Where should Tyrese Haliburton be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 13 player on the 2026-27 projection, after missing 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 13.3 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Tyrese Haliburton play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games.

IND

Tyrese Haliburton

Indiana Pacers · PG/SG · Age 26 · 6′5″ · 7th season

Rankings Karl-Anthony Towns Kawhi Leonard

Rank#13PG #9 · of 233

Value0.5109-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP13.3ESPN 19.9

$ Max value$40Yahoo avg $50.0

Games6632 min a game

Rostered96.4%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 13 player on the 2026-27 projection, after missing 2025-26. He is top 10 in assists and top 25 in threes among rotation players; the cost is rebounds at 3.4 a game, which makes him a natural punt-REB pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 13.3 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: 13.0 in 2020-21, 18.6 in 2024-25.

2024-2518.6

5-season average17.5

Trend a season+1.6

2026-27 proj.18.4

Up and down: between 13.0 (2020-21) and 20.7 (2022-23).
Per 36 minutes: 15.5 in 2020-21, 19.9 in 2024-25, on 30.1 → 33.6 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (18.4) is in line with 2024-25 (18.6).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#41of 24724-25#62of 26626-27*#62of 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.	13	0.510	66	32	18.4	3.0	3.4	9.6	1.3	0.5	46.9%	6.4/13.7	85.2%	2.5/3.0	1.4
2024-25	8	0.710	73	34	18.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	47.3%	6.5/13.8	85.1%	2.6/3.0	1.6
2023-24	6	0.478	69	32	20.1	2.8	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	47.7%	7.3/15.2	85.5%	2.8/3.3	2.3
2022-23	-	-	56	34	20.7	2.9	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	49.3%	7.4/15.0	86.1%	3.1/3.6	2.5
2021-22	-	-	77	35	15.3	2.1	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	47.5%	5.6/11.8	84.0%	2.1/2.5	2.6
2020-21	-	-	58	30	13.0	2.1	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	46.7%	5.0/10.7	80.0%	0.8/1.0	1.6

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

18.4#62 of 2130.19

3PM

3.0#23 of 2130.72

REB

3.4#158 of 213-0.60

AST

9.6#6 of 2131.16

STL

1.3#32 of 2130.40

BLK

0.5#77 of 213-0.20

FG%

46.9%6.4/13.7#94 of 213-0.11

FT%

85.2%2.5/3.0#84 of 2130.00

TO

1.4#67 of 2130.32

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

Team role · Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers starter at PG, with T.J. McConnell behind him. 173 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Bennedict Mathurin, Ethan Thompson, and Micah Potter; Kelly Oubre Jr. is the arrival projected for the most minutes (26).

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
2024-25	IND	73	33.6	18.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	47.1%	6.5/13.8	86.7%	2.6/3.0	1.6
2023-24	IND	69	32.2	20.1	2.8	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	47.4%	7.2/15.2	84.8%	2.8/3.3	2.3
2022-23	IND	56	33.6	20.7	2.9	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	49.3%	7.4/15.0	86.1%	3.1/3.6	2.5
2021-22	SAC/IND	77	35.0	15.3	2.1	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	47.5%	5.6/11.8	84.0%	2.1/2.5	2.6
2020-21	SAC	58	30.1	13.0	2.1	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	46.7%	5.0/10.7	80.0%	0.8/1.0	1.6

Box-score averages from ESPN.