Ben Simmons
- Age
- 30
- Height
- 6'10"
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Experience
- 7 yrs
Ignore his worst category (scoring) and he's worth -2.86.
Back in the league, and worth a sentence rather than a shrug. Sacramento signed him for one year and $3.5M on September 4 after he sat out all of 2025-26, into a roster that lost Westbrook to retirement and DeRozan to free agency, so there are real backup minutes to take. What he is now is the whole question: our line reads 3.6 points on 16 minutes with 3.9 assists and 3.5 boards — a connector who does not score, cannot shoot (no threes, and the free-throw line has been a genuine problem for years), and comes with a 46-game expectation off the back and nerve history. Deep-league watchlist. If the assists and the frame survive a full camp there is a streaming role in here; we are not projecting one until we see it.
Ben Simmons enters 2026-27 at #383 on our board — Round 32 value in a standard 12-team draft, projected for 3.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 15.7 minutes a night. The value is built on turnovers and field-goal percentage, with scoring the soft spot in the profile. He's a natural fit for punt-scoring builds — take that category out of the equation and his value climbs. He's working back from injury, and the projection already prices the return: we expect about 47 games, so the per-game line only pays on the nights he's actually out there.
GP = expected games this season (availability model + analyst judgment), not last year's total. DRAFT VAL = draft-day value (round/window-paced), used for draft decisions. MPG = projected minutes per game.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Projected per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2026-27projected | -4.92 | 47 | 15.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 52.0% | 0.4 | 78.9% | 1.3 | 13.6% | -2.07 | -0.87 | -0.03 | -0.80 | -0.51 | -1.36 | 0.11 | -0.01 | 0.61 |
Share of team plays a player uses while on the floor. The highlighted bar is our 2026-27 projection.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2018-19PHI | -0.05 | 79 | 34.2 | 16.9 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 56.3% | 3.2 | 60.0% | 3.5 | 22.1% | 0.17 | 0.82 | 1.68 | 0.54 | 0.17 | -1.13 | 0.98 | -1.83 | -1.45 |
| 2019-20PHI | 0.80 | 57 | 35.4 | 16.4 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 58.0% | 3.2 | 62.1% | 3.5 | 21.0% | 0.04 | 0.55 | 1.82 | 1.62 | -0.10 | -1.24 | 1.12 | -1.65 | -1.35 |
| 2020-21PHI | -1.14 | 58 | 32.4 | 14.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 55.7% | 3.0 | 61.3% | 3.0 | 20.4% | -0.33 | 0.45 | 1.24 | 0.90 | -0.10 | -1.29 | 0.72 | -1.76 | -0.97 |
| 2022-23BKN | -2.08 | 42 | 26.3 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 56.6% | 0.6 | 43.9% | 2.3 | 14.6% | -1.35 | 0.16 | 0.83 | 0.46 | -0.04 | -1.27 | 0.37 | -0.93 | -0.30 |
| 2023-24BKN | -2.26 | 15 | 23.9 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 58.1% | 0.4 | 40.0% | 1.8 | 13.0% | -1.51 | 0.64 | 0.68 | -0.25 | -0.17 | -1.34 | 0.41 | -0.79 | 0.09 |
| 2024-25LAC | -3.53 | 51 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 52.0% | 0.4 | 72.7% | 2.0 | 13.6% | -1.68 | -0.40 | 0.71 | -0.52 | -0.27 | -1.41 | 0.16 | -0.08 | -0.04 |
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What round should I draft Ben Simmons in 2026-27 fantasy basketball?
Our board has Ben Simmons at #383 overall — Round 32 value in a standard 12-team draft. That already weighs expected games (about 47), not just the per-game line.
Is Ben Simmons a good fantasy basketball pick?
Mostly in deep leagues — he projects as a deep-league or streaming option at #383, helping most in turnovers and field-goal percentage, with scoring the main cost.
How many games will Ben Simmons play in 2026-27?
We project about 47 games — an expected-games estimate from our availability model plus analyst judgment, including his return-from-injury timeline, rather than a repeat of last season's total.
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