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Desmond Bane

RANK #602025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEG292025-26 9-CAT #34 8-CAT #39G · Orlando MagicAge 286' 6"2025-26 seasonPROP GUIDE →

20.1

Points / game

4.1

Rebounds

4.1

Assists

33.6

Minutes

48.4%

FG%

33.7

FPTS / game

+2.2

vs G median

TIER 6 · #60 OVERALLDepth piece — #29 among guards

Desmond Bane is ranked #29 among 198 eligible NBA guards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up. His final five games came in 7.2 points per game below his average, and the workload confirms it: 28 minutes/game over that stretch vs 33.7 on the season — a real role change worth monitoring.

Percentile86%

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

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Desmond Bane 2026-27 fantasy outlook

33.3Proj FPTS/G · ~2731 / 82 games

28.1–40.2Typical game · middle 50%

#60Projected rank

48.7ADP (ESPN drafts)

The market drafts him around #38; we rank him #60. Let someone else pay the premium. Projection drivers: shrinking workload (28 minutes/gm late vs 33.7 season), steady 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

Desmond Bane consistency and floor

84 GAMES

19.4

Floor (p10)

33.7

Average

49.3

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered81%

Boom rate125%+ of average21%

Bust rateunder half of average4%

33.7

Season avg FPTS

32.6

Last 10 FPTS

26.5

Last 5 FPTS

Bane vs other guards

PERCENTILE · 199 RANKED

Points20.190

Rebounds4.180

Assists4.177

Steals1.069

Blocks0.590

Minutes33.692

Fantasy PPG33.786

Percentile among all ranked NBA guards · 99 = best

Bane fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 56.6SEASON LOW 10.5LAST 5 AVG 26.5

Desmond Bane game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 17	CHA	W 121-90	35	13	7	0	3	0	1	4-14	0-3	29.4
Apr 15	@PHI	L 109-97	40	34	3	3	0	1	5	10-16	4-6	40.1
Apr 12	@BOS	L 113-108	18	8	2	1	1	1	0	3-8	1-4	17.9
Apr 11	@CHI	W 127-103	17	2	1	4	2	0	1	1-4	0-0	14.2
Apr 8	MIN	W 132-120	30	18	4	6	1	0	4	7-13	1-4	30.8
Apr 6	DET	W 123-107	32	25	3	1	2	3	1	9-17	4-7	44.1
Apr 5	@NO	W 112-108	34	27	6	4	1	1	2	8-19	3-8	44.2
Apr 4	@DAL	W 138-127	33	27	7	5	3	0	1	8-13	3-5	50.9
Apr 1	ATL	L 130-101	30	14	2	2	0	0	2	5-13	2-6	17.4
Mar 31	PHX	W 115-111	37	21	6	5	1	1	5	6-16	2-6	36.7
Mar 29	@TOR	L 139-87	27	17	3	2	0	0	3	5-10	2-4	20.6
Mar 26	SAC	W 121-117	35	23	0	6	0	0	2	6-11	3-6	30
Mar 25	@CLE	L 136-131	36	17	7	3	2	0	2	5-13	1-3	33.9
Mar 23	IND	L 128-126	32	17	6	7	0	0	0	7-15	1-5	34.7
Mar 21	LAL	L 105-104	38	12	4	5	3	1	5	4-14	1-6	31.3
Mar 19	@CHA	L 130-111	26	24	7	2	1	0	2	8-15	3-5	36.4
Mar 17	OKC	L 113-108	36	16	3	1	1	0	0	6-11	4-7	24.1
Mar 16	@ATL	L 124-112	31	18	2	4	1	0	1	7-16	3-7	28.4
Mar 15	@MIA	W 121-117	35	21	4	4	0	1	3	8-17	1-5	31.8
Mar 12	WSH	W 136-131 OT	42	22	1	6	3	0	1	7-14	2-5	40.2
Mar 11	CLE	W 128-122	36	35	6	6	1	0	0	12-19	2-3	54.2
Mar 9	@MIL	W 130-91	30	18	5	9	4	0	3	6-12	1-3	46.5
Mar 7	@MIN	W 119-92	33	30	3	4	1	0	2	10-17	0-5	40.6
Mar 6	DAL	W 115-114	38	14	8	3	0	0	1	5-13	1-3	27.1
Mar 4	WSH	W 126-109	33	25	2	4	0	0	0	7-10	3-5	33.4
Mar 1	DET	L 106-92	38	17	4	7	1	0	2	5-14	1-3	33.3
Feb 27	HOU	L 113-108	38	30	6	4	2	0	1	12-19	6-10	48.2
Feb 25	@LAL	W 110-109	36	22	1	6	1	0	1	9-19	2-8	34.2
Feb 23	@LAC	W 111-109	32	36	5	1	2	0	1	13-19	4-6	48.5
Feb 21	@PHX	L 113-110 2OT	40	34	4	3	2	1	2	12-18	5-9	50.3
Feb 20	@SAC	W 131-94	32	17	4	2	2	1	0	6-9	3-5	33.8
Feb 12	MIL	L 116-108	39	31	2	5	2	1	4	11-17	8-11	45.9
Feb 10	MIL	W 118-99	31	25	3	1	0	0	2	8-11	2-5	28.1
Feb 8	UTAH	W 120-117	36	22	3	2	1	0	3	6-14	2-5	28.6
Feb 6	BKN	W 118-98	32	23	3	4	4	0	2	7-14	1-7	42.6
Feb 4	@OKC	L 128-92	22	7	2	2	1	2	2	3-7	1-3	19.4
Feb 2	@SA	L 112-103	37	25	4	4	1	0	2	10-17	1-2	36.8
Jan 31	TOR	W 130-120	36	32	1	2	0	0	2	11-15	7-10	34.2
Jan 29	@MIA	W 133-124	37	23	1	5	2	0	1	10-16	3-6	36.7
Jan 27	@CLE	L 114-98	38	19	4	0	1	1	0	7-17	3-7	29.8
Jan 25	CLE	L 119-105	38	20	4	3	2	0	3	7-14	2-6	32.3
Jan 23	CHA	L 124-97	32	21	5	4	0	0	1	8-13	3-5	32
Jan 18	MEM	L 126-109	37	11	4	3	2	1	2	4-12	1-4	27.3
Jan 15	MEM	W 118-111	34	13	4	5	0	2	3	5-13	1-5	28.3
Jan 11	NO	W 128-118	35	27	5	4	2	0	3	9-18	1-4	42
Jan 10	PHI	L 103-91	38	23	5	5	0	0	2	9-19	0-3	34.5
Jan 8	@BKN	W 104-103 OT	35	9	3	3	2	0	4	4-14	1-6	19.1
Jan 7	@WSH	L 120-112	24	15	2	3	0	0	4	5-8	1-2	17.9
Jan 4	IND	W 135-127	37	31	6	6	2	1	2	12-17	3-6	54.2
Jan 3	@CHI	L 121-114	38	14	4	4	1	1	1	5-12	3-8	29.8
Dec 31	@IND	W 112-110	33	18	7	6	0	0	2	7-17	1-4	33.4
Dec 30	@TOR	L 107-106	30	18	6	3	0	1	0	6-18	1-4	32.7
Dec 28	DEN	W 127-126	38	24	1	6	0	0	1	7-13	0-2	33.2
Dec 27	CHA	L 120-105	33	15	10	4	0	1	4	7-19	0-6	32
Dec 24	@POR	W 110-106	36	23	4	5	3	3	4	6-15	4-7	49.3
Dec 23	@GS	L 120-97	33	20	4	3	0	2	2	8-16	2-2	33.3
Dec 21	@UTAH	W 128-127 OT	39	32	6	1	2	1	5	13-21	3-7	44.7
Dec 19	@DEN	L 126-115	36	6	2	8	0	2	1	3-11	0-4	25.4
Dec 13	NY	L 132-120	37	18	6	7	1	0	3	7-17	2-4	35.7
Dec 9	MIA	W 117-108	38	37	6	5	1	0	1	14-24	6-9	53.7
Dec 7	@NY	L 106-100	34	16	6	4	1	0	0	7-15	2-4	32.2
Dec 6	MIA	W 106-105	33	5	0	3	0	1	2	2-16	1-8	10.5
Dec 4	SA	L 114-112	38	14	3	6	0	0	1	6-15	2-3	25.6
Dec 2	CHI	W 125-120	34	37	6	5	1	0	2	12-17	3-7	52.7
Nov 29	@DET	W 112-109	39	37	8	2	1	2	2	13-25	0-5	56.6
Nov 26	@PHI	W 144-103	29	15	2	6	2	0	2	6-15	1-5	30.4
Nov 23	@BOS	L 138-129	29	18	4	5	0	0	1	6-13	1-2	29.3
Nov 22	NY	W 133-121	32	27	3	5	1	0	2	8-16	3-7	39.1
Nov 21	LAC	W 129-101	31	15	7	5	1	0	2	5-15	3-6	31.9
Nov 19	GS	W 121-113	39	23	6	5	5	0	3	7-16	2-6	49.7
Nov 17	@HOU	L 117-113 OT	44	26	4	4	1	1	3	9-20	2-7	39.8
Nov 15	BKN	W 105-98	40	19	5	2	0	0	3	7-18	3-7	25
Nov 13	@NY	W 124-107	34	22	6	8	0	0	3	7-15	3-6	38.2
Nov 11	POR	W 115-112	33	22	3	7	0	0	3	9-19	1-6	33.1
Nov 9	BOS	L 111-107	35	9	5	6	0	0	1	4-9	0-1	23
Nov 8	BOS	W 123-110	36	22	6	7	1	2	1	8-15	2-5	47.7
Nov 5	@ATL	L 127-112	23	9	3	2	1	0	3	2-6	2-4	15.6
Nov 1	@WSH	W 125-94	20	5	0	5	2	0	0	2-6	1-3	18.5
Oct 30	@CHA	W 123-107	28	9	4	7	0	0	4	4-11	0-2	20.3
Oct 29	@DET	L 135-116	31	12	5	2	0	0	1	4-15	1-4	20
Oct 27	@PHI	L 136-124	34	24	3	1	0	0	0	10-17	2-7	29.1
Oct 25	CHI	L 110-98	31	14	5	3	1	0	4	7-12	0-2	23.5
Oct 24	ATL	L 111-107	33	15	7	5	0	0	3	5-14	1-7	27.9
Oct 22	MIA	W 125-121	33	23	4	3	0	2	4	7-18	3-6	34.3

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QIs Desmond Bane a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #60 overall, #29 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Desmond Bane be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 48.7 (roughly round 5 in a 10-team league). We rank him #60, so he is priced above our projection.

QHow many fantasy points will Desmond Bane score in 2026-27?

We project 33.3 points per game across an expected 82 games — approximately 2731 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 28.1 and 40.2 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #60 in projected scoring.

QHow does Desmond Bane rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Desmond Bane finished #34 in 9-cat and #39 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #60 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Desmond Bane for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 81% of games, with a floor of 19.4 and a ceiling of 49.3 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 21% of games and busted (under half his average) in 4%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.