Where should Santi Aldama be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 210 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 100 in 2025-26. Availability is the question: 43 games last season, 64 projected.

How many games will Santi Aldama play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 64 games, after 43 last season.

DAL

Santi Aldama

Dallas Mavericks · PF/C · Age 25 · 7′0″

Rankings Paul Reed Morez Johnson

Rank#210PF #109 · of 233

Value-0.9309-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6418 min a game

Rostered13.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 210 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 100 in 2025-26. His weakest category is free-throw percentage at 66.6%. Availability is the question: 43 games last season, 64 projected.

Stats over time

Rising: up 4 seasons in a row.

Last season14.0

5-season average10.1

Trend a season+2.3

2026-27 proj.11.1

Up and down: between 4.1 (2021-22) and 14.0 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 13.1 in 2021-22, 18.1 last season, on 11.3 → 27.9 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (11.1) sits between last season (14.0) and his 5-season average (10.1).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#165of 24724-25#126of 26625-26#108of 27226-27*–of 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.	210	-0.930	64	18	11.1	1.3	5.3	2.3	0.6	0.6	48.0%	4.2/8.8	66.6%	1.4/2.1	1.0
2025-26	100	-0.065	43	28	14.0	1.6	6.7	2.9	0.9	0.7	47.9%	5.3/11.1	66.7%	1.8/2.7	1.3
2024-25	104	0.007	65	26	12.5	1.8	6.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	48.3%	4.8/10.0	69.1%	1.0/1.5	1.1
2023-24	152	-0.363	61	27	10.7	1.7	5.8	2.3	0.7	0.9	43.5%	4.1/9.3	62.1%	0.9/1.4	1.1
2022-23	-	-	77	22	9.0	1.2	4.8	1.3	0.6	0.6	47.1%	3.2/6.8	73.7%	1.4/1.9	0.8
2021-22	-	-	32	11	4.1	0.2	2.7	0.7	0.2	0.3	41.5%	1.7/4.1	60.0%	0.6/1.0	0.5

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

11.1-0.55

3PM

1.30.01

REB

5.3-0.47

AST

2.3-0.44

STL

0.6-0.44

BLK

0.6-0.43

FG%

48.0%4.2/8.8-0.20

FT%

66.6%1.4/2.1-1.02

TO

1.00.51

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · Dallas Mavericks

No. 4 at SF for the Dallas Mavericks, behind Cooper Flagg, Naji Marshall, and Zaccharie Risacher. 208 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Anthony Davis, Brandon Williams, and Klay Thompson; Kyrie Irving is the arrival projected for the most minutes (33).

SF

1Cooper Flagg
2Naji Marshall
3Zaccharie RisacherNew
4Santi AldamaNew
5Caleb Martin
6John Poulakidas
7Tobi LawalNew
8Jett HowardNew
9Tarik BiberovicNew

PF

1P.J. Washington
2Santi AldamaNew
3Morez Johnson Jr.New
4Caleb Martin
5Naji Marshall
6Tobi LawalNew
7Jett HowardNew
8Tarik BiberovicNew

C

Left since 2025-26

Anthony Davis31 min → WSH
Brandon WilliamsSigned by GS Aug 2622 min → GS
Klay ThompsonWaived Aug 2122 min → MIA
Marvin Bagley III21 min → DEN
Khris MiddletonAcquired by WSH Jul 821 min → WSH
Ryan NembhardAcquired by CHA Sep 2220 min → CHA
D'Angelo RussellAcquired by MEM Jul 819 min → MEM
Dwight Powell14 min
Tyler Smith14 min
Jaden HardyAcquired by LAL Jul 713 min → LAL
AJ JohnsonAcquired by NO Sep 810 min → NO
Minutes a night208

Arrived

Santi AldamaAcquired Jul 828 min from MEM
Zaccharie Risacher22 min from ATL
Jett Howard13 min from ORL
Marcus SasserAcquired Jul 812 min from DET
Kyrie Irvingnew
Sergio de LarreaSigned Jul 3new
Tarik BiberovicSigned Jul 10new
Tobi LawalSigned Jul 3new
Morez Johnson Jr.new

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. Dallas Mavericks depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	MEM	43	27.9	14.0	1.6	6.7	2.9	0.9	0.7	47.7%	5.3/11.1	66.7%	1.8/2.7	1.3
2024-25	MEM	65	25.5	12.5	1.8	6.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	48.0%	4.8/10.0	71.4%	1.0/1.4	1.1
2023-24	MEM	61	26.5	10.7	1.7	5.8	2.3	0.7	0.9	43.0%	4.0/9.3	64.3%	0.9/1.4	1.1
2022-23	MEM	77	21.8	9.0	1.2	4.8	1.3	0.6	0.6	47.1%	3.2/6.8	73.7%	1.4/1.9	0.8
2021-22	MEM	32	11.3	4.1	0.2	2.7	0.7	0.2	0.3	41.5%	1.7/4.1	60.0%	0.6/1.0	0.5

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Santi Aldama 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.