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Nick Richards

RANK #3182025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEC522025-26 9-CAT #371 8-CAT #343C · Miami HeatAge 286' 11"2025-26 season

5.8

Points / game

5.1

Rebounds

0.3

Assists

14.6

Minutes

51.2%

FG%

13.9

FPTS / game

-18.5

vs C median

TIER 6 · #318 OVERALLDepth piece — #52 among centers

Nick Richards is ranked #52 among 62 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 — 1.6 points per game above his average over the final five games, driven by a bigger role: 18.8 minutes/game vs 15 season-long. Volume gains tend to stick.

Percentile18%

2025-26 season results · Computed from official box scores · Points scoring: PTS + 1.2×REB + 1.5×AST + 3×STL + 3×BLK − TO · updated October 2

VALUE PICK

Nick Richards 2026-27 fantasy outlook

16.4Proj FPTS/G · ~951 / 58 games

5.5–24.4Typical game · middle 50%

#287Projected rank

140ADP (ESPN drafts)

We rank him #287 versus an ADP of 140 — the market drafts him 80 spots later than we rank him. Strong value if he's still there. Projection drivers: growing workload (18.8 minutes/gm late vs 15 season), a late-season decline in per-minute production.

INJURY RISK High^?AGE/WORKLOAD RISK Low^?ROLE SECURITY Unsettled^?How we grade risk

Projection updated October 2 · ESPN ADP updated October 2 · Range = 25th–75th percentile of his 2025-26 game log

Nick Richards consistency and floor

47 GAMES

3.5

Floor (p10)

13.9

Average

28.4

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered53%

Boom rate125%+ of average32%

Bust rateunder half of average30%

14.0

Season avg FPTS

20.9

Last 10 FPTS

15.4

Last 5 FPTS

Richards vs other centers

PERCENTILE · 62 RANKED

Points5.826

Rebounds5.134

Assists0.38

Steals0.211

Blocks0.739

Minutes14.619

Fantasy PPG13.918

Percentile among all ranked NBA centers · 99 = best

Richards fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 30.7SEASON LOW 0.2LAST 5 AVG 15.5

Nick Richards game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Mar 25	@PHI	L 157-137	9	2	5	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	6
Mar 24	HOU	W 132-124	26	11	8	0	0	1	0	3-7	1-2	23.6
Mar 20	CLE	L 115-110	30	16	8	0	0	0	1	7-11	1-2	24.6
Mar 19	TOR	L 139-109	16	4	6	0	0	0	2	2-5	0-1	9.2
Mar 17	MEM	W 132-107	13	5	6	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	13.7
Mar 14	@LAC	L 119-108	30	10	8	1	0	3	1	3-10	1-3	29.1
Mar 13	@LAL	L 142-130	26	15	4	1	0	0	2	7-9	0-1	19.3
Mar 11	@GS	W 130-124 OT	28	10	10	1	0	2	1	4-7	0-0	28.5
Mar 9	@SAC	L 126-110	21	10	11	1	0	1	3	3-8	0-1	24.7
Mar 6	@PHX	W 105-103	29	9	11	1	1	2	2	2-2	0-0	30.7
Mar 4	OKC	L 116-108	23	12	13	0	1	0	3	6-9	0-1	27.6
Mar 1	MIL	W 120-97	27	11	7	0	1	1	1	5-9	0-1	24.4
Feb 27	POR	L 121-112	27	14	10	1	0	0	0	4-7	0-0	27.5
Feb 25	CHA	L 131-99	22	6	5	0	0	0	1	2-5	0-0	11
Feb 23	NY	L 105-99	23	9	13	0	0	1	3	3-6	0-1	24.6
Feb 22	DET	L 126-110	19	5	5	0	0	1	5	2-6	0-2	9
Feb 20	TOR	L 110-101	12	6	5	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	14
Feb 12	@BOS	L 124-105	21	5	4	0	0	2	2	1-5	1-1	13.8
Feb 10	@BKN	L 123-115	26	12	6	1	2	2	3	4-7	0-1	29.7
Feb 8	DEN	L 136-120	19	15	7	0	1	1	1	5-8	1-1	28.4
Jan 8	@MEM	W 117-98	4	4	1	0	1	0	1	2-2	0-0	7.2
Dec 30	@WSH	W 115-101	17	2	9	0	0	3	0	1-8	0-0	21.8
Dec 28	@NO	W 123-114	8	2	3	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	7.6
Dec 15	LAL	L 116-114	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0.2
Dec 11	@OKC	L 138-89	7	0	5	1	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	5.5
Dec 6	@HOU	L 117-98	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	3.5
Nov 30	DEN	L 130-112	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	2.6
Nov 29	@OKC	L 123-119	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	4.7
Nov 27	@SAC	W 112-100	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	1-1	0-0	9
Nov 25	HOU	L 114-92	22	4	11	0	0	1	3	2-4	0-0	17.2
Nov 24	SA	W 111-102	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-0	4.4
Nov 22	MIN	W 114-113	8	2	4	0	0	0	3	1-3	0-0	3.8
Nov 19	@POR	W 127-110	11	8	2	0	0	1	0	4-7	0-0	13.4
Nov 17	ATL	L 124-122	14	3	5	0	0	1	2	1-2	0-0	10
Nov 14	IND	W 133-98	15	4	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	8.2
Nov 13	@DAL	W 123-114	10	6	7	1	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	14.9
Nov 11	NO	W 121-98	8	2	5	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	9.5
Nov 9	@LAC	W 114-103	15	4	5	0	0	2	1	2-3	0-0	15
Nov 7	LAC	W 115-102	11	3	3	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	4.6
Nov 5	@GS	L 118-107	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	3.5
Nov 3	SA	W 130-118	11	10	3	2	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	15.6
Nov 1	UTAH	W 118-96	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	4
Oct 30	MEM	L 114-113	12	0	2	0	1	0	2	0-1	0-0	3.4
Oct 28	@UTAH	L 138-134 OT	15	6	10	0	0	3	1	2-6	0-0	26
Oct 26	@DEN	L 133-111	10	4	4	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	6.8
Oct 25	@LAC	L 129-102	9	2	1	0	1	0	1	1-3	0-0	5.2
Oct 23	SAC	W 120-116	5	8	3	0	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	11.6

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QIs Nick Richards a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #318 overall, #52 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Nick Richards be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 140 (roughly round 14 in a 10-team league). We rank him #287, so he is a value at that price.

QHow many fantasy points will Nick Richards score in 2026-27?

We project 16.4 points per game across an expected 58 games — approximately 951 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 5.5 and 24.4 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #287 in projected scoring.

QHow does Nick Richards rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Nick Richards finished #371 in 9-cat and #343 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #318 in points formats.

QHow consistent is Nick Richards for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 53% of games, with a floor of 3.5 and a ceiling of 28.4 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 32% of games and busted (under half his average) in 30%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.