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Kel'el Ware

RANK #1122025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEC222025-26 9-CAT #55 8-CAT #81C · Milwaukee BucksAge 227' 0"2025-26 seasonPROP GUIDE →

11.1

Points / game

9.0

Rebounds

0.7

Assists

22.1

Minutes

53.0%

FG%

27.9

FPTS / game

-4.5

vs C median

TIER 6 · #112 OVERALLDepth piece — #22 among centers

Kel'el Ware is ranked #22 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 — 1.9 points per game above his average over the final five games, driven by a bigger role: 24.2 minutes/game vs 22.4 season-long. Volume gains tend to stick.

Percentile64%

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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Kel'el Ware 2026-27 fantasy outlook

28.3Proj FPTS/G · ~2236 / 79 games

17.9–35.3Typical game · middle 50%

#108Projected rank

126.9ADP (ESPN drafts)

Market price (ADP 126.9) lines up with our rank (#108). Draft confidently at his current ADP. Projection drivers: growing workload (24.2 minutes/gm late vs 22.4 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

Kel'el Ware consistency and floor

78 GAMES

11.8

Floor (p10)

27.9

Average

46.3

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered72%

Boom rate125%+ of average27%

Bust rateunder half of average14%

28.1

Season avg FPTS

28.6

Last 10 FPTS

29.7

Last 5 FPTS

Ware vs other centers

PERCENTILE · 58 RANKED

Points11.162

Rebounds9.084

Assists0.719

Steals0.878

Blocks1.169

Minutes22.152

Fantasy PPG27.964

Percentile among all ranked NBA centers · 99 = best

Ware fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 69.8SEASON LOW -0.8LAST 5 AVG 29.8

Kel'el Ware game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 14	@CHA	L 127-126 OT	42	12	19	4	0	5	0	5-12	2-8	55.8
Apr 12	ATL	W 143-117	29	16	7	1	1	0	1	6-9	4-5	27.9
Apr 10	@WSH	W 140-117	22	12	8	3	0	0	0	5-7	2-4	26.1
Apr 9	@TOR	L 128-114	11	7	4	1	0	1	1	3-7	1-3	15.3
Apr 7	@TOR	L 121-95	17	5	8	2	1	1	0	2-6	1-2	23.6
Apr 4	WSH	W 152-136	36	24	19	2	0	7	1	10-15	3-6	69.8
Apr 1	BOS	L 147-129	13	8	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-2	10.4
Mar 30	PHI	W 119-109	13	5	6	2	0	0	1	2-7	1-3	14.2
Mar 29	@IND	L 135-118	15	5	3	2	1	0	0	2-5	1-3	14.6
Mar 27	@CLE	L 149-128	21	14	8	1	1	0	0	5-10	2-4	28.1
Mar 25	@CLE	W 120-103	20	13	11	4	0	1	0	5-5	3-3	35.2
Mar 23	SA	L 136-111	22	7	7	1	0	2	1	3-10	1-6	21.9
Mar 22	@HOU	L 123-122	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	-0.8
Mar 20	LAL	L 134-126	21	14	9	1	0	0	0	7-11	0-2	26.3
Mar 17	@CHA	L 136-106	28	7	8	1	0	1	0	3-10	0-6	21.1
Mar 15	ORL	L 121-117	27	13	10	1	1	2	1	5-8	1-3	34.5
Mar 12	MIL	W 112-105	28	6	13	1	0	1	2	2-9	1-4	24.1
Mar 8	DET	W 121-110	26	12	6	0	2	2	1	6-9	0-3	30.2
Mar 7	@CHA	W 128-120	31	10	4	0	1	4	0	4-8	1-5	29.8
Mar 6	BKN	W 126-110	32	16	11	1	5	7	1	7-9	1-2	65.7
Mar 4	BKN	W 124-98	29	11	13	1	5	0	3	5-8	1-3	40.1
Feb 28	HOU	W 115-105	29	13	15	1	0	1	1	6-10	1-3	34.5
Feb 27	@PHI	L 124-117	12	5	6	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-2	12.2
Feb 25	@MIL	L 128-117	19	14	8	0	0	0	0	5-8	1-3	23.6
Feb 22	MEM	W 136-120	19	11	15	0	1	0	0	5-9	1-2	32
Feb 21	@ATL	W 128-97	18	14	12	1	0	0	0	6-15	2-5	29.9
Feb 12	@NO	W 123-111	28	16	12	0	1	2	0	7-15	2-3	39.4
Feb 10	UTAH	L 115-111	14	8	6	0	1	0	2	3-6	1-4	16.2
Feb 8	@WSH	W 132-101	30	19	14	1	0	1	0	8-13	1-3	40.3
Feb 7	@BOS	L 98-96	10	2	5	0	1	0	1	1-5	0-2	10
Feb 4	ATL	L 127-115	18	9	8	0	0	0	0	4-10	1-3	18.6
Feb 1	CHI	W 134-91	18	17	6	1	0	0	1	8-15	1-5	24.7
Feb 1	CHI	L 125-118	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	4.7
Jan 30	@CHI	W 116-113	12	12	4	2	0	2	0	4-6	3-4	25.8
Jan 29	ORL	L 133-124	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	2-5	0-1	11.8
Jan 20	@GS	L 135-112	18	15	4	2	0	0	1	7-10	1-3	21.8
Jan 18	OKC	W 122-120	16	7	9	0	1	1	0	3-11	1-3	23.8
Jan 16	BOS	L 119-114	9	3	5	0	0	0	1	1-5	1-4	8
Jan 14	PHX	W 127-121	16	10	5	1	1	0	0	4-6	2-3	20.5
Jan 12	@OKC	L 124-112	16	8	1	0	1	0	1	4-8	0-3	11.2
Jan 11	@IND	L 123-99	17	2	3	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	4.6
Jan 7	@MIN	L 122-94	28	7	11	2	0	1	1	3-10	1-5	25.2
Jan 4	NO	W 125-106	25	16	12	1	0	1	1	7-13	1-4	33.9
Jan 3	MIN	L 125-115	29	11	8	1	0	1	1	4-7	1-3	24.1
Jan 2	@DET	W 118-112	27	4	13	0	2	2	1	1-6	0-4	30.6
Dec 30	DEN	W 147-123	24	19	9	0	1	0	0	8-12	3-6	32.8
Dec 28	IND	W 142-116	29	15	7	0	3	1	0	7-11	1-3	35.4
Dec 27	@ATL	W 126-111	33	16	13	0	1	1	3	7-10	2-4	34.6
Dec 24	TOR	L 112-91	21	5	9	0	2	0	0	2-8	1-3	21.8
Dec 21	@NY	L 132-125	35	28	19	0	1	0	1	11-15	5-7	52.8
Dec 20	@BOS	L 129-116	28	24	14	2	0	1	0	8-12	6-7	46.8
Dec 19	@BKN	W 106-95	30	22	12	1	0	4	0	8-11	1-2	49.9
Dec 16	TOR	L 106-96	19	6	13	0	0	2	3	3-7	0-2	24.6
Dec 9	@ORL	L 117-108	12	4	6	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	14.2
Dec 7	SAC	L 127-111	30	5	6	0	2	2	1	2-4	0-1	23.2
Dec 6	@ORL	L 106-105	22	4	8	1	0	1	2	1-3	0-1	16.1
Dec 4	@DAL	L 118-108	25	22	10	2	1	1	3	8-11	4-5	40
Dec 2	LAC	W 140-123	16	0	9	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	13.8
Nov 30	DET	L 138-135	22	12	7	0	1	1	2	6-9	0-1	24.4
Nov 27	MIL	W 106-103	26	11	9	0	2	1	1	4-6	1-1	29.8
Nov 25	DAL	W 106-102	34	20	18	0	0	3	3	7-14	3-5	47.6
Nov 23	@PHI	W 127-117	26	20	16	0	2	0	0	7-13	2-2	45.2
Nov 22	@CHI	W 143-107	28	20	14	1	2	1	1	8-15	0-1	46.3
Nov 20	GS	W 110-96	19	7	16	0	0	0	1	3-10	0-3	25.2
Nov 18	NY	W 115-113	31	16	14	1	1	3	0	7-9	1-1	46.3
Nov 15	@NY	L 140-132	35	15	10	1	1	3	0	5-8	1-2	40.5
Nov 13	CLE	L 130-116	28	15	13	1	1	1	1	6-7	1-1	37.1
Nov 11	CLE	W 140-138 OT	34	14	20	1	1	1	0	7-14	0-1	45.5
Nov 9	POR	W 136-131	23	9	12	1	1	3	2	4-8	0-2	34.9
Nov 8	CHA	W 126-108	30	7	6	0	1	3	0	3-13	1-5	26.2
Nov 6	@DEN	L 122-112	27	13	13	0	4	1	1	4-6	2-4	42.6
Nov 4	@LAC	W 120-119	18	16	5	0	0	2	1	6-8	2-2	27
Nov 3	@LAL	L 130-120	12	7	4	0	0	1	1	3-3	1-1	13.8
Oct 31	@SA	L 107-101	21	0	7	3	1	1	1	0-4	0-4	17.9
Oct 28	CHA	W 144-117	27	14	9	1	0	0	2	4-13	2-8	24.3
Oct 26	NY	W 115-107	22	5	8	0	1	0	1	2-4	1-2	16.6
Oct 25	@MEM	W 146-114	23	19	9	1	1	1	2	8-12	1-1	35.3
Oct 22	@ORL	L 125-121	14	7	4	0	1	1	1	3-5	1-2	16.8

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QIs Kel'el Ware a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #112 overall, #22 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Kel'el Ware be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 126.9 (roughly round 13 in a 10-team league). We rank him #108, so he is fairly priced.

QHow many fantasy points will Kel'el Ware score in 2026-27?

We project 28.3 points per game across an expected 79 games — approximately 2236 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 17.9 and 35.3 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #108 in projected scoring.

QHow does Kel'el Ware rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Kel'el Ware finished #55 in 9-cat and #81 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #112 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Kel'el Ware for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 72% of games, with a floor of 11.8 and a ceiling of 46.3 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 27% of games and busted (under half his average) in 14%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.