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2026-27 rankings

Jaden McDaniels

MIN · SF/PF · Age 26 · 32.2 MPG · 74 games

2026-27 so far: 15.0 pts, 6.5 reb, 2.8 ast per game over 4 games. Last game, Mon 26 Oct @ CLE: 14 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast, 2 3PM. Game log

Fantasy projection: 15.1 pts, 4.4 reb, 2.6 ast per game · projections updated 2026-10-14

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#679-cat rank, per game
#509-cat rank, season totals
31.4Fantasy points per game · #97
88.7ADP · 85th by ADP, we rank him 18 places higher

Jaden McDaniels game log 2026-27

DateOppMINPTSREBASTSTLBLK3PMTOFGFT
Mon 26 Oct@ CLE37146400206-90-0
Sun 25 Octvs TOR31146303146-101-1
Fri 23 Oct@ ORL30156302206-141-1
Wed 21 Oct@ MIA29178130128-110-0
Season average · 4 games31.815.06.52.80.81.31.51.559.1%100.0%

Dates are US Eastern. Updated each morning after the night’s games.

Projected stats

PTS15.11,111 total
REB4.4322 total
AST2.6193 total
STL1.183 total
BLK1.179 total
3PM1.4104 total
TO1.8130 total
FG%51.7%11.3 FGA
FT%83.1%2.4 FTA

Per game, with season totals underneath. Green adds to his 9-cat value and red costs it, stronger the bigger the effect, as on the board.

Category strengths

FG%
FT%
3PM
PTS
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO

Right helps your team, left hurts it, against a typical draftable player.

Best punt builds

His rank in each punt build: punt AST #51, punt REB #53, punt PTS #59, punt 3PM #65, punt STL #76, punt TO #76, punt FT% #77, punt FG% #82, punt BLK #83.

2025-26 vs 2026-27 projection

SeasonGPPTSREBASTSTLBLK3PMTOFG%FT%
2025-26 actual7314.84.22.71.11.01.41.851.5%83.5%
2026-27 projected7415.14.42.61.11.11.41.851.7%83.1%
Change+0.3+0.1-0.1+0.0+0.1+0.0-0.0+0.1-0.4

Recent seasons

SeasonTeamGPMPGPTSREBASTSTLBLK3PMTOFG%FT%
2025-26MIN7331.714.84.22.71.11.01.41.851.5%83.5%
2024-25MIN8231.912.25.72.01.30.91.21.247.7%81.3%
2023-24MIN7229.210.53.11.40.90.61.21.248.9%72.2%
2022-23MIN7930.612.13.91.90.91.01.41.451.7%73.6%
2021-22MIN7025.89.24.21.10.70.81.11.146.0%80.3%
2020-21MIN6324.06.83.71.10.61.01.10.744.7%60.0%

Ranked near McDaniels

Drafted around the same pick: Ty Jerome · AJ Dybantsa · Payton Pritchard · Zach Edey
Other small forwards ranked near him: LeBron James · Franz Wagner · Matas Buzelis · Jaylen Brown
When to draft small forwards: Small forwards by round