Fred VanVleet
- Age
- 33
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 197 lb
- Experience
- 9 yrs
Ignore his worst category (rebounds) and he's worth -0.51.
Coming off a lost ACL year at 32, and we project the shape of the return honestly: the craft survives — 2.1 threes, 4.6 assists, a steal, 84% from the line — but the rim pressure doesn't, and 39% from the field is the tax. Expect roughly 60 games and a 27-minute leash rather than the 35 he used to log. Draft him as a stable source of guard peripherals in punt-FG% builds, not as the old lead dog.
Fred VanVleet enters 2026-27 at #134 on our board — Round 12 value in a standard 12-team draft, projected for 11.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 26.9 minutes a night. The value is built on turnovers and threes, with rebounds the soft spot in the profile. He's a natural fit for punt-rebounds 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 60 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 | -1.59 | 60 | 26.9 | 11.1 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 39.0% | 1.6 | 83.7% | 1.2 | 17.9% | -0.92 | -1.08 | 0.29 | 0.21 | -0.47 | 0.33 | -0.87 | 0.14 | 0.77 |
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 | |||
| 2018-19TOR | -1.55 | 64 | 27.5 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 41.0% | 1.5 | 84.3% | 1.3 | 18.2% | -0.68 | -1.12 | 0.51 | -0.17 | -0.55 | 0.28 | -0.55 | 0.21 | 0.51 |
| 2019-20TOR | 1.77 | 54 | 35.7 | 17.6 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 41.3% | 3.1 | 84.8% | 2.2 | 22.1% | 0.21 | -0.73 | 1.25 | 1.33 | -0.53 | 0.85 | -0.78 | 0.39 | -0.22 |
| 2020-21TOR | 2.45 | 52 | 36.5 | 19.6 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 38.9% | 3.3 | 88.5% | 1.8 | 24.2% | 0.41 | -0.54 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 0.05 | 1.15 | -1.32 | 0.58 | 0.06 |
| 2021-22TOR | 2.50 | 65 | 37.9 | 20.3 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 40.3% | 3.0 | 87.4% | 2.6 | 23.9% | 0.57 | -0.48 | 1.17 | 1.00 | -0.24 | 1.58 | -1.01 | 0.52 | -0.60 |
| 2022-23TOR | 2.39 | 69 | 36.7 | 19.3 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 39.3% | 3.7 | 89.8% | 2.0 | 23.3% | 0.27 | -0.58 | 1.26 | 1.17 | -0.04 | 0.98 | -1.37 | 0.73 | -0.03 |
| 2023-24HOU | 2.43 | 73 | 36.8 | 17.4 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 41.6% | 2.7 | 86.0% | 1.7 | 19.9% | 0.04 | -0.71 | 1.65 | 0.64 | 0.11 | 1.05 | -0.89 | 0.35 | 0.18 |
| 2024-25HOU | -0.07 | 60 | 35.2 | 14.1 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 37.8% | 1.9 | 81.0% | 1.5 | 17.8% | -0.40 | -0.72 | 0.71 | 0.77 | -0.42 | 0.68 | -1.12 | 0.04 | 0.40 |
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What round should I draft Fred VanVleet in 2026-27 fantasy basketball?
Our board has Fred VanVleet at #134 overall — Round 12 value in a standard 12-team draft. That already weighs expected games (about 60), not just the per-game line.
Is Fred VanVleet a good fantasy basketball pick?
In the right build — he projects as a late-round value at #134, helping most in turnovers and threes, with rebounds the main cost.
How many games will Fred VanVleet play in 2026-27?
We project about 60 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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