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Walter Clayton Jr.

RANK #2542025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEG1182025-26 9-CAT #287 8-CAT #255G · Memphis GrizzliesAge 236' 4"2025-26 season

7.8

Points / game

2.0

Rebounds

4.0

Assists

20.4

Minutes

38.4%

FG%

17.2

FPTS / game

-14.3

vs G median

TIER 6 · #254 OVERALLDepth piece — #118 among guards

Walter Clayton Jr. is ranked #118 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 — 6.0 points per game above his average over the final five games, driven by a bigger role: 25 minutes/game vs 20.4 season-long. Volume gains tend to stick.

Percentile41%

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

Walter Clayton Jr. 2026-27 fantasy outlook

DAY TO DAY

19.1Proj FPTS/G · ~1394 / 73 games

10.2–23.8Typical game · middle 50%

#242Projected rank

139.7ADP (ESPN drafts)

Market price (ADP 139.7) lines up with our rank (#242). Draft confidently at his current ADP. Projection drivers: growing workload (25 minutes/gm late vs 20.4 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

Walter Clayton Jr. consistency and floor

69 GAMES

Floor (p10)

17.2

Average

28.7

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered59%

Boom rate125%+ of average30%

Bust rateunder half of average19%

17.3

Season avg FPTS

22.4

Last 10 FPTS

23.2

Last 5 FPTS

Clayton vs other guards

PERCENTILE · 199 RANKED

Points7.838

Rebounds2.026

Assists4.076

Steals0.635

Blocks0.371

Minutes20.438

Fantasy PPG17.241

Percentile among all ranked NBA guards · 99 = best

Clayton fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 44.6SEASON LOW 3LAST 5 AVG 23.2

Walter Clayton Jr. game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 9	@DEN	L 136-119	22	15	2	3	0	0	1	5-10	2-5	20.9
Apr 7	CLE	L 142-126	25	10	1	11	0	0	3	4-10	2-5	24.7
Apr 5	@MIL	L 131-115	25	20	3	4	0	0	3	6-11	4-6	26.6
Apr 2	NY	L 130-119	23	10	1	5	0	0	2	3-7	2-4	16.7
Mar 31	PHX	L 131-105	30	11	3	7	1	1	4	4-6	1-1	27.1
Mar 29	CHI	W 125-124	30	7	3	6	2	0	5	3-9	1-6	20.6
Mar 28	HOU	L 119-109	23	7	2	1	0	1	1	1-8	0-2	12.9
Mar 26	SA	L 123-98	22	10	2	6	0	1	2	3-8	2-4	22.4
Mar 23	@ATL	L 146-107	28	16	1	6	1	1	4	4-13	4-12	28.2
Mar 21	@CHA	L 124-101	22	11	4	2	2	0	1	4-9	3-6	23.8
Mar 21	BOS	L 117-112	27	4	3	2	0	0	2	1-7	0-4	8.6
Mar 19	DEN	W 125-118	20	4	2	4	0	0	1	1-6	0-3	11.4
Mar 17	@CHI	L 132-107	26	12	2	7	0	1	3	5-11	2-5	24.9
Mar 9	@BKN	L 126-115	29	13	0	4	1	0	4	4-12	1-4	18
Mar 8	LAC	L 123-120	18	2	2	6	0	0	4	1-5	0-1	9.4
Mar 5	POR	L 122-114	27	12	2	8	2	0	3	3-7	0-1	29.4
Mar 4	@MIN	L 117-110	24	9	1	9	2	0	2	2-6	1-3	27.7
Mar 1	@IND	W 125-106	34	7	3	14	4	1	2	2-5	1-3	44.6
Feb 28	@DAL	W 124-105	26	11	2	5	0	1	2	3-10	0-3	21.9
Feb 26	GS	L 133-112	22	4	0	3	0	0	1	1-8	1-4	7.5
Feb 24	SAC	L 123-114	21	9	1	6	1	0	2	3-7	2-5	20.2
Feb 22	@MIA	L 136-120	25	9	4	6	0	0	2	4-11	1-6	20.8
Feb 8	@POR	L 122-115	28	8	4	7	3	0	2	3-8	0-5	30.3
Feb 7	@POR	L 135-115	22	11	3	4	1	0	3	5-11	1-3	20.6
Feb 1	@TOR	L 107-100	18	7	2	2	0	0	3	3-9	1-5	9.4
Jan 31	BKN	L 109-99	13	1	1	1	0	1	1	0-3	0-1	5.7
Jan 29	GS	L 140-124	7	3	1	2	1	0	2	1-3	1-2	8.2
Jan 28	LAC	L 115-103	19	5	2	2	0	1	2	2-5	1-2	11.4
Jan 25	MIA	L 147-116	15	5	1	2	1	2	1	1-3	1-2	17.2
Jan 23	SA	L 126-109	24	4	0	1	0	0	1	2-5	0-3	4.5
Jan 21	MIN	W 127-122	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	8.6
Jan 19	@SA	L 123-110	32	8	3	7	2	0	3	4-11	0-5	25.1
Jan 17	@DAL	L 138-120	27	5	3	8	0	0	2	1-4	0-3	18.6
Jan 16	@DAL	L 144-122	31	15	2	7	1	0	2	5-11	1-5	28.9
Jan 15	@CHI	L 128-126	21	5	4	5	2	0	3	1-6	1-5	20.3
Jan 11	CHA	L 150-95	30	13	0	4	1	0	2	4-9	3-7	20
Jan 9	DAL	W 116-114	21	12	0	3	2	0	0	4-10	4-9	22.5
Jan 8	@OKC	L 129-125 OT	27	15	6	4	0	1	3	5-11	4-7	28.2
Jan 6	@POR	L 137-117	13	5	1	3	0	1	1	2-6	1-3	12.7
Jan 4	@GS	L 123-114	17	8	3	2	0	0	0	2-6	2-5	14.6
Jan 2	@LAC	L 118-101	30	9	2	3	1	0	0	2-6	1-3	18.9
Dec 31	BOS	L 129-119	21	7	0	1	0	1	0	3-7	1-4	11.5
Dec 28	@SA	W 127-114	22	17	2	5	1	0	0	6-6	2-2	29.9
Dec 27	DET	W 131-129	9	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	5.7
Dec 24	MEM	L 137-128	15	10	1	2	0	0	0	1-6	0-2	14.2
Dec 23	@DEN	L 135-112	17	6	2	4	1	0	0	2-7	2-6	17.4
Dec 21	ORL	L 128-127 OT	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-2	3
Dec 19	LAL	L 143-135	14	8	1	1	0	0	0	3-5	1-2	10.7
Dec 16	DAL	W 140-133 OT	13	2	4	2	1	0	3	1-3	0-2	9.8
Dec 13	@MEM	W 130-126	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	3.9
Dec 8	OKC	L 131-101	29	20	2	9	0	0	2	8-12	2-5	33.9
Dec 6	@NY	L 146-112	19	11	1	4	0	0	1	4-9	3-6	17.2
Dec 5	@BKN	W 123-110	24	13	3	3	0	0	2	4-7	1-3	19.1
Dec 2	HOU	W 133-125	21	8	5	6	1	0	1	3-8	1-3	25
Nov 30	HOU	L 129-101	18	8	2	5	1	0	2	3-6	0-2	18.9
Nov 29	SAC	W 128-119	9	0	1	1	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	4.7
Nov 25	@GS	L 134-117	17	0	1	4	0	1	0	0-5	0-4	10.2
Nov 22	OKC	L 144-112	12	2	0	3	1	0	3	1-2	0-1	6.5
Nov 12	IND	W 152-128	12	8	0	3	0	0	2	1-3	1-3	10.5
Nov 11	MIN	L 120-113	18	6	3	2	0	2	1	2-8	2-5	17.6
Nov 8	@MIN	L 137-97	12	4	3	2	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	12.6
Nov 6	@DET	L 114-103	15	6	0	6	0	0	4	2-4	1-2	11
Nov 4	@BOS	W 105-103	16	7	3	6	2	0	0	3-4	1-2	25.6
Nov 2	@CHA	L 126-103	19	4	2	2	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	9.4
Nov 1	@PHX	L 118-96	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	6
Oct 30	POR	L 136-134	16	4	1	2	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	7.2
Oct 28	PHX	W 138-134 OT	23	6	3	2	0	0	2	2-7	2-6	10.6
Oct 25	@SAC	L 105-104	20	10	5	3	1	0	2	4-7	1-3	21.5
Oct 23	LAC	W 129-108	18	10	6	5	2	0	2	4-8	1-3	28.7

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QIs Walter Clayton Jr. a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #254 overall, #118 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Walter Clayton Jr. be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 139.7 (roughly round 14 in a 10-team league). We rank him #242, so he is fairly priced.

QHow many fantasy points will Walter Clayton Jr. score in 2026-27?

We project 19.1 points per game across an expected 73 games — approximately 1394 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 10.2 and 23.8 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #242 in projected scoring.

QHow does Walter Clayton Jr. rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Walter Clayton Jr. finished #287 in 9-cat and #255 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #254 in points formats.

QHow consistent is Walter Clayton Jr. for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 59% of games, with a floor of 6 and a ceiling of 28.7 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 30% of games and busted (under half his average) in 19%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.