3	1.3	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	49.5%	4.5/9.1	68.8%	1.1/1.6	0.8
2020-21	WSH	57	31.5	13.8	0.8	5.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	47.4%	5.4/11.4	78.6%	2.2/2.8	1.2
2019-20	WSH	48	30.1	13.5	0.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	46.5%	5.3/11.4	82.8%	2.4/2.9	1.1

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Rui Hachimura 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.