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Scottie Barnes

RANK #202025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEF72025-26 9-CAT #16 8-CAT #18F · Toronto RaptorsAge 246' 8"2025-26 seasonPROP GUIDE →

18.1

Points / game

7.5

Rebounds

5.9

Assists

33.5

Minutes

50.7%

FG%

42.1

FPTS / game

+10.2

vs F median

TIER 5 · #20 OVERALLDepth piece — #7 among forwards

Scottie Barnes is ranked #7 among 149 eligible NBA forwards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up. His final five games came in 4.3 points per game below his average, and the workload confirms it: 30.6 minutes/game over that stretch vs 32.9 on the season — a real role change worth monitoring.

Percentile96%

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

Scottie Barnes 2026-27 fantasy outlook

41.0Proj FPTS/G · ~3362 / 82 games

33.5–49Typical game · middle 50%

#23Projected rank

29.5ADP (ESPN drafts)

We rank him #23 versus an ADP of 29.5 — the market drafts him 14 spots later than we rank him. Strong value if he's still there. Projection drivers: shrinking workload (30.6 minutes/gm late vs 32.9 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

Scottie Barnes consistency and floor

82 GAMES

25.9

Floor (p10)

42.1

Average

58.5

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered82%

Boom rate125%+ of average17%

Bust rateunder half of average4%

41.2

Season avg FPTS

40.6

Last 10 FPTS

37.8

Last 5 FPTS

Barnes vs other forwards

PERCENTILE · 149 RANKED

Points18.184

Rebounds7.595

Assists5.998

Steals1.497

Blocks1.597

Minutes33.595

Fantasy PPG42.196

Percentile among all ranked NBA forwards · 99 = best

Barnes fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 77SEASON LOW 6.7LAST 5 AVG 37.8

Scottie Barnes game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 12	BKN	W 136-101	32	18	12	12	1	3	1	8-11	0-0	61.4
Apr 10	@NY	L 112-95	34	15	4	5	0	0	2	6-13	0-1	25.3
Apr 9	MIA	W 128-114	25	13	4	2	0	0	0	4-6	2-2	20.8
Apr 7	MIA	W 121-95	30	25	8	5	1	1	1	10-16	2-2	47.1
Apr 5	@BOS	L 115-101	32	10	6	8	3	0	4	5-14	0-3	34.2
Apr 4	@MEM	W 128-96	23	10	3	6	2	0	5	4-6	0-1	23.6
Apr 2	SAC	L 123-115	35	14	5	10	2	1	3	5-14	0-3	41
Apr 1	@DET	L 127-116	28	5	1	12	3	2	4	2-8	0-2	35.2
Mar 29	ORL	W 139-87	28	23	5	15	3	0	2	9-14	2-2	58.5
Mar 28	NO	W 119-106	36	23	6	12	2	3	4	10-14	0-0	59.2
Mar 26	@LAC	L 119-94	31	9	8	12	2	1	1	4-11	1-2	44.6
Mar 24	@UTAH	W 143-127	27	20	7	10	1	1	4	8-10	1-2	45.4
Mar 23	@PHX	L 120-98	26	17	5	6	2	0	3	8-9	0-0	35
Mar 21	@DEN	L 121-115	38	15	8	8	2	2	2	7-18	1-6	46.6
Mar 19	@CHI	W 139-109	25	18	7	3	1	0	3	6-10	1-3	30.9
Mar 15	DET	W 119-108	38	14	10	8	1	3	1	5-11	0-1	49
Mar 13	PHX	W 122-115	31	14	6	4	1	2	3	6-12	0-0	33.2
Mar 12	@NO	L 122-111	36	9	6	4	3	1	2	4-14	1-6	32.2
Mar 11	@HOU	L 113-99	36	24	5	2	1	0	3	8-16	2-6	33
Mar 8	DAL	W 122-92	35	17	4	5	1	1	1	6-12	2-4	34.3
Mar 6	@MIN	L 115-107	36	16	2	3	0	1	0	7-12	2-3	25.9
Mar 4	NY	L 111-95	36	14	4	1	3	1	3	5-9	1-3	29.3
Mar 1	@WSH	W 134-125	29	18	4	4	1	1	1	7-13	0-1	33.8
Feb 26	SA	L 110-107	31	15	4	2	3	1	5	7-13	1-4	29.8
Feb 25	OKC	L 116-107	32	15	3	7	3	4	3	7-17	0-3	47.1
Feb 20	@CHI	W 110-101	34	14	9	5	2	1	6	5-14	0-1	35.3
Feb 16	@STRIPES	W 47-21	6	6	4	1	0	0	1	3-3	0-0	11.3
Feb 15	@STRIPES	L 42-40	7	2	1	1	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	6.7
Feb 12	DET	L 113-95	30	17	7	5	3	3	0	5-13	0-3	50.9
Feb 8	IND	W 122-104	33	25	14	6	2	4	1	12-20	0-0	67.8
Feb 6	CHI	W 123-107	32	13	6	7	0	0	4	6-11	1-3	26.7
Feb 5	MIN	L 128-126	37	22	10	8	1	1	3	8-11	0-0	49
Feb 1	UTAH	W 107-100	34	14	9	4	2	4	4	5-12	1-3	44.8
Jan 31	@ORL	L 130-120	36	19	8	6	0	4	2	7-12	0-3	47.6
Jan 29	NY	L 119-92	32	17	10	5	0	1	5	6-13	1-3	34.5
Jan 26	@OKC	W 103-101	32	10	11	8	1	3	2	3-8	0-2	45.2
Jan 24	@POR	W 110-98	35	15	9	4	0	6	4	6-15	0-2	45.8
Jan 22	@SAC	W 122-109	32	23	8	7	4	1	3	8-17	1-3	55.1
Jan 21	@GS	W 145-127	39	26	7	11	0	0	4	12-18	0-1	46.9
Jan 19	@LAL	L 110-93	35	22	9	3	1	0	2	10-21	0-2	38.3
Jan 17	LAC	L 121-117 OT	41	24	7	6	1	1	3	9-21	0-4	44.4
Jan 15	@IND	W 115-101	38	26	7	13	2	1	3	10-16	1-3	59.9
Jan 13	PHI	L 115-102	35	15	4	3	2	1	2	5-16	0-3	31.3
Jan 11	PHI	W 116-115 OT	43	31	7	8	0	0	4	10-19	1-4	47.4
Jan 8	@CHA	W 97-96	29	17	4	0	1	1	2	6-14	0-2	25.8
Jan 6	ATL	W 118-100	37	18	8	10	0	0	3	8-16	0-3	39.6
Jan 4	ATL	W 134-117	32	20	7	4	3	2	2	8-14	0-0	47.4
Jan 1	DEN	L 106-103	33	20	14	10	1	1	0	7-14	2-4	57.8
Dec 30	ORL	W 107-106	37	13	11	2	2	1	2	5-12	1-2	36.2
Dec 28	GS	W 141-127 OT	42	23	25	10	3	1	3	11-17	0-1	77
Dec 27	@WSH	L 138-117	29	14	4	7	0	0	3	6-14	0-2	26.3
Dec 24	@MIA	W 112-91	36	27	8	4	0	0	3	10-14	0-1	39.6
Dec 21	@BKN	L 96-81	34	6	6	1	1	2	3	3-10	0-3	20.7
Dec 21	BOS	L 112-96	33	12	9	6	0	2	4	5-15	1-5	33.8
Dec 19	@MIL	W 111-105	36	24	11	2	2	2	5	10-14	2-3	47.2
Dec 16	@MIA	W 106-96	32	17	10	6	2	3	4	8-16	1-4	49
Dec 10	NY	L 117-101	37	13	5	4	2	0	2	6-18	1-6	29
Dec 7	BOS	L 121-113	37	18	11	8	1	1	2	6-12	0-1	47.2
Dec 6	CHA	L 111-86	31	13	3	5	1	1	4	6-15	1-5	26.1
Dec 5	LAL	L 123-120	36	23	11	9	1	3	1	8-16	2-5	60.7
Dec 3	POR	W 121-118	39	28	7	7	1	2	6	10-18	3-7	49.9
Nov 30	@NY	L 116-94	32	18	5	4	1	2	3	7-17	4-7	36
Nov 29	@CHA	L 118-111 OT	39	30	12	5	2	1	3	11-16	1-2	57.9
Nov 27	IND	W 97-95	36	24	10	4	0	1	4	5-12	0-1	41
Nov 25	CLE	W 110-99	38	18	11	6	1	0	4	8-13	0-2	39.2
Nov 23	BKN	W 119-109	34	17	7	4	2	4	0	6-13	0-0	49.4
Nov 22	WSH	W 140-110	30	23	5	2	3	0	2	10-15	3-4	39
Nov 20	@PHI	W 121-112	36	16	9	5	1	1	6	8-17	0-2	34.3
Nov 18	CHA	W 110-108	33	16	6	6	1	2	1	8-16	0-1	40.2
Nov 16	@IND	W 129-111	32	14	11	6	1	1	2	3-7	0-2	40.2
Nov 14	@CLE	W 126-113	35	28	10	8	1	5	2	12-22	1-4	68
Nov 12	@BKN	W 119-109	31	15	11	5	1	1	2	6-9	0-1	39.7
Nov 9	@PHI	L 130-120	32	18	5	4	2	2	2	7-14	2-5	40
Nov 8	@ATL	W 109-97	35	14	10	4	1	2	0	5-16	0-2	41
Nov 5	MIL	W 128-100	28	23	3	6	4	2	1	9-16	3-5	52.6
Nov 2	MEM	W 117-104	32	19	12	8	1	5	2	8-19	3-8	61.4
Oct 31	@CLE	W 112-101	35	14	10	5	1	1	3	6-14	1-4	36.5
Oct 29	HOU	L 139-121	33	31	5	2	2	1	0	11-18	4-7	49
Oct 28	@SA	L 121-103	30	8	3	2	0	1	2	3-7	2-4	15.6
Oct 26	@DAL	L 139-129	34	33	11	6	1	0	5	13-24	3-5	53.2
Oct 24	MIL	L 122-116	36	17	5	3	3	0	3	6-15	2-4	33.5
Oct 22	@ATL	W 138-118	32	22	6	9	1	2	1	9-14	0-0	50.7

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QIs Scottie Barnes a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #20 overall, #7 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Scottie Barnes be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 29.5 (roughly round 3 in a 10-team league). We rank him #23, so he is a value at that price.

QHow many fantasy points will Scottie Barnes score in 2026-27?

We project 41 points per game across an expected 82 games — approximately 3362 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 33.5 and 49 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #23 in projected scoring.

QHow does Scottie Barnes rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Scottie Barnes finished #16 in 9-cat and #18 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #20 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Scottie Barnes for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 82% of games, with a floor of 25.9 and a ceiling of 58.5 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 17% of games and busted (under half his average) in 4%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.