Kyrie Irving
- Age
- 35
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Experience
- 14 yrs
Ignore his worst category (rebounds) and he's worth 1.98.
The skill survives — handle, touch, pull-up shooting are the parts an ACL doesn't take — so when he plays, the line still looks like Kyrie: 20-ish points, efficient, threes in volume. What we can't project back is the calendar: he's 34, coming off a June ACL, on a Dallas team with every incentive to bring him along slowly and rest him often. Draft him as a per-game weapon who wins you the weeks he suits up, and pay a price that assumes the games total disappoints — because his did even before the injury.
Kyrie Irving enters 2026-27 at #30 on our board — Round 3 value in a standard 12-team draft, projected for 20.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 30.0 minutes a night. The value is built on threes and free-throw percentage, 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 54 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 | 1.18 | 54 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 47.6% | 3.2 | 90.7% | 1.5 | 25.1% | 0.46 | -0.80 | 0.24 | -0.07 | -0.45 | 0.79 | -0.12 | 0.75 | 0.39 |
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 | |||
| 2018-19BOS | 3.70 | 67 | 33.0 | 23.8 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 48.7% | 3.2 | 87.3% | 2.6 | 29.6% | 1.17 | -0.37 | 1.36 | 0.68 | -0.26 | 0.91 | 0.21 | 0.65 | -0.65 |
| 2019-20BKN | 4.54 | 20 | 32.9 | 27.4 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 9.9 | 47.8% | 4.7 | 92.2% | 2.6 | 32.4% | 1.60 | -0.28 | 1.17 | 0.60 | -0.24 | 0.92 | 0.10 | 1.24 | -0.56 |
| 2020-21BKN | 4.37 | 54 | 34.9 | 26.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 10.2 | 50.6% | 3.7 | 92.2% | 2.4 | 30.6% | 1.44 | -0.34 | 0.89 | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.77 | 0.51 | 0.91 | -0.46 |
| 2021-22BKN | 4.18 | 29 | 37.6 | 27.4 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 9.9 | 46.9% | 4.0 | 91.5% | 2.5 | 29.5% | 1.57 | -0.48 | 0.81 | 0.57 | -0.10 | 1.34 | -0.05 | 1.02 | -0.51 |
| 2022-23DAL | 3.93 | 60 | 37.3 | 27.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 9.9 | 49.4% | 4.2 | 90.5% | 2.1 | 29.3% | 1.29 | -0.25 | 0.59 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 1.06 | 0.06 | 0.87 | -0.12 |
| 2023-24DAL | 3.47 | 58 | 35.0 | 25.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 49.7% | 3.3 | 90.5% | 1.8 | 28.3% | 1.17 | -0.31 | 0.48 | 0.49 | -0.31 | 0.97 | 0.16 | 0.73 | 0.09 |
| 2024-25DAL | 2.53 | 50 | 36.1 | 24.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 47.3% | 3.9 | 91.6% | 2.2 | 27.6% | 1.09 | -0.36 | 0.29 | 0.34 | -0.27 | 0.83 | -0.09 | 0.94 | -0.22 |
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What round should I draft Kyrie Irving in 2026-27 fantasy basketball?
Our board has Kyrie Irving at #30 overall — Round 3 value in a standard 12-team draft. That already weighs expected games (about 54), not just the per-game line.
Is Kyrie Irving a good fantasy basketball pick?
Yes, at the right price — he projects as a solid mid-round pick at #30, helping most in threes and free-throw percentage, with rebounds the main cost.
How many games will Kyrie Irving play in 2026-27?
We project about 54 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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