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Donovan Clingan

RANK #532025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEC102025-26 9-CAT #35 8-CAT #54C · Portland Trail BlazersAge 227' 2"2025-26 seasonPROP GUIDE →

12.1

Points / game

11.6

Rebounds

2.1

Assists

27.2

Minutes

52.0%

FG%

34.9

FPTS / game

+2.5

vs C median

TIER 6 · #53 OVERALLDepth piece — #10 among centers

Donovan Clingan is ranked #10 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 — 2.2 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.

Percentile84%

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

Donovan Clingan 2026-27 fantasy outlook

33.9Proj FPTS/G · ~2678 / 79 games

27–42.5Typical game · middle 50%

#56Projected rank

100ADP (ESPN drafts)

We rank him #56 versus an ADP of 100 — the market drafts him 56 spots later than we rank him. Strong value if he's still there. Projection drivers: stable workload (27.2 minutes/gm), 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

Donovan Clingan consistency and floor

78 GAMES

19.8

Floor (p10)

34.9

Average

52.4

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered77%

Boom rate125%+ of average22%

Bust rateunder half of average8%

34.7

Season avg FPTS

32.5

Last 10 FPTS

37.1

Last 5 FPTS

Clingan vs other centers

PERCENTILE · 58 RANKED

Points12.172

Rebounds11.697

Assists2.171

Steals0.657

Blocks1.795

Minutes27.278

Fantasy PPG34.984

Percentile among all ranked NBA centers · 99 = best

Clingan fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 68SEASON LOW 9.8LAST 5 AVG 37.1

Donovan Clingan game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 15	@PHX	W 114-110	29	2	11	4	1	3	0	1-6	0-3	33.2
Apr 13	SAC	W 122-110	24	13	10	1	0	1	1	6-10	1-2	28.5
Apr 11	LAC	W 116-97	28	18	13	2	0	2	0	6-12	3-7	42.6
Apr 9	@SA	L 112-101	28	11	11	5	1	3	0	4-7	3-5	43.7
Apr 7	@DEN	L 137-132 OT	30	18	12	0	0	2	1	6-13	3-6	37.4
Apr 3	NO	W 118-106	22	4	9	2	1	0	1	2-4	0-2	19.8
Apr 1	@LAC	W 114-104	29	4	4	1	1	1	2	2-5	0-2	14.3
Mar 29	WSH	W 123-88	21	6	5	1	0	5	0	3-6	0-2	28.5
Mar 28	DAL	L 100-93	32	6	17	0	0	1	5	2-9	0-1	24.4
Mar 26	MIL	W 130-99	25	14	15	3	4	2	2	6-8	1-2	52.5
Mar 24	BKN	W 134-99	24	7	15	0	0	7	2	3-10	0-2	44
Mar 22	@DEN	L 128-112	25	18	13	1	0	0	2	7-13	4-7	33.1
Mar 21	@MIN	W 108-104	31	21	12	4	1	3	1	9-13	1-5	52.4
Mar 18	@IND	W 127-119	25	28	13	2	1	2	2	10-19	3-5	53.6
Mar 16	@BKN	W 114-95	24	14	11	2	0	0	2	4-7	0-0	28.2
Mar 15	@PHI	L 109-103	28	11	15	5	0	3	0	4-10	0-3	45.5
Mar 14	UTAH	W 124-114	35	21	15	2	3	6	1	7-12	1-3	68
Mar 11	CHA	L 103-101	26	11	11	3	1	3	1	3-9	1-4	39.7
Mar 9	IND	W 131-111	24	9	11	3	1	1	2	4-7	0-1	30.7
Mar 7	@HOU	L 106-99	25	18	13	0	0	1	2	5-10	1-4	34.6
Mar 5	@MEM	W 122-114	12	7	9	1	1	4	2	3-6	0-1	32.3
Mar 1	@ATL	L 135-101	31	15	15	5	0	0	3	5-13	2-5	37.5
Feb 28	@CHA	L 109-93	26	7	8	2	1	2	1	3-6	1-2	27.6
Feb 25	MIN	L 124-121	36	11	16	5	3	2	2	4-7	2-4	50.7
Feb 23	@PHX	W 92-77	31	23	13	3	1	4	5	9-13	3-6	53.1
Feb 21	DEN	L 157-103	19	15	9	2	0	0	0	6-12	3-6	28.8
Feb 13	@UTAH	W 135-119	31	23	18	7	0	3	0	8-12	0-1	64.1
Feb 12	@MIN	L 133-109	28	8	9	1	1	2	1	3-7	2-4	28.3
Feb 10	PHI	W 135-118	28	15	7	3	0	4	1	6-10	3-4	38.9
Feb 8	MEM	W 122-115	36	20	19	3	1	2	2	8-15	2-6	54.3
Feb 7	MEM	W 135-115	25	13	17	0	0	0	2	6-10	0-3	31.4
Feb 4	PHX	L 130-125	27	14	15	3	0	2	0	4-7	3-4	42.5
Feb 2	CLE	L 130-111	27	8	12	5	0	4	0	3-10	1-3	41.9
Jan 31	@NY	L 127-97	22	7	6	1	0	0	3	3-6	1-4	12.7
Jan 28	@WSH	L 115-111	30	14	20	2	1	1	2	6-17	0-3	45
Jan 27	@BOS	L 102-94	28	9	15	1	0	5	3	4-9	1-5	40.5
Jan 24	TOR	L 110-98	29	13	16	2	3	0	0	6-14	1-4	44.2
Jan 23	MIA	W 127-110	27	7	8	2	0	1	1	3-4	1-2	21.6
Jan 19	@SAC	W 117-110	37	21	17	3	0	1	1	6-9	1-2	47.9
Jan 18	LAL	W 132-116	27	18	11	4	0	0	1	7-14	1-7	36.2
Jan 16	ATL	W 117-101	28	9	12	1	0	0	1	3-8	0-3	23.9
Jan 14	@GS	L 119-97	22	7	9	1	0	0	3	2-3	1-2	16.3
Jan 11	NY	L 123-114	30	8	8	1	0	2	1	3-6	0-2	24.1
Jan 10	HOU	W 111-105	33	8	15	6	2	1	2	3-9	0-4	42
Jan 8	HOU	W 103-102	31	12	7	3	0	1	0	5-9	2-6	27.9
Jan 6	UTAH	W 137-117	33	12	17	2	0	3	4	5-9	2-4	40.4
Jan 4	@SA	W 115-110	34	24	12	4	0	0	0	9-12	3-5	44.4
Jan 3	@NO	W 122-109	30	11	15	1	0	1	0	5-10	0-3	33.5
Jan 1	@OKC	L 124-95	17	6	5	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	11
Dec 30	DAL	W 125-122	29	18	11	1	0	0	0	8-10	2-4	32.7
Dec 28	BOS	W 114-108	34	18	18	1	0	0	2	8-10	1-3	39.1
Dec 27	LAC	L 119-103	25	10	8	4	0	0	1	3-5	3-3	24.6
Dec 24	ORL	L 110-106	34	8	14	1	1	2	2	4-8	0-0	33.3
Dec 23	DET	L 110-102	34	17	10	2	0	3	0	6-8	2-2	41
Dec 21	@SAC	W 98-93	30	14	14	0	1	2	2	6-7	1-1	37.8
Dec 19	SAC	W 134-133 OT	35	19	8	4	0	2	1	6-9	2-4	39.6
Dec 15	GS	W 136-131	22	3	10	3	1	3	1	1-3	0-1	30.5
Dec 4	@CLE	W 122-110	25	5	13	2	0	1	2	2-8	0-1	24.6
Dec 3	@TOR	L 121-118	21	11	11	1	0	0	1	4-8	0-2	24.7
Nov 27	SA	L 115-102	26	9	11	1	0	1	0	3-8	0-0	26.7
Nov 25	@MIL	W 115-103	27	14	11	4	1	1	1	5-8	2-4	38.2
Nov 24	@OKC	L 122-95	20	8	8	2	0	2	2	2-5	2-4	24.6
Nov 22	@GS	W 127-123	27	22	10	4	2	0	0	9-14	1-4	46
Nov 20	CHI	L 122-121	34	17	21	4	1	2	0	7-13	1-3	57.2
Nov 19	PHX	L 127-110	23	9	12	2	0	5	2	3-8	0-0	39.4
Nov 17	@DAL	L 138-133 OT	28	16	11	2	0	2	0	6-11	2-6	38.2
Nov 15	@HOU	L 140-116	24	9	8	0	0	0	1	4-9	0-3	17.6
Nov 13	@NO	W 125-117	27	9	10	0	0	3	3	4-9	0-4	27
Nov 11	@ORL	L 115-112	29	2	9	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	12.8
Nov 9	@MIA	L 136-131	21	13	7	0	2	2	0	6-9	1-3	33.4
Nov 6	OKC	W 121-119	25	7	8	0	2	2	1	2-7	1-4	27.6
Nov 4	LAL	L 123-115	18	2	4	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-1	9.8
Nov 1	DEN	W 109-107	24	5	15	1	0	0	0	2-8	0-3	24.5
Oct 30	@UTAH	W 136-134	28	5	7	4	1	3	0	2-6	0-2	31.4
Oct 28	@LAL	W 122-108	26	16	14	2	1	2	2	8-12	0-3	42.8
Oct 27	@LAC	L 114-107	24	9	10	3	1	1	1	3-6	1-3	30.5
Oct 25	GS	W 139-119	22	14	8	2	0	1	0	4-6	1-2	29.6
Oct 23	MIN	L 118-114	30	8	6	1	2	1	1	3-5	2-4	24.7

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QIs Donovan Clingan a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #53 overall, #10 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Donovan Clingan be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 100 (roughly round 10 in a 10-team league). We rank him #56, so he is a value at that price.

QHow many fantasy points will Donovan Clingan score in 2026-27?

We project 33.9 points per game across an expected 79 games — approximately 2678 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 27 and 42.5 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #56 in projected scoring.

QHow does Donovan Clingan rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Donovan Clingan finished #35 in 9-cat and #54 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #53 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Donovan Clingan for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 77% of games, with a floor of 19.8 and a ceiling of 52.4 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 22% of games and busted (under half his average) in 8%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.