How many games will T.J. McConnell play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 56 last season.

IND

T.J. McConnell

Indiana Pacers · PG · Age 34 · 6′1″ · 12th season

Rankings Duncan Robinson Jimmy Butler III

Rank#146PG #51 · of 233

Value-0.5699-cat, per game

$ Max value$1

Games7017 min a game

Rostered18.7%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 146 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 197 in 2025-26. His weakest category is rebounds at 2.2 a game.

Stats over time

Steady: between 8.5 and 10.2 for 5 seasons.

Last season9.4

5-season average9.2

Trend a season+0.2

2026-27 proj.9.0

Very steady: lowest in 2021-22, highest in 2023-24.
Per 36 minutes: 12.7 in 2021-22, 19.7 last season, on 24.1 → 17.2 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (9.0) is down on last season (9.4).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25–of 26625-26–of 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.	146	-0.569	70	17	9.0	0.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.2	53.0%	4.2/7.9	84.9%	0.4/0.5	1.2
2025-26	197	-0.340	56	17	9.4	0.3	2.2	5.1	1.0	0.2	53.8%	4.3/8.0	86.2%	0.5/0.5	1.1
2024-25	220	-0.380	79	18	9.1	0.2	2.4	4.4	1.1	0.3	51.9%	4.1/7.9	74.0%	0.7/1.0	1.4
2023-24	132	-0.318	71	18	10.2	0.3	2.7	5.5	1.0	0.1	55.6%	4.7/8.4	79.0%	0.7/0.9	1.5
2022-23	-	-	75	20	8.7	0.3	3.1	5.3	1.1	0.1	55.1%	3.8/6.9	88.9%	0.8/0.9	1.9
2021-22	-	-	27	24	8.5	0.4	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	48.1%	3.7/7.7	77.8%	0.7/0.9	1.1

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

9.0-0.74

3PM

0.3-0.70

REB

2.2-0.93

AST

4.80.17

STL

1.10.14

BLK

0.2-0.76

FG%

53.0%4.2/7.90.09

FT%

84.9%0.4/0.50.00

TO

1.20.42

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

Team role · Indiana Pacers

No. 2 at PG for the Indiana Pacers, behind Tyrese Haliburton. 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).

PG

1Tyrese HaliburtonNew
2T.J. McConnell
3Quenton Jackson
4Braden SmithNew
5Ben Sheppard

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	56	17.2	9.4	0.3	2.2	5.1	1.0	0.2	53.8%	4.3/8.0	80.0%	0.4/0.5	1.1
2024-25	IND	79	17.9	9.1	0.2	2.4	4.4	1.1	0.3	51.9%	4.1/7.9	70.0%	0.7/1.0	1.4
2023-24	IND	71	18.2	10.2	0.3	2.7	5.5	1.0	0.1	54.8%	4.6/8.4	77.8%	0.7/0.9	1.5
2022-23	IND	75	20.3	8.7	0.3	3.1	5.3	1.1	0.1	55.1%	3.8/6.9	88.9%	0.8/0.9	1.9
2021-22	IND	27	24.1	8.5	0.4	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	48.1%	3.7/7.7	77.8%	0.7/0.9	1.1
2020-21	IND	69	26.0	8.6	0.2	3.7	6.6	1.9	0.3	56.3%	4.0/7.1	71.4%	0.5/0.7	2.0
2019-20	IND	71	18.7	6.5	0.1	2.7	5.0	0.8	0.2	51.7%	3.0/5.8	83.3%	0.5/0.6	1.4
2018-19	PHI	76	19.3	6.4	0.2	2.3	3.4	1.0	0.2	52.7%	2.9/5.5	80.0%	0.4/0.5	1.2
2017-18	PHI	76	22.4	6.3	0.4	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	50.9%	2.8/5.5	80.0%	0.4/0.5	1.5
2016-17	PHI	81	26.3	6.9	0.1	3.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	46.0%	2.9/6.3	81.8%	0.9/1.1	2.0
2015-16	PHI	81	19.8	6.1	0.4	3.1	4.5	1.2	0.1	47.4%	2.7/5.7	60.0%	0.3/0.5	1.7

Box-score averages from ESPN.

T.J. McConnell 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.