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Derik Queen

RANK #1022025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEC192025-26 9-CAT #127 8-CAT #95C · New Orleans PelicansAge 216' 9"2025-26 seasonPROP GUIDE →

11.7

Points / game

7.1

Rebounds

3.7

Assists

25.0

Minutes

47.3%

FG%

29.2

FPTS / game

-3.2

vs C median

TIER 6 · #102 OVERALLDepth piece — #19 among centers

Derik Queen is ranked #19 among 58 eligible NBA centers. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up. He closed the season hot — 13.4 points per game above his average over the final five games, driven by a bigger role: 32.6 minutes/game vs 25 season-long. Volume gains tend to stick.

Percentile69%

2025-26 season results · Computed from official box scores · Points scoring: PTS + 1.2×REB + 1.5×AST + 3×STL + 3×BLK − TO · updated July 27

VALUE PICK

Derik Queen 2026-27 fantasy outlook

30.9Proj FPTS/G · ~2503 / 81 games

20–38.9Typical game · middle 50%

#81Projected rank

132.4ADP (ESPN drafts)

We rank him #81 versus an ADP of 132.4 — the market drafts him 112 spots later than we rank him. Strong value if he's still there. Projection drivers: growing workload (32.6 minutes/gm late vs 25 season), late-season gains in per-minute production.

INJURY RISK Low^?AGE/WORKLOAD RISK Low^?ROLE SECURITY Unsettled^?How we grade risk

Projection updated July 27 · ESPN ADP updated July 27 · Range = 25th–75th percentile of his 2025-26 game log

Derik Queen consistency and floor

81 GAMES

Floor (p10)

29.2

Average

44.3

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered72%

Boom rate125%+ of average26%

Bust rateunder half of average14%

29.2

Season avg FPTS

34.0

Last 10 FPTS

42.6

Last 5 FPTS

Queen vs other centers

PERCENTILE · 58 RANKED

Points11.767

Rebounds7.155

Assists3.793

Steals1.091

Blocks0.955

Minutes25.062

Fantasy PPG29.269

Percentile among all ranked NBA centers · 99 = best

Queen fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 65SEASON LOW 3.6LAST 5 AVG 42.6

Derik Queen game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 13	@MIN	L 132-126	41	30	22	4	1	1	4	11-28	1-2	64.4
Apr 10	@BOS	L 144-118	39	25	11	4	1	3	2	9-14	0-2	54.2
Apr 8	UTAH	W 156-137	37	17	12	7	3	2	7	6-9	0-0	49.9
Apr 5	ORL	L 112-108	18	2	4	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-1	10.3
Apr 4	@SAC	L 117-113	28	8	6	2	5	1	2	3-10	0-2	34.2
Apr 3	@POR	L 118-106	28	12	6	7	2	1	3	4-10	0-1	35.7
Mar 29	HOU	L 134-102	24	13	3	1	0	1	2	5-12	1-3	19.1
Mar 28	@TOR	L 119-106	23	13	8	0	1	1	2	5-11	0-0	26.6
Mar 26	@DET	L 129-108	21	11	11	2	1	0	3	5-13	0-2	27.2
Mar 24	@NY	L 121-116	18	5	5	3	0	1	0	2-8	0-3	18.5
Mar 21	CLE	L 111-106	15	9	3	4	3	0	2	3-5	0-1	25.6
Mar 20	LAC	W 105-99	16	5	5	0	1	0	4	2-5	1-2	10
Mar 19	LAC	W 124-109	19	14	2	2	1	0	0	2-4	1-1	22.4
Mar 17	DAL	W 129-111	21	9	6	2	1	2	2	2-4	1-1	26.2
Mar 14	@HOU	L 107-105	12	0	4	1	0	1	1	0-3	0-1	8.3
Mar 12	TOR	W 122-111	14	3	5	3	1	2	3	1-3	1-1	19.5
Mar 8	WSH	W 138-118	25	13	4	5	0	1	1	5-9	1-2	27.3
Mar 7	@PHX	L 118-116	13	4	1	1	0	0	3	1-4	0-0	3.7
Mar 6	@SAC	W 133-123	26	12	9	5	0	1	0	4-10	0-3	33.3
Mar 4	@LAL	L 110-101	19	2	2	4	0	1	2	0-3	0-0	11.4
Mar 2	@LAC	L 137-117	29	19	5	2	2	1	3	6-13	0-1	34
Mar 1	@UTAH	W 115-105	19	7	9	3	0	1	2	3-4	0-0	23.3
Feb 27	@UTAH	W 129-118	20	7	7	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-1	15.9
Feb 25	GS	W 113-109	18	8	7	2	0	1	1	4-13	0-3	21.4
Feb 22	PHI	W 126-111	21	10	9	0	0	0	3	2-5	1-1	17.8
Feb 21	MIL	L 139-118	28	18	9	4	3	2	4	7-10	0-0	45.8
Feb 12	MIA	L 123-111	31	12	5	0	0	1	1	4-8	1-2	20
Feb 10	SAC	W 120-94	24	8	5	1	3	1	2	4-7	0-1	25.5
Feb 7	@MIN	W 119-115	33	17	8	3	0	1	0	6-11	4-4	34.1
Feb 5	@MIL	L 141-137 OT	22	6	3	7	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	20.1
Feb 2	@CHA	L 102-95	31	16	8	3	3	1	2	5-9	1-2	40.1
Feb 1	@PHI	L 124-114	19	9	6	2	0	1	3	3-8	1-1	19.2
Jan 31	MEM	W 114-106	34	22	9	7	0	2	5	8-12	0-0	44.3
Jan 28	@OKC	L 104-95	26	9	7	1	2	1	0	4-11	0-0	27.9
Jan 26	@SA	W 104-95	17	4	4	1	0	0	4	2-7	0-1	6.3
Jan 24	@MEM	W 133-127	27	8	9	5	3	0	4	2-8	0-0	31.3
Jan 22	DET	L 112-104	23	5	4	8	1	1	4	2-2	0-0	23.8
Jan 19	@HOU	L 119-110	27	15	4	5	1	0	3	7-12	1-3	27.3
Jan 17	@IND	L 127-119	28	14	12	3	0	0	1	5-11	0-0	31.9
Jan 15	BKN	W 116-113	16	4	6	4	1	1	1	0-5	0-0	22.2
Jan 14	DEN	L 122-116	29	10	13	5	0	0	1	5-10	0-0	32.1
Jan 11	@ORL	L 128-118	28	10	3	6	2	2	4	4-8	0-0	30.6
Jan 10	@WSH	W 128-107	35	14	16	12	0	2	5	7-13	0-2	52.2
Jan 8	@ATL	L 117-100	19	6	10	2	2	2	1	3-9	0-1	32
Jan 7	LAL	L 111-103	32	10	13	8	2	0	4	5-10	0-1	39.6
Jan 4	@MIA	L 125-106	30	13	6	4	1	1	5	5-11	0-1	27.2
Jan 1	@CHI	L 134-118	25	9	7	4	2	5	2	4-7	0-1	42.4
Dec 30	NY	L 130-125	29	7	9	5	1	2	2	3-13	0-2	32.3
Dec 28	PHX	L 123-114	27	21	11	3	1	1	4	7-15	2-4	40.7
Dec 27	PHX	L 115-108	20	7	7	2	1	0	3	3-9	0-1	18.4
Dec 24	@CLE	L 141-118	25	21	7	5	1	0	1	7-14	2-3	38.9
Dec 23	DAL	W 119-113	34	19	10	6	2	1	3	7-12	0-2	46
Dec 21	IND	W 128-109	27	17	10	4	1	0	2	8-8	1-1	36
Dec 19	HOU	W 133-128 OT	35	16	12	3	0	3	3	7-16	0-2	40.9
Dec 15	@CHI	W 114-104	25	4	8	5	0	1	5	2-4	0-0	19.1
Dec 12	POR	W 143-120	35	17	5	7	2	0	0	8-12	0-0	39.5
Dec 9	SA	L 135-132	33	33	10	10	0	3	4	11-15	0-1	65
Dec 6	@BKN	L 119-101	26	6	9	5	1	1	3	2-5	0-0	27.3
Dec 5	MIN	L 125-116	29	12	4	5	1	0	1	4-9	0-0	26.3
Dec 3	MIN	L 149-142 OT	39	21	8	6	1	0	2	8-15	0-0	40.6
Dec 1	@LAL	L 133-121	28	15	7	3	1	0	1	4-12	0-0	29.9
Nov 30	@GS	L 104-96	16	2	3	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	3.6
Nov 27	MEM	L 133-128 OT	23	10	2	9	1	1	1	5-8	0-1	30.9
Nov 25	CHI	W 143-130	17	8	5	4	1	1	1	4-9	0-0	25
Nov 23	ATL	L 115-98	32	20	9	3	2	1	2	6-14	0-2	42.3
Nov 22	@DAL	L 118-115	32	20	7	11	1	0	4	8-17	0-2	43.9
Nov 20	DEN	L 125-118	30	30	9	4	2	2	4	12-18	1-2	54.8
Nov 18	OKC	L 126-109	26	9	8	3	2	2	6	3-10	0-0	29.1
Nov 17	GS	L 124-106	25	9	7	6	0	2	1	2-4	0-0	31.4
Nov 15	LAL	L 118-104	29	9	10	5	0	1	5	4-10	0-1	26.5
Nov 13	POR	L 125-117	38	26	7	4	0	0	1	12-18	0-1	39.4
Nov 11	@PHX	L 121-98	25	12	6	1	2	0	3	5-10	0-1	23.7
Nov 9	@SA	L 126-119	25	13	5	8	0	2	4	5-14	1-4	33
Nov 6	@DAL	W 101-99	26	11	7	2	3	0	3	3-8	0-0	28.4
Nov 5	CHA	W 116-112	18	12	8	7	4	0	3	5-7	0-0	41.1
Nov 2	@OKC	L 137-106	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	6.4
Nov 1	@LAC	L 126-124	13	6	5	0	0	1	1	2-5	0-0	14
Oct 30	@DEN	L 122-88	14	4	8	0	1	0	3	2-5	0-0	13.6
Oct 28	BOS	L 122-90	22	12	3	0	1	0	1	3-7	0-1	17.6
Oct 25	SA	L 120-116 OT	35	15	6	1	1	2	1	6-11	0-1	31.7
Oct 23	@MEM	L 128-122	15	3	5	0	0	1	0	1-4	0-1	12

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QIs Derik Queen a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #102 overall, #19 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Derik Queen be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 132.4 (roughly round 14 in a 10-team league). We rank him #81, so he is a value at that price.

QHow many fantasy points will Derik Queen score in 2026-27?

We project 30.9 points per game across an expected 81 games — approximately 2503 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 20 and 38.9 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #81 in projected scoring.

QHow does Derik Queen rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Derik Queen finished #127 in 9-cat and #95 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #102 in points formats. High turnovers cost him in 9-cat — he climbs to #95 when turnovers are excluded.

QHow consistent is Derik Queen for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 72% of games, with a floor of 12 and a ceiling of 44.3 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 26% of games and busted (under half his average) in 14%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.