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Nique Clifford

RANK #2272025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEG1012025-26 9-CAT #283 8-CAT #259G · Sacramento KingsAge 246' 5"2025-26 season

8.6

Points / game

3.8

Rebounds

2.4

Assists

25.1

Minutes

41.8%

FG%

18.9

FPTS / game

-12.6

vs G median

TIER 6 · #227 OVERALLDepth piece — #101 among guards

Nique Clifford is ranked #101 among 198 eligible NBA guards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up. He closed the season hot — 14.9 points per game above his average over the final five games, driven by a bigger role: 38 minutes/game vs 25.1 season-long. Volume gains tend to stick.

Percentile49%

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

LATE FLIER

Nique Clifford 2026-27 fantasy outlook

DAY TO DAY

22.0Proj FPTS/G · ~1694 / 77 games

8.5–25.3Typical game · middle 50%

#192Projected rank

140.2ADP (ESPN drafts)

Market price (ADP 140.2) lines up with our rank (#192). Draft confidently at his current ADP. Projection drivers: growing workload (38 minutes/gm late vs 25.1 season), late-season gains in per-minute production.

INJURY RISK High^?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

Nique Clifford consistency and floor

75 GAMES

3.9

Floor (p10)

18.9

Average

34.5

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered63%

Boom rate125%+ of average32%

Bust rateunder half of average27%

18.8

Season avg FPTS

27.9

Last 10 FPTS

33.8

Last 5 FPTS

Clifford vs other guards

PERCENTILE · 199 RANKED

Points8.644

Rebounds3.874

Assists2.446

Steals0.964

Blocks0.371

Minutes25.157

Fantasy PPG18.950

Percentile among all ranked NBA guards · 99 = best

Clifford fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 50.8SEASON LOW -1LAST 5 AVG 33.8

Nique Clifford game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 13	@POR	L 122-110	39	24	7	5	0	1	4	10-13	0-1	38.9
Apr 11	GS	W 124-118	38	20	6	6	0	0	4	5-14	2-6	32.2
Apr 8	@GS	L 110-105	36	12	6	2	2	0	2	4-14	1-4	26.2
Apr 6	LAC	L 138-109	38	18	5	5	1	1	3	8-16	2-7	34.5
Apr 4	NO	W 117-113	39	23	5	6	1	0	4	9-16	4-6	37
Apr 2	@TOR	W 123-115	32	9	2	3	1	0	3	4-9	1-3	15.9
Mar 29	@BKN	L 116-99	37	17	7	2	0	0	4	8-14	1-4	24.4
Mar 28	@ATL	L 123-113	23	3	4	5	0	1	2	1-11	1-6	16.3
Mar 22	BKN	W 126-122	27	7	4	4	1	0	1	2-4	2-2	19.8
Mar 18	SA	L 132-104	37	15	8	7	0	0	1	6-13	3-4	34.1
Mar 16	UTAH	W 116-111	26	10	4	2	1	0	2	4-9	1-5	18.8
Mar 15	@LAC	W 118-109	35	11	4	4	2	0	1	4-11	3-5	26.8
Mar 12	CHA	L 117-109	41	18	4	8	2	1	1	7-16	2-6	42.8
Mar 11	IND	W 114-109	38	12	5	2	2	0	2	5-12	0-2	25
Mar 9	CHI	W 126-110	31	8	6	3	2	1	1	3-7	2-4	27.7
Mar 6	NO	L 133-123	21	7	5	3	0	0	1	3-8	1-2	16.5
Mar 4	PHX	L 114-103	39	10	8	4	3	0	2	5-13	0-5	32.6
Mar 2	@LAL	L 128-104	42	26	7	4	1	1	3	11-18	1-2	43.4
Feb 27	@DAL	W 130-121	39	13	8	7	2	1	1	6-19	1-6	41.1
Feb 26	@HOU	L 128-97	29	15	2	1	4	0	4	6-11	3-7	26.9
Feb 24	@MEM	W 123-114	28	12	6	5	6	0	2	5-8	1-1	42.7
Feb 22	@SA	L 139-122	30	8	5	4	2	0	1	4-9	0-3	25
Feb 20	ORL	L 131-94	30	5	2	1	0	0	5	1-5	1-1	3.9
Feb 12	@UTAH	L 121-93	38	6	8	6	2	0	2	1-15	0-5	28.6
Feb 10	@NO	L 120-94	37	10	5	6	1	0	3	4-16	1-6	25
Feb 8	CLE	L 132-126	40	30	4	4	2	2	2	12-19	5-9	50.8
Feb 7	LAC	L 114-111	33	16	2	2	2	1	1	5-12	2-5	29.4
Feb 5	MEM	L 129-125	26	14	3	5	0	0	4	5-9	2-3	21.1
Feb 1	@WSH	L 116-112	29	6	3	4	2	0	1	1-3	0-0	20.6
Jan 31	@BOS	L 112-93	34	15	3	1	0	0	1	5-12	3-7	19.1
Jan 30	@PHI	L 113-111	27	2	6	2	0	1	2	1-7	0-1	13.2
Jan 28	@NY	L 103-87	30	7	3	1	3	0	1	3-8	1-3	20.1
Jan 25	@DET	L 139-116	33	15	3	1	0	1	0	6-13	2-4	23.1
Jan 24	@CLE	L 123-118	14	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	5.2
Jan 22	TOR	L 122-109	21	4	7	3	0	1	1	2-6	0-4	18.9
Jan 21	MIA	L 130-117	24	9	3	1	0	1	0	4-10	1-4	17.1
Jan 19	POR	L 117-110	13	0	2	2	0	1	1	0-2	0-1	7.4
Jan 17	WSH	W 128-115	19	9	7	3	0	0	1	3-6	2-4	20.9
Jan 15	NY	W 112-101	13	0	4	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	2.8
Jan 13	LAL	W 124-112	15	0	2	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	4.4
Jan 12	HOU	W 111-98	22	8	2	0	0	0	0	4-9	0-3	10.4
Jan 10	@GS	L 137-103	25	6	0	1	1	0	2	2-6	2-3	8.5
Jan 7	DAL	L 100-98	14	3	1	0	0	1	2	1-2	1-2	5.2
Jan 5	MIL	L 115-98	19	7	2	1	1	0	0	3-5	0-1	13.9
Jan 3	@PHX	L 129-102	19	3	2	1	0	0	3	1-4	1-2	3.9
Jan 2	BOS	L 120-106	16	0	2	1	3	0	1	0-2	0-1	11.9
Dec 31	@LAC	L 131-90	29	18	1	2	0	1	2	7-12	3-5	23.2
Dec 29	@LAL	L 125-101	29	11	6	3	1	0	4	4-6	2-4	21.7
Dec 27	DAL	W 113-107	20	8	9	1	2	0	1	3-10	1-3	25.3
Dec 24	DET	L 136-127	25	14	2	0	2	0	2	5-10	2-5	20.4
Dec 22	HOU	W 125-124 OT	27	6	6	4	1	1	1	2-8	0-4	24.2
Dec 21	POR	L 98-93	29	12	5	1	2	0	0	5-11	2-6	25.5
Dec 19	@POR	L 134-133 OT	20	8	2	0	0	0	1	3-6	0-1	9.4
Dec 15	@MIN	L 117-103	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	2
Dec 12	DEN	L 136-105	28	2	4	0	0	0	4	1-8	0-6	2.8
Dec 9	@IND	L 116-105	14	7	2	0	0	1	2	3-6	1-1	10.4
Dec 7	@MIA	W 127-111	18	15	6	0	1	0	2	7-8	1-1	23.2
Dec 4	@HOU	L 121-95	23	2	0	2	1	1	0	1-7	0-3	11
Dec 1	MEM	L 115-107	13	5	1	0	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	5.2
Nov 29	@UTAH	L 128-119	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2.4
Nov 27	PHX	L 112-100	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	1.7
Nov 25	MIN	W 117-112 OT	12	3	6	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	11.7
Nov 23	@DEN	W 128-123	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	5.9
Nov 21	@MEM	L 137-96	19	8	2	3	2	0	1	2-3	2-2	19.9
Nov 20	@OKC	L 113-99	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	-1
Nov 16	@SA	L 123-110	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	4
Nov 15	@MIN	L 124-110	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	1.5
Nov 13	ATL	L 133-100	31	9	4	4	0	0	1	3-11	1-5	18.8
Nov 12	DEN	L 122-108	14	5	3	2	0	0	1	1-4	1-2	10.6
Nov 10	MIN	L 144-117	23	10	5	5	1	0	3	4-7	1-2	23.5
Nov 8	OKC	L 132-101	17	0	3	2	0	0	0	0-4	0-3	6.6
Nov 6	GS	W 121-116	33	12	3	3	1	0	1	4-8	3-6	22.1
Nov 4	@DEN	L 130-124	19	8	1	3	0	1	0	4-9	0-2	16.7
Nov 1	@MIL	W 135-133	16	0	3	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	6.6
Oct 23	@PHX	L 120-116	24	2	8	2	2	1	1	1-3	0-0	22.6

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QIs Nique Clifford a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #227 overall, #101 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Nique Clifford be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 140.2 (roughly round 15 in a 10-team league). We rank him #192, so he is fairly priced.

QHow many fantasy points will Nique Clifford score in 2026-27?

We project 22 points per game across an expected 77 games — approximately 1694 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 8.5 and 25.3 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #192 in projected scoring.

QHow does Nique Clifford rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Nique Clifford finished #283 in 9-cat and #259 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #227 in points formats.

QHow consistent is Nique Clifford for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 63% of games, with a floor of 3.9 and a ceiling of 34.5 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 32% of games and busted (under half his average) in 27%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.