LeBron James
- Age
- 42
- Height
- 6'9"
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Experience
- 23 yrs
Ignore his worst category (turnovers) and he's worth 0.08.
The decision landed, and it cost him on our board. Philadelphia is the deepest room he has ever walked into: Maxey, Jaylen Brown and Embiid all need the ball before he does, and the $4M a year he signed for is the tell — that is a ring-chase price, not a twenty-shot price. We move him to 16-5.8-5.8 on 30 minutes, and the 51 games we bank matter just as much: a 42-year-old fourth option gets rested in March, he does not get ridden. The .52 from the floor is still lovely and the assists mostly survive the demotion, because running the second unit is the job he was actually hired for. What sinks the 9-cat math is 1.3 threes and a .75 line from a name this big. One caveat cuts the other way: Embiid is a half-season bet in our projection, and on the nights he sits somebody still has to run that offense.
LeBron James enters 2026-27 at #83 on our board — Round 7 value in a standard 12-team draft, projected for 16.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 30.0 minutes a night. The value is built on assists and field-goal percentage, with turnovers the soft spot in the profile. He's a natural fit for punt-turnovers builds — take that category out of the equation and his value climbs. Availability is the swing factor — we expect about 51 games, which is priced into his draft value.
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 | -0.46 | 51 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 51.7% | 2.8 | 74.8% | 2.5 | 18.2% | -0.16 | -0.04 | 0.81 | -0.02 | -0.14 | -0.35 | 0.35 | -0.38 | -0.54 |
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 | |||
| 2018-19LAL | 2.51 | 55 | 35.2 | 27.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 51.0% | 5.0 | 66.5% | 3.6 | 31.9% | 1.69 | 0.72 | 1.92 | 0.40 | -0.12 | 0.44 | 0.65 | -1.65 | -1.54 |
| 2019-20LAL | 2.70 | 67 | 34.6 | 25.3 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 49.3% | 4.0 | 69.3% | 3.9 | 31.7% | 1.30 | 0.55 | 2.71 | 0.31 | -0.24 | 0.46 | 0.36 | -1.05 | -1.69 |
| 2020-21LAL | 1.70 | 45 | 33.4 | 25.0 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 9.4 | 51.3% | 4.0 | 69.8% | 3.7 | 32.1% | 1.17 | 0.61 | 1.59 | 0.16 | -0.10 | 0.39 | 0.58 | -1.12 | -1.58 |
| 2021-22LAL | 4.85 | 56 | 37.2 | 30.3 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 52.4% | 4.5 | 75.6% | 3.5 | 32.6% | 1.98 | 0.75 | 0.97 | 0.43 | 0.64 | 0.95 | 0.98 | -0.50 | -1.35 |
| 2022-23LAL | 2.41 | 55 | 35.5 | 28.9 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 11.1 | 50.0% | 4.5 | 76.8% | 3.2 | 33.4% | 1.53 | 0.83 | 1.10 | -0.11 | -0.04 | 0.38 | 0.18 | -0.36 | -1.10 |
| 2023-24LAL | 2.57 | 71 | 35.3 | 25.7 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 9.7 | 54.0% | 4.3 | 75.0% | 3.5 | 29.3% | 1.18 | 0.44 | 1.73 | 0.49 | -0.31 | 0.28 | 0.83 | -0.60 | -1.48 |
| 2024-25LAL | 2.25 | 70 | 34.9 | 24.4 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 9.3 | 51.3% | 3.7 | 78.2% | 3.7 | 30.3% | 1.04 | 0.61 | 1.80 | -0.09 | -0.13 | 0.21 | 0.55 | -0.19 | -1.55 |
| 2025-26LAL | 0.59 | 60 | 33.2 | 20.9 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 51.5% | 3.9 | 73.7% | 3.0 | 27.5% | 0.56 | 0.05 | 1.40 | 0.21 | -0.11 | -0.31 | 0.40 | -0.65 | -0.95 |
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What round should I draft LeBron James in 2026-27 fantasy basketball?
Our board has LeBron James at #83 overall — Round 7 value in a standard 12-team draft. That already weighs expected games (about 51), not just the per-game line.
Is LeBron James a good fantasy basketball pick?
In the right build — he projects as a late-round value at #83, helping most in assists and field-goal percentage, with turnovers the main cost.
How many games will LeBron James play in 2026-27?
We project about 51 games — an expected-games estimate from our availability model plus analyst judgment, rather than a repeat of last season's total.
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