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Jaden McDaniels

RANK #1092025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEF382025-26 9-CAT #60 8-CAT #63F · Minnesota TimberwolvesAge 256' 9"2025-26 seasonPROP GUIDE →

14.8

Points / game

4.2

Rebounds

2.7

Assists

31.7

Minutes

51.5%

FG%

28.4

FPTS / game

-3.5

vs F median

TIER 6 · #109 OVERALLDepth piece — #38 among forwards

Jaden McDaniels is ranked #38 among 149 eligible NBA forwards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up. He closed the season hot — 6.7 points per game above his average over the final five games on essentially the same workload — an efficiency spike that may not fully carry over.

Percentile75%

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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Jaden McDaniels 2026-27 fantasy outlook

28.6Proj FPTS/G · ~2174 / 76 games

19.3–36.7Typical game · middle 50%

#103Projected rank

96.6ADP (ESPN drafts)

Market price (ADP 96.6) lines up with our rank (#103). Draft confidently at his current ADP. Projection drivers: stable workload (31.7 minutes/gm), 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

Jaden McDaniels consistency and floor

73 GAMES

13.7

Floor (p10)

28.4

Average

40.9

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered70%

Boom rate125%+ of average30%

Bust rateunder half of average11%

28.6

Season avg FPTS

28.6

Last 10 FPTS

35.1

Last 5 FPTS

McDaniels vs other forwards

PERCENTILE · 149 RANKED

Points14.876

Rebounds4.254

Assists2.778

Steals1.191

Blocks1.093

Minutes31.788

Fantasy PPG28.475

Percentile among all ranked NBA forwards · 99 = best

McDaniels fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 60.2SEASON LOW 2.7LAST 5 AVG 35.1

Jaden McDaniels game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 11	@HOU	W 136-132	35	16	7	2	0	4	0	8-19	0-3	39.4
Apr 8	@ORL	L 132-120	19	18	2	2	1	0	2	8-16	1-5	24.4
Mar 26	HOU	W 110-108 OT	37	25	2	0	2	2	1	10-17	3-4	38.4
Mar 23	@BOS	W 102-92	33	19	6	3	0	0	2	8-18	3-7	28.7
Mar 21	POR	L 108-104	40	16	6	3	5	1	1	6-11	0-1	44.7
Mar 19	UTAH	W 147-111	26	17	2	3	1	1	1	7-15	3-7	28.9
Mar 18	PHX	W 116-104	37	16	7	4	3	1	0	6-12	1-3	42.4
Mar 15	@OKC	L 116-103	16	2	1	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	2.7
Mar 14	@GS	W 127-117	30	15	1	2	1	1	4	6-9	1-3	21.2
Mar 12	@LAC	L 153-128	31	11	2	3	0	0	3	5-6	1-1	14.9
Mar 11	@LAL	L 120-106	26	6	2	0	1	0	2	3-9	0-5	9.4
Mar 7	ORL	L 119-92	29	3	4	2	3	0	2	0-9	0-4	17.8
Mar 6	TOR	W 115-107	21	8	2	4	1	0	2	3-6	1-3	17.4
Mar 4	MEM	W 117-110	32	16	7	1	1	0	1	6-8	0-1	27.9
Mar 1	@DEN	W 117-108	33	20	1	3	1	0	2	9-12	0-3	26.7
Feb 27	@LAC	W 94-88	32	12	7	2	3	0	1	5-10	0-1	31.4
Feb 25	@POR	W 124-121	37	29	6	2	3	5	3	12-16	5-6	60.2
Feb 23	PHI	L 135-108	34	19	6	2	1	3	3	5-12	0-4	38.2
Feb 21	DAL	W 122-111	34	7	8	5	2	1	6	3-11	1-4	27.1
Feb 12	POR	W 133-109	33	21	6	6	2	2	2	7-13	2-3	47.2
Feb 10	ATL	W 138-116	34	18	5	3	1	4	0	7-11	2-3	43.5
Feb 8	LAC	L 115-96	28	2	2	0	1	0	2	1-4	0-0	5.4
Feb 7	NO	L 119-115	22	6	1	2	0	0	2	2-8	0-3	8.2
Feb 5	@TOR	W 128-126	40	19	1	4	0	2	1	8-13	1-3	31.2
Feb 3	@MEM	L 137-128	37	29	4	3	0	0	0	11-14	5-7	38.3
Feb 1	@MEM	W 131-114	34	20	4	2	0	0	3	8-14	3-5	24.8
Jan 30	OKC	W 123-111	31	21	4	4	0	2	2	8-11	5-5	35.8
Jan 29	@DAL	W 118-105	30	8	2	2	0	0	0	3-8	2-5	13.4
Jan 27	GS	W 108-83	30	14	3	3	0	3	3	4-9	2-4	28.1
Jan 25	GS	L 111-85	28	3	3	1	1	0	4	1-8	1-1	7.1
Jan 23	CHI	L 120-115	36	16	5	5	0	1	2	6-9	2-2	30.5
Jan 21	@UTAH	L 127-122	35	18	6	6	1	1	5	7-16	2-7	35.2
Jan 18	@SA	L 126-123	41	23	5	5	1	1	1	7-14	1-2	41.5
Jan 17	@HOU	L 110-105	35	15	7	4	2	2	1	5-14	1-4	40.4
Jan 14	@MIL	W 139-106	30	17	6	5	0	2	1	6-9	4-6	36.7
Jan 12	SA	W 104-103	36	12	5	1	2	3	1	5-9	0-3	33.5
Jan 10	@CLE	L 146-134	27	12	1	1	0	0	1	4-7	0-2	13.7
Jan 9	CLE	W 131-122	38	26	5	1	2	0	1	11-14	3-4	38.5
Jan 7	MIA	W 122-94	34	19	3	2	2	1	1	7-15	1-4	33.6
Jan 4	@WSH	W 141-115	22	12	5	5	3	0	1	3-4	0-0	33.5
Jan 3	@MIA	W 125-115	34	5	2	3	2	2	2	2-4	1-2	21.9
Dec 31	@ATL	L 126-102	22	8	4	2	0	1	2	3-5	2-3	16.8
Dec 30	@CHI	W 136-101	23	7	5	3	0	0	0	3-9	1-1	17.5
Dec 28	BKN	L 123-107	33	16	3	4	1	0	2	7-11	1-1	26.6
Dec 26	@DEN	L 142-138 OT	40	21	4	4	0	2	3	9-12	1-3	34.8
Dec 22	MIL	W 103-100	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-1	2.7
Dec 20	OKC	W 112-107	37	13	4	2	0	0	2	4-13	1-6	18.8
Dec 18	MEM	L 116-110	37	13	7	6	1	1	1	4-11	1-2	35.4
Dec 15	SAC	W 117-103	38	21	4	2	2	0	2	7-19	1-7	32.8
Dec 13	@GS	W 127-120	35	17	5	5	1	0	3	8-15	1-5	30.5
Dec 9	PHX	L 108-105	40	4	6	3	0	1	1	1-7	0-5	17.7
Dec 7	LAC	W 109-106	37	27	1	2	2	1	2	10-13	3-3	38.2
Dec 5	@NO	W 125-116	35	14	7	5	2	2	2	6-14	0-2	39.9
Dec 3	@NO	W 149-142 OT	33	17	4	2	1	1	0	7-10	3-3	30.8
Dec 1	SA	W 125-112	33	13	4	3	1	0	0	6-13	1-4	25.3
Nov 29	BOS	W 119-115	26	8	4	3	1	1	2	3-8	2-4	21.3
Nov 27	@OKC	L 113-105	30	10	6	3	0	0	3	3-6	2-2	18.7
Nov 25	@SAC	L 117-112 OT	37	6	8	2	2	0	4	3-10	0-3	20.6
Nov 22	@PHX	L 114-113	40	13	5	2	4	0	1	5-12	0-5	33
Nov 18	DAL	W 120-96	23	15	5	3	2	1	3	4-6	3-4	31.5
Nov 16	DEN	L 123-112	33	15	4	3	2	2	0	7-15	1-3	36.3
Nov 15	SAC	W 124-110	31	13	4	3	0	0	4	6-9	0-2	18.3
Nov 11	@UTAH	W 120-113	35	16	6	3	2	0	1	6-13	1-2	32.7
Nov 10	@SAC	W 144-117	26	21	5	3	0	2	2	8-10	2-3	35.5
Nov 8	UTAH	W 137-97	27	22	7	1	3	2	2	9-14	3-3	44.9
Nov 6	@NY	L 137-114	32	13	4	3	0	0	3	4-10	3-5	19.3
Nov 4	@BKN	W 125-109	29	22	3	3	2	1	2	9-11	2-3	37.1
Nov 1	@CHA	W 122-105	32	14	4	6	0	0	3	6-10	2-2	24.8
Oct 30	LAL	L 116-115	41	30	7	1	1	0	2	11-19	3-4	40.9
Oct 28	DEN	L 127-114	35	25	3	1	0	4	2	10-16	1-3	40.1
Oct 26	IND	W 114-110	35	11	5	1	1	2	0	3-13	1-6	27.5
Oct 25	@LAL	L 128-110	27	10	2	0	0	1	0	5-12	0-4	15.4
Oct 23	@POR	W 118-114	29	18	5	2	1	3	3	6-12	3-4	36

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QIs Jaden McDaniels a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #109 overall, #38 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Jaden McDaniels be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 96.6 (roughly round 10 in a 10-team league). We rank him #103, so he is fairly priced.

QHow many fantasy points will Jaden McDaniels score in 2026-27?

We project 28.6 points per game across an expected 76 games — approximately 2174 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 19.3 and 36.7 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #103 in projected scoring.

QHow does Jaden McDaniels rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Jaden McDaniels finished #60 in 9-cat and #63 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #109 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Jaden McDaniels for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 70% of games, with a floor of 13.7 and a ceiling of 40.9 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 30% of games and busted (under half his average) in 11%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.