Where should Victor Wembanyama be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 2 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 3 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 1.9 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Victor Wembanyama play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 65 games, after 64 last season.

Victor Wembanyama

San Antonio Spurs · C · Age 22 · 7′4″

Rankings Nikola Jokic Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Rank#2C #2 · of 233

Value1.4719-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP1.9ESPN 3.1

$ Max value$81Yahoo avg $77.8

Games6532 min a game

Rostered99.9%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 2 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 3 in 2025-26. He is first in blocks, top 5 in free-throw percentage, and top 10 in points and rebounds among rotation players. Yahoo drafters take him at 1.9 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: up 2 seasons in a row, and top 50 among rotation players every season on our board.

Last season25.0

3-season average23.6

Trend a season+1.8

2026-27 proj.26.3

Very steady: between 21.4 (2023-24) and 25.0 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 25.9 in 2023-24, 30.8 last season, on 29.7 → 29.2 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (26.3) is above anything in his last 3 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#32of 24724-25#17of 26625-26#16of 27226-27*#6of 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.	2	1.471	65	32	26.3	2.1	11.8	3.5	1.2	3.3	51.3%	8.8/17.2	83.3%	6.5/7.8	2.4
2025-26	3	1.041	64	29	25.0	1.9	11.5	3.1	1.0	3.1	51.2%	8.6/16.9	82.7%	5.8/7.0	2.4
2024-25	3	1.094	46	33	24.3	3.1	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	47.6%	8.9/18.6	83.6%	3.4/4.1	3.2
2023-24	5	0.677	71	30	21.4	1.8	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	46.5%	7.8/16.7	79.6%	4.1/5.2	3.7

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

26.3#6 of 2131.14

3PM

2.1#14 of 2130.83

REB

11.8#8 of 2130.96

AST

3.5#64 of 2130.02

STL

1.2#31 of 2130.41

BLK

3.3#1 of 2131.50

FG%

51.3%8.8/17.2#87 of 213-0.10

FT%

83.3%6.5/7.8#4 of 2130.67

TO

2.4#178 of 213-0.36

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

Team role · San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs starter at C, with Luke Kornet behind him. 13 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jeremy Sochan; Tobias Harris is the arrival projected for the most minutes (27).

C

1Victor Wembanyama
2Luke Kornet
3Tarris Reed Jr.New
4Jayden QuaintanceNew

Left since 2025-26

Jeremy Sochan13 min → POR
Minutes a night13

Arrived

Tobias HarrisSigned Jul 628 min from DET
Ja'Kobi GillespieSigned Jul 3new
Jayden QuaintanceSigned Jul 3new
Maliq BrownSigned Jul 3new
Tarris Reed Jr.Signed Jul 3new

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. San Antonio Spurs depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	SA	64	29.2	25.0	1.9	11.5	3.1	1.0	3.1	50.9%	8.6/16.9	82.9%	5.8/7.0	2.4
2024-25	SA	46	33.2	24.3	3.1	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	47.8%	8.9/18.6	82.9%	3.4/4.1	3.2
2023-24	SA	71	29.7	21.4	1.8	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	46.7%	7.8/16.7	78.8%	4.1/5.2	3.7

Box-score averages from ESPN.