Where should Wendell Carter Jr. be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 95 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 118 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 120.0 on average, 25 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Wendell Carter Jr. play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 78 last season.

ORL

Wendell Carter Jr.

Orlando Magic · PF/C · Age 27 · 6′10″ · 9th season

Rankings Alex Sarr John Collins

Rank#95PF #53 · of 233

Value-0.2849-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP120.0

$ Max value$7Yahoo avg $2.5

Games7028 min a game

Rostered4.9%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 95 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 118 in 2025-26. His weakest category is assists at 1.9 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 120.0 on average, 25 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Falling: 15.0 in 2021-22, 11.8 last season.

Last season11.8

5-season average12.4

Trend a season−1.2

2026-27 proj.11.5

Up and down: between 9.1 (2024-25) and 15.2 (2022-23).
Per 36 minutes: 18.1 in 2021-22, 14.5 last season, on 29.9 → 29.3 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (11.5) is in line with last season (11.8).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#173of 24724-25#202of 26625-26#150of 27226-27*#149of 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.	95	-0.284	70	28	11.5	0.9	7.4	1.9	0.8	0.7	52.0%	4.2/8.0	77.2%	2.3/2.9	1.2
2025-26	118	-0.124	78	29	11.8	0.9	7.4	2.0	0.8	0.6	51.2%	4.2/8.2	79.2%	2.5/3.2	1.3
2024-25	191	-0.332	68	26	9.1	0.5	7.2	2.0	0.8	0.6	46.0%	3.3/7.2	73.7%	1.9/2.6	1.1
2023-24	191	-0.473	55	26	11.0	1.2	6.9	1.7	0.6	0.5	52.5%	4.1/7.7	69.4%	1.7/2.4	1.2
2022-23	-	-	57	30	15.2	1.4	8.7	2.3	0.5	0.6	51.9%	5.6/10.8	73.5%	2.5/3.4	1.9
2021-22	-	-	62	30	15.0	1.1	10.5	2.8	0.6	0.7	52.7%	5.8/11.0	69.7%	2.3/3.3	1.9

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

11.5#149 of 213-0.40

3PM

0.9#159 of 213-0.19

REB

7.4#46 of 2130.13

AST

1.9#152 of 213-0.51

STL

0.8#133 of 213-0.15

BLK

0.7#86 of 213-0.25

FG%

52.0%4.2/8.0#34 of 2130.00

FT%

77.2%2.3/2.9#61 of 2130.00

TO

1.2#66 of 2130.33

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

Team role · Orlando Magic

The Orlando Magic starter at C; Nikola Vucevic, new to the team, is behind him. 40 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Tyus Jones, Jett Howard, and Moritz Wagner; no arrival is projected for starter's minutes.

C

1Wendell Carter Jr.
2Nikola VucevicNew
3Goga Bitadze
4Izaiyah NelsonNew
5Colin Castleton

Left since 2025-26

Tyus JonesSigned by DEN Jul 1416 min → DEN
Jett Howard13 min → DAL
Moritz WagnerSigned by BKN Jul 3112 min → BKN
Minutes a night40

Arrived

Nikola VucevicSigned Jul 128 min from BOS
Izaiyah Nelsonnew

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. Orlando Magic depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	ORL	78	29.3	11.8	0.9	7.4	2.0	0.8	0.6	51.2%	4.2/8.2	78.1%	2.5/3.2	1.3
2024-25	ORL	68	25.9	9.1	0.5	7.2	2.0	0.8	0.6	45.8%	3.3/7.2	73.1%	1.9/2.6	1.1
2023-24	ORL	55	25.6	11.0	1.2	6.9	1.7	0.6	0.5	53.2%	4.1/7.7	70.8%	1.7/2.4	1.2
2022-23	ORL	57	29.6	15.2	1.4	8.7	2.3	0.5	0.6	51.9%	5.6/10.8	73.5%	2.5/3.4	1.9
2021-22	ORL	62	29.9	15.0	1.1	10.5	2.8	0.6	0.7	52.7%	5.8/11.0	69.7%	2.3/3.3	1.9
2020-21	CHI/ORL	54	25.5	11.2	0.3	8.2	1.9	0.6	0.8	50.6%	4.3/8.5	72.7%	2.4/3.3	1.4
2019-20	CHI	43	29.2	11.3	0.1	9.4	1.2	0.8	0.8	53.8%	4.3/8.0	74.3%	2.6/3.5	1.7
2018-19	CHI	44	25.2	10.3	0.1	7.0	1.8	0.6	1.3	48.8%	4.1/8.4	80.0%	2.0/2.5	1.5

Box-score averages from ESPN.