Trendon Watford

New Orleans Pelicans · SF/PF · Age 25 · 6′8″

Rankings Mike Conley Kris Murray

Rank 2025-26#340SF #171 · of 582

Value-0.7049-cat, per game

Games5316 min a game

Fantasy outlook

No. 340 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. His weakest category is points at 6.5 a game.

Stats over time

Steady: between 6.5 and 10.2 for 5 seasons.

Last season6.5

5-season average7.7

Trend a season+0.06

Up and down: lowest in 2025-26, highest in 2024-25.
Per 36 minutes: 15.1 in 2021-22, 14.4 last season, on 18.1 → 16.3 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25#171of 26625-26–of 272

Per game, from ESPN box scores.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	340	-0.704	53	16	6.5	0.2	3.3	2.5	0.3	0.4	51.5%	2.6/5.1	77.9%	1.1/1.5	1.2
2024-25	330	-0.639	44	21	10.2	0.7	3.6	2.6	0.6	0.3	46.9%	3.7/8.0	76.2%	2.1/2.8	1.9
2023-24	295	-0.732	63	14	6.9	0.4	3.1	1.3	0.4	0.3	52.7%	2.6/4.9	79.4%	1.2/1.5	1.0
2022-23	-	-	62	19	7.4	0.4	3.8	2.1	0.5	0.2	55.8%	2.9/5.2	75.0%	1.2/1.6	1.1
2021-22	-	-	48	18	7.6	0.2	4.1	1.7	0.5	0.6	53.6%	3.0/5.6	75.0%	1.5/2.0	0.9

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2025-26

PTS

6.5-0.88

3PM

0.2-0.81

REB

3.3-0.55

AST

2.5-0.26

STL

0.3-0.84

BLK

0.4-0.31

FG%

51.5%2.6/5.10.14

FT%

77.9%1.1/1.5-0.01

TO

1.20.35

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

Team role · New Orleans Pelicans

No. 5 at PF for the New Orleans Pelicans, behind Zion Williamson, Karlo Matkovic, Derik Queen, and Saddiq Bey. 65 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jose Alvarado, Micah Peavy, and Kevon Looney; Bennedict Mathurin is the arrival projected for the most minutes (25).

PF

1Zion Williamson
2Karlo Matkovic
3Derik Queen
4Saddiq Bey
5Trendon WatfordNew
6Malik DiaNew
7Julian ReeseNew

Left since 2025-26

Jose AlvaradoSigned by NY Jul 622 min → NY
Micah PeavyTraded Sep 815 min → MEM
Kevon Looney15 min → LAL
Jordan HawkinsTraded Sep 814 min → CHI
Minutes a night65

Arrived

Julian ReeseSigned Sep 2431 min from WSH
Bennedict MathurinSigned Sep 1030 min from LAC
Trendon WatfordSigned Aug 1716 min from PHI
AJ JohnsonAcquired Sep 810 min from DAL
Jaron Pierre Jr.new
Malik DiaSigned Aug 18new

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. New Orleans Pelicans depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	PHI	53	16.3	6.5	0.2	3.3	2.5	0.3	0.4	51.0%	2.6/5.1	73.3%	1.1/1.5	1.2
2024-25	BKN	44	20.8	10.2	0.7	3.6	2.6	0.6	0.3	46.3%	3.7/8.0	75.0%	2.1/2.8	1.9
2023-24	BKN	63	13.6	6.9	0.4	3.1	1.3	0.4	0.3	53.1%	2.6/4.9	80.0%	1.2/1.5	1.0
2022-23	POR	62	19.1	7.4	0.4	3.8	2.1	0.5	0.2	55.8%	2.9/5.2	75.0%	1.2/1.6	1.1
2021-22	POR	48	18.1	7.6	0.2	4.1	1.7	0.5	0.6	53.6%	3.0/5.6	75.0%	1.5/2.0	0.9

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Trendon Watford 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.