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Jalen Brunson

RANK #302025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEG142025-26 9-CAT #44 8-CAT #46G · New York KnicksAge 296' 2"2025-26 seasonPROP GUIDE →

26.0

Points / game

3.3

Rebounds

6.8

Assists

35.0

Minutes

46.7%

FG%

40.5

FPTS / game

+9.0

vs G median

TIER 5 · #30 OVERALLDepth piece — #14 among guards

Jalen Brunson is ranked #14 among 198 eligible NBA guards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up.

Percentile93%

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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Jalen Brunson 2026-27 fantasy outlook

DAY TO DAY

40.2Proj FPTS/G · ~3095 / 77 games

34.2–45.6Typical game · middle 50%

#28Projected rank

19.6ADP (ESPN drafts)

Market price (ADP 19.6) lines up with our rank (#28). Draft confidently at his current ADP. Projection drivers: stable workload (35.2 minutes/gm), steady 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

Jalen Brunson consistency and floor

75 GAMES

Floor (p10)

40.5

Average

51.1

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered85%

Boom rate125%+ of average15%

Bust rateunder half of average4%

40.5

Season avg FPTS

39.7

Last 10 FPTS

39.5

Last 5 FPTS

Brunson vs other guards

PERCENTILE · 199 RANKED

Points26.096

Rebounds3.363

Assists6.893

Steals0.854

Blocks0.132

Minutes35.096

Fantasy PPG40.593

Percentile among all ranked NBA guards · 99 = best

Brunson fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 66.1SEASON LOW 3LAST 5 AVG 39.5

Jalen Brunson game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 10	TOR	W 112-95	31	29	3	2	2	0	3	12-18	2-5	38.6
Apr 9	BOS	W 112-106	37	25	1	10	0	0	1	10-19	2-7	40.2
Apr 6	@ATL	W 108-105	39	30	3	13	2	0	3	11-26	3-8	56.1
Apr 3	CHI	W 136-96	30	17	1	10	0	0	2	6-13	1-4	31.2
Apr 1	@HOU	L 111-94	37	12	6	8	1	0	3	5-14	1-5	31.2
Mar 29	@OKC	L 111-100	37	32	5	5	0	0	4	13-22	4-7	41.5
Mar 26	@CHA	L 114-103	40	26	2	13	1	0	2	10-23	0-6	48.9
Mar 24	NO	W 121-116	39	32	1	7	0	0	2	11-19	2-4	41.7
Mar 22	WSH	W 145-113	28	23	0	4	1	0	2	9-19	2-5	30
Mar 20	@BKN	W 93-92	41	17	5	8	2	0	3	7-19	1-6	38
Mar 16	GS	W 110-107	36	30	1	9	2	1	3	9-20	2-7	50.7
Mar 13	@IND	W 101-92	37	29	5	9	1	0	2	11-25	0-3	49.5
Mar 12	@UTAH	W 134-117	33	28	4	8	3	0	3	7-16	4-7	50.8
Mar 10	@LAC	L 126-118	38	28	4	8	1	0	3	12-23	2-7	44.8
Mar 8	@LAL	L 110-97	42	24	6	7	0	0	7	8-19	3-8	34.7
Mar 7	@DEN	W 142-103	34	9	3	15	1	0	1	3-13	1-3	37.1
Mar 5	OKC	L 103-100	39	16	3	15	1	0	3	5-18	2-5	42.1
Mar 4	@TOR	W 111-95	37	26	2	10	1	0	1	10-22	2-7	45.4
Mar 1	SA	W 114-89	32	24	4	7	0	0	3	7-16	4-7	36.3
Feb 28	@MIL	W 127-98	31	27	7	3	0	0	1	11-17	4-6	38.9
Feb 25	@CLE	L 109-94	36	20	1	4	0	1	2	6-19	3-7	28.2
Feb 23	@CHI	W 105-99	36	19	5	9	0	1	2	7-19	1-6	39.5
Feb 22	HOU	W 108-106	36	20	3	6	0	0	3	6-12	0-1	29.6
Feb 20	DET	L 126-111	38	33	6	8	2	0	6	12-20	3-7	52.2
Feb 12	@PHI	W 138-89	30	8	4	4	0	0	2	3-6	2-3	16.8
Feb 11	IND	L 137-134 OT	42	40	5	8	1	0	1	15-31	4-14	60
Feb 8	@BOS	W 111-89	33	31	3	8	0	0	3	12-21	4-8	43.6
Feb 7	@DET	L 118-80	31	12	4	4	2	0	0	4-20	0-8	28.8
Feb 5	DEN	W 134-127 2OT	47	42	8	9	2	0	5	14-27	5-12	66.1
Feb 4	@WSH	W 132-101	31	21	1	4	2	0	0	7-16	1-6	34.2
Feb 2	LAL	W 112-100	37	12	7	13	1	0	1	4-15	2-6	41.9
Jan 31	POR	W 127-97	34	26	1	3	2	0	1	8-20	5-12	36.7
Jan 29	@TOR	W 119-92	30	13	1	4	0	1	4	5-13	0-3	19.2
Jan 28	SAC	W 103-87	35	28	3	4	0	1	2	9-17	4-8	38.6
Jan 24	@PHI	W 112-109	38	31	5	6	0	0	2	11-24	6-12	44
Jan 22	BKN	W 120-66	31	20	4	5	0	0	2	8-17	1-8	30.3
Jan 19	DAL	L 114-97	34	22	0	6	0	0	2	9-24	1-4	29
Jan 15	@SAC	L 112-101	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	3
Jan 11	@POR	W 123-114	37	26	6	8	1	0	2	10-19	3-9	46.2
Jan 10	@PHX	L 112-107	37	27	3	5	0	0	4	9-19	5-10	34.1
Jan 8	LAC	W 123-111	33	26	3	7	0	1	2	9-12	4-5	41.1
Jan 6	@DET	L 121-90	31	25	3	0	0	0	6	10-21	2-6	22.6
Jan 4	PHI	L 130-119	35	31	4	4	0	0	4	10-21	2-4	37.8
Jan 3	ATL	L 111-99	35	24	2	5	1	0	2	10-23	1-8	34.9
Jan 1	@SA	L 134-132	36	29	4	8	2	0	1	10-24	5-12	50.8
Dec 30	@NO	W 130-125	36	28	3	10	0	0	1	10-23	5-10	45.6
Dec 28	@ATL	W 128-125	38	34	3	5	0	0	3	15-29	4-11	42.1
Dec 25	CLE	W 126-124	39	34	1	4	2	0	3	10-25	6-12	44.2
Dec 21	MIA	W 132-125	38	47	3	8	0	0	0	15-26	6-13	62.6
Dec 20	PHI	L 116-107	37	22	6	9	0	0	0	7-22	1-7	42.7
Dec 19	@IND	W 114-113	34	25	7	7	3	0	3	10-23	3-8	49.9
Dec 17	SA	W 124-113	41	25	4	8	0	1	4	11-27	1-5	40.8
Dec 13	ORL	W 132-120	39	40	4	8	1	0	2	16-27	2-5	57.8
Dec 10	@TOR	W 117-101	39	35	3	4	0	1	3	13-19	6-9	44.6
Dec 7	ORL	W 106-100	38	30	2	9	0	0	2	10-23	1-7	43.9
Dec 6	UTAH	W 146-112	31	33	2	4	0	0	0	9-17	6-9	41.4
Dec 4	CHA	W 119-104	37	26	2	5	3	0	2	9-16	1-5	42.9
Dec 3	@BOS	L 123-117	39	15	2	11	1	0	3	6-21	1-8	33.9
Nov 30	TOR	W 116-94	34	18	6	7	0	0	2	6-19	1-6	33.7
Nov 29	MIL	W 118-109	39	37	1	5	1	0	3	12-21	4-6	45.7
Nov 27	@CHA	W 129-101	34	33	2	3	0	0	3	14-28	2-6	36.9
Nov 25	@BKN	W 113-100	33	27	3	3	1	0	0	10-19	4-9	38.1
Nov 22	@ORL	L 133-121	37	33	3	11	0	0	2	12-21	3-9	51.1
Nov 20	@DAL	W 113-111	35	28	3	5	1	1	1	11-23	2-7	44.1
Nov 13	ORL	L 124-107	37	31	3	6	0	0	2	10-23	1-4	41.6
Nov 12	MEM	W 133-120	36	32	5	10	0	0	6	11-19	6-9	47
Nov 9	BKN	W 134-98	29	19	0	7	0	0	4	6-14	3-8	25.5
Nov 6	MIN	W 137-114	33	23	7	10	1	0	4	9-20	3-7	45.4
Nov 4	WSH	W 119-102	32	16	1	9	1	0	2	6-17	1-5	31.7
Nov 3	CHI	W 128-116	32	31	5	3	2	0	2	10-22	4-11	45.5
Nov 1	@CHI	L 135-125	35	29	2	7	0	0	2	12-25	3-8	39.9
Oct 29	@MIL	L 121-111	35	36	4	3	2	0	2	14-25	1-5	49.3
Oct 26	@MIA	L 115-107	35	37	5	7	3	0	3	14-26	5-11	59.5
Oct 24	BOS	W 105-95	35	31	3	5	0	0	1	10-20	3-7	41.1
Oct 22	CLE	W 119-111	34	23	4	5	0	0	2	5-18	1-9	33.3

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QIs Jalen Brunson a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #30 overall, #14 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Jalen Brunson be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 19.6 (roughly round 2 in a 10-team league). We rank him #28, so he is fairly priced.

QHow many fantasy points will Jalen Brunson score in 2026-27?

We project 40.2 points per game across an expected 77 games — approximately 3095 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 34.2 and 45.6 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #28 in projected scoring.

QHow does Jalen Brunson rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Jalen Brunson finished #44 in 9-cat and #46 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #30 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Jalen Brunson for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 85% of games, with a floor of 29 and a ceiling of 51.1 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 15% of games and busted (under half his average) in 4%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.