Ryan Kalkbrenner
Charlotte Hornets · C · Age 24 · 7′1″
Fantasy outlook
No. 238 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. He is top 10 in field-goal percentage and top 25 in blocks among rotation players; the cost is threes at 0.0 a game.
Stats over time
Steady: 7.6 in 2025-26, his one NBA season so far.
Per game, from ESPN box scores.
Season by season
Category profile · 2025-26
PTS
7.6#236 of 272-0.753PM
0.0#269 of 272-0.94REB
5.5#139 of 272-0.21AST
0.8#270 of 272-0.82STL
0.5#256 of 272-0.62BLK
1.5#18 of 2720.68FG%
75.3%3.2/4.2#9 of 2720.86FT%
71.6%1.2/1.7#193 of 272-0.78TO
0.9#46 of 2720.59Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.
Team role · Charlotte Hornets
No. 3 at C for the Charlotte Hornets, behind Moussa Diabate and Hannes Steinbach. 126 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, and Collin Sexton; Naz Reid is the arrival projected for the most minutes (29).
C
- 1Moussa Diabate
- 2Hannes SteinbachNew
- 3Ryan Kalkbrenner
- 4PJ Hall
Left since 2025-26
- Miles BridgesTraded Jul 1331 min → PHX
- LaMelo BallTraded Jul 1028 min → MIN
- Collin Sexton22 min → LAL
- KJ Simpson16 min
- Josh GreenTraded Jul 1016 min → UTAH
- Tre MannAcquired by WSH Aug 2013 min → WSH
- Minutes a night126
Arrived
- Grayson AllenAcquired Jul 1329 min from PHX
- Royce O'NealeAcquired Jul 1328 min from PHX
- Naz ReidAcquired Jul 1026 min from MIN
- Dennis SchroderAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
- Christian AndersonSigned Jul 6new
- Kylan BoswellSigned Jul 6new
- Michael AjayiSigned Jul 6new
- Hannes SteinbachSigned Jul 6new
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. Charlotte Hornets depth chart
Box-score averages from ESPN.
Ryan Kalkbrenner in fantasy basketball
The outlook above is written from our 2025-26 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.
He is top 10 in field-goal percentage and top 25 in blocks among rotation players; the cost is threes at 0.0 a game.
No. 3 at C for the Charlotte Hornets, behind Moussa Diabate and Hannes Steinbach.