How many games will Spencer Jones play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games, after 64 last season.

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Spencer Jones

Denver Nuggets · SF/PF · Age 25 · 6′7″

Rankings Jaxson Hayes Yves Missi

Rank#226SF #124 · of 233

Value-1.1109-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games6622 min a game

Rostered0.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 226 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 332 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in turnovers among rotation players; the cost is points at 6.1 a game.

Stats over time

Rising: 1.3 in 2024-25, 5.5 last season.

Last season5.5

2-season average3.4

Trend a season+4.2

2026-27 proj.6.1

Up and down: between 1.3 (2024-25) and 5.5 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 7.4 in 2024-25, 9.0 last season, on 6.3 → 22.1 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (6.1) is above anything in his last 2 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25–of 26625-26#267of 27226-27*#213of 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.	226	-1.110	66	22	6.1	1.1	3.5	0.8	0.9	0.4	50.6%	2.2/4.4	68.3%	0.6/0.9	0.5
2025-26	332	-0.680	64	22	5.5	0.9	3.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	50.4%	2.1/4.1	60.8%	0.5/0.8	0.5
2024-25	518	-1.082	20	6	1.3	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	32.4%	0.6/1.7	100.0%	0.2/0.2	0.3

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

6.1#213 of 213-1.02

3PM

1.1#165 of 213-0.24

REB

3.5#180 of 213-0.74

AST

0.8#209 of 213-0.90

STL

0.9#139 of 213-0.17

BLK

0.4#152 of 213-0.56

FG%

50.6%2.2/4.4#45 of 2130.00

FT%

68.3%0.6/0.9#173 of 213-0.93

TO

0.5#2 of 2130.75

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

Team role · Denver Nuggets

No. 4 at SG for the Denver Nuggets, behind Christian Braun, DeMar DeRozan, and Julian Strawther. 110 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Peyton Watson, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Bruce Brown; DeMar DeRozan is the arrival projected for the most minutes (29).

SG

SF

1Cameron Johnson
2DeMar DeRozanNew
3Julian Strawther
4Lonnie Walker IVNew
5Alpha DialloNew
6Spencer Jones
7Bryce HopkinsNew

PF

1Aaron Gordon
2DeMar DeRozanNew
3Spencer Jones
4Alpha DialloNew
5Trevon BrazileNew
6Marvin Bagley IIINew
7Bryce HopkinsNew
8Zeke Nnaji
9Julian Strawther

Left since 2025-26

Peyton WatsonTraded Aug 2030 min → CLE
Tim Hardaway Jr.Signed by MIA Jul 627 min → MIA
Bruce Brown24 min
Jalen Pickett16 min → LAC
Jonas ValanciunasWaived Jul 813 min
Minutes a night110

Arrived

DeMar DeRozanWaived by SAC Jul 631 min from SAC
Marvin Bagley III20 min from DAL
RJ Nembhard Jr.new
Lonnie Walker IVnew
Alpha Diallonew
Bryce HopkinsSigned Aug 26new
Trevon BrazileSigned Jul 10new

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. Denver Nuggets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	DEN	64	22.1	5.5	0.9	3.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	51.2%	2.1/4.1	62.5%	0.5/0.8	0.5
2024-25	DEN	20	6.3	1.3	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	35.3%	0.6/1.7	100.0%	0.2/0.2	0.3

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Spencer Jones 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.